Document:

exv10w2

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

[Published CUSIP Number 67001BAK9]

$1,500,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of December 17, 2010,

among

NOVELIS INC.,

as Borrower,

AV METALS INC.,

as Holdings,

and

THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

and

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

as Co-Documentation Agents,

and

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH INCORPORATED

and

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH INCORPORATED,

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

RBS SECURITIES INC.

and

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

as Joint Bookrunners

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings
	 	 	77	 
	Section 1.03 Terms Generally; Currency Translation
	 	 	78	 
	Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP
	 	 	78	 
	Section 1.05 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities
	 	 	79	 
	Section 1.06 Pro Forma Calculations
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II THE CREDITS
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01 Commitments
	 	 	80	 
	Section 2.02 Loans
	 	 	80	 
	Section 2.03 Borrowing Procedure
	 	 	81	 
	Section 2.04 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
	 	 	82	 
	Section 2.05 Fees
	 	 	83	 
	Section 2.06 Interest on Loans
	 	 	83	 
	Section 2.07 Termination of Commitments
	 	 	85	 
	Section 2.08 Interest Elections
	 	 	85	 
	Section 2.09 Amortization of Term Loan Borrowings
	 	 	86	 
	Section 2.10 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans
	 	 	86	 
	Section 2.11 Alternate Rate of Interest
	 	 	92	 
	Section 2.12 Yield Protection; Change in Law Generally
	 	 	92	 
	Section 2.13 Breakage Payments
	 	 	94	 
	Section 2.14 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
	 	 	95	 
	Section 2.15 Taxes
	 	 	98	 
	Section 2.16 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	101	 
	Section 2.17 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	102	 
	Section 2.18 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	102	 
	Section 2.19 Interest Act (Canada); Criminal Rate of Interest; Nominal Rate of
Interest
	 	 	103	 
	Section 2.20 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	104	 
	Section 2.21 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	104	 
	Section 2.22 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	104	 
	Section 2.23 Incremental Term Loan Commitments
	 	 	104	 
	Section 2.24 Refinancing Amendments
	 	 	107	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	108	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01 Organization; Powers
	 	 	108	 
	Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability
	 	 	108	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 3.03 No Conflicts
	 	 	109	 
	Section 3.04 Financial Statements; Projections
	 	 	109	 
	Section 3.05 Properties
	 	 	110	 
	Section 3.06 Intellectual Property
	 	 	111	 
	Section 3.07 Equity Interests and Subsidiaries
	 	 	111	 
	Section 3.08 Litigation; Compliance with Laws
	 	 	112	 
	Section 3.09 Agreements
	 	 	113	 
	Section 3.10 Federal Reserve Regulations
	 	 	113	 
	Section 3.11 Investment Company Act
	 	 	113	 
	Section 3.12 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	113	 
	Section 3.13 Taxes
	 	 	113	 
	Section 3.14 No Material Misstatements
	 	 	114	 
	Section 3.15 Labor Matters
	 	 	114	 
	Section 3.16 Solvency
	 	 	114	 
	Section 3.17 Employee Benefit Plans
	 	 	115	 
	Section 3.18 Environmental Matters
	 	 	116	 
	Section 3.19 Insurance
	 	 	117	 
	Section 3.20 Security Documents
	 	 	117	 
	Section 3.21 Material Indebtedness Documents
	 	 	121	 
	Section 3.22 Anti-Terrorism Law
	 	 	121	 
	Section 3.23 Location of Material Inventory and Equipment
	 	 	122	 
	Section 3.24 Senior Notes; Material Indebtedness
	 	 	123	 
	Section 3.25 Centre of Main Interests and Establishments
	 	 	123	 
	Section 3.26 Holding and Dormant Companies
	 	 	123	 
	Section 3.27 Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries
	 	 	123	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	 	 	124	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension
	 	 	124	 
	Section 4.02 Conditions to Credit Extensions
	 	 	133	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	134	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01 Financial Statements, Reports, etc.
	 	 	134	 
	Section 5.02 Litigation and Other Notices
	 	 	138	 
	Section 5.03 Existence; Businesses and Properties
	 	 	138	 
	Section 5.04 Insurance
	 	 	139	 
	Section 5.05 Taxes
	 	 	140	 
	Section 5.06 Employee Benefits
	 	 	141	 
	Section 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Annual
Meetings
	 	 	142	 
	Section 5.08 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	142	 
	Section 5.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports
	 	 	142	 
	Section 5.10 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	143	 
	Section 5.11 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors
	 	 	143	 
	Section 5.12 Security Interests; Further Assurances
	 	 	146	 
	Section 5.13 Information Regarding Collateral
	 	 	146	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 5.14 Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases
	 	 	147	 
	Section 5.15 Post-Closing Covenants
	 	 	147	 
	Section 5.16 Designation of Subsidiaries
	 	 	147	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	148	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01 Indebtedness
	 	 	148	 
	Section 6.02 Liens
	 	 	154	 
	Section 6.03 Sale and Leaseback Transactions
	 	 	158	 
	Section 6.04 Investments, Loan and Advances
	 	 	158	 
	Section 6.05 Mergers, Amalgamations and Consolidations
	 	 	162	 
	Section 6.06 Asset Sales
	 	 	163	 
	Section 6.07 Cash Pooling Arrangements
	 	 	166	 
	Section 6.08 Dividends
	 	 	166	 
	Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	168	 
	Section 6.10 Total Net Leverage Ratio
	 	 	170	 
	Section 6.11 Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational
Documents and Other Documents, etc.
	 	 	170	 
	Section 6.12 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Restricted Subsidiaries
	 	 	172	 
	Section 6.13 Issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock
	 	 	173	 
	Section 6.14 Forward Share Sale Agreement and Support Agreement
	 	 	173	 
	Section 6.15 Business
	 	 	174	 
	Section 6.16 Limitation on Accounting Changes
	 	 	174	 
	Section 6.17 Fiscal Year
	 	 	174	 
	Section 6.18 Margin Rules
	 	 	174	 
	Section 6.19 No Further Negative Pledge
	 	 	174	 
	Section 6.20 Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering
	 	 	175	 
	Section 6.21 Embargoed Persons
	 	 	175	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII GUARANTEE
	 	 	176	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01 The Guarantee
	 	 	176	 
	Section 7.02 Obligations Unconditional
	 	 	177	 
	Section 7.03 Reinstatement
	 	 	178	 
	Section 7.04 Subrogation; Subordination
	 	 	178	 
	Section 7.05 Remedies
	 	 	179	 
	Section 7.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money
	 	 	179	 
	Section 7.07 Continuing Guarantee
	 	 	179	 
	Section 7.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations
	 	 	179	 
	Section 7.09 Release of Guarantors
	 	 	179	 
	Section 7.10 Certain Tax Matters
	 	 	180	 
	Section 7.11 German Guarantor
	 	 	180	 
	Section 7.12 Swiss Guarantors
	 	 	183	 
	Section 7.13 Irish Guarantor
	 	 	184	 
	Section 7.14 Brazilian Guarantor
	 	 	184	 
	Section 7.15 French Guarantor
	 	 	184	 
	Section 7.16 Luxembourg Guarantor
	 	 	185	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	186	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01 Events of Default
	 	 	186	 
	Section 8.02 Rescission
	 	 	189	 
	Section 8.03 Application of Proceeds
	 	 	189	 
	Section 8.04 Borrower’s Right to Cure
	 	 	191	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	192	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	192	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01 Appointment and Authority
	 	 	192	 
	Section 10.02 Rights as a Lender
	 	 	192	 
	Section 10.03 Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	192	 
	Section 10.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent
	 	 	193	 
	Section 10.05 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	194	 
	Section 10.06 Resignation of Agent
	 	 	194	 
	Section 10.07 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders
	 	 	195	 
	Section 10.08 No Other Duties, etc
	 	 	195	 
	Section 10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	195	 
	Section 10.10 Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents
	 	 	196	 
	Section 10.11 Release
	 	 	196	 
	Section 10.12 Acknowledgment of Security Trust Deed
	 	 	196	 
	Section 10.13 Secured Hedging Agreements
	 	 	196	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	196	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01 Notices
	 	 	196	 
	Section 11.02 Waivers; Cumulative Remedies; Amendment
	 	 	201	 
	Section 11.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	207	 
	Section 11.04 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	210	 
	Section 11.05 Survival of Agreement
	 	 	214	 
	Section 11.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	 	 	214	 
	Section 11.07 Severability
	 	 	215	 
	Section 11.08 Right of Setoff
	 	 	215	 
	SECTION 11.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
	 	 	215	 
	SECTION 11.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	217	 
	Section 11.11 Headings
	 	 	217	 
	Section 11.12 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
	 	 	217	 
	Section 11.13 USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	 	 	218	 
	Section 11.14 Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	218	 
	Section 11.15 Lender Addendum
	 	 	218	 
	Section 11.16 Obligations Absolute
	 	 	218	 
	Section 11.17 Intercreditor Agreement
	 	 	219	 
	Section 11.18 Judgment Currency
	 	 	219	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	Section 11.19 Enforcement
	 	 	220	 
	Section 11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	 	 	220	 
	Section 11.21 Abstract Acknowledgment of Indebtedness and Joint Creditorship
	 	 	221	 
	Section 11.22 Special Appointment of Collateral Agent for German Security
	 	 	222	 
	Section 11.23 Special Appointment of Collateral Agent in Relation to South Korea
	 	 	223	 
	Section 11.24 Special Appointment of Collateral Agent in Relation to France
	 	 	224	 
	Section 11.25 Swiss Tax Ruling
	 	 	225	 
	Section 11.26 Designation of Collateral Agent under Civil Code of Quebec
	 	 	225	 
	Section 11.27 Maximum Liability
	 	 	225	 
	Section 11.28 NO ORAL AGREEMENT
	 	 	226	 
	Section 11.29 Collateral Matters
	 	 	226	 
	Section 11.30 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain other Documents
	 	 	226	 
	Section 11.31 Payments Set Aside
	 	 	227	 

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	ANNEXES
	Annex I
	 	Amortization Table
	SCHEDULES
	Schedule 1.01(a)
	 	Refinancing Indebtedness to Be Repaid
	Schedule 1.01(b)
	 	Subsidiary Guarantors
	Schedule 1.01(c)
	 	Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries
	Schedule 1.01(d)
	 	Existing Secured Hedge Providers
	Schedule 1.01(e)
	 	Administrative Agent’s Office
	Schedule 1.01(f)
	 	Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries
	Schedule 3.06(c)
	 	Violations or Proceedings
	Schedule 3.17
	 	Pension Matters
	Schedule 3.19
	 	Insurance
	Schedule 3.21
	 	Material Documents
	Schedule 3.24
	 	Location of Material Inventory
	Schedule 4.01(g)
	 	Local and Foreign Counsel
	Schedule 4.01(o)(iii)
	 	Title Insurance Amounts
	Schedule 5.11(b)
	 	Certain Subsidiaries
	Schedule 5.15
	 	Post-Closing Covenants
	Schedule 6.01(b)
	 	Existing Indebtedness
	Schedule 6.02(c)
	 	Existing Liens
	Schedule 6.04(b)
	 	Existing Investments
	EXHIBITS
	Exhibit A
	 	Form of Administrative Questionnaire
	Exhibit B
	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	Exhibit C
	 	Form of Borrowing Request
	Exhibit D
	 	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit E
	 	Form of Interest Election Request
	Exhibit F
	 	Form of Joinder Agreement
	Exhibit G
	 	Form of Landlord Access Agreement
	Exhibit H
	 	[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	Exhibit I
	 	Form of Lender Addendum
	Exhibit J
	 	Form of Mortgage
	Exhibit K
	 	Form of Term Loan Note
	Exhibit L-1
	 	Form of Perfection Certificate
	Exhibit L-2
	 	Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement
	Exhibit M-1
	 	Form of U.S. Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-2
	 	Form of Canadian Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-3
	 	Form of U.K. Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-4
	 	Form of Swiss Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-5
	 	Form of German Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-6
	 	Form of Irish Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-7
	 	Form of Brazilian Security Agreement

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	Exhibit M-8
	 	Form of Luxembourg Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-9
	 	Form of Madeira Security Agreement
	Exhibit M-10
	 	Form of French Security Agreement
	Exhibit N
	 	Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
	Exhibit O
	 	Form of Solvency Certificate
	Exhibit P
	 	Form of Intercompany Note
	Exhibit Q
	 	Form of Secured Hedge Provider Joinder

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 17, 2010, is among NOVELIS INC., a
corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS
INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors
(such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to
it in Article I), the Lenders, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and as collateral agent (in such capacity,
“Collateral Agent”) for the Lenders.

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of Term Loans on
the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $1,500,000,000.

     WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Loans are to be used in accordance with Section 3.12.

     WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, Novelis Corporation, a Texas corporation, and the other
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto shall enter into the Revolving Credit Agreement providing for
Revolving Credit Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date in the aggregate principal amount of up to $800,000,000 simultaneously herewith.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such Term Loans to the Borrower on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement (including the preamble), the following terms
shall have the meanings specified below:

     “Acceptable Price” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

 

 

     “Accounts” shall mean all “accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC, in which such Person
now or hereafter has rights.

     “Acquisition” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions for the direct or
indirect (a) acquisition of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of any
Person, or of any business unit, line of business or division of any Person or assets constituting
a business unit, line of business or division of any other Person (other than a Person that is a
Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date), (b) acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Equity
Interests of any Person or otherwise causing a person to become a Restricted Subsidiary of the
acquiring Person (other than in connection with the formation or creation of a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower by any Company), or (c) merger, consolidation or amalgamation, whereby a
person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the acquiring person, or any other consolidation with any
Person, whereby a Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the acquiring Person.

     “Acquisition Consideration” shall mean the purchase consideration for any Permitted
Acquisition, whether paid in cash, properties, any assumption of Indebtedness or otherwise (other
than by the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of Holdings permitted to be issued hereunder) and
whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for
payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of
any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing “earn-outs” and other agreements to
make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect
subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any
person or business; provided that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency
shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required
under US GAAP at the time of such sale to be established in respect thereof by Holdings, the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “Additional Accrued Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Applicable Margin”.

     “Additional Lender” shall mean, at any time, any financial institution that agrees to provide
any portion of any (a) Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Increase Joinder in accordance with
Section 2.23 or (b) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing
Amendment in accordance with Section 2.24; provided that (i) the Administrative
Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld) to such Additional Lender if such
consent would be required under Section 11.04(b) for an assignment of Loans to such
Additional Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall have consented to such Additional Lender.

     “Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness incurred in reliance of
Section 6.01(u).

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     “Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness Documents” shall mean all documents executed and
delivered with respect to the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness or delivered in connection
therewith.

     “Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto and
includes each other person appointed as the successor pursuant to ARTICLE X.

     “Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 1.01(e), or such other address or account as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

     “Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the
form of Exhibit A.

     “Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is
under common Control with the person specified; provided, however, that, for
purposes of Section 6.09, the term “Affiliate” shall also include (i) any person that
directly or indirectly owns more than 10% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock
of the person specified or (ii) any person that is an executive officer or director of the person
specified.

     “Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and “Agent” shall mean
any of them.

     “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

     “Alternative Currency” shall mean (x) the lawful currency of Canada or (y) the lawful currency
of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the legislative measures of the
European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single unified European
currency.

     “Annual Credit” shall mean the cumulative amount of $150,000,000 for each fiscal year of the
Borrower commencing after the Closing Date (beginning with the fiscal year commencing April 1,
2011) minus, in each case from and after the Closing Date until the applicable time of
determination (and taking into all transactions being consummated concurrently with the transaction
then being measured), (x) the cumulative amount of all Investments made pursuant to Section
6.04(r)(iii), (y) the cumulative amount of all Dividends made pursuant to Section
6.08(d)(ii) and (z) the cumulative amount of all payments and redemptions of Indebtedness made
pursuant to Section 6.11(a)(i)(y)(2).

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     “Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.

     “Applicable Discount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Applicable Margin” shall mean, for any day, with respect to any Term Loan, the applicable
percentage set forth below under the appropriate caption:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pricing Level	 	Total Net Leverage Ratio	 	 	Eurodollar Rate	 	 	Base Rate	 
	1
	 	Greater than 3.5 to 1.00	 	 	3.75	%	 	 	2.75	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2
	 	Equal to or less than	 	 	3.50	%	 	 	2.50	%
	 
	 	 	3.5 to 1.00	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as of the
end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower based upon the Borrower’s Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d) for such fiscal quarter and (b) each change in
the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be
effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the
Administrative Agent of such Compliance Certificate indicating such change and ending on the
date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, provided that
Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level 2 (i) from the Closing Date
until the Borrower’s delivery of a Compliance Certificate with respect to the first full
fiscal quarter of Borrower commencing after the Closing Date, (ii) if the Borrower fails to
deliver the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section
5.01(d), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until
such Compliance Certificate is delivered, (iii) as of the first Business Day after an Event
of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (b) shall have occurred and be
continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of
Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in
accordance with this definition shall apply) and (iv) upon and after the occurrence of an
Event of Default under Section 8.01(g) or (h). In the event that the
Borrower has actual knowledge or receives notice from the Administrative Agent that any
financial statement or certificate delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or
(d) of Section 5.01 is discovered to be inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if
corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for Term Loans
for any period (an “Applicable Calculation Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for
such Applicable Calculation Period, then (i) the Borrower shall promptly (and in no event
later than five Business Days following either (x) the date upon which the Borrower has
actual knowledge of such inaccuracy or (y) the receipt of written notice from the
Administrative Agent of such inaccuracy) deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct
certificate for such Applicable Calculation Period, (ii) the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent shall, in consultation

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with each other, recalculate the Applicable Margin and the additional amount of
interest that would have been paid based on such Applicable Margin for such Applicable
Calculation Period taking into account the Total Net Leverage Ratio at the corrected level
(such amount, the “Additional Accrued Interest”) and (iii) the Borrower shall promptly pay
any Additional Accrued Interest (and in no event later than five Business Days after
determination thereof) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Default Rate shall not be
applied to such Additional Accrued Interest).

     “Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.

     “Approved Member State” shall mean Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The
Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

     “Arrangers” shall mean Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC.

     “Asset Sale” shall mean (a) any conveyance, sale, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or
other disposition (including by way of merger or consolidation and including any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) of any property, excluding sales of Inventory and dispositions of cash and Cash
Equivalents, in each such excluded case, which are in the ordinary course of business, by Holdings,
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) any issuance of any Equity Interests of
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

     “Asset Swap” shall mean the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related
Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between
any Company and another person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be
applied in accordance with Section 2.10(c).

     “Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or
two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

     “Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
11.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
B, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “Attributable Indebtedness” shall mean, when used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate implicit in
the lease) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of
the lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

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     “Auction Purchase” shall mean a purchase of Loans by the Borrower pursuant to a Dutch Auction
in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.04(b)(iv).

     “Auditor’s Determination” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.11(b).

     “AV Metals” shall mean AV Metals Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada Business
Corporations Act.

     “Available Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(a).

     “Bank of America” shall mean Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

     “Base Rate” shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such
day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the
Eurodollar Rate (determined on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately
preceding Business Day) for a one month period) plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank
of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general
economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans,
which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate
announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in
the public announcement of such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Rate shall be
deemed to be 2.50% per annum if the Base Rate calculated pursuant to the foregoing provisions would
otherwise be less than 2.50% per annum.

     “Base Rate Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Loans.

     “Base Rate Loan” shall mean a Term Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

     “Beneficially Own,” “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall each have the meaning
assigned to such term in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act.

     “Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

     “Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any
corporation, the board of directors of such person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability
company, the board of managers (or the functional equivalent) of such person, (iii) in the case of

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any limited partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such person and (iv)
in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

     “Bookrunners” shall mean Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.

     “Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

     “Borrowing” shall mean Loans to the Borrower of the same Class and Type, made, converted or
continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect.

     “Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of
Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form as
shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “Brazilian Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
Brazil party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized
in Brazil that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Brazilian Security Agreements” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreements
substantially in the form of Exhibit M-7, including all sub-parts thereto, among the
Brazilian Guarantor and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state
where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

     “Calculation Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Senior
Secured Net Leverage Ratio”.

     “Canadian Guarantor” shall mean Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
organized in Canada party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the
Borrower organized in Canada that becomes or is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the
terms hereof.

     “Canadian Loan Parties” shall mean Borrower and the Canadian Guarantors.

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     “Canadian Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreements substantially in the form of
Exhibit M-2, including all sub-parts thereto, among the Canadian Loan Parties and the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Cancellation” shall mean the cancellation, termination and forgiveness by Borrower of all
Loans, Commitments and related Obligations acquired in connection with an Auction Purchase, which
cancellation shall be consummated as described in Section 11.04(b)(iv)(D) and the
definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

     “Capital Assets” shall mean, with respect to any person, all equipment, fixed assets and Real
Property or improvements of such person, or replacements or substitutions therefor or additions
thereto, that, in accordance with US GAAP, have been or should be reflected as additions to
property, plant or equipment on the balance sheet of such person.

     “Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, without duplication, all expenditures made
directly or indirectly by Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period for Capital
Assets (whether paid in cash or other consideration, financed by the incurrence of Indebtedness or
accrued as a liability), together with Borrower’s proportionate share of such amounts for Norf GmbH
for such period.

     “Capital Lease Obligations” of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under US GAAP, and the amount of
such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with US GAAP. It
is understood that with respect to the accounting for leases as either operating leases or capital
leases and the impact of such accounting on the definitions and covenants herein, US GAAP as in
effect on the Closing Date shall be applied.

     “Cash Equivalents” shall mean, as to any person, (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or
insured by the federal government of the United States, Canada, Switzerland, any Approved Member
State or any agency of the foregoing, (b) marketable direct obligations issued by Canada or any
province thereof, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or any political
subdivision, government-sponsored entity or instrumentality thereof that, at the time of the
acquisition, are rated at least “A-2” by S&P, “P-2” by Moody’s or in the “R-2” category by the
Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, (c) certificates of deposit, Eurocurrency time deposits,
overnight bank deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any commercial bank or trust company organized
under the laws of Canada or any province thereof, the United States, any state thereof, the
District of Columbia, any non-U.S. bank, or its branches or agencies (fully protected against
currency fluctuations) that, at the time of acquisition, is rated at least “A-2” by S&P, “P-2” by
Moody’s or in the “R-2” category by the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, (d) commercial paper
of an issuer rated at least “A-2” by S&P, “P-2” by Moody’s or in the “R-2” category by the Dominion
Bond Rating Service Limited, and (e) shares of any money market

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fund that (i) has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments
referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, (ii) has net assets, the Dollar Equivalent of which
exceeds $500,000,000 and (iii) is rated at least “A-2” by S&P, “P-2” by Moody’s or in the “R-2”
category by the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited; provided, however, that the
maturities of all obligations of the type specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above shall not
exceed 365 days; provided, further, that, to the extent any cash is generated
through operations in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, Canada, Switzerland or an
Approved Member State, such cash may be retained and invested in obligations of the type described
in clause (c) applicable to such jurisdiction to the extent that such obligations are customarily
used in such other jurisdiction for short term cash management purposes.

     “Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period, less the sum of (a) interest on any debt paid by the increase in the principal amount of
such debt including by issuance of additional debt of such kind, (b) items described in clause (c)
of the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” and (c) gross interest income of Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

     “Cash Pooling Arrangements” shall mean (i) the DB Cash Pooling Arrangement, the Novelis AG
Cash Pooling Agreement and the Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement; provided that the
Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement shall cease to be effective not later than 180 days after the
Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and (ii) any
other cash pooling arrangements (including all documentation pertaining thereto) entered into by
any Company in accordance with Section 6.07.

     “Casualty Event” shall mean any involuntary loss of title, any involuntary loss of, damage to
or any destruction of, or any expropriation, condemnation or other taking (including by any
Governmental Authority) of, any property of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries. “Casualty Event” shall include but not be limited to any taking of all or any part
of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof, in or by expropriation, condemnation or
other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Requirement of Law, or by reason of the temporary
requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any
part thereof by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in lieu thereof.

     “CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. and all implementing regulations.

     A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

          (a) At any time prior to a Qualified IPO, Hindalco ceases to be the Beneficial Owner
of Voting Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the total outstanding
Voting Stock of Holdings;

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     (b) At any time prior to a Qualified Borrower IPO, Holdings at any time ceases to be
the Beneficial Owner and the direct record owner of 100% of the Equity Interests of
Borrower; provided that a Permitted Holdings Amalgamation shall not constitute a
Change in Control;

     (c) Borrower at any time ceases to be the Beneficial Owner and the direct or
indirect owner of 100% of the Equity Interests of each of Novelis Corporation and Novelis
Deutschland GmbH;

     (d) at any time a change in control (or change of control or similar event) with
respect to the Borrower or the U.S. Issuer occurs under (and as defined in) any Material
Indebtedness of any Loan Party;

     (e) (i) at any time after a Qualified IPO (other than a Qualified Borrower IPO), any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) other than the Specified Holders is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (provided that
for purposes of this clause (except as set forth below) such person or group shall be
deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of all securities that such person or group has the
right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time) of Voting Stock of Holdings representing 35% or more of the voting power of the
total outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings unless the Specified Holders at all times
Beneficially Own Voting Stock of Holdings representing greater voting power of the total
outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings than such voting power held by such person or group;
or (ii) at any time after a Qualified Borrower IPO, any “person” or “group” (as such
terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Specified
Holders is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (provided that for purposes of this clause
(except as set forth below) such person or group shall be deemed to have Beneficial
Ownership of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether
such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) of Voting Stock
of Borrower representing 35% or more of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting
Stock of Borrower unless the Specified Holders at all times Beneficially Own Voting Stock
of Borrower representing greater voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of
Borrower than such voting power held by such person or group; or

     (f) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constituted the Board of Directors of Holdings or Borrower (together with any
new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election
was approved by the Specified Holders or by a vote of at least a majority of the members
of the Board of Directors of Holdings or Borrower, as the case may be, which members
comprising such majority are then still in office and were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of
Holdings or Borrower.

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     For purposes of this definition, a person shall not be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of
Equity Interests subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

     “Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking into effect of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or
regulation, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the
making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all
requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith
shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

     “Chattel Paper” shall mean all “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the UCC, in which
any Person now or hereafter has rights.

     “Chief Executive Office” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the location from which such
Person manages the main part of its business operations or other affairs.

     “Class” shall mean (a) when used with respect to Commitments, whether such Commitments are
Term Loan Commitments, Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Other Term Loan Commitments, as the
context may require, and (b) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, whether such Loans, or
the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Other Term Loans.
Other Term Loan Commitments, Other Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to any
Increase Joinder that have different terms and conditions than the Other Term Loans or Incremental
Term Loans shall be construed to be in different Classes.

     “Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Extension hereunder.

     “Closing Date Distribution” shall mean (i) the payment by the Borrower no later than 45 days
following the Closing Date with the proceeds of loans advanced under this Agreement, the Revolving
Credit Agreement and the New Senior Notes and/or cash on hand of a return of capital or other
distribution to Holdings not to exceed $1,700,000,000 in the aggregate, and (ii) the payment by
Holdings within 45 days of the Closing Date of a return of capital or other distribution to its
equity holder not to exceed the amount received as a return of capital or other distribution from
the Borrower pursuant to clause (i) above.

     “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder.

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     “Co-Documentation Agents” shall mean Citibank, N.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS
Securities LLC.

     “Collateral” shall mean, all of the “Collateral”, “Pledged Collateral” and “Mortgaged
Property” referred to in the Security Documents and all of the other property that is or is
intended under the terms of the Security Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto and
includes each other person appointed as the successor pursuant to Article X.

     “Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement” shall mean an Agreement regarding an Automatic Cash
Management System entered into between Novelis AG, the “Companies” (as defined therein) and
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin dated 15 January 2007, together with all ancillary
documentation thereto.

     “Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment,
including any Incremental Term Loan Commitment and any Other Term Loan Commitment, as the context
requires.

     “Companies” shall mean Holdings (unless Holdings has been released as a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 7.09(d)), the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and “Company” shall mean
any one of them.

     “Compensation Plan” shall mean any program, plan or similar arrangement (other than employment
contracts for a single individual) relating generally to compensation, pension, employment or
similar arrangements with respect to which any Company, any Affiliate of any Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of any of them has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, under any
Requirement of Law other than that of the United States.

     “Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate of a Financial Officer substantially in the
form of Exhibit D.

     “Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean that certain confidential information
memorandum of Novelis Inc., dated November 2010.

     “Consolidated Amortization Expense” shall mean, for any period, the amortization expense of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with US GAAP.

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     “Consolidated Current Assets” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the total assets of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current assets on a
consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP,
excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.

     “Consolidated Current Liabilities” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the total
liabilities of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current
liabilities (other than the current portion of any Loans) on a consolidated balance sheet of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with US GAAP, but excluding (a) the current
portion of any Funded Debt of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication
of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans to the extent otherwise
included therein.

     “Consolidated Depreciation Expense” shall mean, for any period, the depreciation expense of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with US GAAP.

     “Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the sum of (A) Consolidated Net Income for
such period, adjusted by (without duplication):

     (x) adding thereto, in each case only to the extent (and in the same proportion)
deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication:

     (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period;

     (b) Consolidated Amortization Expense for such period;

     (c) Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such period;

     (d) Consolidated Tax Expense for such period;

     (e) (i) non-recurring items or unusual charges or expenses, severance, relocation
costs or expenses, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses
relating to business optimization programs), new systems design and implementation costs,
project start-up costs, restructuring charges or reserves, costs related to the closure
and/or consolidation of facilities and one-time costs associated with a Qualified IPO and
(ii) the annualized amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions and
synergies reasonably projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result
of specified actions (x) taken since the beginning of the Test Period in respect of which
Consolidated EBITDA is being determined or (y) initiated prior to or during the Test
Period (in each case, which cost savings shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until
fully realized, but in no event for more than four fiscal quarters) (calculated on a pro
forma basis as though such annualized cost savings, operating expense reductions and
synergies had been realized on the first day of such

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Test Period, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such Test Period
from such actions; provided that (A) such cost savings, operating expense reductions and
synergies are reasonably identifiable, quantifiable and factually supportable in the good
faith judgment of the Borrower, and (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions and
synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (e) to the extent duplicative of any
expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma
adjustment or otherwise, for such Test Period; provided that the aggregate amount
added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed in the
aggregate 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for any one Test Period; provided, further
that projected (and not yet realized) amounts may no longer be added in calculating
Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (e) to the extent occurring
more than four full fiscal quarters after the specified action taken or initiated in
order to realize such projected cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies;

     (f) for purposes of determining compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant
only (solely for the purposes of Section 6.10 and not for determining whether any
action predicted on being in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant is
permitted), Specified Equity Contributions made pursuant to Section 8.04 to cure
failure to comply with the Financial Performance Covenant for a fiscal quarter in such
period;

     (g) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net
Income (excluding any non-cash charge that results in an accrual of a reserve for cash
charges in any future period) for such period;

     (h) the amount of net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; and

     (i) Management Fees paid in compliance with Section 6.08(c);

     (y) subtracting therefrom, (a) the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the
ordinary course of business) for such period and (b) interest income; and

     (z) excluding therefrom,

     (a) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values of non-current
assets and liabilities, realized gains and losses on currency derivatives related to such
non-current assets and liabilities determined in accordance with US GAAP for such period;

     (b) earnings or losses resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up or
write-down of assets;

     (c) non-recurring or unusual gains; and

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          (d) any gain or loss relating to cancellation or extinguishment of
Indebtedness

plus (B) the proportionate interest of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in
Non-consolidated Affiliate EBITDA for such period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (x), the provision for taxes and the depreciation,
amortization and non-cash items of a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net
income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income.

Consolidated EBITDA shall not include the Consolidated EBITDA of any Non-consolidated Affiliate if
such Non-consolidated Affiliate is subject to a prohibition, directly or indirectly, on the payment
of dividends or the making of distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower, to the extent
of such prohibition.

     “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the total consolidated interest
expense of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with US GAAP plus, without duplication:

     (a) imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;

     (b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations,
bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period;

     (c) amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other
financing fees and expenses incurred by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period;

     (d) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; and

     (e) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of Borrower or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

     “Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with US
GAAP; provided, however, that the following shall be excluded in the calculation of
“Consolidated Net Income”:

     (a) any net income (loss) of any person (other than the Borrower) if such person is
not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, except that:

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     (i) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (c) below, equity of the
Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in the net income of any such
person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the
aggregate amount of cash distributed by such person during such period to the
Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject,
in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the
limitations contained in clause (b), below); and

     (ii) the equity of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in
a net loss of any such person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period
shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

     (b) any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower if such
Restricted Subsidiary is subject to a prohibition, directly or indirectly, on the payment
of dividends or the making of distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower, to
the extent of such prohibition, except that:

     (i) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (c) below, equity of the
Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in the net income of any such
person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the
aggregate amount of cash distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such
period to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a
Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in this clause (b)); and

     (ii) the equity of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in
a net loss of any such person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period
shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

     (c) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any property of the
Borrower or Restricted Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business
(provided that sales or other dispositions of assets in connection with any Qualified
Securitization Transaction permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be in the ordinary
course);

     (d) any extraordinary gain or loss;

     (e) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

     (f) any non-cash compensation expense realized for grants of performance shares, stock
options or other rights to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such shares, options or other rights can be
redeemed at the option of the holders only for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower or
Holdings;

     (g) any unrealized gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations;

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     (h) any expenses or charges in such period related to the Transactions (including, but
not limited to, any premiums, fees, discounts, expenses and losses payable by the Borrower
in connection with the Debt Tender Offer) and any acquisition, disposition, recapitalization
or the incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder, including such fees, expenses or
charges related to the Transactions; and

     (i) the effects of adjustments in the property, plant and equipment, inventories,
goodwill, intangible assets and debt line items in the Borrower’s consolidated financial
statements pursuant to US GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in
relation to any acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of
taxes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of the calculation of Cumulative Credit only, there
shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or
other transfers of property from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Cumulative
Credit pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Cumulative Credit.

     “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of the
amounts that would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as the total assets (less accumulated depreciation and amortization, allowances for
doubtful receivables, other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to purchase accounting and after
deducting therefrom Consolidated Current Liabilities and, to the extent otherwise included, the
amounts of (without duplication):

          (a) the excess of cost over fair market value of assets or businesses acquired;

          (b) any revaluation or other write-up in book value of assets subsequent to
September 30, 2010 as a result of a change in the method of valuation in accordance with
US GAAP;

          (c) unamortized debt discount and expenses and other unamortized deferred charges,
goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
organization or developmental expenses and other intangible items;

          (d) minority interests in consolidated Subsidiaries held by Persons other than the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

          (e) treasury stock;

          (f) cash or securities set aside and held in a sinking or other analogous fund
established for the purpose of redemption or other retirement of Equity Interests to the
extent such obligation is not reflected in Consolidated Current Liabilities; and

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     (g) Investments in and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

     “Consolidated Tax Expense” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense of Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with US
GAAP.

     “Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean at any date of determination, the total assets of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with US
GAAP.

     “Consolidated Total Net Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination and without
duplication, the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date of the type referenced in clauses (a), (b) and (f)
of the definition of Indebtedness, and any Continent Obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of any Person under clauses (a), (b) and (f) of the
definition of Indebtedness, minus the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash on such date,
plus (B) the proportionate interest of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in
the Non-consolidated Affiliate Debt of each of the Non-consolidated Affiliates at any date of
determination. The aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall be determined according
to the face or principal amount thereof, based on the amount owing under the applicable contractual
obligation (without regard to any election by the Borrower, Holdings or any other Person to measure
an item of Indebtedness using fair value or any other discount that may be applicable under GAAP
(including the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities) on a
consolidated basis with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with
consolidation principles utilized in GAAP.

     “Contingent Obligation” shall mean, as to any person, any obligation, agreement, understanding
or arrangement of such person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases,
dividends or other obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such person, whether or
not contingent, (a) under any guaranty, endorsement, co-making or sale with recourse of any
obligation of a primary obligor, (b) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property
constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (c) to advance or supply funds (i) for the
purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity
capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor; (d) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the
owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such
primary obligation; (e) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit and similar credit
arrangements, until a reimbursement obligation arises (which reimbursement obligation shall
constitute Indebtedness); or (f) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term
“Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in
the ordinary course of business or any product warranties. The amount of any

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Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable
amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if
less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such person may be liable, whether
singly or jointly, pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation)
or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good
faith.

     “Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement” shall mean that certain
Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and
among the Loan Parties (other than certain Foreign Subsidiaries), the Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent.

     “Contribution Notice” shall mean a contribution notice issued by the Pensions Regulator under
Section 38 or Section 47 of the Pensions Act 2004.

     “Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have
meanings correlative thereto.

     “Control Agreement” shall mean, with respect to a Deposit Account, Securities Account, or
Commodity Account (each as defined in the UCC), (i) located in the United States, an agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral
Agent’s “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) in such account, or (ii) located in other
jurisdictions, agreements with regard to such accounts establishing and perfecting the First
Priority Lien of the Collateral Agent in such accounts), and otherwise in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

     “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted First Priority Refinancing
Debt, (b) Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or
(d) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or
otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in
exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans
(including any successive Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) (“Refinanced Debt”);
provided that (i) such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original
aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Debt
(except for unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon and any make-whole payments applicable
thereto), (ii) such Indebtedness has a later maturity and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal
to or greater than the Refinanced Debt and (iii) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, defeased or
satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection
therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued,
incurred or obtained.

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     “Credit Extension” shall mean the making of a Loan by a Lender.

     “Cumulative Credit” shall mean, at any date, an amount equal to:

     (a) 50% of the aggregate Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period commencing on
October 1, 2010 to and including the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which
the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent the financial statements required to be
delivered by Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), taken as a single accounting
period (or, in the event Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such
deficit); plus

     (b) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by (x) Holdings from the issuance of Qualified
Capital Stock of Holdings or as a capital contribution to Holdings after the Closing Date to the
extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are immediately contributed by Holdings to the Borrower
following such sale or contribution to Holdings (including the Net Cash Proceeds of a Qualified
IPO) and (y) Borrower from the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower in a Qualified
Borrower IPO; provided that, in each case, no issuances to or contributions from a
Restricted Subsidiary shall be counted for the purposes of this clause (b); plus

     (c) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from
the issuance or sale after the Closing Date of convertible or exchangeable Indebtedness that has
been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of Holdings or of the Borrower after a
Qualified Borrower IPO, excluding:

     (i) any such Indebtedness issued or sold to any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of any Loan
Party or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by any Loan Party or any such
Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees, and

     (ii) the aggregate amount of any cash or other property distributed by Holdings, the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary upon any such conversion or exchange; plus

     (d) the net reduction in Investments made in reliance on the Cumulative Credit pursuant to
Section 6.04(r)(ii) in any person other than the Borrower or an Unrestricted Grantor
resulting from cash dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of property
(valued at fair market value), in each case to the Borrower or any Unrestricted Grantor;
provided that the foregoing amount shall not exceed, in the case of any person, the amount
of Investments made after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Unrestricted Grantor in such
person in reliance on the Cumulative Credit pursuant to Section 6.04(r)(ii); plus

     (e) upon the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant
to Section 5.16, the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the net assets of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of redesignation and (ii) the aggregate amount of Investments
made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance on the Cumulative Credit pursuant to
Section 6.04(r)(ii) in such Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and prior to
such redesignation; minus

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     (f) in each case from and after the Closing Date, (x) the cumulative amount of all Investments
made pursuant to Section 6.04(r)(ii), (y) the cumulative amount of all Dividends made
pursuant to Section 6.08(c), Section 6.08(d)(i), Section 6.08(i) and
Section 6.08(j) and (z) the cumulative amount of all payments and redemptions of
Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 6.11(a)(i)(y)(1); minus

     (g) if, at such date of determination, the Total Net Leverage Ratio determined on a Pro Forma
Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which the Borrower has
delivered to the Administrative Agent the financial statements required to be delivered by
Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) would be greater than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0,
the cumulative amount of Recapture Amounts paid since the Closing Date;

provided that amounts received by Holdings or the Borrower in connection with Specified
Equity Contributions made pursuant to Section 8.04 shall not be included in the calculation
of the Cumulative Credit.

     “DB Cash Pooling Arrangements” shall mean the cash pooling arrangements among the Borrower,
certain other Loan Parties and Deutsche Bank pursuant to the Transaction Banking Services Agreement
among such parties and any documents ancillary thereto.

     “Debt Issuance” shall mean the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by Section
6.01).

     “Debt Service” shall mean, for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus
scheduled principal amortization of all Indebtedness paid in such period.

     “Debt Tender Offer” shall mean the tender offers and consent solicitations for each series of
Existing Senior Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement of the
Borrower dated November 26, 2010 relating to each series of Existing Notes, as in effect on the
Closing Date.

     “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the
rights of creditors generally.

     “Default” shall mean an Event of Default or an event, occurrence or condition which is, or
upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

     “Default Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c).

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     “Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that, as determined
by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder
within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations
or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or
generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three
Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm to the Administrative Agent
that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent
company that has, (i) become the subject of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a
receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, examiner or assignee for the benefit of creditors or
similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed
for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a
Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that
Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.

     “Delegate” shall mean any delegate, agent, attorney, trustee or co-trustee appointed by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

     “Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the
happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption
by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to 180 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at
the time of issuance of such Equity Interest, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at
the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests
referred to in (a) above, in each case at any time on or prior to 180 days after the Latest
Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest, or (c) contains any
mandatory repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to 180 days after the Latest
Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest; provided,
however, that any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but
for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which
such Equity Interests is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer
thereof to redeem such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control or an asset sale
occurring prior to 180 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of
such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests
provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such
provisions prior to the repayment in full of the Obligations.

     “Distribution” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Loan Party, all dividends, cash,
options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital or principal, income,
interest, profits and other property, interests (debt or equity) or proceeds, including as a result
of a split, revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Securities, from time to
time

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received, receivable or otherwise distributed to such Loan Party in respect of or in exchange
for any or all of the Pledged Securities or Pledged Intercompany Notes.

     “Dividend” with respect to any person shall mean that such person has declared or paid a
dividend or returned any equity capital to the holders of its Equity Interests or made any other
distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than Qualified Capital Stock of such person)
or cash to the holders of its Equity Interests as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or
otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for consideration any of its Equity Interests
outstanding (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its Equity
Interests), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or shall have permitted any
of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any of the Equity Interests
of such person outstanding (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its
Equity Interests). Without limiting the foregoing, “Dividends” with respect to any person shall
also include all payments made or required to be made by such person with respect to any stock
appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans or setting
aside of any funds for the foregoing purposes, except to the extent such payments reduce
Consolidated Net Income.

     “Dividend Recapture Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.08(d)(iii).

     “Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, as to any amount denominated in any currency other than
Dollars as of any date of determination, the amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase
the amount of such currency based upon the Spot Selling Rate as of such date, and as to any amount
denominated in Dollars, such amount in Dollars.

     “Dollars” or “dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States.

     “Dutch Auction” means one or more purchases by the Borrower (each, a “Purchase”) of Term
Loans; provided that, each such Purchase is made on the following basis:

     (a) The Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent in writing (a “Purchase Notice”)
(and the Administrative Agent will deliver such Purchase Notice to each relevant Lender)
that the Borrower wishes to make an offer to purchase (i) from each Lender with respect to
any Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, Term Loans, in an aggregate
principal amount as is specified by the Borrower (the “Term Loan Purchase Amount”) with
respect to each applicable tranche, subject to a range or minimum discount to par expressed
as a price at which range or price the Borrower would consummate the Purchase (the “Offer
Price”) of such Term Loans to be purchased (it being understood that different Offer Prices
and/or Term Loan Purchase Amounts may be offered with respect to different Classes of Term
Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to
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Section); provided that the Purchase Notice shall specify that each Return Bid
(as defined below) must be submitted by a date and time to be specified in the Purchase
Notice, which date shall be no earlier than the second Business Day following the date of
the Purchase Notice and no later than the fifth Business Day following the date of the
Purchase Notice; (ii) at the time of delivery of the Purchase Notice to the Administrative
Agent, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (which
condition shall be certified as being satisfied in such Purchase Notice) and (iii) the Term
Loan Purchase Amount specified in each Purchase Notice delivered by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent shall not be less than $25,000,000 in the aggregate;

     (b) The Borrower will allow each Lender holding the Class of Term Loans subject to the
Purchase Notice to submit a notice of participation (each, a “Return Bid”) which shall
specify (i) one or more discounts to par of such Lender’s Class or Classes of Term Loans
subject to the Purchase Notice expressed as a price (each, an “Acceptable Price”) (but in no
event will any such Acceptable Price be greater than the highest Offer Price for the
Purchase subject to such Purchase Notice) and (ii) the principal amount of such Lender’s
Class of Term Loans at which such Lender is willing to permit a purchase of all or a portion
of its Term Loans to occur at each such Acceptable Price (the “Reply Amount”);

     (c) based on the Acceptable Prices and Reply Amounts of the Term Loans as are specified
by the Lenders, the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, will determine
the applicable discount (the “Applicable Discount”), which will be the lowest Acceptable
Price at which the Borrower can complete the Purchase for the entire Term Loan Purchase
Amount; provided, that in the event that the aggregate Reply Amounts relating to
such Purchase Notice are insufficient to allow the Borrower to complete a purchase of the
entire Term Loan Purchase Amount, the Borrower may, at its election, either (x) withdraw the
Purchase Notice and terminate the Purchase or (y) complete the Purchase for the aggregate
Reply Amounts at an Applicable Discount equal to the highest Acceptable Price that is less
than or equal to maximum Offer Price for the Purchase subject to the Purchase Notice;

     (d) The Borrower shall purchase Term Loans from each Lender with one or more Acceptable
Prices that are equal to or less than the Applicable Discount (“Qualifying Bids”) at the
Applicable Discount (such Term Loans, as applicable, being referred to as “Qualifying Loans”
and such Lenders being referred to as “Qualifying Lenders”), subject to clauses (e), (f),
(g) and (h) below;

     (e) The Borrower shall purchase the Qualifying Loans offered by the Qualifying Lenders
at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the aggregate principal amount required
to purchase the Qualifying Loans would exceed the Term Loan Purchase Amount, the Borrower
shall purchase Qualifying Loans ratably based on the aggregate principal amounts of all such
Qualifying Loans tendered by each such Qualifying Lender;

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     (f) the Purchase shall be consummated pursuant to and in accordance with Section
11.04 and, to the extent not otherwise provided herein, shall otherwise be consummated
pursuant to procedures (including as to timing, rounding and minimum amounts, Interest
Periods, and other notices by the Borrower) mutually acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower (provided that such Purchase shall be required to be consummated no later
than five Business Days after the time that Return Bids are required to be submitted by
Lenders pursuant to the applicable Purchase Notice);

     (g) upon submission by a Lender of a Return Bid, subject to the foregoing clause (f),
such Lender will be irrevocably obligated to sell the entirety or its pro rata portion (as
applicable pursuant to clause (e) above) of the Reply Amount at the Applicable Discount plus
accrued and unpaid interest through the date of purchase to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 11.04 and as otherwise provided herein; and

     (h) purchases by the Borrower of Qualifying Loans shall result in the immediate
cancellation of such Qualifying Loans.

     “Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) any Lender, (b) an Affiliate of any Lender, (c) an Approved
Fund of a Lender and (d) any other person approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
(each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and, with respect to the Borrower,
such approval shall be deemed given if no objection is made by the Borrower within five Business
Days after receipt of a notice of an assignment proposing such person as an assignee of any
interest in any Loans); provided that (x) no approval of the Borrower shall be required during the
continuance of a Default under Sections 8.01(a), (b), (f) or (g) or
prior to the earlier of (i) 45 days after the Closing Date or (ii) the completion of the primary
syndication of the Commitments and Loans (as determined by the Arrangers), (y) “Eligible Assignee”
shall not include Holdings or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower,
solely to the extent that the Borrower purchases or acquires Term Loans pursuant to a Dutch Auction
and effects a Cancellation immediately upon such purchase or acquisition pursuant to documentation
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) or any natural person and (z) each assignee
Lender shall be subject to each other applicable requirement regarding Lenders hereunder.

     “Embargoed Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.21.

     “Environment” shall mean the natural environment, including air (indoor or outdoor), surface
water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or
subsurface strata, natural resources, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental
Law.

     “Environmental Claim” shall mean any claim, notice, demand, order, action, suit, proceeding or
other formal communication alleging liability for or obligation with respect to any investigation,
remediation, removal, cleanup, response, corrective action, damages to natural

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resources, personal injury, property damage, fines, penalties or other costs resulting from,
related to or arising out of (i) the presence, Release or threatened Release in or into the
Environment of Hazardous Material at any location or (ii) any violation or alleged violation of any
Environmental Law, and shall include any claim seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost
recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from, related to or arising out of the
presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material or alleged injury or threat of injury
to the Environment or to human health or safety relating to or arising out of the use of, exposure
to or Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Material.

     “Environmental Law” shall mean any and all treaties, laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations,
rules, decrees, orders, judgments, consent orders, consent decrees, code or other legally binding
requirements, and the common law, relating to protection of human health or the Environment, the
Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material, natural resources or natural resource damages,
or occupational safety or health, and any and all Environmental Permits.

     “Environmental Permit” shall mean any permit, license, approval, registration, notification,
exemption, consent or other authorization required by or from a Governmental Authority under
Environmental Law.

     “Equipment” shall mean “equipment,” as such term is defined in the UCC, in which such Person
now or hereafter has rights.

     “Equity Interest” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether
voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person, including, if such person is a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that
confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the Closing
Date, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

     “Equity Issuance” shall mean, without duplication, (i) prior to a Qualified Borrower IPO, any
issuance or sale by Holdings after the Closing Date of any Equity Interests in Holdings (including
any Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option) or any warrants or options to
purchase Equity Interests or any contribution to the capital of Holding and (ii) after a Qualified
Borrower IPO, any issuance or sale by the Borrower after the Closing Date of any Equity Interests
in the Borrower (including any Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option) or
any warrants or options to purchase Equity Interests or any contribution to the capital of
Borrower.

     “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be
amended from time to time.

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     “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any person, any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) that, together with such person, is treated as a single employer under Section
414 of the Code.

     “ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the thirty
(30) day notice period is waived by regulation); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan whether or not waived; (c) the failure
to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any
Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of
the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (e) the incurrence by any Company or any of
its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of
any Plan, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA; (f) the
receipt by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan; (g) the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be
expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (h) the incurrence by any Company or any of its
ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan subject to Section
4063 of ERISA or a cessation of opration that is treated as a withdrawal under Section 406(e) of
ERISA; (i) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan resulting in material Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA; (j) the making of any amendment to any Plan which could result in the imposition
of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security; and (k) the occurrence of a nonexempt
prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA)
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall mean, (a) for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to
the higher of (i) British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by
Reuters (or another commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated
by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London
Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery
on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period and (ii)
1.50%. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Base Rate”
for such Interest Period shall be the higher of (i) the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of
such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being
made, continued or converted by Bank of America (or such other amount as the Administrative Agent
shall determine) and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of
America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period and (ii) 1.50%; and (b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate
Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
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Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank
market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available
at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the
rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in
the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one
month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank
Eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.

     “Eurodollar Rate” shall mean for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a
rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 

	Eurodollar Rate	 	=	 	Eurodollar Base Rate
	 	 	 
	 	 	1.00 — Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

     “Eurodollar Rate Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Loans.

     “Eurodollar Rate Loan” shall mean a Term Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

     “Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” shall mean, for any day during any Interest Period, the
reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such
day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the
Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or
other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurodollar funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall
be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.

     “Eurofoil” shall mean Eurofoil Inc. (USA), a New York corporation.

     “Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.

     “Excess Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10.

     “Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, Consolidated EBITDA for such
Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, without duplication:

     (a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period;

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     (b) the aggregate amount of prepayments, redemptions and repurchases (to the extent resulting
in cancellation of the underlying obligation and in the case of revolving Indebtedness, a
simultaneous permanent reduction in commitments) made by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries from Internally Generated Cash Flow during such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of
principal on Capital Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations, Additional Senior Secured
Indebtedness and any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (and, in the
case of prepayments of any revolving Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a simultaneous
permanent reduction in an equal amount of the revolving commitments in respect of such
Indebtedness), in each case, so long as such amounts are not already reflected in Debt Service,
during such Excess Cash Flow Period;

     (c) Capital Expenditures during such Excess Cash Flow Period (excluding Capital Expenditures
made in such Excess Cash Flow Period where a certificate in the form contemplated by the following
clause (d) was previously delivered) that are paid in cash from Internally Generated Cash Flow;

     (d) Capital Expenditures that Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, during
such Excess Cash Flow Period, become obligated to make but that are not made during such Excess
Cash Flow Period; provided that Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative
Agent not later than 105 days after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, signed by a
Responsible Officer of Borrower and certifying that such Capital Expenditures will be made in the
following Excess Cash Flow Period from Internally Generated Cash Flow;

     (e) the aggregate amount of Investments made in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period
pursuant to Sections 6.04(e), (h), (l), (m) and
(r)(i), (iii), (iv) and (v);

     (f) (i) taxes of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that were paid in cash during such
Excess Cash Flow Period (excluding taxes paid in such Excess Cash Flow period where a certificate
contemplated by the following clause (ii) was previously delivered) and (ii) taxes of Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries that will be paid within six months after the end of such Excess Cash
Flow Period and for which reserves have been established; provided that Borrower shall
deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 105 days after the end of such
Excess Cash Flow Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and certifying that such taxes
will be paid within such six month period;

     (g) the absolute value of the difference, if negative, of the amount of Net Working Capital at
the end of the prior Excess Cash Flow Period (or, in the case of the Excess Cash Flow Period for
the first complete fiscal year of Borrower commencing after the Closing Date, at the first day of
such Excess Cash Flow Period) over the amount of Net Working Capital at the end of such Excess Cash
Flow Period (excluding or removing any impacts from non-cash currency translation adjustments,
non-cash unrealized derivatives, non-cash reclassifications, interest, income taxes and dividends);

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     (h) to the extent added to determine Consolidated EBITDA and paid in cash during such Excess
Cash Flow Period, cash charges referred to in clause (x)(e)(i) of the definition of Consolidated
EBITDA;

     (i) losses excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income by operation of clause (d)
of the definition thereof that are paid or realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period;

     (j) cash payments made in satisfaction of non-current liabilities reflected on the balance
sheet of the Borrower (excluding payments of Indebtedness for borrowed money) paid from Internally
Generated Cash Flow;

     (k) cash payments associated with realized currency derivatives hedging non-current assets and
liabilities paid from Internally Generated Cash Flow;

     (l) Dividends paid in cash to (i) Holdings and Management Fees paid in cash during such Excess
Cash Flow period in accordance with Section 6.08(c) and (ii) to holders of Equity Interests
of Restricted Subsidiaries other than any Company or any Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

     (m) to the extent added to determine Consolidated EBITDA, all items that did not result from a
cash payment to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during
such Excess Cash Flow Period;

provided that any amount deducted pursuant of any of the foregoing clauses that will be
paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period shall not be deducted again in a subsequent
Excess Cash Flow Period; plus, without duplication:

     (i) the difference, if positive, of the amount of Net Working Capital at
the end of the prior Excess Cash Flow Period (or, in the case of the Excess
Cash Flow Period for the first complete fiscal year of the Borrower commencing
after the Closing Date, at the first day of such Excess Cash Flow Period) over
the amount of Net Working Capital at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period
(excluding or removing any impacts from non-cash currency translation
adjustments, non-cash unrealized derivatives, non-cash reclassifications,
interest, income taxes and dividends);

     (ii) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures referred to in
clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess Cash Flow Period specified in the
certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (d)

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above, such amounts of Capital Expenditures that were not so made in the
Excess Cash Flow Period specified in such certificates;

     (iii) to the extent any tax payments referred to in clause (f)(ii) above
do not occur in the Excess Cash Flow Period specified in the certificate of
the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (f)(ii) above, such amounts of tax
payments that were not so made in the Excess Cash Flow Period specified in
such certificates;

     (iv) to the extent not reflected in Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess
Cash Flow Period, any return on or in respect of Investments received in cash
during such period, which Investments were made from Internally Generated Cash
Flow pursuant to Sections 6.04(e), (h), (l),
(m) and (r)(i), (iii), (iv) and
(v);

     (v) income and gains excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net
Income in any period by operation of clause (d) of the definition thereof or
excluded from the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA by operation of clause
(z)(c) of the definition thereof that are realized in cash during such Excess
Cash Flow Period;

     (vi) cash receipts associated with realized currency derivatives hedging
non-current assets and liabilities; and

     (vii) to the extent subtracted in determining Consolidated EBITDA, all
items that did not result from a cash payment by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period.

     “Excess Cash Flow Percentage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10(f).

     “Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean each fiscal year of the Borrower, beginning with the
fiscal year of the Borrower ending March 31, 2012.

     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Excluded Collateral Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted
Subsidiary designated as such in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that:

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     (x) (i) contributed 2.5% or less of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal
quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been or are required to
have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) prior to the date
of determination, and (ii) had consolidated assets representing 2.5% or less of the
Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter ended for which financial statements have been or are
required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) prior
to the date of determination;

     (y) together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries constituting Excluded Collateral
Subsidiaries (i) contributed 7.5% or less of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four
fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been or are required
to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) prior to the
date of determination, and (ii) had consolidated assets representing 7.5% or less of the
Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter ended for which financial statements have been or are
required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) prior
to the date of determination; and

     (z) is not a Loan Party on the Closing Date; provided that no Loan Party shall
constitute an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary except to the extent such Loan Party issues
Equity Interests to Persons other than a Company pursuant to Section 6.06(l) and immediately
prior to such issuance such Person would have otherwise qualified as an Excluded Collateral
Subsidiary under clause (x) and (y) above.

     The Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule
1.01(c).

     “Excluded Contract” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Excluded Property”.

     “Excluded Equity Interests” means (a) any Equity Interests of any Person with respect to which
the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Equity
Interests shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (b) any Equity Interests to the
extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any applicable law or contractual obligation (only
to the extent such prohibition is applicable and not rendered ineffective by any applicable law
and, in the case of any such contractual obligation, permitted under Section 6.19 hereof)
and (c) the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

     “Excluded Property” means (a) any Excluded Equity Interests, (b) any property, including the
rights under any contract or agreement (an “Excluded Contract”) to the extent that the grant of a
Lien thereon (i) is prohibited by applicable law or contractual obligation, (ii) requires a consent
not obtained of any governmental authority pursuant to such applicable law or any third party
pursuant to any contract between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and such third party or (iii) would
trigger a termination event pursuant to any “change of control” or similar

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provision, in each case pursuant to this clause (a), except to the extent such anti-assignment
or negative pledge is not enforceable under the UCC or other applicable Requirements of Law, or
such contractual obligation is prohibited under Section 6.19 hereof, (b) United States
intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the
grant of a Lien thereon would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark
applications under applicable United States federal law, (c) local petty cash deposit accounts
maintained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in proximity to their operations, (d)
payroll accounts maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (e) Property that is, or is to
become, subject to a Lien securing a Purchase Money Obligation or Capital Lease Obligation
permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement, if the contract or other agreement in which
such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Purchase Money Obligation or Capital
Lease Obligation) validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such Property and such
prohibition is permitted under Section 6.19 hereof, (f)(x) any leasehold real property and
(y) any fee-owned real property having an individual fair market value not exceeding $10,000,000,
(g) any Letter-of-Credit Rights that are not Supporting Obligations (each as defined in the UCC),
and (h) any other property with respect to which the cost or other consequences (including any
materially adverse tax consequences) of pledging such property shall be excessive in view of the
benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom as reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent.

     “Excluded Subsidiaries” shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of Holdings that are not organized
in a Principal Jurisdiction.

     “Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Agents, any Lender or any other recipient of
any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes
imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), franchise taxes imposed on
it (in lieu of net income taxes) and branch profits taxes imposed on it, by a jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision thereof) as a result of the recipient being organized or having its principal
office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office in such jurisdiction and (b)
for greater certainty, taxes imposed on amounts deemed to be interest pursuant to section 214(7) of
the Income Tax Act (Canada).

     “Executive Order” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.

     “Existing Lien” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(c).

     “Existing Senior Note Agreements” shall mean the collective reference to (i) the indenture
dated as of February 3, 2005, pursuant to which the Existing 2005 Senior Notes were issued and (ii)
the indenture dated as of August 11, 2009, pursuant to which the Existing 2009 Senior Notes were
issued.

     “Existing Senior Note Documents” shall mean the Existing Senior Notes, the Existing Senior
Note Agreements, the Existing Senior Note Guarantees and all other documents executed

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and delivered with respect to either Existing Senior Notes or the Existing Senior Note
Agreements.

     “Existing Senior Note Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees pursuant to either Existing
Senior Note Agreement.

     “Existing Senior Notes” shall mean the collective reference to the Existing 2005 Senior Notes
and the Existing 2009 Senior Notes.

     “Existing 2005 Senior Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 7-1/4% Senior Notes due 2015 issued
pursuant to the Existing Senior Note Agreements.

     “Existing 2009 Senior Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 11.5% Senior Notes due 2015 issued
pursuant to the Existing Senior Note Agreements.

     “FASB ASC” shall mean the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.

     “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a
whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as
determined by the Administrative Agent.

     “Fee Letter” shall mean that certain fee letter among the Borrower, the Arrangers and the
Bookrunners, dated December 10, 2010, as the same may be amended, amended and restated,
supplemented, revised or modified from time to time.

     “Fees” shall mean the fees and prepayment premiums payable hereunder or under the Fee Letter.

     “Financial Officer” of any person shall mean the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, treasurer or controller of such person.

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     “Financial Performance Covenant” shall mean the financial covenant contained in Section
6.10.

     “Financial Support Direction” shall mean a financial support direction issued by the Pensions
Regulator under Section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004.

     “FIRREA” shall mean the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as
amended.

     “First Priority” shall mean, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any
Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such
Collateral is subject, other than Permitted Liens of the type described in Section 6.02(a),
(b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i),
(j), (k) (to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement), (n),
(o), (q), (r), (s), (t) and (y) which have priority
over the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents (and in each case, subject to the proviso
to Section 6.02).

     “Foreign Asset Sale” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(i).

     “Foreign Guarantee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

     “Foreign Plan” shall mean any pension or other employee benefit or retirement plan, program,
policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by any Company with respect to
employees employed outside the United States.

     “Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

     “Forward Share Sale Agreement” shall mean that certain Forward Share Sale Agreement, dated as
of December 17, 2010, between Novelis Inc. and Novelis Acquisitions LLC pursuant to which Novelis
Inc. has agreed to sell shares of 9.5% Preferred Stock of the capital stock of Novelis Corporation
owned by it to Novelis Acquisitions LLC.

     “French Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as security agent
(agent des sûretés), under the French Security Agreements and any of its successors or assigns.
For the avoidance of doubt, the French Collateral Agent is hereby appointed by the Lenders to act
on their behalf as security agent (agent des sûretés) to constitute, register, manage and execute
the security interests contemplated by the French Security Agreements in order to fully secure and
guarantee their respective rights in each amount payable by each French Guarantor to each of the
Secured Parties under each of the Loan Documents, and in that capacity

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to accomplish all actions and formalities eventually necessary under article 2328-1 of the
French code civil.

     “French Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in France
party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
France that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “French Security Agreement” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreements substantially in
the form of Exhibit M-10, including all sub-parts thereto, among the French Guarantor and the
French Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

     “Funded Debt” shall mean, as to any person, all Indebtedness of such person that matures more
than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is
renewable or extendible, at the option of such person, to a date more than one year from such date
or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to
extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current
maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not
required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans.

     “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis; provided that if the Borrower converts its financial reporting from generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States to IFRS as permitted under Section 1.04, “GAAP”
shall mean (subject to the provisions of Section 1.04 hereof) IFRS applied on a consistent basis.

     “German Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in Germany
party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
Germany that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “German Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of “Receivables Purchase Agreement”.

     “German Security Agreement” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit M-5, including all sub-parts thereto, among the German

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Guarantors and the Collateral Agent and/or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, among
others, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “German Seller” shall mean Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a company organized under the laws of
Germany (including in its roles as seller and collection agent under the German Receivables
Purchase Agreement).

     “Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation,
or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the
European Central Bank).

     “Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements” shall mean any Requirement of Law of any
Governmental Authority requiring notification of the buyer, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or other
transferee of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, or notification, registration
or filing to or with any Governmental Authority, in connection with the sale, lease, mortgage,
assignment or other transfer (including any transfer of control) of any Real Property, facility,
establishment or business, of the actual or threatened presence or Release in or into the
Environment, or the use, disposal or handling of Hazardous Material on, at, under or near the Real
Property, facility, establishment or business to be sold, leased, mortgaged, assigned or
transferred.

     “Guarantee Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(b).

     “Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

     “Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees issued pursuant to ARTICLE VII by the
Guarantors.

     “Guarantors” shall mean Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including Holdings and each
other Canadian Guarantor, each U.S. Guarantor, each Swiss Guarantor, each U.K. Guarantor, each
German Guarantor, each Irish Guarantor, each Brazilian Guarantor, each Luxembourg Guarantor, each
Madeira Guarantor, each French Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that
becomes or is required to become a Guarantor hereunder).

     “Hazardous Materials” shall mean the following: hazardous substances; hazardous wastes;
polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or any substance or compound containing PCBs;

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asbestos or any asbestos-containing materials in any form or condition; radon or any other
radioactive materials including any source, special nuclear or by-product material; petroleum,
crude oil or any fraction thereof; and any other pollutant or contaminant or chemicals, wastes,
materials, compounds, constituents or substances, subject to regulation under or which can give
rise to liability (including, but not limited to, due to their ignitability, corrosivity,
reactivity or toxicity) under any Environmental Laws.

     “Hedging Agreement” shall mean any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements
or arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, either
generally or under specific contingencies entered into for the purposes of hedging a Company’s
exposure to interest or exchange rates, loan credit exchanges, security or currency valuations or
commodity prices, in each case not for speculative purposes.

     “Hedging Obligations” shall mean obligations under or with respect to Hedging Agreements.

     “Hindalco” shall mean Hindalco Industries Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of
India.

     “Holdings” shall mean (i) prior to the consummation of the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation, AV
Metals, and (ii) upon and after the consummation of the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation, Successor
Holdings.

     “IFRS” shall mean International Financial Reporting Standards consistently applied.

     “Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary that,
together with all other Subsidiaries then constituting Immaterial Subsidiaries (i) contributed 5.0%
or less of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which
financial statements have been or are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(a) or 5.01(b) prior to the date of determination, (ii) had consolidated assets
representing 5.0% or less of the Consolidated Total Assets on the last day of the most recent
fiscal quarter ended for which financial statements have been or are required to have been
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) prior to the date of
determination, and (iii) is not a Loan Party on the Closing Date.

     “Increase Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.23(a).

     “Increase Joinder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(c).

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     “Incremental OID” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(c).

     “Incremental Net Yield” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.23(c).

     “Incremental Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.23(c).

     “Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.23(a).

     “Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.23(c).

     “Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
person for borrowed money or advances; (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale
or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such person; (d) all
obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services
(excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business on normal trade terms and not overdue by more than ninety (90) days (other than such
overdue trade accounts payable being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, for which
appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with US
GAAP or other applicable accounting standards)); (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien
on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have
been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property; (f) all Capital Lease
Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such person; (g) all
Hedging Obligations to the extent required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such person; (h)
all Attributable Indebtedness of such person; (i) all obligations of such person for the
reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’
acceptances and similar credit transactions; (j) all obligations of such person under any Qualified
Securitization Transaction; and (k) all Contingent Obligations of such person in respect of
Indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above.
The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such person is a general partner) to the extent such person is liable therefor
as a result of such person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except
(other than in the case of general partner liability) to the extent that the terms of such
Indebtedness expressly provide that such person is not liable therefor.

     “Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

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     “Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.03(b).

     “Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12.

     “Initial Term Loans” shall mean the Term Loans made on the Closing Date under Section
2.01(a).

     “Instruments” shall mean all “instruments,” as such term is defined in the UCC, in which any
Person now or hereafter has rights.

     “Insurance Policies” shall mean the insurance policies and coverages required to be maintained
by each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property with respect to the applicable Mortgaged
Property pursuant to Section 5.04 and all renewals and extensions thereof.

     “Insurance Requirements” shall mean, collectively, all provisions of the Insurance Policies,
all requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and all orders, rules, regulations
and any other requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising
similar functions) binding upon each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property and
applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition thereof.

     “Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.06(a).

     “Interbank Rate” shall mean, for any period, (i) in respect of Loans denominated in dollars,
the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (ii) in respect of Loans denominated in any other currency,
the Administrative Agent’s cost of funds for such period.

     “Intercompany Note” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit
P, or such other form as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

     “Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date
hereof by and among the Companies party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
the Administrative Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agent under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, and such other persons as may become party thereto from time to time
pursuant to the terms thereof, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.

     “Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by Borrower to convert or continue a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit
E.

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     “Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business
Day of each March, June, September and December to occur during any period in which such Loan is
outstanding, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan
with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such
Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such
Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Term Loan, the Maturity Date of such Term Loan.

     “Internally Generated Cash Flow” shall mean cash generated by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and in any event excluding (i) proceeds of
Casualty Events and Asset Sales under Section 6.06(b), (e), (i), (j),
(k), (l) and (q), (ii) proceeds of Indebtedness other than borrowings under
the Revolving Credit Facility and intercompany loans from another Company funded in the ordinary
course of operations (and not from sources otherwise not constituting Internally Generated Cash
Flow) and (iii) proceeds of issuances of Equity Interests other than to another Company funded in
the ordinary course of operations (and not from sources otherwise not constituting Internally
Generated Cash Flow).

     “Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, if acceptable to each Lender, nine or
twelve months), as Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end
on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day, (b) any
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall
end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period, (c) Borrower shall
not select an Interest Period for a Class of Term Loans that would extend beyond the Latest
Maturity Date of the applicable Class of such Term Loan, (d) Borrower shall not select Interest
Periods so as to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Rate Loans during an Interest
Period for such Loans and (e) any Eurodollar Rate Borrowings made or continued during the period
ending on the earlier of (x) three months following the Closing Date and (y) the completion of the
primary syndication of the Commitments (as determined by the Arrangers), shall have a Interest
Period of one month. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on
which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

     “Inventory” shall mean all “inventory,” as such term is defined in the UCC, wherever located,
in which any Person now or hereafter has rights.

     “Investment Recapture Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.04(r)(iv).

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     “Investments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

     “Irish Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in Ireland
party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
Ireland that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Irish Security Agreement” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit M-6, including all sub-parts thereto, among the Irish Guarantors and
the Collateral Agent, among others, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
F, or such other form as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

     “Joint Venture” shall mean any person (a) that is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of
Holdings and (b) in which the Borrower, in the aggregate, together with its Subsidiaries, is
directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of Equity Interests of such
person.

     “Joint Venture Subsidiary” shall mean each of (i) Aluminum Company of Malaysia Berhard, (ii)
NKL and (iii) any other person that is a Subsidiary in which persons other than Holdings or its
Affiliates own 10% or more of the Equity Interests of such person, excluding, to the extent they
become Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower after the Closing Date, Logan and Norf GmbH.

     “Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.18(a).

     “Judgment Currency Conversion Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.18(a).

     “Junior Lien” means a Lien designated as a “Subordinated Lien” under the Intercreditor
Agreement on all or any portion of the Collateral, but only to the extent (i) any such Lien
constitutes “Subordinated Liens” under, and as defined in, the Intercreditor Agreement (it being
understood that such Subordinated Lien will be a junior, “silent” lien with respect to the Liens
securing the Secured Obligations, as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement) and (ii) the holders
of such Indebtedness (or a trustee, agent or other representative of such holders) secured by such
Lien have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement through the execution and delivery of
joinders thereto.

     “Junior Secured Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of a Loan Party that is secured by a
Junior Lien.

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     “Land Registry” shall mean the Land Registry of England and Wales.

     “Landlord Access Agreement” shall mean a Landlord Access Agreement, substantially in the form
of Exhibit G, or such other form as may reasonably be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.

     “Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or
expiration date applicable to any Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or
expiration date of any Initial Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Other Term Loan, any Other Term
Loan Commitment or Incremental Term Loan Commitment, in each case as extended in accordance with
this Agreement from time to time.

     “Leases” shall mean any and all leases, subleases, tenancies, options, concession agreements,
rental agreements, occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and any other
agreements (including all amendments, extensions, replacements, renewals, modifications and/or
guarantees thereof), whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter entered
into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion of any Real Property.

     “Lender Addendum” shall mean with respect to any Lender on the Closing Date, a lender addendum
in the form of Exhibit I, to be executed and delivered by such Lender on the Closing Date
as provided in Section 11.15, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Lenders” shall mean (a) the financial institutions that have become a party hereto pursuant
to a Lender Addendum, (b) any financial institution that has become a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption, other than, in each case, any such financial institution that has ceased
to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and (c) each Additional Lender that
executes an Increase Joinder in accordance with Section 2.23 hereof.

     “Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, encumbrance, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest or similar encumbrance of
any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference in respect of such property or any
filing of any financing statement or any financing change statement under the UCC, the PPSA or any
other similar notice of lien under any similar notice or recording statute of any Governmental
Authority (other than any unauthorized notice or filing filed after the Closing Date for which
there is not otherwise any underlying lien or obligation, so long as the Borrower is (if aware of
same) using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the removal of same), including any easement,
right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether
voluntary or imposed by law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing; (b) the interest of a
vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement
(or any financing lease having substantially the same

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economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such property; and (c) in the case of
securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.

     “Liquidity” shall mean as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) Unrestricted Cash of
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date plus (ii) unutilized and
available commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

     “Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Contribution,
Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Security Documents, each
Foreign Guarantee, the Fee Letter, each Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge
Provider (provided that such Hedging Agreements shall be deemed not to be Loan Documents
for purposes of Sections 1.03 and 1.04 and Articles II, VI,
VIII and XI hereof), and all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents,
assignments, certificates, agreements or documents, whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed
by or on behalf of any Loan Party for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection with
this Agreement.

     “Loan Modification Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
11.02(f).

     “Loan Modification Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
11.02(f).

     “Loan Parties” shall mean Holdings (unless Holdings has been released as a Guarantor pursuant
to Section 7.09(d)), the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

     “Loans” shall mean Term Loans.

     “Logan” shall mean Logan Aluminum Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     “Logan Location” shall mean the premises of Logan Aluminum Inc., Route 431, North
Russellville, Kentucky 42276.

     “London Banking Day” shall mean any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by
and between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market.

     “Luxembourg Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
Luxembourg party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
organized in Luxembourg that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

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     “Luxembourg Security Agreements” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreements
substantially in the form of Exhibit M-8, including all sub-parts thereto, among the Luxembourg
Guarantor and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Madeira Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in Madeira
party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
Madeira that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Madeira Security Agreements” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreements substantially
in the form of Exhibit M-9, including all sub-parts thereto, among the Madeira Guarantor, the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the other parties referred to therein.

     “Management Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.08(c)(C).

     “Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

     “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a material adverse effect on the business, property,
results of operations, or financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties to
perform their payment and other material obligations under the Loan Documents; (c) a material
impairment of the rights of or benefits or remedies available to the Lenders, the Collateral Agent
or the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole; or (d)(i) a material
adverse effect on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or the Liens in favor of the Collateral
Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties) on such Collateral or the
priority of such Liens, in each case for this clause (d)(i) taken as a whole, or (ii) a material
adverse effect on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral or the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent
(for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties) on such Collateral or the
priority of such Liens, in each case for this clause (d)(ii) taken as a whole.

     “Material Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents
and any Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings thereof, (b) Indebtedness under the New
Senior Notes, the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness, the Junior Secured Indebtedness and any
Permitted Refinancings of any thereof in each case in an aggregate outstanding principal amount
exceeding $100,000,000 and (c) any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans and intercompany
Indebtedness of the Companies permitted hereunder) of the Loan Parties in an aggregate outstanding
principal amount exceeding $100,000,000.

     “Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Immaterial
Subsidiary.

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     “Maturity Date” shall mean (i) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the Original
Maturity Date, (ii) with respect to any tranche of Other Term Loans, the final maturity date as
specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, and (iii) with respect to any Incremental Term
Loans, the final maturity date as specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment;
provided that if any such day is not a Business Day, the applicable Maturity Date shall be
the Business Day immediately succeeding such day.

     “Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.14.

     “Maximum Revolving Credit Facility Amount” shall mean, at any time, $1,000,000,000.

     “Minimum Amount” shall mean (i) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than
$5,000,000 for Base Rate Loans and (ii) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than
$5,000,000 for Eurodollar Rate Loans.

     “Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

     “Mortgage” shall mean an agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage, charge, deed of
trust, deed of hypothec or any other document, creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged
Property, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit J or, subject to the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement, other form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in each
case, with such schedules and including such provisions as shall be necessary to conform such
document to applicable local or foreign law or as shall be customary under applicable local or
foreign law.

     “Mortgaged Property” shall mean (a) each Real Property identified as a Mortgaged Property on
Schedule 8(a) to any Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date, (b) each future Real
Property covered by the terms of any Mortgage, and (c) each Real Property, if any, which shall be
subject to a Mortgage (or other Lien created by a Security Document) delivered after the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 5.11(c).

     “Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3)
or Section 3(37) of ERISA (a) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions; (b) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate has
within the preceding six plan years made contributions; or (c) with respect to which any Company
could incur liability.

     “Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean:

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     (a) with respect to any Asset Sale, the cash proceeds received by Holdings, the Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when
received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in respect of non-cash
consideration initially received) net of (without duplication) (i) selling expenses (including
reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional
fees, transfer and similar taxes and Borrower’s good faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable
in connection with such sale and repatriation Taxes that are or would be payable in connection with
any sale by a Restricted Subsidiary); (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP,
against (x) any liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale
or (y) any other liabilities retained by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries associated with the properties sold in such Asset Sale (provided that, to the
extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall
constitute Net Cash Proceeds); (iii) the Borrower’s good faith estimate of payments required to be
made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating to the properties sold within ninety (90) days
of such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent such cash proceeds are not used to make
payments in respect of such unassumed liabilities within ninety (90) days of such Asset Sale, such
cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); (iv) the principal amount, premium or penalty,
if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the Revolving
Credit Loans) which is secured by a Lien on the properties sold in such Asset Sale (so long as such
Lien was permitted to encumber such properties under the Loan Documents at the time of such sale)
and which is repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser
of such properties); and (v) so long as any Revolving Credit Loans remain outstanding, the proceeds
of any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral of any Loan Party sold in such Asset Sale (which shall
include, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of the sale price of the Equity Interests or all
or substantially all of the property, assets or business of any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings
consisting of the net book value of any such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral);

     (b) with respect to any Debt Issuance or any Disqualified Capital Stock, the cash proceeds
thereof, net of customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection
therewith;

     (c) with respect to any Equity Issuance or any other issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Preferred Stock) by Holdings or the Borrower, the cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees,
commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith; and

     (d) with respect to any Casualty Event, the cash insurance proceeds, condemnation awards and
other compensation received in respect thereof, net of (i) all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other compensation in
respect of such Casualty Event; and (ii) so long as any Revolving Credit Loans remain outstanding,
any such cash insurance proceeds, condemnation awards and other compensation received in respect of
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral of any Loan Party to the extent such amounts are required to
be (and are) applied to the repayment of the Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to the terms of the
Revolving Credit Agreement;

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provided, however, that Net Cash Proceeds arising from any Asset Sale or Casualty
Event by or applicable to a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall equal the amount of such Net Cash
Proceeds calculated as provided above less the percentage thereof equal to the percentage of any
Equity Interests of such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary not owned by Holdings, the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “Net Cash Proceeds Account” shall mean any segregated Deposit Account or Securities Account
established by the Borrower or any Guarantor with one or more financial institutions reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (which, in the case of an account established by Borrower,
shall not be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender) that (i) is subject to a Control Agreement, (ii)
is subject to a First Priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Secured Obligations and (iii) solely contains proceeds
of Pari Passu Priority Collateral (and any products of such proceeds), and which has been
designated in writing to the Revolving Credit Agents as a “Net Cash Proceeds Account” on or prior
to the time that the Net Cash Proceeds from any sale of Pari Passu Priority Collateral shall be
deposited therein, pending application of such proceeds (and any products of such proceeds) in
accordance with the terms hereof.

     “Net Working Capital” shall mean, at any time, Consolidated Current Assets at such time minus
Consolidated Current Liabilities at such time.

     “New Senior Note Agreements” shall mean the indentures dated as of December 17, 2010, pursuant
to which the New Senior Notes were issued.

     “New Senior Note Documents” shall mean the New Senior Notes, the New Senior Note Agreements,
the New Senior Note Guarantees and all other documents executed and delivered with respect to the
New Senior Notes or the New Senior Note Agreements.

     “New Senior Note Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Loan Parties (other than
Holdings and the Borrower) pursuant to the New Senior Note Agreement.

     “New Senior Notes” shall mean the Borrower’s 8.375% Senior Notes due 2017 and 8.75% Senior
Notes due 2020, each issued pursuant to the New Senior Note Agreements and any senior notes issued
pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing of the New Senior Notes (including any Registered Equivalent
Notes).

     “NKL” shall mean Novelis Korea Limited.

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     “Non-consolidated Affiliate” shall mean each of Norf GmbH, MiniMRF LLC (Delaware), and
Consorcio Candonga (unincorporated Brazil), in each case so long as they are not a Subsidiary of
the Borrower.

     “Non-consolidated Affiliate Debt” shall mean with respect to the Non-consolidated Affiliates,
as of any date of determination and without duplication, the Consolidated Total Net Debt of the
Non-consolidated Affiliates and their Subsidiaries (determined as if references to the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated Total Net Debt were references to
Non-consolidated Affiliates and their Subsidiaries).

     “Non-consolidated Affiliate EBITDA” shall mean with respect to the Non-consolidated Affiliates
for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Non-consolidated
Affiliates and their Subsidiaries (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to Non-consolidated
Affiliates and their Subsidiaries); provided that Non-consolidated Affiliate EBITDA shall not
include the Non-consolidated Affiliate EBITDA of Non-consolidated Affiliates if such
Non-consolidated Affiliates are subject to a prohibition, directly or indirectly, on the payment of
dividends or the making of distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower, to the extent of
such prohibition.

     “Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.

     “Norf GmbH” shall mean Aluminium Norf GmbH, a limited liability company (GmbH) organized under
the laws of Germany.

     “Notes” shall mean any notes evidencing the Terms Loans issued pursuant to this Agreement, if
any, substantially in the form of Exhibit K.

     “Notice of Intent to Cure” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.01(d).

     “Novelis AG” shall mean Novelis AG, a stock corporation (AG) organized under the laws of
Switzerland.

     “Novelis AG Cash Pooling Agreement” shall mean a Cash Management Agreement entered into among
Novelis AG and certain “European Affiliates” (as identified therein) dated 1 February 2007,
together with all ancillary documentation thereto.

     “Novelis Inc.” shall mean Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act.

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     “Obligation Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
11.18(a).

     “Obligations” shall mean (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time
to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued
but for such proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans,
when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the due and punctual
performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     “OFAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.

     “Offer Price” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

     “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer in his or
her official (and not individual) capacity.

     “Organizational Documents” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any
corporation, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or equivalent or comparable
constitutional documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction) of such person, (ii) in the
case of any limited liability company, the certificate of formation and operating agreement (or
similar documents) of such person, (iii) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of
formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar documents) of such person, (iv) in the case
of any general partnership, the partnership agreement (or similar document) of such person and (v)
in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

     “Original Maturity Date” shall mean December 17, 2016.

     “Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, recording, documentary, excise,
transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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     “Other Term Loan Commitments” shall mean one or more Classes of Term Loan commitments
hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

     “Other Term Loans” shall mean one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing
Amendment.

     “Pari Passu Priority Collateral” shall mean all “Pari Passu Priority Collateral” as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement.

     “Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.04(d).

     “Participating Member States” shall mean the member states of the European Communities that
adopt or have adopted the euro as their lawful currency in accordance with the legislation of the
European Union relating to European Monetary Union.

     “PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

     “Pensions Regulator” shall mean the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established
under Part I of the Pensions Act 2004.

     “Perfection Certificate” shall mean, individually and collectively, as the context may
require, each certificate of a Loan Party in the form of Exhibit L-1 or any other form
approved by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, as the same shall be supplemented from
time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise.

     “Perfection Certificate Supplement” shall mean a certificate supplement in the form of
Exhibit L-2 or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.

     “Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition, if each of the following conditions is
met:

     (i) no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom;

     (ii) no Company shall, in connection with any such transaction, assume or remain liable
with respect to any Indebtedness of the related seller or the business, person or properties
acquired, except to the extent permitted under Section 6.01, and any other such
Indebtedness not permitted to be assumed or otherwise supported by any Company hereunder
shall be paid in full or released as to the business, persons or properties being so
acquired on or before the consummation of such acquisition;

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     (iii) the person or business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in, a
business of the type that the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries are permitted to be engaged
in under Section 6.15, and the person or business and any property acquired in
connection with any such transaction shall be free and clear of any Liens, other than
Permitted Liens;

     (iv) the Board of Directors of the person to be acquired shall not have indicated
publicly its opposition to the consummation of such acquisition (which opposition has not
been publicly withdrawn);

     (v) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated in all material
respects in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law;

     (vi) with respect to any transaction involving Acquisition Consideration of more than
$50,000,000, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree, the Borrower shall have
provided the Administrative Agent written notice on or before the consummation of such
transaction, which notice shall describe (A) in reasonable detail the terms and conditions
of such transaction and the person or business to be acquired and (B) all such other
information and data relating to such transaction or the person or business to be acquired
as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

     (vii) the property acquired in connection with any such Acquisition shall, subject to
any Permitted Liens, be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents, and any person
acquired in connection with any such transaction shall become a Guarantor, in each case, to
the extent required under, and within the relevant time periods provided in, Section
5.11;

     (viii) with respect to any transaction involving Acquisition Consideration that, when
added to the fair market value of Equity Interests, including Equity Interests of Holdings,
constituting purchase consideration, exceeds $50,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered
to the Administrative Agent an Officers’ Certificate on or prior to the consummation of such
transaction certifying that (A) such transaction complies with this definition and (B) such
transaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

     (ix) at the time of such Acquisition and after giving effect thereto and any
Indebtedness incurred or acquired in connection therewith, on a Pro Forma Basis determined
on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) as though such
Acquisition had been consummated, incurred or assumed as of the first day of the fiscal
period covered thereby, the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be no greater than the lesser of
(x) 5.00 to 1.00 and (y) .25 to 1.00 less than the Total Net Leverage Ratio required to be
maintained at such time under Section 6.10;

     (x) if any Person so acquired (or any Subsidiary of such Person) is not required to
become a Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.11, the Acquisition Consideration payable
for such Person (or the portion thereof attributable or allocated by the Borrower

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in good faith to each such Subsidiary) in connection with such Acquisition, and all
other Acquisitions of non-Loan Parties consummated after the Closing Date shall not, unless,
on the date of such Acquisition, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, determined on a Pro
Forma Basis, after giving effect to such Acquisition shall be no greater than 1.75 to 1.00
determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) as
though such Acquisition had been consummated as of the first day of the fiscal period
covered thereby, exceed $100,000,000 during any twelve month period or $250,000,000 in the
aggregate since the Closing Date (provided that such amounts can be exceeded to the extent
of Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(r));

     (xi) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower shall, on a Pro
Forma Basis, be in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant, such compliance to be
determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) as
though such Acquisition had been consummated as of the first day of the fiscal period
covered thereby; and

     (xii) with respect to any transaction involving Acquisition Consideration of more than
$50,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate from a Financial Officer of the
Borrower on or prior to the consummation of such transaction (A) as to the matters set forth
in clause (i) above and (B) demonstrating its compliance with clause (ix) and (xi)
above, and (C) to the extent the person so acquired is not required to become a Loan Party
hereunder pursuant to Section 5.11, demonstrating compliance with clause (x) above,
and in each case accompanied by compliance calculations in reasonable detail.

     “Permitted Factoring Facility” shall mean a sale of Receivables on a discounted basis by any
Company that is not the Borrower and is not organized under the laws of, and does not conduct
business in, a Principal Jurisdiction, so long as (i) no Loan Party has any obligation, contingent
or otherwise in connection with such sale (other than to deliver the Receivables purported to be
sold free and clear of any encumbrance), and (ii) such sale is for cash and fair market value.

     “Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness incurred by
Borrower or the U.S. Issuer in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes under one or
more indentures; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral (or a
portion thereof) on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies, which shall
be as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement) with the Secured Obligations and is not secured by
any property or assets other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term
Loans, Other Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans), (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have
scheduled amortization or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption or
prepayment (except customary asset sale or change of control provisions, which asset sale
provisions may require the application of proceeds of asset sales and casualty events co-extensive
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make mandatory prepayments or prepayment offers out of such proceeds on a pari passu basis
with the Secured Obligations, all other Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and all
Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness), in each case prior to the date that is 181 days after the
Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements
relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such
differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) such Indebtedness is
not guaranteed by any Persons other than the Guarantors (and the Borrower if the U.S. Issuer is the
issuer thereof), (vi) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing,
premiums and optional prepayment or optional redemption provisions) are customary market terms for
securities of such type (provided that such terms shall in no event include any financial
maintenance covenants) and, in any event, when taken as a whole, are not materially more favorable
to the investors providing such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions of the applicable
Refinanced Debt (except with respect to any terms (including covenants) and conditions contained in
such Indebtedness that are applicable only after the then Latest Maturity Date) (provided
that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five
Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed
description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the
documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such
terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (vi) shall be conclusive evidence that
such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including
a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), (vii) no Default shall exist
immediately prior to or after giving effect to such incurrence and the Borrower shall be in
compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with Section 6.10 after giving effect to such incurrence,
and (viii) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have
become party to the Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt will
include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

     “Permitted Holdings Amalgamation” shall mean the amalgamation of Holdings and Borrower on a
single occasion following the Closing Date; provided that (i) no Default exists or would
result therefrom and the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the amalgamation, with the same
effect as though made on such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date, (ii) the person resulting from such amalgamation shall be
named Novelis Inc., and shall be a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations
Act (such resulting person, the “Successor Borrower”), and the Successor Borrower shall expressly
confirm its obligations as Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
Borrower is a party pursuant to a confirmation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (iii) immediately upon consummation of such amalgamation, a new holding
company with no material assets other than the Equity Interests in the Successor Borrower (the
“Successor Holdings”) shall (A) be an entity organized or existing under the laws of Canada or a
province thereof, (B) directly own 100% of the Equity Interests in the Successor Borrower, (C)
execute a supplement or joinder to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent to become a Guarantor and execute Security Documents (or supplements or
joinder agreements thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
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advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to cause the Lien
created by the applicable Security Documents to be a duly perfected First Priority Lien in
accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements
(or other applicable filings) in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent and (D) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, pledge and deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing all of
the Equity Interests of the Successor Borrower, together with undated stock powers or other
appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of
Successor Holdings, (iv) be in compliance with all covenants and obligations of Holdings under this
Agreement, (v) immediately after giving effect to any such amalgamation, the Senior Secured Net
Leverage Ratio is not greater than the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such
amalgamation, which shall be evidenced by a certificate from the chief financial officer of the
Borrower demonstrating such compliance calculation in reasonable detail, (vi) the Successor
Borrower shall have no Indebtedness after giving effect to the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation
other than Indebtedness of the Borrower in existence prior to the date of the Permitted Holdings
Amalgamation, (vii) each other Guarantor, shall have by a confirmation in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, confirmed that its guarantee of the Guaranteed
Obligations (including its Guarantee) shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under
this Agreement, (viii) the Borrower and each other Guarantor shall have by confirmations and any
required supplements to the applicable Security Documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor
Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and (ix) each Loan Party shall have delivered opinions
of counsel and related officers’ certificates reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with
respect to the execution and delivery and enforceability of the documents referred to above and the
compliance of such amalgamation with the provisions hereof, and all such opinions of counsel shall
be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and provided, further, that (x) if the
foregoing are satisfied, (1) Successor Holdings will be substituted for and assume all obligations
of AV Metals under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (2) the Successor
Borrower shall be substituted for Novelis Inc. under this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents and all references hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to the Borrower shall be
references to the Successor Borrower and (y) notwithstanding any provision of Section
11.02, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by the Lenders to make any amendments to
the Loan Documents that are necessary to reflect such changes in the parties to the applicable Loan
Documents.

     “Permitted Holdings Indebtedness” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings (i) with
respect to which neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any Contingent Obligation, (ii) that
will not mature prior to the 180th day following the Latest Maturity Date, (iii) that
has no scheduled amortization of principal prior to the 180th day following the Latest
Maturity Date, (iv) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in
respect of the principal thereof (other than optional redemption provisions customary for senior
discount or “pay-in-kind” notes) for a number of years from the date of issuance or incurrence
thereof equal to at least one-half of the term to maturity thereof, (v) that has mandatory
prepayment, repurchase or redemption, covenant, default and remedy provisions customary for senior
discount or “pay-in-kind” notes of an issuer that is the parent of a borrower under senior secured
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(vi) that is issued to a person that is not an Affiliate of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in an arm’s-length transaction on fair market terms; provided that at least
five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, a Responsible Officer of Holdings
shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent (together with a reasonably detailed
description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the
documentation relating thereto) stating that Holdings has determined in good faith that such terms
and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements.

     “Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

     “Permitted Prepayments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.11.

     “Permitted Refinancing” shall mean, with respect to any person, any refinancing or renewal of
any Indebtedness of such person; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to such refinancing or renewal
does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness so refinanced or renewed except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and
premium thereon and any make-whole payments applicable thereto plus other reasonable
amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing or
renewal and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) such
refinancing or renewal has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of,
and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness being refinanced or renewed (excluding the effects of nominal
amortization in the amount of no greater than one percent per annum and prepayments of
Indebtedness), (c) no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom, (d) the persons that
are (or are required to be) obligors under such refinancing or renewal do not include any person
that is not an obligor under the Indebtedness being so refinanced or renewed (or, in the case of a
Permitted Refinancing of the Senior Notes, such obligors are Loan Parties (other than Holdings))
and (e) the subordination provisions thereof (if any) shall be, in the aggregate, no less favorable
to the Lenders than those contained in the Indebtedness being so refinanced or renewed;
provided that at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such refinancing or
renewal, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the
Administrative Agent (together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and
conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto) certifying that
the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing
requirements.

     “Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancing” shall mean any credit facility that
refinances or renews or replaces any of the Indebtedness incurred and commitments available under
the Revolving Credit Loan Documents (which may be an asset-based or cash flow financing);
provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of all
such Indebtedness, after giving effect to such refinancing or renewal, shall not exceed the Maximum
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accrued interest and premium on the Indebtedness being so refinanced or renewed plus
other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such
refinancing or renewal, (b) such refinancing or renewal has a final maturity date equal to or later
than the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being so refinanced or renewed, (c) no Default is
existing or would result therefrom, (d) the collateral securing such refinancing, renewal or
replacement is not greater than the Collateral (but without regard to whether such collateral is
treated as Pari Passu Priority Collateral or Revolving Credit Priority Collateral for purposes of
such credit facility under the Intercreditor Agreement) and (e) the persons that are (or are
required to be) obligors under such refinancing or renewal do not include any person that is not an
obligor under the Indebtedness being so refinanced or renewed (unless, in the case of a refinancing
of Indebtedness of a Loan Party, such persons are or become obligors under the Loan Documents);
provided that at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such refinancing or
renewal, a Responsible Officer of Borrower shall have delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the
Administrative Agent (together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and
conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto) certifying that
Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing
requirements.

     “Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean secured Indebtedness incurred by the
Borrower or the U.S. Issuer in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes under
one or more indentures or junior lien secured loans under one or more other debt instruments or
facilities; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by a Junior Lien on the Collateral (or a
portion thereof) and is not secured by any property or assets other than the Collateral, (ii) such
Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans
(including portions of Classes of Term Loans, Other Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans), (iii)
such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal and is
not subject to mandatory redemption or prepayment (except customary asset sale or change of control
provisions), in each case prior to the date that is 181 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the
time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are
substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Persons
other than the Guarantors, (vi) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding
pricing, premiums and optional prepayment or optional redemption provisions) are customary market
terms for securities of such type and, in any event, when taken as a whole, are not materially more
favorable to the investors or lenders providing such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions of
the applicable Refinanced Debt (except with respect to any terms (including covenants) and
conditions contained in such Indebtedness that are applicable only after the then Latest Maturity
Date) (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative
Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a
reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts
of the documentation relating thereto, stating that Borrower has determined in good faith that such
terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (vi) shall be conclusive evidence that
such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including
a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), (vii) the security

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agreements relating to such Indebtedness (together with the Intercreditor Agreement) reflect
the Junior Lien nature of the security interests and are otherwise substantially the same as the
applicable Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent), (viii) no Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to
such incurrence and the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with Section
6.10 after giving effect to such incurrence, and (ix) a Senior Representative acting on behalf
of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to the Intercreditor Agreement.
Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in
exchange therefor.

     “Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the
Borrower or the U.S. Issuer in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured or subordinated
notes or loans under one or more instruments; provided that (i) such Indebtedness
constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions
of Classes of Term Loans, Other Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans), (ii) such Indebtedness does
not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory
redemption or prepayment (except customary asset sale or change of control provisions), in each
case prior to the date that is 181 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such
Indebtedness is incurred, (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Persons other than the
Guarantors, (iv) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing, premiums
and optional prepayment or optional redemption provisions) are customary market terms for
Indebtedness of such type and, when taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive
(provided that such terms shall in no event include any financial maintenance covenants) on
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms and conditions applicable to the Term
Loans (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative
Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a
reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts
of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that
such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (iv) shall be conclusive evidence
that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies
the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)) and (v) such
Indebtedness (including related guarantees) is not secured. Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt
will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

     “person” or “Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

     “Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject
to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA which is
maintained or contributed to by any Company or its ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which any
Company could incur liability (including under Section 4069 of ERISA).

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     “Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01(d).

     “Pledged Intercompany Notes” shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party, all intercompany
notes described in Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate as of the Closing Date and
intercompany notes hereafter acquired by such Loan Party and all certificates, instruments or
agreements evidencing such intercompany notes, and all assignments, amendments, restatements,
supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof to the extent permitted
pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Pledged Securities” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Loan Party, (i) all issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of each issuer set forth on Schedule 10 to the Perfection
Certificate as of the Closing Date as being owned by such Loan Party and all options, warrants,
rights, agreements and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such issuer acquired by
such Loan Party (including by issuance), together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers
of such Loan Party relating to such Equity Interests in each such issuer or under any
Organizational Document of each such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements
representing such Equity Interests and any and all interest of such Loan Party in the entries on
the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such Equity Interests, (ii) all Equity
Interests of any issuer, which Equity Interests are hereafter acquired by such Loan Party or are
owned by a Loan Party as of the date hereof (including by issuance) and all options, warrants,
rights, agreements and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such issuer acquired by
such Loan Party (including by issuance), together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers
of such Loan Party relating to such Equity Interests or under any Organizational Document of any
such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such Equity Interests
and any and all interest of such Loan Party in the entries on the books of any financial
intermediary pertaining to such Equity Interests, from time to time acquired by such Loan Party in
any manner, and (iii) all Equity Interests issued in respect of the Equity Interests referred to in
clause (i) or (ii) upon any consolidation or merger of any issuer of such Equity Interests other
than to the extent any of the foregoing constitute Excluded Equity Interests.

     “PPSA” shall mean the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and the regulations promulgated
thereunder and other applicable personal property security legislation of the applicable Canadian
province or provinces in respect of the Canadian Loan Parties (including the Civil Code of Quebec
and the regulations respecting the register of personal and movable real rights promulgated
thereunder) as all such legislation now exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended,
modified, recodified, supplemented or replaced, together with all rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder or related thereto.

     “Preferred Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all preferred or preference
Equity Interests (however designated) of such person whether now outstanding or issued after the
Closing Date.

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     “Prepayments Recapture Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.11(a)(i)(C).

     “Principal Jurisdiction” shall mean (i) the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom,
Switzerland and Germany, (ii) each other country in which a Restricted Subsidiary is organized in
respect of which Accounts are included in the borrowing base for purposes of the Revolving Credit
Agreement and (iii) and any state, province or other political subdivision of the foregoing.

     “Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder
at any time of determination (excluding any calculation of the amount of Excess Cash Flow and the
amount referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Cumulative Credit), that all Specified
Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith (if any) shall be deemed to
have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Test Period or other period of measurement in
such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to
the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in or assets of any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Borrower or any division, business unit, line of business or facility used for operations of
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded (as if such sale or
disposition occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period), and (ii) in the case of a
Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall
be included (as if such Permitted Acquisition or Investment occurred on the first day of the
applicable Test Period), (b) any retirement of Indebtedness in connection therewith, and (c) any
Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection therewith.

     “Pro Rata Percentage” of any Lender at any time shall mean the percentage of the sum of the
total outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of all Lenders represented by such Lender’s
outstanding Loans and unused Commitments.

     “Process Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.09(d).

     “property” shall mean any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including Equity
Interests or other ownership interests of any person and whether now in existence or owned or
hereafter entered into or acquired, including all Real Property.

     “Property Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, as of
any date of determination and whether individually or in the aggregate, any event, circumstance,
occurrence or condition which has caused or resulted in (or would reasonably be expected to cause
or result in) a material adverse effect on (a) the business or operations of any Company as
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Mortgaged Property; or (c) the legality, priority or enforceability of the Lien created by the
Mortgage or the rights and remedies of the Mortgagee thereunder.

     “Public Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01(d).

     “Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

     “Purchase Money Obligation” shall mean, for any person, the obligations of such person in
respect of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price of any property (including Equity Interests of any person) or
the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any property and any refinancing thereof;
provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred within one year after
such acquisition, installation, construction or improvement of such property by such person and
(ii) the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 100% of the cost of such acquisition,
installation, construction or improvement, as the case may be.

     “Purchase Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Qualified Borrower IPO” shall mean the issuance by the Borrower of its common Equity
Interests in an underwritten primary or secondary public offering (other than a public offering
pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.

     “Qualified Capital Stock” of any person shall mean any Equity Interests of such person that
are not Disqualified Capital Stock.

     “Qualified IPO” shall mean (i) the issuance by Holdings, or any direct or indirect parent of
Holdings which owns no material assets other that its direct or indirect ownership interest in the
Equity Interests of the Borrower, of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary or
secondary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act or (ii) a Qualified Borrower IPO.

     “Qualified Securitization Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that
may be entered into by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Restricted Subsidiary organized
under the laws of a Principal Jurisdiction) pursuant to which any such Restricted Subsidiary may
sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Securitization Entity or may grant a

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security interest in any Receivables (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the
future) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Related Security or Securitization
Assets.

     “Qualifying Bids” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Qualifying Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Qualifying Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any
freehold, leasehold, minerals or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in
real property owned, leased or operated by any person, whether by lease, license or other means,
together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all
improvements and appurtenant fixtures, all general intangibles and contract rights and other
property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

     “Recapture Amounts” shall mean, at any time of determination, the cumulative amount of the
Investment Recapture Amount plus the Dividend Recapture Amount plus the Prepayments Recapture
Amount paid since the Closing Date.

     “Receivable” shall mean the indebtedness and other obligations owed to any Company (other than
any Company organized under the laws of a Principal Jurisdiction) (at the time such indebtedness
and other obligations arise, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance contemplated
under any Qualified Securitization Transaction documentation) arising in connection with the sale
of goods or the rendering of services by such person, including any indebtedness, obligation or
interest constituting an Account, contract right, payment intangible, promissory note, chattel
paper, instrument, document, investment property, financial asset or general intangible, in each
case, arising in connection with the sale of goods or the rendering of services by such person, and
further includes, the obligation to pay any finance charges with respect thereto.

     “Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean each of (a) the Non-Recourse Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated July 6, 2007 (as amended and restated on or around the date hereof) and any related
servicing agreements (collectively, the “German Receivables Purchase Agreement”) between the German
Seller, on the one hand, and Novelis AG, on the other hand, in each case providing, inter alia, for
the sale and transfer of Accounts by the German Seller to Novelis AG and (b) any other receivables
purchase agreement and related servicing agreements entered into after the Closing Date between a
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organized under the laws of a Principal Jurisdiction and a “Borrower” or a “Borrowing Base
Guarantor” (as each is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement and any corresponding term in any
successor agreement), in order that the receivables subject thereto may be included in the
borrowing base established under the Revolving Credit Agreement and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent.

     “Receiver” shall mean a receiver or receiver and manager or, where permitted by law, an
administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Collateral, and that term will include any
appointee under joint and/or several appointments.

     “Refinancing” shall mean the purchase and retirement of the Existing Senior Notes purchased
under the Debt Tender Offers on the Closing Date and repayment in full and the termination of any
commitment to make extensions of credit under all of the outstanding Indebtedness listed on
Schedule 1.01(a) of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

     “Refinancing Amendment” shall mean an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower executed by each of (a) the
Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Additional Lender and Lender that agrees to
provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant
thereto, in accordance with Section 2.24.

     “Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.

     “Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.04(c).

     “Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule
144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially
identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor
pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

     “Regulation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.25.

     “Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Regulation S-X” shall mean Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.

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     “Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

     “Related Business Assets” shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or
useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by any Loan Party in
exchange for assets transferred by a Loan Party shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets
if they consist of securities of a person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such person,
such person would become a Loan Party.

     “Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any person, such person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such person and of such
person’s Affiliates.

     “Related Security” shall mean, with respect to any Receivable, all of the applicable Company’s
interest in the inventory and goods (including returned or repossessed inventory or goods), if any,
the sale of which by the applicable Company gave rise to such Receivable, and all insurance
contracts with respect thereto, all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto
from time to time, if any, purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the
contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements and
security agreements describing any collateral securing such Receivable, all guaranties, letters of
credit, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, insurance and other agreements or
arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
Receivable whether pursuant to the contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, all service
contracts and other contracts and agreements associated with such Receivable, all records related
to such Receivable, and all of the applicable Company’s right, title and interest in, to and under
the applicable Qualified Securitization Transaction documentation.

     “Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating
of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.

     “Repatriation Limitation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10(i).

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     “Reply Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Required Lenders” shall mean, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50%
of the sum of all Loans outstanding and unused Commitments (if any); provided that the
Commitment of, and the portion of the Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

     “Requirements of Law” shall mean, collectively, any and all legally binding requirements of
any Governmental Authority including any and all laws, judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances,
rules, regulations, statutes or case law.

     “Response” shall mean (a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(24),
and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i)
clean up, remove, treat, abate or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the
Environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any
Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with, or as a
precondition to, or to determine the necessity of the activities described in, clause (i) or (ii)
above.

     “Responsible Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any of the principal executive
officers, managing members or general partners of such Person but, in any event, with respect to
financial matters, the chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of such person. Any
document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other
action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed
to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

     “Restricted Grantor” shall mean a Loan Party that has granted a Guarantee that is subject to
limitations that impair in any material respect the benefit of such Guarantee (as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) (it being expressly understood and agreed that
(i) neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party that is a Canadian Guarantor, a U.K. Guarantor, a
Madeira Guarantor or a U.S. Guarantor shall be a Restricted Grantor and (ii) except as may be
otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, each Loan Party that
is a German Guarantor, an Irish Guarantor, a Swiss Guarantor, a French Guarantor, a Luxembourg
Guarantor or a Brazilian Guarantor shall be a Restricted Grantor).

     “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean, as the context requires, (i) any Subsidiary of Holdings
other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary of Borrower other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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     “Return Bid” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch
Auction”.

     “Revolving Credit Administrative Agent” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity as
administrative agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such
capacity.

     “Revolving Credit Agents” shall mean the “Agents” (as defined in the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, including the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent).

     “Revolving Credit Agreement” shall mean (i) that certain $800,000,000 Credit Agreement dated
as of the date hereof among the Loan Parties, the Revolving Credit Lenders, Bank of America, as
U.S./European issuing bank, as U.S. swingline lender, and European swingline lender, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as syndication agents,
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, as lead arranger, and Merrill, Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS Securities LLC, as joint bookmanagers, as amended, restated,
supplemented or modified from time to time to the extent permitted by this Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement,
promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of
any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend (subject to the
limitations set forth herein and in the Intercreditor Agreement) or refinance in whole or in part
the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the (x) credit agreement referred to in
clause (i) or (y) any subsequent Revolving Credit Agreement, in each case which constitutes a
Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancing with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans, unless
such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a
Revolving Credit Agreement hereunder. Any reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement hereunder
shall be deemed a reference to any Revolving Credit Agreement then in existence.

     “Revolving Credit Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity as collateral
agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacity.

     “Revolving Credit Commitments” shall mean the commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders to
make Revolving Credit Loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

     “Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean the banks, financial institutions and other entities
from time to time party to the Revolving Credit Agreement as lenders.

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     “Revolving Credit Loan Documents” shall mean the Revolving Credit Agreement and the other
“Loan Documents” as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement and any corresponding term in any
successor Revolving Credit Agreement permitted hereby, including the mortgages and other security
documents, guaranties and the notes issued thereunder.

     “Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean the revolving loans and swingline loans outstanding under
the Revolving Credit Agreement.

     “Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall have meaning assigned to the term “Maturity Date” in
the Revolving Credit Agreement (and any corresponding term in any successor Revolving Credit
Agreement permitted hereby).

     “Revolving Credit Priority Collateral” shall mean all “Revolving Credit Priority Collateral”
as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

     “Revolving Credit Secured Parties” shall mean the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and each other Person that is a “Secured Party” under the
Revolving Credit Agreement.

     “Revolving Credit Security Documents” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Security
Documents” in the Revolving Credit Agreement (and any corresponding term in any successor Revolving
Credit Agreement permitted hereby).

     “S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc. and any successor thereto.

     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.03.

     “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” shall mean the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and
all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “Section 347” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).

     “Secured Debt Agreement” shall mean (i) this Agreement and (ii) the other Loan Documents.

     “Secured Hedge Provider” shall mean (i) any person that is a counterparty to a Hedging
Agreement with the Borrower or any Loan Party that was a Lender, Arranger, Bookrunner or

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Agent (or an Affiliate of a Lender, Arranger, Bookrunner or Agent) on the date of entering
into such Hedging Agreement (or, with respect to Hedging Agreements in effect at the date hereof,
on the date hereof), (ii) any other person that is counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with the
Borrower or any Loan Party if, at or prior to the time such Hedging Agreement is entered into, the
Borrower shall designate such person as a “Secured Hedge Provider” in a notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, which person shall execute a Secured Hedge Provider
Joinder and (iii) any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower or any
Loan Party that is in effect on the Closing Date and was entered into prior to the Closing Date to
the extent that such Person is listed as a “Secured Hedge Provider” on Schedule 1.01(d),
which Person shall become a Secured Hedge Provider on the day following the Closing Date but shall
cease to be a Secured Hedge Provider if such Person fails to execute a Secured Hedge Provider
Joinder on or prior to the ninetieth (90th) day after the Closing Date and (y) such
Secured Hedge Provider shared in the collateral granted in connection with the Borrower’s and the
U.S. Issuer’s existing term loan facility (which is further identified on Schedule
1.01(a)).

     “Secured Hedge Provider Joinder” shall mean a letter agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit Q attached hereto or in such other form as may be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to which such person (i) appoints the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents with respect to Collateral, as provided therein,
and (ii) agrees to be bound by the provisions of Section 10.03, Section 10.09, the
Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents as if it were a Lender.

     “Secured Obligations” shall mean (a) the Obligations and (b) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each Hedging
Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider.

     “Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, any
Receiver or Delegate, the Lenders and any Secured Hedge Provider (to the extent such Secured Hedge
Provider executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a Secured Hedge
Provider Joinder).

     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933.

     “Securities Collateral” shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Securities, the Pledged
Intercompany Notes and the Distributions.

     “Securitization Assets” shall mean all existing or hereafter acquired or arising (i)
Receivables that are sold, assigned or otherwise transferred pursuant to a Qualified Securitization
Transaction, (ii) the Related Security with respect to the Receivables referred to in clause (i)
above, (iii) the collections and proceeds of the Receivables and Related Security referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, (iv) all lockboxes, lockbox accounts, collection accounts or other

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deposit accounts into which such collections are deposited (and in any event excluding any
lockboxes, lockbox accounts, collection accounts or deposit accounts that any Company organized
under the laws of any Principal Jurisdiction has an interest in) and which have been specifically
identified and consented to by the Administrative Agent, (v) all other rights and payments which
relate solely to such Receivables and (vi) all cash reserves comprising credit enhancements for
such Qualified Securitization Transaction.

     “Securitization Entity” shall mean any corporation, company (including any limited liability
company), association, partnership, joint venture, trust, mutual fund or other business entity to
which any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding any Restricted Subsidiary that is in a Principal
Jurisdiction) or any other Securitization Entity transfers Receivables and Related Security) (a)
which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables or
Related Security, (b) which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower as a
Securitization Entity, (c) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding
guarantees of such transferor Restricted Subsidiary of obligations (other than the principal of,
and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings and guarantees by
the Securitization Entity), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than the Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently
or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings and other than any interest in the Receivables and Related Security being financed
(whether in the form of any equity interest in such assets or subordinated indebtedness payable
primarily from such financed assets) retained or acquired by the transferor Restricted Subsidiary,
(d) to which none of the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or
preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of
operating results and (e) with which none of Holdings, the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Borrower has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than those
customary for a Qualified Securitization Transaction and, in any event, on terms no less favorable
to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that those that might be obtained at the time from
Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary. Any such
designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by providing
the Administrative Agent with a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving
effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied
with the foregoing conditions.

     “Security Agreement” shall mean each U.S. Security Agreement, each Canadian Security
Agreement, each U.K. Security Agreement, each Swiss Security Agreement, each German Security
Agreement, each Irish Security Agreement, each Brazilian Security Agreement, each Luxembourg
Security Agreement, each Madeira Security Agreement, each French Security Agreement, and each other
Security Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 5.11(b), individually and collectively,
as the context may require.

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     “Security Agreement Collateral” shall mean all property pledged or granted as Collateral
pursuant to any Security Agreement (a) on the Closing Date or (b) thereafter pursuant to
Section 5.11.

     “Security Documents” shall mean each Security Agreement, the Mortgages, any Security Trust
Deed, and each other security document, deed of trust, charge or pledge agreement delivered in
accordance with applicable local or foreign law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in
any property as Collateral for the Secured Obligations, and all UCC or other financing statements
or financing change statements, control agreements, bailee notification letters, or instruments of
perfection required by this Agreement, any Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other such
security document, charge or pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in
property and fixtures created pursuant to any Security Agreement or any Mortgage and any other
document or instrument utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security
interest or lien on any property as Collateral for the Secured Obligations or to perfect, obtain
control over or otherwise protect the interest of the Collateral Agent therein.

     “Security Trust Deed” shall mean any security trust deed to be executed by, among others, the
Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and any Loan Party granting security over U.K. or Irish
assets of any Loan Party.

     “Senior Note Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the Existing Senior Note
Documents and the New Senior Note Documents.

     “Senior Notes” shall mean shall mean the collective reference to the Existing Senior Notes and
the New Senior Notes.

     “Senior Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted First Priority
Refinancing Debt, Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, Additional Senior Secured
Indebtedness or Junior Secured Indebtedness, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent,
security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such
Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their
successors in such capacities.

     “Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any date of determination (the
“Calculation Date”), the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of the Calculation Date (other
than any portion of Consolidated Total Net Debt that is unsecured or is secured solely by Liens
that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations pursuant to the Intercreditor
Agreement) (it being understood that Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents which
constitutes Consolidated Total Net Debt will be included in the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio)
to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to the Calculation Date
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been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a)
or (b); provided that if the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio is being determined
for purposes of determining the Excess Cash Flow Percentage for a particular Excess Cash Flow
Period, then Consolidated EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period shall be utilized in clause (b)
of this ratio.

     “Series of Cash Neutral Transactions” means any series of Investments, incurrences of
Indebtedness, Asset Sales in the form of transfers of intercompany promissory notes and preferred
stock or similar instruments and/or Dividends solely among Companies; provided that (i) the amount
of cash or Cash Equivalents transferred by any Company (each such Company, an “Initiating Company”)
to another Company in such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions is not greater than the amount of
cash or Cash Equivalents received by such Initiating Company in such Series of Cash Neutral
Transactions less reasonable transaction expenses and taxes (which cash and Cash Equivalents must
be received by such Initiating Company within three Business Days of the initiation of such Series
of Cash Neutral Transactions), (ii) any Collateral (including cash or Cash Equivalents of any Loan
Party involved in such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions) shall remain subject to a perfected
security interest of the Collateral Agent, and the validly, perfection and priority of such
security interest shall not be impaired by or in connection with such Series of Cash Neutral
Transactions, (iii) no more than $50,000,000 in aggregate of cash or Cash Equivalents may be held
by Companies that are not Loan Parties in connection with transfers from Loan Parties as part of
such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions (and any such Company that is not a Loan Party may not
retain any of such cash or Cash Equivalents after giving effect to the Cash Neutral Transactions)
and (iv) the fair market value of the assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) that may be held
by Companies that are not Loan Parties in connection with transfers from Loan Parties as part of
such Series of Cash Neutral Transactions may not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate.

     “Significant Event of Default” shall mean any Event of Default under Section 8.01(a),
(b), (g) or (h).

     “Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted by the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties on the Closing Date as described in the Confidential Information Memorandum (or, in the
good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, which is substantially related
thereto or is a reasonable extension thereof).

     “Specified Equity Contribution” shall mean any cash contribution to the common equity of
Holdings and/or any purchase or investment in an Equity Interest of Holdings other than
Disqualified Capital Stock in each case made pursuant to Section 8.04.

     “Specified Holders” shall mean Hindalco and its Affiliates.

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     “Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Permitted Acquisition
(other than Permitted Acquisitions where the amount of the Acquisition Consideration plus the fair
market value of any Equity Interests which constitutes all or a portion of the purchase price is
less than $15,000,000), Asset Sales (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business
and dispositions where the fair market value of the assets disposed of is less than $15,000,000),
Dividend, designation or redesignation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, incurrence or prepayment of Indebtedness (including any transaction under
Section 6.11), any Incremental Term Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment increase that by
the terms of this Agreement requires compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a test or covenant
hereunder or requires such test or covenant (or a component of such test or covenant) to be
calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis”.

     “Spot Selling Rate” shall mean, on any date of determination, the spot selling rate determined
by the Administrative Agent which shall be the spot selling rate posted by Reuters on its website
for the sale of the applicable currency for Dollars at approximately 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on the prior Business Day; provided that if such rate is not available, such rate shall be
the spot selling rate posted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on its website for the sale of
the applicable currency for Dollars at approximately 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the prior
Business Day.

     “Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and
indemnities entered into by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Restricted Subsidiary organized
under the laws of a Principal Jurisdiction) that are negotiated in good faith at arm’s length in a
Receivables securitization transaction so long as none of the same constitute Indebtedness, a
Contingent Obligation (other than in connection with an obligation to repurchase receivables that
do not satisfy related representations and warranties) or otherwise require the provision of credit
support in excess of customary credit enhancement established upon entering into such Receivables
securitization transaction negotiated in good faith at arm’s length.

     “Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of a Loan Party that is subordinated by
its terms (including pursuant to the terms of any subordination agreement, intercreditor agreement,
or otherwise) in right of payment to the Obligations of such Loan Party.

     “Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any person (the “parent”) at any date, (i) any
corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which securities or
other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of all Equity Interests
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board
of Directors thereof are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or
more subsidiaries of the parent, (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (b) the
only general partners of which are the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent and
(iii) any other person that is otherwise Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries
of the parent. Unless the context requires otherwise, “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of

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Holdings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Logan shall not be treated as a Subsidiary hereunder
or under the other Loan Documents unless it qualifies as a Subsidiary under clause (i) of this
definition.

     “Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary listed on Schedule
1.01(b), and each other Restricted Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to this Agreement as a
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.11.

     “Successor Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Permitted Holdings Amalgamation”.

     “Support Agreement” shall mean the Support Agreement, dated December 17, 2010, among Novelis
North America Holdings Inc., Novelis Acquisitions LLC and the Borrower.

     “Survey” shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) which is
(a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the jurisdiction where
such Mortgaged Property is located, (ii) current as of a date which shows all exterior construction
on the site of such Mortgaged Property or any easement, right of way or other interest in the
Mortgaged Property has been granted or become effective through operation of law or otherwise with
respect to such Mortgaged Property which, in either case, can be depicted on a survey, unless
otherwise acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Title Company, (iv) complying in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the
American Land Title Association (or the local equivalent) as such requirements are in effect on the
date of preparation of such survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all standard
survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or commitment) relating to such Mortgaged
Property and issue the endorsements of the type required by Section 4.01(o)(iii) or (b)
otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

     “Swiss Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in
Switzerland party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
organized in Switzerland that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Swiss Security Agreement” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit M-4, including all sub-parts thereto, among the Swiss Guarantors and
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Swiss Withholding Tax” shall mean any withholding tax in accordance with the Swiss Federal
Statute on Anticipatory Tax of 13 October 1965 (Bundesgesetz uber die Verrechnungssteuer) and any
successor provision, as appropriate.

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     “Syndication Agent” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

     “Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under a so-called
synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease.

     “Tax Return” shall mean all returns, statements, filings, attachments and other documents or
certifications required to be filed in respect of Taxes.

     “Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, payroll, social security, employment and unemployment taxes, assessments, fees or
other charges imposed by any Taxing Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto. For greater certainty it shall further be specified that Taxes shall
also include any federal, cantonal and municipal direct taxes levied at source in Switzerland as
per Article 51 § 1 lit. d and Article 94 of the Swiss Federal Direct Tax Act of December 14, 1990
and as per Article 21 § 2 lit. a and Article 35 § lit. e of the Swiss Federal Harmonization Direct
Tax Act of December 14, 1990.

     “Taxing Authority” shall mean any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction or political
subdivision thereof with the authority to impose, assess, and collect Taxes and engage in
activities of a similar nature with respect to such Taxing Authority.

     “Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of
such Lender to make Term Loans hereunder up to the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Lender
Addendum executed and delivered by such Lender directly under the column entitled “Term Loan
Commitment” or in an Increase Joinder. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term Loan Commitments
on the Closing Date is $1,500,000,000.

     “Term Loan Purchase Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Dutch Auction”.

     “Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.09.

     “Term Loans” shall mean the Initial Term Loan, the Other Term Loan and the Incremental Term
Loan, as the context requires.

     “Test Period” shall mean, at any time, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower
then last ended (in each case taken as one accounting period).

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     “Title Company” shall mean any title insurance company as shall be retained by the Borrower
and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

     “Title Policy” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(o)(iii).

     “Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Total Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for
such Test Period; provided that if the Total Net Leverage Ratio is being determined for purposes of
whether an action or transaction is permitted under this Agreement (and not for purposes of
compliance with Section 6.10, but including for purposes of determining whether the
Borrower will be in compliance with Section 6.10 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to or
taking into account an action or transaction), then Consolidated Total Net Debt shall be determined
as of the particular Calculation Date upon which such action or transaction is being measured and
Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined for the Test Period most recently ended prior to the
Calculation Date for which financial information has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b).

     “Transaction Documents” shall mean the Loan Documents (other than Hedging Agreements), the New
Senior Note Documents and the Revolving Credit Loan Documents.

     “Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including (a) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the initial
borrowings hereunder; (b) the Refinancing; (c) the execution and delivery of the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and the borrowings thereunder; (d) the execution and delivery of the New Senior Note
Documents on the Closing Date and the receipt by Borrower of at least $2,500,000,000 in gross
proceeds from the sale of the New Senior Notes, (e) the consummation of the Debt Tender Offer, (f)
the payment of the Closing Date Distribution and (g) the payment of all fees and expenses to be
paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.

     “Transferred Guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.09.

     “Type,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate.

     “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York; provided that if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority
of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform

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Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

     “U.K. Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower incorporated in England
and Wales party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
incorporated in England and Wales that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms
hereof.

     “U.K. Security Agreement” shall mean, collectively, any Security Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit M-3, including all sub-parts thereto, among the U.K. Guarantors and the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, including the U.K. Share Charge.

     “U.K. Share Charge” shall mean shall mean a Security Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit M-3-2, among the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

     “United States” shall mean the United States of America.

     “Unrestricted Cash” shall mean cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (in each case, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted pursuant to
Section 6.02(a), (j), and (k)), to the extent the use thereof for the
application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract to which the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party and excluding cash and Cash Equivalents
(i) which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of such date or (ii) constituting proceeds of a Specified Equity Contribution.

     “Unrestricted Grantors” shall mean Loan Parties that are not Restricted Grantors.

     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of
directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16 subsequent
to the Closing Date.

     “Upfront Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05.

     “US GAAP” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.04.

     “U.S. Guarantor” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, party hereto as a Guarantor, and each other
Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in the United States, any state

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thereof or the District of Columbia that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the
terms hereof.

     “U.S. Issuer” shall mean Novelis Corporation, a Texas corporation.

     “U.S. Loan Parties” shall mean the U.S. Guarantors.

     “U.S. Security Agreement” shall mean a Security Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit M-1 among the Borrower, the U.S. Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any class or classes of Equity
Interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors of such person.

     “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date,
the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i)
the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the
making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

     “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any person, (a) any corporation 100% of whose
capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is at the time owned by such person and/or
one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person and (b) any partnership, association, joint
venture, limited liability company or other entity in which such person and/or one or more Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries of such person have a 100% equity interest at such time.

     “Wind-Up” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(g), and the
term “Winding-Up” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.

     “Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete
or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle
E of Title IV of ERISA.

Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans
may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., an “Initial Term Loan” or an “Incremental Term
Loan”) or Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Rate Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to
by Class or Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Term Borrowing”).

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Section 1.03 Terms Generally; Currency Translation. The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any Loan
Document, agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organizational Document) herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (b) any reference
herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns, (c) any
reference to a Subsidiary of a Person shall include any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such
Person, (d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer
to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (f) any reference to
any law or regulation herein shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating,
amendment or interpreting such law or regulation and any reference to any law or regulation shall,
unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, (g) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (h) “on,” when used with respect to the
Mortgaged Property or any property adjacent to the Mortgaged Property, means “on, in, under, above
or about.” For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, where the permissibility
of a transaction or determinations of required actions or circumstances depend upon compliance
with, or are determined by reference to, amounts stated in dollars, such amounts shall be deemed to
refer to Dollars or Dollar Equivalents and any requisite currency translation shall be based on the
Spot Selling Rate in effect on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of such transaction
or determination and the permissibility of actions taken under Article VI shall not be affected by
subsequent fluctuations in exchange rates (provided that if Indebtedness is incurred to refinance
other Indebtedness, and such refinancing would cause the applicable dollar denominated limitation
to be exceeded if calculated at the Spot Selling Rate in effect on the Business Day immediately
preceding the date of such refinancing, such dollar denominated restriction shall be deemed not to
have been exceeded so long as (x) such refinancing Indebtedness is denominated in the same currency
as such Indebtedness being refinanced and (y) the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced except as permitted by
the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness). For purposes of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, the word “foreign” shall refer to jurisdictions other than the United States,
the states thereof and the District of Columbia. From and after the effectiveness of the
Permitted
Holdings Amalgamation (i) all references to Borrower in any Loan Document shall refer to the
Successor Borrower and (ii) all references to Holdings in any Loan Document shall refer to the
Successor Holdings.

Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance
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as in effect from time to time (“US GAAP”) and all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall
be construed and interpreted in accordance with US GAAP, as in effect from time to time unless
otherwise agreed to by Borrower and the Required Lenders or as set forth below; provided that (i)
the Borrower may elect to convert from US GAAP for the purposes of preparing its financial
statements and keeping its books and records to IFRS and if the Borrower makes such election it
shall give prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders within five Business
Days of such election, along with a reconciliation of the Borrower’s financial statements covering
the four most recent fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available (including a
reconciliation of the Borrower’s audited financial statements prepared during such period), (ii)
upon election of any conversion to IFRS, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower
shall negotiate in good faith to amend the financial ratios and requirements and other terms of an
accounting or a financial nature in the Loan Documents to preserve the original intent thereof in
light of such conversion to IFRS (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders);
provided that, until so amended (x) such ratios or requirements (and all terms of an
accounting or a financial nature) shall continue to be computed in accordance with US GAAP prior to
such conversion to IFRS and (y) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders any documents and calculations required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested
hereunder by the Administrative Agent or any Lender setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratios and requirements and other terms of an accounting or a financial nature
made before and after giving effect to such conversion to IFRS and (iii) if at any time any change
in US GAAP or change in IFRS would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement or
other terms of an accounting or a financial nature set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower
or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower
shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement or other terms of an accounting or
a financial nature to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in US GAAP or
change in IFRS (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so
amended, (x) such ratio or requirement or other terms of an accounting or a financial nature shall
continue to be computed in accordance with US GAAP prior to such change therein or change in IFRS
and (y) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders any documents
required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation
between calculations of such ratio or requirement or other terms of an accounting or a financial
nature made before and after giving effect to such change in US GAAP or change in IFRS.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including
the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount
thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

Section 1.05 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees
that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the
preparation and negotiation hereof and thereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the
interpretation hereof or thereof.

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Section 1.06 Pro Forma Calculations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Total Net Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis with respect to each Specified Transaction occurring during the applicable four quarter
period to which such calculation relates, or subsequent to the end of such four-quarter period but
not later than the date of such calculation; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, when
calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable,
for purposes of (i) determining the applicable percentage of Excess Cash Flow set forth in
Section 2.10(f), (ii) determining actual compliance with any covenant pursuant to
Section 6.10 (and not compliance for the purposes of determining whether a specific action
or transaction is permitted) and (iii) determining the Applicable Margin, the Specified
Transactions and the events described in the definition of Pro Forma Basis (and corresponding
provisions of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA) that occurred subsequent to the end of the
applicable four quarter period shall not be given pro forma effect or calculated on a Pro Forma
Basis.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

Section 2.01 Commitments.

     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties
herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make a Term Loan in Dollars to
the Borrower on the Closing Date in the principal amount not to exceed its Term Loan Commitment.

     (b) Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

Section 2.02 Loans.

     (a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their applicable Commitments; provided that the failure of any
Lender to make its Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend
hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Each Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than (and in integral amounts consistent with)
the Minimum Amount.

     (b) Subject to Section 2.11 and Section 2.12, each Borrowing shall be
comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans as the Borrower may request pursuant
to Section 2.03; provided that all Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all
times be of the same Type. Each Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Rate Loan by causing
any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that
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accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than one Type may be
outstanding at the same time; provided that the Borrower shall not be entitled to request
any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than eight (8) Eurodollar Rate Borrowings
hereunder at any one time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest
Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate
Borrowings.

     (c) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account in New York City as the
Administrative Agent may designate not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly credit the amounts so received to an account of the Borrower as
directed by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request maintained with the Administrative
Agent or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition precedent herein
specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders.

     (d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date
of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with
paragraph (c) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall
have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the Borrower severally agrees to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until
the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of
such Lender, the greater of the Interbank Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. If such Lender shall repay to
the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan
as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and the Borrower’s obligation to repay
the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section 2.02(d) shall
cease.

     (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall not be
entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period
requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date of such Loans.

Section 2.03 Borrowing Procedure.

     (a) To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall deliver, by hand delivery, telecopier or, to
the extent separately agreed by the Administrative Agent, by an electronic communication in
accordance with the second sentence of Section 11.01(b) and the second paragraph of
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11.01(d), a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent
(i) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, or (ii) in the case of a Base
Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed
Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information
in compliance with Section 2.02:

          (i) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

          (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

          (iii) [Reserved];

          (iv) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing;

          (v) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the
definition of the term “Interest Period”;

          (vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are
to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.02(c); and

          (vii) in the case of the initial Credit Extension hereunder or under any
Incremental Term Loan Commitments, that the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02(b) — (d) have been satisfied as of the date of the
notice.

     If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be
a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar
Rate Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount
of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

Section 2.04 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

     (a) Promise to Repay. The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each applicable Lender, the then unpaid principal

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amount of each Term Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date of such Term Loans. All payments
or repayments of Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) shall be made in Dollars.

     (b) Lender and Administrative Agent Records. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance
with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan
made hereunder, the Type and Class thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto; (ii) the
amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower
to each Lender hereunder; and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. The entries made in the
accounts maintained pursuant to this paragraph shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect
the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms.

     (c) Promissory Notes. Any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender one or more
promissory notes payable to such Lender or its registered assigns in the form of Exhibit K
(with, in the case of Loans other than the Initial Term Loans, such changes as are appropriate, in
the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, to reflect the terms of such Loans). Thereafter,
the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including
after assignment pursuant to Section 11.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes
in such form payable to such payee or its registered assigns.

Section 2.05 Fees.

     (a) Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay all Fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter, in
the amounts and on the dates set forth therein.

     (b) Upfront Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay each Lender on the Closing Date an
upfront fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount of Term Loan Commitments of such Lender (the
“Upfront Fees”).

     (c) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds in dollars, to the
Administrative Agent. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

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Section 2.06 Interest on Loans.

     (a) Base Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c), the Loans
comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; provided that Incremental
Term Loans and Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for in
Sections 2.23 and 2.24, subject to the provisions thereof.

     (b) Eurodollar Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c), the
Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time provided that Incremental Term Loans and
Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23
and 2.24, subject to the provisions thereof.

     (c) Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Loan Parties hereunder has not been
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise and for so long as such
amounts have not been paid, such overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of
principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as
provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.06 or (ii) in the case of any other
amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in Section
2.06(a) (in either case, the “Default Rate”).

     (d) Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to
Section 2.06(c) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable
on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued
interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

     (e) Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and, in each case, shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The
applicable Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and such determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.

     (f) Currency for Payment of Interest. All interest paid or payable pursuant to this
Section 2.06 shall be paid in Dollars.

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Section 2.07 Termination of Commitments. The Term Loan Commitments shall automatically
terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

Section 2.08 Interest Elections.

     (a) Generally. Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the
applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to a Base Rate Borrowing or to rollover or continue such Borrowing and, in
the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in
this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions (not
less than the Minimum Amount) of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any conversion, rollover or
continuation that, if made, would result in more than eight (8) Eurodollar Rate Borrowings
outstanding hereunder at any one time.

     (b) Interest Election Notice. To make an election pursuant to this Section, the
Borrower shall deliver, by hand delivery or telecopier, a duly completed and executed Interest
Election Request to the Administrative Agent not later than the time that a Borrowing Request would
be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type
resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each Interest
Election Request shall be irrevocable. Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:

          (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if
different options are being elected with respect to different portions
thereof, or if outstanding Borrowings are being combined, allocation to each
resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to
clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

          (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

          (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing; and

          (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the
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such election, which shall be a period contemplated, as applicable, by
the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

     If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing but does not
specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration.

     Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

     (c) Automatic Conversion to Base Rate Borrowings. If an Interest Election Request
with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing is not timely delivered prior to the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at
the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require, by notice to the
Borrower, that (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall be converted to an Base Rate
Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

Section 2.09 Amortization of Term Loan Borrowings.

     (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the
dates set forth on Annex I, or if any such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately
preceding Business Day (each such date, a “Term Loan Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the
Term Loans equal to the amount set forth on Annex I for such date (as adjusted from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.10(g)), together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest
on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment.

     (b) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Maturity
Date of such Term Loans.

Section 2.10 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.

     (a) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this
Section 2.10; provided that each partial prepayment shall be in a principal amount
that is not less than (and in integral amounts consistent with) the Minimum Amount or, if less, the
outstanding principal amount of such Borrowing.

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     (b) Net Cash Proceeds Account. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
the Net Cash Proceeds of any Pari Passu Priority Collateral arising from an Asset Sale or Casualty
Event by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor which Net Cash Proceeds are being reinvested in
accordance with Sections 2.10(c) or (e), respectively, shall be deposited in one or
more Net Cash Proceeds Accounts pending final application of such proceeds (and any products of
such proceeds) in accordance with the terms hereof (provided that prior to such final
application, and without affecting the Borrower’s obligations under Sections 2.10(c) and
(e), such proceeds may be utilized to make repayments of the Revolving Credit Loans without
reducing Revolving Credit Commitments).

     (c) Asset Sales. Not later than three (3) Business Days following the receipt of any
Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the
Borrower shall make prepayments of the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.10(g) and
(h) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, that
if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Borrower is required to prepay or
offer to repurchase Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or any Additional Senior Secured
Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Secured Obligations pursuant to the
terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness with the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset
Sale (such Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness
required to be prepaid or offered to be so repurchased, “Other Applicable Indebtedness”), then the
Borrower may apply such Net Cash Proceeds on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness at such
time; provided, that the portion of such net proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable
Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds required to be allocated to the
Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of
such Net Cash Proceeds shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to
the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the prepayment or repurchase of Other Applicable
Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been
required pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) shall be reduced accordingly; provided
further, that to the extent the holders of Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have
such indebtedness prepaid or repurchased, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event
within 10 Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in
accordance with the terms hereof; provided further that:

          (i) no such prepayment shall be required under this Section
2.10(c) with respect to (A) any Asset Sale permitted by Section
6.06 other than clauses (b), (i), (k) and
(l) thereof, (B) the disposition of property which constitutes a
Casualty Event, or (C) Asset Sales for fair market value resulting in less
than $10,000,000 in Net Cash Proceeds in any fiscal year; and

          (ii) so long as no Event of Default shall then exist or would arise
therefrom, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date
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Officers’ Certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such
date stating that such Net Cash Proceeds are expected to be reinvested in
fixed or capital assets or to make Permitted Acquisitions (and (x) in the case
of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section
6.06(k), such Net Cash Proceeds may also be used to make investments in
joint ventures so long as a Company owns at least 50% of the Equity Interests
in such joint venture and (y) in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset
Sale by a Joint Venture Subsidiary, such Net Cash Proceeds may also be used by
such Joint Venture to reinvest in property (other than cash, Cash Equivalents
and securities) to be owned by such Joint Venture and used in an activity
permitted under Section 6.15) within 365 days (or in the event the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding agreement to
make such reinvestment within such 365 day period, such period shall be
extended for an additional 180 days with respect to the portion of such Net
Cash Proceeds so committed to be reinvested) following the date of such Asset
Sale (which Officers’ Certificate shall set forth the estimates of the
proceeds to be so expended); provided that if all or any portion of
such Net Cash Proceeds is not so reinvested within such 365-day period (as
such period may be extended pursuant to the foregoing) , such unused portion
shall be applied on the last day of such period to mandatory prepayments as
provided in this Section 2.10(c).

     (d) Debt Issuance. Not later than one (1) Business Day following the receipt of any
Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance or issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock by Holdings, the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than in the case of an issuance of
Disqualified Capital Stock, as permitted by Section 6.13), the Borrower shall make prepayments in
accordance with Section 2.10(g) and (h) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of
such Net Cash Proceeds.

     (e) Casualty Events. Not later than three (3) Business Days following the receipt of
any Net Cash Proceeds from a Casualty Event by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
the Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Section 2.10(g) and (h) in
an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that:

          (i) so long as no Event of Default shall then exist or arise therefrom,
such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the
extent that the Borrower shall have delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that such proceeds are
expected to be used to repair, replace or restore any property in respect of
which such Net Cash Proceeds were paid or to reinvest in other fixed or
capital assets, no later than 365 days (or in the event the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding agreement to make such
repair, replacement, restoration or reinvestment within such 365 day period,
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180 days with respect to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds committed
for such repair, replacement, restoration or reinvestment) following the date
of receipt of such proceeds; and

          (ii) if any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be so applied
within such 365-day period (as such period may be extended pursuant to clause
(i), above), such unused portion shall be applied on the last day of such
period to mandatory prepayments as provided in this Section 2.10(e).

     (f) Excess Cash Flow. No later than 105 days after the end of each Excess Cash Flow
Period, the Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(g) and
(h) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which (A) the Excess Cash Flow Percentage
(defined below) of such Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period exceeds (B) the aggregate
amount of all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.10(a) with
Internally Generated Cash Flow during such Excess Cash Flow Period and voluntary prepayments of
Revolving Credit Loans made with Internally Generated Cash Flow during such Excess Cash Flow Period
(but, in the case of Revolving Credit Loans, only to the extent such prepayments are accompanied by
a simultaneous permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments in an equal amount (and
excluding any such reduction to the extent relating to the entering into of a replacement Revolving
Credit Agreement)). “Excess Cash Flow Percentage” shall mean 50%; provided,
however, that if (i) on the date such prepayment is required to be made, no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as of the
last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period, is less than or equal to 1.75 to 1.0 but greater than
1.50 to 1.0, then such percentage shall be 25%. No payment of any Loans shall be required under
this Section 2.10(f) if (i) on the date such prepayment is required to be made, no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as of the
last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period, is less than or equal to 1.50:1.0.

     (g) Application of Prepayments. (i) [Intentionally Omitted].

          (ii) [Intentionally Omitted]

          (iii) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment hereunder, the
Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall
specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.10(i), subject to the provisions of this Section
2.10(h); provided that after an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or after the acceleration of the Obligations, Section
8.03 shall apply and provided further, such prepayment
shall be applied ratably to each Class of Loans.

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          (iv) Any prepayments of any Class of Term Loans (x) pursuant to
Section 2.10(a) shall be applied as directed by the Borrower and (y)
pursuant to Section 2.10(c), (d), (e), (f) and
(i) shall be applied (i) in direct order of maturity to the next eight
scheduled repayments of such Class of Term Loans and (ii) to the extent of any
excess, ratably to the remaining scheduled repayments of Term Loans.

          (v) Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.10 to the
prepayment of Term Loans shall be applied first to reduce outstanding Base
Rate Loans. Any amounts remaining after each such application shall be
applied to prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans.

          (vi) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if the amount of any prepayment
of Loans required under this Section 2.10 shall be in excess of the
amount of the Base Rate Loans at the time outstanding (an “Excess Amount”),
only the portion of the amount of such prepayment as is equal to the amount of
such outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be immediately prepaid and, at the
election of the Borrower, the Excess Amount shall be either (1) deposited in
an escrow account on terms satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and applied to
the prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring
Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans; provided that (i) interest in
respect of such Excess Amount shall continue to accrue thereon at the rate
provided hereunder for the Loans which such Excess Amount is intended to repay
until such Excess Amount shall have been used in full to repay such Loans and
(ii) at any time while a Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Administrative Agent may, and upon written direction from the Required Lenders
shall, apply any or all proceeds then on deposit to the payment of such Loans
in an amount equal to such Excess Amount or (2) prepaid immediately, together
with any amounts owing to the Lenders under Section 2.13.

     (h) Notice of Prepayments. (i) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by
written notice of any prepayment hereunder (A) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date
of prepayment, and (B) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice
shall be irrevocable. Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of
each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a
reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of
any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.

          (ii) [Intentionally Omitted]

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          (iii) Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that
would be permitted in the case of a Credit Extension of the same Type as
provided in Section 2.02(a), except as necessary to apply fully the
required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing
shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing and
otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.10. Prepayments shall be
accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section
2.06.

     (i) Foreign Asset Sales. Notwithstanding any other provisions of Section
2.10(b), (c) or (e) (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds
of any Asset Sale or Casualty Event subject to such sections are received by a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not organized under the United States or any State or political subdivision
thereof or of Canada or any province or political subdivision thereof (a “Foreign Asset Sale”) and
such Net Cash Proceeds are prohibited, restricted or otherwise delayed (each, a “Repatriation
Limitation”) by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States or Canada, the
portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term
Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.10 but may be retained by the applicable
Restricted Subsidiary so long as such Repatriation Limitation exists (provided, that such
Restricted Subsidiary shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to overcome any Repatriation
Limitation) and once such Repatriation Limitation no longer exists, such Restricted Subsidiary
shall promptly repatriate an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds to the Borrower which shall
promptly (and in any event not later than five Business Days after such repatriation) apply such
amount to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.10 and (ii) to the
extent that the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all
of such Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale or Casualty Event subject to Section 2.10(c) or
(e) would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash
Proceeds for such Restricted Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, the Net Cash Proceeds so affected
may be retained by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary.

     (j) Prepayment Premium. In the event that, prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, there shall occur any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of
this Agreement that reduces the Applicable Margin or interest rate (excluding changes in the
calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio) with respect to any Term Loans or any prepayment or
refinancing of any Term Loans, in whole or in part with proceeds of Indebtedness having lower
applicable total yield than the applicable total yield for the Term Loans as of the Closing Date,
each such amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, prepayment or refinancing, as the
case may be, shall be accompanied by a fee or prepayment premium, as applicable, equal to 1.00% of
the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans affected by such amendment, amendment and
restatement or modification, or subject to such prepayment or refinancing. As a condition to
effectiveness of any required assignment by any non-consenting Lender of its Term Loans pursuant to
Section 2.16 in respect of any amendment, amendment and restatement or modification to this
Agreement effective prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date that has the effect of
reducing the Applicable Margin or interest rate for any Term Loans from the Applicable Margin or
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Date, the Borrower shall pay to such non-consenting Lender of Term Loans a premium or fee
equal to the premium or fee that would apply pursuant to the preceding sentence if such
non-consenting Lender’s Term Loans being assigned were being prepaid and subject to the premium or
fee set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

Section 2.11 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period for a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:

     (a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive
absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period; or

     (b) the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of
making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as
promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and
the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing
as, a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.

Section 2.12 Yield Protection; Change in Law Generally.

     (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

          (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in, by
any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurodollar Rate);
or

          (ii) impose on any Lender or the interbank market any other condition,
cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such
Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan),

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or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender, the Borrower will pay
to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

     (b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines (in good faith, but in its sole
absolute discretion) that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such
Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have
the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such
Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such
Lender or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s
holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for
any such reduction suffered.

     (c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be,
as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.12 and delivered to the Borrower
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender, as the case may be,
the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt
thereof.

     (d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s
right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions
suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender, as the case may be, notifies the
Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such
Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to
such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above
shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

     (e) Change in Legality Generally. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any
Eurodollar Rate Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to
any Eurodollar Rate Loan, then, upon written notice by such Lender to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent:

          (i) the Commitments of such Lender (if any) to fund the affected Type of
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          (ii) (x) such Lender may declare that Eurodollar Rate Loans will not
thereafter (for the duration of such unlawfulness) be continued for additional
Interest Periods and Base Rate Loans will not thereafter (for such duration)
be converted into Eurodollar Rate Loans, whereupon any request to convert a
Base Rate Borrowing to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or to continue a Eurodollar
Rate Borrowing for an additional Interest Period shall, as to such Lender
only, be deemed a request to continue a Base Rate Loan as such, or to convert
a Eurodollar Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, unless such
declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn and (y) all such outstanding
Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender shall be automatically converted to
Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor
or, if earlier, on the date specified by such Lender in such notice (which
date shall be no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period
permitted by applicable law).

     (f) Increased Tax Costs. If any Change in Law shall subject any Lender to any (i) Tax
of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Loan made by it, or change the basis
of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof, or (ii) Tax imposed on it that is
specially (but not necessarily exclusively) applicable to lenders such as such Lender as a result
of the general extent and/or nature of their activities, assets, liabilities, leverage, other
exposures to risk, or other similar factors, including but not limited to the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or
directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, the proposed United Kingdom Tax to be
known as the “bank levy” (in respect of which draft legislation was last published on December 9,
2010) in such form as it may be imposed and as amended or reenacted, and similar legislation
(except, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
covered by Section 2.15 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded
Tax payable by such Lender; provided, however, for purposes of this Section
2.12(f), a franchise tax in lieu of or in substitute of net income taxes shall be treated as an
Excluded Tax only if such franchise tax in lieu of or in substitute of net income taxes is imposed
by a state, city or political subdivision of a state, in each case in the United States, for the
privilege of being organized or chartered in, or doing business in, such state, city or political
subdivision of such state or city in the United States), and the result of any of the foregoing
shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining
its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by
such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of
such Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.

Section 2.13 Breakage Payments. In the event of (a) the payment or prepayment, whether
optional or mandatory, of any principal of any Eurodollar Rate Loan earlier than the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the
conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Loan on the date specified
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Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request
by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(c), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall
compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of
any Eurodollar Rate Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an
amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which
would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the
Eurodollar Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such
event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to
borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan)
(excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any, and the effect of clause
(ii) of each of the sentences contained in the “Eurodollar Base Rate” definition), over (ii)
the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest
rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits
of a comparable currency, amount and period from other banks in the applicable interbank market. A
certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender
is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be delivered to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error. The
Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within five (5) days
after receipt thereof.

Section 2.14 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.

     (a) Payments Generally. Each Loan Party shall make each payment required to be made
by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of
amounts payable under Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.15, Section
2.16 or Section 11.03, or otherwise) on or before the time expressly required hereunder
or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required,
prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds,
without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Any amounts
received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed
to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest
thereon. All payments by any Loan Party shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office,
except that payments pursuant to Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.15,
Section 2.16 and Section 11.03 shall be made directly to the persons entitled
thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the persons specified
therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the
account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due
on a day that is not a Business Day, unless specified otherwise, the date for payment shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest,
interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan
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     (b) Pro Rata Treatment.

          (i) Each payment by the Borrower of interest in respect of the Loans of
any Class shall be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the
Lenders pro rata according to the respective amounts then due and owing to the
Lenders.

          (ii) Each payment by the Borrower on account of principal of the
Borrowings of any Class shall be made pro rata according to the respective
outstanding principal amounts of the Loans then held by the Lenders.

     (c) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then
due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due
hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest
and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to
such parties.

     (d) Sharing of Set-Off. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, if any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in
respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other Obligations resulting in such
Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued
interest thereon or other Obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein,
then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such
fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other
obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the
benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the
aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts
owing them, provided that:

          (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery,
without interest; and

          (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to
(x) any payment made by any Loan Party pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its
Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply);
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to purchases or other payments pursuant to the Dutch Auction provisions
of this Agreement, as provided in Section 11.04(b)(v).

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under
applicable Requirements of Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation. If under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or any similar law any
Secured Party receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff or counterclaim to which this
Section 2.14(d) applies, such Secured Party shall to the extent practicable, exercise its
rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights to which the Secured
Party is entitled under this Section 2.14(d) to share in the benefits of the recovery of
such secured claim.

     (e) Borrower Default. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from
the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative
Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders, as the case may be, the amount
due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders,
as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the
amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at the greater of the Interbank Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A notice of the Administrative
Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section
2.14(e) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

     (f) Lender Default. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made
by it pursuant to Section 2.02(c), Section 2.14(e) or Section 11.03(c),
then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision
hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such
Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied
obligations are fully paid.

     (g) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.03 are several and not joint. The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under Section 11.03 on any
date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so
on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Loan or to make its payment under Section 11.03.

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     (h) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner.

Section 2.15 Taxes.

     (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation
of the Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and
without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if
any Loan Party shall be required by applicable Requirements of Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes
or any Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the applicable Loan Party shall increase the sum
payable as necessary so that after all such required deductions and withholdings (including any
such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) each
Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the applicable Loan Party shall make such
deductions or withholdings and (iii) the applicable Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount
deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxing Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of
Law.

     (b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of paragraph
(a) above, each Loan Party shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Taxing Authority in
accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.

     (c) Indemnification by Loan Parties. Each Loan Party shall indemnify each Agent and
each Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on
or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.15) paid by such Agent or such
Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Taxing Authority. A certificate as to the amount of
such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), or by such Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall not be obliged to provide indemnity under this Section where
the Indemnified Tax or Other Tax in question is compensated for by an increased payment under
Sections 2.12(f) or 2.15(a).

     (d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by any Loan Party to a Taxing Authority, the applicable Loan Party shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such
Taxing Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other
evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

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     (e) Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the applicable Loan Party is resident
for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to
the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), if reasonably requested by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent (and from time to time thereafter, as requested by the Borrower or
Administrative Agent), such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
Requirements of Law or any subsequent replacement or substitute form that it may lawfully provide
as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding;
provided, however, that no Lender shall be required to provide any such
documentation or form if, in the relevant Lender’s reasonable judgment, doing so would subject such
Lender to any material unreimbursed costs or otherwise be disadvantageous to it in any material
respect. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall,
to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver such other documentation reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the applicable Loan Parties or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements; provided, however, that no Lender shall be
required to provide any such documentation if, in the relevant Lender’s reasonable judgment, doing
so would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed costs or otherwise be disadvantageous to
it in any material respect.

Each Lender which so delivers any document requested by the Borrower or Administrative Agent in
this Section 2.15(e) further undertakes to deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to
Administrative Agent), upon request of the Borrower or Administrative Agent, copies of such
requested form (or a successor form) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes
obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form so
delivered by it, and such amendments thereto or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably
requested by the Borrower or Administrative Agent, in each case, unless an event (including any
change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery
would otherwise be required that renders all such forms inapplicable or that would prevent such
Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it. For avoidance of
doubt, the Borrower shall not be required to pay additional amounts to any Lender or Agent pursuant
to Section 2.15 to the extent the obligation to pay such additional amount would not have
arisen but for the failure of such Lender or Agent to comply with this paragraph.

     (f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If an Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole
discretion, that it has received a refund of, credit against, relief or remission for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Loan Parties or with
respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section or Section
2.12(f), it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund, credit, relief or
remission (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such
Loan Party under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to
such refund or any additional amounts under Section 2.12(f)), net of all reasonable and
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expenses of such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any
interest paid by the relevant Taxing Authority with respect to such refund or any additional
amounts under Section 2.12(f)); provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of such
Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties,
interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Taxing Authority) to such Agent or such Lender in
the event such Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Taxing Authority.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available
its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any
Loan Party or any other person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will any
Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to any Loan Party the payment of which would
place such Agent or such Lender in a less favorable net after-tax position than such Agent or such
Lender would have been in if the additional amounts giving rise to such refund of any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes had never been paid.

     (g) Co-operation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.15(e), with
respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes, the relevant Agent, the relevant Lender(s) (at the written
request of the relevant Loan Party) and the relevant Loan Party shall, co-operate in completing any
procedural formalities necessary (including delivering any documentation prescribed by the
applicable Requirement of Law and making any necessary reasonable approaches to the relevant Taxing
Authorities) for the relevant Loan Party to obtain authorization to make a payment to which such
Agent or such Lender(s) is entitled without any, or a reduced rate of, deduction or withholding
for, or on account of, Taxes; provided, however, that none of the Agents or any
Lender shall be required to provide any documentation that it is not legally entitled to provide,
or take any action that, in the relevant Agent’s or the relevant Lender’s reasonable judgment,
would subject such Agent or such Lender to any material unreimbursed costs or otherwise be
disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

     (h) Tax Returns. If, as a result of executing a Loan Document, entering into the
transactions contemplated thereby or with respect thereto, receiving a payment or enforcing its
rights thereunder, any Agent or any Lender is required to file a Tax Return in a jurisdiction in
which it would not otherwise be required file, the Loan Parties shall promptly provide such
information necessary for the completion and filing of such Tax Return as the relevant Agent or
Lender shall reasonably request with respect to the completion and filing of such Tax Return. For
clarification, any expenses incurred in connection with such filing shall be subject to Section
11.03.

     (i) Value Added Tax. All amounts set out, or expressed to be payable under a Loan
Document by any party to a Lender or Agent which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration
for value added tax purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any value added tax which is
chargeable on such supply, and accordingly, if value added tax is chargeable on any supply made by
any Lender or Agent to any party under a Loan Document, that party shall pay to the Lender or Agent
(in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of
the value added tax (and such Lender or Agent shall promptly provide an appropriate value added
invoice to such party).

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Where a Loan Document requires any party to reimburse a Lender or Agent for any costs or expenses,
that party shall also at the same time pay and indemnify the Lender or Agent against all value
added tax incurred by the Lender or Agent in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that
the party reasonably determines that neither it nor any other member of any group of which it is a
member for value added tax purposes is entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax
authority in respect of the value added tax.

If any Lender or Agent requires any Loan Party to pay any additional amount pursuant to Section
2.15(i), then such Lender or Agent and Loan Party shall use reasonable efforts to co-operate to
minimize the amount such Loan Party is required to pay if, in the judgment of such Lender or Agent,
such co-operation would not subject such Lender or Agent to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or Agent.

Section 2.16 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

     (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. Each Lender may at any time or from
time to time designate, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, one or more lending offices
(which, for this purpose, may include Affiliates of the respective Lender) for the various Loans
made by such Lender; provided that to the extent such designation shall result, as of the
time of such designation, in increased costs under Section 2.12 or Section 2.15 in
excess of those which would be charged in the absence of the designation of a different lending
office (including a different Affiliate of the respective Lender), then the Borrower shall not be
obligated to pay such excess increased costs (although the Borrower, in accordance with and
pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be obligated to pay the costs which would
apply in the absence of such designation and any subsequent increased costs of the type described
above resulting from changes after the date of the respective designation). Each lending office
and Affiliate of any Lender designated as provided above shall, for all purposes of this Agreement,
be treated in the same manner as the respective Lender (and shall be entitled to all indemnities
and similar provisions in respect of its acting as such hereunder). Each lending office and
Affiliate of any Lender designated as provided above shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be
treated in the same manner as the respective Lender (and shall be entitled to all indemnities and
similar provisions in respect of its acting as such hereunder). The proviso to the first sentence
of this Section 2.16(a) shall not apply to changes in a lending office pursuant to
Section 2.16(b) if such change was made upon the written request of the Borrower.

     (b) Mitigation Obligations. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
2.12, or requires any Loan Party to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Taxing
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall
use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.15, as the case may
be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Loan Party hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
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certificate setting forth such costs and expenses submitted by such Lender to the Borrower
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (c) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Taxing
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, or if any Lender is a
Defaulting Lender, or if the Borrower exercises its replacement rights under Section
11.02(d), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice by the Borrower to
such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required
by, Section 11.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee
may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

          (i) the Borrower or the assignee shall have paid to the Administrative
Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section
11.04(b);

          (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including
any amounts under Section 2.13), from the assignee (to the extent of
such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in
the case of all other amounts, including any amounts under Section
2.10(j));

          (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made
pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction
in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

          (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Requirements of
Law.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

Section 2.17 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

Section 2.18 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

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Section 2.19 Interest Act (Canada); Criminal Rate of Interest; Nominal Rate of Interest.

     (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, solely to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that the
calculation or determination of interest or any fee payable by any Canadian Loan Party in respect
of the Obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be governed by the
laws of any province of Canada or the federal laws of Canada, in no event shall the aggregate
interest (as defined in Section 347 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, as the same shall
be amended, replaced or re-enacted from time to time, “Section 347”) payable by the Canadian Loan
Parties to the Agents or any Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document exceed the
effective annual rate of interest on the Credit advances (as defined in Section 347) under this
Agreement or such other Loan Document lawfully permitted under Section 347 and, if any payment,
collection or demand pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in respect of Interest
(as defined in Section 347) is determined to be contrary to the provisions of Section 347, such
payment, collection or demand shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of the Agents,
the Lenders and the Canadian Loan Parties and the amount of such payment or collection shall be
refunded by the relevant Agents and Lenders to the applicable Canadian Loan Parties. For the
purposes of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which the Canadian Loan Parties are a
party, the effective annual rate of interest payable by the Canadian Loan Parties shall be
determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles over the term
of the loans on the basis of annual compounding for the lawfully permitted rate of interest and, in
the event of dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Canadian Loan Parties will be conclusive for the
purpose of such determination in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

     (b) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and with respect to Canadian Loan Parties
only:

          (i) whenever any interest or fee payable by the Canadian Loan Parties is
calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case
may be, the rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an
annual rate, is equivalent to (x) the applicable rate based on a year of 360
days or 365 days, as the case may be, (y) multiplied by the actual number of
days in the calendar year in which such rate is to be ascertained and (z)
divided by 360 or 365, as the case may be; and

          (ii) all calculations of interest payable by the Canadian Loan Parties
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document are to be made on the basis of
the nominal interest rate described herein and therein and not on the basis of
effective yearly rates or on any other basis which gives effect to the
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The parties hereto acknowledge that there is a material difference between the stated nominal
interest rates and the effective yearly rates of interest and that they are capable of making the
calculations required to determine such effective yearly rates of interest.

Section 2.20 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

Section 2.21 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

Section 2.22 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

Section 2.23 Incremental Term Loan Commitments.

     (a) Borrower Request. The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent,
elect to request the establishment of one or more new Term Loan Commitments (each, an “Incremental
Term Loan Commitment”) (x) in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $50,000,000
individually and (y) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each such notice shall
specify (i) date on which the Borrower proposes that such Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall
be effective (each, an “Increase Effective Date”), which shall be a date not less than 10 Business
Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the
identity of each Lender or Additional Lender to whom the Borrower proposes any portion of such
Incremental Term Loan Commitments be allocated and the amount of such allocations; provided
that any existing Lender approached to provide all or a portion of any Incremental Term Loan
Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Term Loan
Commitments.

     (b) Conditions. Such Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall become effective, as of
such Increase Effective Date; provided that:

          (i) each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be
satisfied;

          (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
from the borrowings to be made on the Increase Effective Date;

          (iii) after giving effect to the borrowings to be made on the Increase
Effective Date and to the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition or other
Investment or application of funds made with the proceeds of such borrowings,
on a Pro Forma Basis, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio at such date shall
be not greater than 2.5 to 1.0 (provided that in calculating the Senior
Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the proceeds of Incremental Term Loans shall be
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          (iv) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal
opinions or other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent
in connection with any such transaction.

     (c) Terms of Incremental Term Loans and Commitments. The terms and provisions of
Loans made pursuant to the new Commitments shall be as follows:

          (i) terms and provisions of Loans made pursuant to Incremental Term Loan
Commitments (“Incremental Term Loans”) shall be, except as otherwise set forth
herein or in the Increase Joinder, identical to the existing Term Loans;

          (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of all Incremental Term Loans
shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the existing
Term Loans;

          (iii) the maturity date of Incremental Term Loans (the “Incremental Term
Loan Maturity Date”) shall not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date; and

          (iv) the Applicable Margins for the Incremental Term Loans shall be
determined by the Borrower and the applicable new Lenders and the interest
rate for the Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by reference to the
Base Rate and Eurodollar Rate; provided, however, that if the
initial yield on such Incremental Term Loans (as determined by the
Administrative Agent to be equal to the sum of (x) the margin above the
Eurodollar Rate on such Incremental Term Loans, (y) if such Incremental Term
Loans are initially made at a discount or the Lenders making the same receive
an upfront fee (other than any customary arrangement, underwriting or similar
fees that are paid to the arranger of such Incremental Term Loans in its
capacity as such) directly or indirectly from Holdings, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary for doing so (the amount of such discount or fee, expressed as a
percentage of the Incremental Term Loans, being referred to herein as
“Incremental OID”), the amount of such Incremental OID divided by the lesser
of (A) the average life to maturity of such Incremental Term Loans and (B)
four, and (z) the greater of (A) any amount by which the minimum Eurodollar
Rate applicable to such Incremental Term Loans exceeds the minimum Eurodollar
Rate then applicable to the Initial Term Loans, and (B) any amount by which
the minimum Base Rate applicable to such Incremental Term Loans exceeds the
minimum Base Rate then applicable to the Initial Term Loans) exceeds the sum
of (1) the Applicable Margin then in effect for Eurodollar Rate Loans that are
Initial Term Loans, and (2) the Upfront Fees divided by four, by more than 50
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such excess above 50 basis points being referred to herein as the
“Incremental Net Yield”), then the Applicable Margin then in effect for
Initial Term Loans shall automatically be increased by the Incremental Net
Yield, effective upon the making of the Incremental Term Loans,
provided that to the extent the Applicable Margin applicable to the
Initial Term Loans is so increased, the Applicable Margin on the Term Loans
advanced after the Closing Date but prior to the relevant Increase Effective
Date shall be increased such that the difference between the Applicable Margin
applicable to the Initial Term Loans and such Term Loans remains constant (or,
if such Applicable Margin of both such series of Term Loans was equal, such
Applicable Margin remains equal)). All determinations by the Administrative
Agent as to Incremental Net Yield or other matters contemplated by this
Section 2.23 shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

The Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall be effected by a joinder agreement (the “Increase
Joinder”) executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each Lender or Additional
Lender making such Incremental Term Loan Commitment, in form and substance satisfactory to each of
them. The Increase Joinder may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments
to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion
of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.23. This
Section 2.23 (including clause (f) hereof) shall supersede any provision in Section
2.14 or Section 11.02 to the contrary. In addition, unless otherwise specifically
provided herein, all references in Loan Documents to Term Loans shall be deemed, unless the context
otherwise requires, to include references to Term Loans made pursuant to Incremental Term Loan
Commitments made pursuant to this Agreement, and all references in Loan Documents to Commitments of
a Class shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to new
Commitments of such Class made pursuant to this Agreement.

     (d) Making of Incremental Term Loans. On any Increase Effective Date on which
Incremental Term Loan Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms
and conditions, each Lender of such Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall make a Term Loan to the
Borrower in an amount equal to its new Commitment.

     (e) Equal and Ratable Benefit. The Loans and Commitments established pursuant to this
Section 2.23 shall constitute Loans and Commitments under, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the
foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guarantees and security interests created by the
Security Documents. The Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the
Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Lien and security interests granted by
the Security Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC, the PPSA or otherwise after giving
effect to the establishment of any such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or any such new Term
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     (f) Alternative Currency Term Loans. Subject to the conditions set forth above, the
Borrower may elect to establish Incremental Term Loan Commitments denominated in an Alternative
Currency. In such event, the Increase Joinder may additionally effect such amendments and
modifications to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent and the
Loan Parties may enter into such additional Loan Documents, in each case, deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Incremental Term Loan Commitments
denominated in Alternative Currencies to modify or add provisions relating to (i) the reference
source for the determination of the Eurodollar Rate applicable to Term Loans made in any
Alternative Currency or alternative interest rate benchmark for any applicable Alternative
Currency, (ii) the notice periods for borrowing requests with respect to Term Loans made in any
Alternative Currency, (iii) the minimum borrowing or prepayments amounts applicable to any Term
Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (iv) the timing and manner of delivery of funds in any
Alternative Currency, (v) gross-up and/or indemnity with respect to withholding tax matters and
(vi) other provisions customarily applicable to loans in an Alternative Currency. With respect to
the calculations set for in clause (c)(iv) above for any Incremental Net Yield with respect to
Incremental Term Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such calculations shall be made by
the Administrative Agent based on the margin above the appropriate benchmark component of the
interest rate for the Alternative Currency, as well as any applicable minimum rates or floors and
original issue discount or up front fees (which original issue discount and upfront fees shall be
given effect as provided above).

Section 2.24 Refinancing Amendments.

     (a) At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any
Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of
the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which will be deemed to include any then
outstanding Other Term Loans), in the form of Other Term Loans or Other Loan Term Commitments, in
each case pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that such Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness (i) will rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the
other Loans and Commitments hereunder, (ii) will have such pricing and optional prepayment terms as
may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, (iii) will have a maturity date that is not
prior to the maturity date of, and will have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not
shorter than the Term Loans being refinanced, (iv) subject to clause (ii) above, will have terms
and conditions that are substantially identical to, or less favorable to the investors providing
such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness than, the Refinanced Debt and (v) the proceeds of
such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied, substantially concurrently with
the incurrence thereof, to the prepayment of outstanding Term Loans being so refinanced;
provided further that the terms and conditions applicable to such Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness may provide for any additional or different financial or other covenants
or other provisions that are agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and applicable
only during periods after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained. The effectiveness of any
Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the
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resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those
delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01. Each Class of Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this Section 2.24 shall be in an aggregate
principal amount that is (x) not less than $50,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans and (y) an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto
hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be
deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms
of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any
amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans and/or
Other Term Loan Commitments). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other
Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary
or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect
the provisions of this Section.

     (b) This Section 2.24 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.14 or
Section 11.02 to the contrary.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
each of the Lenders that:

Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each Company (a) is duly organized or incorporated (as
applicable) and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or
incorporation (as applicable), (b) has all requisite organizational or constitutional power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own and lease its property and (c) is
qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the applicable
jurisdiction) to do business in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in
such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into by each
Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s organizational or constitutional powers and have been duly
authorized by all necessary organizational or constitutional action on the part of such Loan Party.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes, and each
other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such
Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

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Section 3.03 No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of,
registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect
Liens created by the Loan Documents (as reflected in the applicable Perfection Certificate) and
(iii) consents, approvals, registrations, filings, permits or actions the failure to obtain or
perform which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not
violate the Organizational Documents of any Company, (c) will not violate any material Requirement
of Law, (d) will not violate or result in a default or require any consent or approval under any
indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Company or its property, or give rise to
a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Company, except for violations,
defaults or the creation of such rights that could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect and except for consents received pursuant to the Debt Tender Offer, and (e)
will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property of any Company, except
Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens. The execution, delivery and performance
of the Loan Documents will not violate, or result in a default under, or require any consent or
approval under, the Senior Notes, the Senior Note Documents, or the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents.

Section 3.04 Financial Statements; Projections.

     (a) Historical Financial Statements. The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the
Lenders the consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Borrower (i) as of and for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and March 31,
2010, audited by and accompanied by the unqualified opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent
public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the six-month period ended September 30, 2010, and for
the comparable period of the preceding fiscal year, in each case, certified by the chief financial
officer of the Borrower. Such financial statements and all financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(b) have been prepared in accordance with US
GAAP and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
and cash flows of the Borrower as of the dates and for the periods to which they relate.

     (b) No Liabilities. Except as set forth in the most recent financial statements
referred to in Section 3.04(a), as of the Closing Date there are no liabilities of any
Company of any kind, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise,
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, other than liabilities
under the Loan Documents, the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Senior Notes. Since March
31, 2010, there has been no event, change, circumstance or occurrence that, individually or in the
aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) Pro Forma Financial Statements. The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the
Lenders in the Confidential Information Memorandum, the Borrower’s unaudited pro forma consolidated
capitalization table as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the Transactions as if they
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by the Loan Parties, based on the assumptions stated therein (which assumptions are believed
by the Loan Parties on the date hereof to be reasonable), are based on the best information
available to the Loan Parties as of the date of delivery thereof, accurately reflect all
adjustments required to be made to give effect to the Transactions and present fairly in all
material respects the pro forma capitalization of Holdings as of such date assuming the
Transactions had occurred at such date.

     (d) Forecasts. The forecasts of financial performance of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries furnished to the Lenders have been prepared in good faith by the Loan Parties and
based on assumptions believed by the Loan Parties to be reasonable, it being understood that any
such forecasts may vary from actual results and such variations could be material.

Section 3.05 Properties.

     (a) Generally. Each Company has good title to, valid leasehold interests in, or
license of, all its property material to its business, free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens. The property that is material to the business of the Companies, taken as a whole,
(i) is in good operating order, condition and repair in all material respects (ordinary wear and
tear excepted) and (ii) constitutes all the property which is required for the business and
operations of the Companies as presently conducted.

     (b) Real Property. Schedules 8(a) and 8(b) to the Perfection
Certificate dated the Closing Date contain a true and complete list of each interest in Real
Property (i) owned by any Loan Party as of the date hereof having fair market value of $1,000,000
or more and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and whether such owned
Real Property is leased to a third party and (ii) leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or
utilized by any Loan Party, as lessee, sublessee, franchisee or licensee, as of the date hereof
having annual rental payments of $1,000,000 or more and describes the type of interest therein held
by such Loan Party.

     (c) No Casualty Event. No Company has as of the date hereof received any notice of,
nor has any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Casualty Event
affecting all or any material portion of its property. No Mortgage encumbers improved Real
Property located in the United States that is located in an area that has been identified by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the
meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act
has been obtained in accordance with Section 5.04.

     (d) Collateral. Each Company owns or has rights to use all of the Collateral used in,
necessary for or material to each Company’s business as currently conducted, except where the
failure to have such ownership or rights of use could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The use by each Company of such Collateral does not infringe on the rights of any
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aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No claim has been
made and remains outstanding that any Company’s use of any Collateral does or may violate the
rights of any third party that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.06 Intellectual Property.

     (a) Ownership/No Claims. Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all patents,
trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property (including intellectual property in
software, mask works, inventions, designs, trade names, service marks, technology, trade secrets,
proprietary information and data, domain names, know-how and processes) necessary for the conduct
of such Loan Party’s business as currently conducted (“Intellectual Property”), except for those
the failure to own or license which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, no material claim has been
asserted and is pending by any person, challenging or questioning the validity of any Loan Party’s
Intellectual Property or the validity or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property, nor does
any Loan Party know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of any Intellectual Property by
each Loan Party, and the conduct of each Loan Party’s business as currently conducted, does not
infringe or otherwise violate the rights of any third party in respect of Intellectual Property,
except for such claims and infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Registrations. Except pursuant to non-exclusive licenses and other non-exclusive
use agreements entered into by each Loan Party in the ordinary course of business, and except as
set forth on Schedule 12(c) to the Perfection Certificate, on and as of the date hereof each Loan
Party owns and possesses the right to use and has not authorized or enabled any other person to
use, any Intellectual Property listed on any schedule to the relevant Perfection Certificate or any
other Intellectual Property that is material to its business, except for such authorizations and
enablements as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All
registrations listed on Schedule 12(a) and 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate are valid and in
full force and effect, in each case, except where the absence of such validity or full force and
effect, individually or collectively, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

     (c) No Violations or Proceedings. To each Loan Party’s knowledge, on and as of the
date hereof, (i) there is no material infringement or other violation by others of any right of
such Loan Party with respect to any Intellectual Property listed on any schedule to the relevant
Perfection Certificate, or any other Intellectual Property that is material to its business, except
as may be set forth on Schedule 3.06(c), and (ii) no claims are pending or threatened to
such effect except as set forth on Schedule 3.06(c).

Section 3.07 Equity Interests and Subsidiaries.

     (a) Equity Interests. Schedules 1(a) and 10 to the Perfection
Certificate dated the Closing Date set forth a list of (i) all the Subsidiaries of Holdings and
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organization as of the Closing Date and (ii) the number of each class of its Equity Interests
authorized, and the number outstanding, on the Closing Date and the number of shares covered by all
outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and similar rights at the Closing
Date. As of the Closing Date, all Equity Interests of each Company held by Holdings or a
Subsidiary thereof are duly and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and, other
than the Equity Interests of Holdings, are owned by Holdings, directly or indirectly through Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries except as indicated on Schedules 1(a) and 10 to the Perfection
Certificate. At all times prior to a Qualified Borrower IPO, the Equity Interests of the Borrower
will be owned directly by Holdings. As of the Closing Date, each Loan Party is the record and
beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Equity Interests pledged by it under
the Security Documents, free of any and all Liens, rights or claims of other persons, except
Permitted Liens, and as of the Closing Date there are no outstanding warrants, options or other
rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to,
or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any such Equity
Interests other than with respect to the Forward Share Sale Agreement.

     (b) No Consent of Third Parties Required. Except as have previously been obtained, no
consent of any person including any other general or limited partner, any other member of a limited
liability company, any other shareholder or any other trust beneficiary is necessary in connection
with the creation, perfection or First Priority status of the security interest of the Collateral
Agent in any Equity Interests pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties under the Security Documents or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other
rights provided for in the Security Documents or the exercise of remedies in respect thereof, other
than any restrictions on transfer of the Equity Interests in NKL or its direct parents, 4260848
Canada Inc. and 4260856 Canada Inc., imposed by any lock-up or listing agreement, rule or
regulation in connection with any listing or offering of Equity Interests in NKL to the extent
required by applicable Requirements of Law or listing or stock exchange requirements.

     (c) Organizational Chart. An accurate organizational chart, showing the ownership
structure of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary on the Closing Date is set forth on
Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date.

Section 3.08 Litigation; Compliance with Laws. There are no actions, suits or proceedings
at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of any
Company, threatened against or affecting any Company or any business, property or rights of any
Company (i) that involve any Loan Document or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of
an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Company or any of its
property is in violation of, nor will the continued operation of its property as currently
conducted violate, any Requirements of Law (including any zoning or building ordinance, code or
approval or any building permits) or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting any
Company’s Real Property or is in default with respect to any Requirement of Law, where such
violation or default, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 3.09 Agreements. No Company is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject
to any corporate or other constitutional restriction that has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Company is in default in any manner under any
provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness, or any other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is or may be
bound, where such default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
There is no existing default under any Organizational Document of any Company or any event which,
with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default by any party
thereunder that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.10 Federal Reserve Regulations. No Company is engaged principally, or as one of
its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying
Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly,
and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of,
or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the regulations of the Board, including Regulation
T, U or X. The pledge of the Securities Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents does not
violate such regulations.

Section 3.11 Investment Company Act. No Company is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company,” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 3.12 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of (a) the Loans on the
Closing Date for the Refinancing and the Closing Date Distribution and for payment of fees,
premiums and expenses in connection with the Transactions, (b) any Incremental Term Loans after the
Closing Date for general corporate purposes (including to effect Permitted Acquisitions and other
Investments and Dividends permitted hereunder) and (c) any Other Term Loans after the Closing Date
to refinance Term Loans and pay related fees and expenses; provided that in no event shall any
proceeds of any Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans or Other Term Loans) be remitted,
directly or indirectly, to any Swiss tax resident Company or Swiss tax resident permanent
establishment, where this remittance could be viewed as a use of such proceeds in Switzerland
(whether through an intercompany loan or advance by any other Company or otherwise) as per the
practice of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, unless the Swiss Federal Tax Administration
confirms in a written advance tax ruling (based on a fair description of the fact pattern in the
tax ruling request made by a Loan Party) that such use of proceeds in Switzerland does not lead to
Swiss Withholding Tax becoming due on or in respect any Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans
or Other Term Loans) or parts thereof.

Section 3.13 Taxes. Each Company has (a) timely filed or caused to be timely filed all
material Tax Returns required by applicable Requirements of Law to have been filed by it and (b)
duly and timely paid, collected or remitted or caused to be duly and timely paid, collected or
remitted all material Taxes due and payable, collectible or remittable by it and all assessments
received by it, except Taxes (i) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and for which such Company has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with US GAAP
or other applicable accounting rules and (ii) which could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Company has made adequate provision
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material Taxes not yet due and payable. No Company has received written notice of any proposed or
pending tax assessments, deficiencies or audits that could be reasonably expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Company has ever been a party to any
understanding or arrangement constituting a “tax shelter” within the meaning of Section 6111(c),
Section 6111(d) or Section 6662(d)(2)(C)(iii) of the Code, or has ever “participated” in a
“reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4, except as
could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

Section 3.14 No Material Misstatements. The written information (including the
Confidential Information Memorandum), reports, financial statements, certificates, exhibits or
schedules furnished by or on behalf of any Company to any Agent or any Lender in connection with
the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto, taken as a
whole, did not and does not contain any material misstatement of fact and, taken as a whole, did
not and does not omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were or are made, not materially misleading in their
presentation of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole as of the date such
information is dated or certified; provided that to the extent any such information, report,
financial statement, exhibit or schedule was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection,
each Loan Party represents only that it was prepared in good faith and based on assumptions
believed by the applicable Loan Parties to be reasonable.

Section 3.15 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, there are no material strikes,
lockouts or labor slowdowns against any Company pending or, to the knowledge of any Company,
threatened in writing. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of any Company have not
been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, or any other applicable
federal, state, provincial, local or foreign law dealing with such matters in any manner which
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from any
Company, or for which any claim may be made against any Company, on account of wages and employee
health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the
books of such Company except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right
of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining
agreement to which any Company is bound, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.16 Solvency. At the time of and immediately after the consummation of the
Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, and at the time of and immediately following the making
of the initial Credit Extension under any Incremental Term Loan Commitments and after giving effect
to the application of the proceeds of each Loan, the Closing Date Distribution and the operation of
the Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement, (a) the fair value of the assets
of each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will exceed its
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent, prospective or otherwise; (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with
its Subsidiaries) will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent, prospective or otherwise,
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(c) each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will be able to
pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent, prospective or otherwise, as such debts
and liabilities become absolute and matured; (d) each Loan Party (individually and on a
consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will not have unreasonably small capital with which to
conduct its business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be
conducted following the Closing Date; and (e) each Loan Party is not “insolvent” as such term is
defined under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws of any jurisdiction in which any Loan
Party is organized or incorporated (as applicable), or otherwise unable to pay its debts as they
fall due.

Section 3.17 Employee Benefit Plans. Each Company and its ERISA Affiliates is in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder except for such non-compliance that in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or the imposition of a Lien on any of the property
of any Company. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans
(based on the assumptions used in the most recent actuarial valuations used for the respective
Plans) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts,
exceed the fair market value of the property of all such underfunded Plans in an amount which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Using actuarial assumptions and
computation methods consistent with subpart I of subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA, the aggregate
liabilities of each Company or its ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans in the event of a
complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the close of the most recent fiscal year of each such
Multiemployer Plan, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          To the extent applicable, each Foreign Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms
and with the requirements of any and all Requirements of Law and has been maintained, where
required, in good standing with applicable Governmental Authority and Taxing Authority, except for
such non-compliance that in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No Company has
incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan,
except to the extent of liabilities which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each Foreign Plan which is required to be funded is funded in accordance with
Requirements of Law, and for each Foreign Plan which is not required to be funded, the obligations
of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued in the financial statements of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, in each case in an amount that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          Except as specified on Schedule 3.17, (i) no Company is or has at any time been an
employer (for the purposes of Sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational
pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pensions Schemes
Act 1993), and (ii) no Company is or has at any time been “connected” with or an “associate” of (as
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Section 3.18 Environmental Matters.

     (a) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect:

          (i) The Companies and their businesses, operations and Real Property are
in compliance with, and the Companies have no liability under, any applicable
Environmental Law;

          (ii) The Companies have obtained all Environmental Permits required for
the conduct of their businesses and operations, and the ownership, operation
and use of their property, under Environmental Law, and all such Environmental
Permits are valid and in good standing;

          (iii) There has been no Release or threatened Release of Hazardous
Material on, at, under or from any Real Property or facility presently or
formerly owned, leased or operated by the Companies or their predecessors in
interest that could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Companies under any applicable Environmental Law;

          (iv) There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of any
Company, threatened against the Companies, or relating to the Real Property
currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Companies or their
predecessors in interest or relating to the operations of the Companies, and,
to the knowledge of any Company, there are no actions, activities,
circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that could reasonably be
expected to form the basis of such an Environmental Claim;

          (v) No Lien has been recorded or, to the knowledge of any Company,
threatened under any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property or
other assets of the Companies;

          (vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not require any
notification, registration, filing, reporting, disclosure, investigation,
remediation or cleanup pursuant to any Governmental Real Property Disclosure
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          (vii) No person with an indemnity or contribution obligation to the
Companies relating to compliance with or liability under Environmental Law is
in default with respect to such obligation.

     (b) As of the Closing Date:

          (i) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, no Company is obligated to perform any action or otherwise incur any
expense under Environmental Law pursuant to any order, decree, judgment or
agreement by which it is bound or has assumed by contract, agreement or
operation of law, and no Company is conducting or financing any Response
pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property or any
other location; and

          (ii) No Real Property or facility owned, operated or leased by the
Companies and, to the knowledge of the Companies, no Real Property or facility
formerly owned, operated or leased by the Companies or any of their
predecessors in interest is (i) listed or proposed for listing on the National
Priorities List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or (ii) listed on the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information
System promulgated pursuant to CERCLA and is reasonably likely to result in
any material liability to any Company, or (iii) included on any other publicly
available list of contaminated sites maintained by any Governmental Authority
analogous to CERCLA or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
§6901 et seq., including any such list relating to the management or clean up
of petroleum and is reasonably likely to result in any material liability to a
Company.

          Section 3.19 Insurance. Schedule 3.19
sets forth a true and correct description of
all insurance policies maintained by each Company as of the Closing Date. All insurance maintained
by the Companies to the extent required by Section 5.04 is in full force and effect, and
all premiums thereon have been duly paid. As of the Closing Date, no Company has received notice
of violation or cancellation thereof, the Mortgaged Property, and the use, occupancy and operation
thereof, comply in all material respects with all Insurance Requirements, and there exists no
material default under any Insurance Requirement. Each Company has insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks and liabilities as are customary for companies of a similar size engaged in
similar businesses in similar locations.

Section 3.20 Security Documents.

     (a) U.S. Security Agreement. The U.S. Security Agreement is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable
Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein and,
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specified on Schedule 7 to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the
Closing Date and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of the
Security Agreement Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by
possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the
extent possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by each Security Agreement), the
Liens created by the Security Agreement shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on,
and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security
Agreement Collateral (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest
cannot be perfected under the UCC as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction),
in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (b) Canadian Security Agreement. Each of the Canadian Security Agreements is
effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal,
valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral
referred to therein and, when PPSA financing statements and other filings in appropriate form are
filed in the offices specified on Schedule 7 to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in
effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by such Canadian Security Agreement shall constitute
valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest
of the grantors thereunder in the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than
such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected under the PPSA
as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens
other than Permitted Liens.

     (c) U.K. Security Agreement. The U.K. Security Agreement is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable
Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein and,
upon the registration specified on Schedule 7 to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in
effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by the U.K. Security Agreement shall constitute
valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest
of the grantors thereunder in the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than
such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected under
applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in each case
subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (d) Swiss Security Agreement. The Swiss Security Agreement is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable
Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein and,
upon the registrations, recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 7 to the
relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by the Swiss
Security Agreement shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and security
interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security Agreement
Collateral referred to therein (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security
interest cannot be perfected under applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant
jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

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     (e) German Security Agreement. The German Security Agreement is effective to create
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or in the case of
accessory security, in favor of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and
security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein and, upon the
registrations, recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 7 to the relevant
Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by the German Security
Agreement shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all
right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security Agreement Collateral referred
to therein (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest cannot be
perfected under applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in
each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (f) Irish Security Agreement. The Irish Security Agreement is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of and as trustee for the Secured Parties, legal,
valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral
referred to therein and, upon the registrations, recordings and other actions specified on
Schedule 7 to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the
Liens created by the Irish Security Agreement shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority
Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in
the Security Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than such Security Agreement
Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected under applicable law as in effect at
the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than
Permitted Liens.

     (g) Brazilian Security Agreement. Each Brazilian Security Agreement is effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and
enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to
therein and, upon the registrations, recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 7
to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by each
of the Brazilian Security Agreements shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and
security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security
Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a
security interest cannot be perfected under applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the
relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (h) Luxembourg Security Agreement. Each Luxembourg Security Agreement is effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and
enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to
therein and, upon the registrations, recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 7
to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by each
of the Luxembourg Security Agreements shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on,
and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security
Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a
security interest cannot be perfected under applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the
relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

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     (i) Madeira Security Agreement. Each Madeira Security Agreement is effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and
enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to
therein and, upon the registrations, recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 7
to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by each
of the Madeira Security Agreements shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and
security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security
Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a
security interest cannot be perfected under applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the
relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (j) French Security Agreement. Each French Security Agreement is effective to create
in favor of the French Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and
enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral referred to
therein and, upon the registrations, recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 7
to the relevant Perfection Certificate as in effect on the Closing Date, the Liens created by each
of the French Security Agreements shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and
security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Security
Agreement Collateral referred to therein (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a
security interest cannot be perfected under applicable law as in effect at the relevant time in the
relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (k) Intellectual Property Filings. When the (i) financing statements and other
filings in appropriate form referred to on Schedule 7 to the relevant Perfection
Certificate have been made, and (ii) U.S. Security Agreement or a short form thereof is filed in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the Liens
created by such Security Agreement shall constitute valid, perfected First Priority Liens on, and
security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in Patents and
Trademarks (each as defined in such Security Agreement) that are registered or applied for by any
Loan Party with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or Copyrights (as defined in such
Security Agreement) registered or applied for by any Loan Party with the United States Copyright
Office, as the case may be, in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     (l) Mortgages. Each Mortgage (other than a Mortgage granted by a U.K. Guarantor) is
effective to create, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the
Secured Parties, legal, valid, perfected and enforceable First Priority Liens on, and security
interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties
thereunder and the proceeds thereof, subject only to Permitted Liens, and when such Mortgages are
filed in the offices specified on Schedule 8(a) to the applicable Perfection Certificates
dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Mortgage executed and delivered after the date
thereof in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12, when such
Mortgage is filed in the offices specified in the local counsel opinion delivered with respect
thereto in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12), the Mortgages
shall constitute First Priority fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right,
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Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any
other person, other than Permitted Liens.

     The Mortgages granted by each applicable U.K. Guarantor under the relevant U.K. Security
Agreement are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on all of each such Loan Party’s right, title
and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when the
Mortgages are filed with the Land Registry, the Mortgages shall constitute fully perfected First
Priority Liens on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of each applicable U.K.
Guarantor in such Mortgaged Property and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Persons pursuant to Permitted
Liens until terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.

     (m) Valid Liens. Each Security Document delivered pursuant to Sections 5.11
and 5.12 will, upon execution and delivery thereof, be effective to create in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on,
and security interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the
Collateral thereunder, and (i) when all appropriate filings, registrations or recordings and other
actions set forth in the relevant Perfection Certificate are made in the appropriate offices as may
be required under applicable law and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the
Collateral Agent of such Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only
by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the
extent required by any Security Document), such Security Document will constitute First Priority
fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan
Parties in such Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than the applicable Permitted
Liens.

     (n) German Receivables Purchase Agreement. As of the Closing Date, (i) the German
Receivables Purchase Agreement is in full force and effect, (ii) each representation and warranty
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement of each Loan Party party thereto is true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the date made thereunder and (iii) no “Termination Event” (as
defined therein) has occurred under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

Section 3.21 Material Indebtedness Documents. Schedule 3.21
lists, as of the
Closing Date, (i) each material New Senior Note Document, (ii) each material Revolving Credit Loan
Document, and (iii) each material agreement, certificate, instrument, letter or other document
evidencing any other Material Indebtedness, and the Lenders have been furnished true and complete
copies of each of the foregoing.

Section 3.22 Anti-Terrorism Law. No Loan Party is in violation of any Requirement of Law
relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist
Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001,
Public Law 107-56, Part II.1 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, as amended, the Proceeds
of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, S.C. 2000,

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c.17, as amended, regulations promulgated pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992
c. 17 and the United Nations Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. U-2, in each case, as amended (collectively, the
“Anti-Terrorism Laws”).

          No Loan Party and to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any Loan
Party acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans is any of the following:

          (i) a person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to
the provisions of, the Executive Order;

          (ii) a person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any
person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;

          (iii) a person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or
otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;

          (iv) a person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports
“terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or

          (v) a person that is named as a “specially designated national and
blocked person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) at its official website
or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such
list.

          No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any Loan
Party acting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (w) conducts any business or engages in
making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any
person described in clauses (i) through (v) above, (x) deals in, or otherwise engages in any
transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive
Order or Anti-Terrorism Laws, (y) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades
or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law or (z) is in violation of any applicable
Anti-Terrorism Laws.

Section 3.23 Location of Material Inventory and Equipment. Schedule 3.24 sets
forth as of the Closing Date all locations where the aggregate value of Inventory and Equipment
(other than mobile Equipment or Inventory in transit) owned by the Loan Parties at each such
location exceeds $1,000,000.

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Section 3.24 Senior Notes; Material Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt”
or “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) within the
meaning of the Senior Note Documents (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof permitted under
Section 6.01 other than refinancings with Incremental Term Loans). The Commitments and the
Loans and other extensions of credit under the Loan Documents constitute “Credit Facilities” (or
any other defined term having a similar purpose) or liabilities payable under the documentation
related to “Credit Facilities” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose), in each case,
within the meaning of the Senior Note Documents (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof permitted
under Section 6.01 other than refinancings with Incremental Term Loans). The consummation
of each of (i) the Transactions, (ii) each incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder and (iii) the
granting of the Liens provided for under the Security Documents to secure the Secured Obligations
is permitted under, and, in each case, does not require any consent or approval under, the terms of
(A) the Senior Note Documents (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof), the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents (and any Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings thereof) or any other Material
Indebtedness or (B) any other material agreement or instrument binding upon any Company or any of
its property except, in the case of this clause (B), (1) as could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect or (2) as contemplated in the amendments to the Existing Senior
Note Documents effectuated in connection with the Debt Tender Offer.

Section 3.25 Centre of Main Interests and Establishments. For the purposes of The Council
of the European Union Regulation No. 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings (the “Regulation”), (i)
the centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) of each U.K.
Guarantor is situated in England and Wales, (ii) the centre of main interest of Irish Guarantor is
situated in Ireland or Germany, and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h)
of the Regulation) in any jurisdiction other than Ireland or Germany, (iii) the centre of main
interest of each Swiss Guarantor is situated in Switzerland, and in each case each has no
“establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction,
(iv) the centre of main interest of German Seller is situated in Germany, (v) the centre of main
interest of each Luxembourg Guarantor is situated in Luxembourg, and in each case each has no
“establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction,
(vi) the centre of main interest of each French Guarantor is situated in France, and in each case
each has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other
jurisdiction and (vii) other than as provided in paragraph (ii) above, no Guarantor (to the extent
such Guarantor is subject to the Regulation) shall have a centre of main interest other than as
situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

Section 3.26 Holding and Dormant Companies. Except as may arise under the Loan Documents,
the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or any Permitted Holdings Indebtedness or (in the case of
Novelis Europe Holdings Limited) the New Senior Notes and any Existing Senior Notes that are not
purchased or cancelled pursuant to the Debt Tender Offer, neither Holdings nor Novelis Europe
Holdings Limited trades or has any liabilities or commitments (actual or contingent, present or
future) other than liabilities attributable or incidental to acting as a holding company of shares
in the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries.

Section 3.27 Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries. The Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries as of
the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 1.01(c).

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ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to fund
the initial Credit Extension requested to be made by it shall be subject to the prior or concurrent
satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.01.

     (a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed
counterparts of each of the following, properly executed by a Responsible Officer of each
applicable signing Loan Party, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

          (i) this Agreement,

          (ii) each Foreign Guarantee;

          (iii) the Intercreditor Agreement;

          (iv) the Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement;

          (v) the German Receivables Purchase Agreement;

          (vi) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has
requested a Note prior to the Closing Date;

          (vii) the U.S. Security Agreement, each Canadian Security Agreement, each
U.K. Security Agreement, each Swiss Security Agreement, each German Security
Agreement, each Irish Security Agreement, each Brazilian Security Agreement,
each Luxembourg Security Agreement, each Madeira Security Agreement, each
French Security Agreement, and each other Security Document reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date; and

          (viii) the Perfection Certificates.

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     (b) Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received:

          (i) a certificate of the secretary, assistant secretary or managing
director (where applicable) of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date,
certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of each
Organizational Document (or its equivalent including the constitutional
documents) of such Loan Party certified (to the extent customary in the
applicable jurisdiction) as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or
equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of its organization,
(B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and/or shareholders, as applicable, of such
Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower,
the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions, or any other document
attached thereto, have not been modified, rescinded, amended or superseded and
are in full force and effect, (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature
of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in
connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party (together with a certificate
of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the
secretary, assistant secretary or managing director executing the certificate
in this clause (i), and other customary evidence of incumbency) and (D) that
the borrowing, guarantee, or granting of Liens with respect to the Loans or
any of the other Secured Obligations would not cause any borrowing, guarantee,
security or similar limit binding on any Loan Party to be exceeded;

          (ii) a certificate as to the good standing (where applicable, or such
other customary functionally equivalent certificates or abstracts) of each
Loan Party (in so-called “long-form” if available) as of a recent date, from
such Secretary of State (or other applicable Governmental Authority);

          (iii) evidence that the records of the applicable Loan Parties at the
United Kingdom Companies House and each other relevant registrar of companies
(or equivalent Governmental Authority) in the respective jurisdictions of
organization of the Loan Parties are accurate, complete and up to date and
that the latest relevant accounts have been duly filed, where applicable;

          (iv) if relevant, evidence that each Irish Guarantor has done all that is
necessary to follow the procedures set out in Sub-Sections (2) and (11) of
section 60 of the Companies Act 1963 of Ireland in order to enable it to enter
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          (v) a copy of the constitutional documents of any Person incorporated in
Ireland whose shares are subject to security under any Security Document,
together with any resolutions of the shareholders of such Person adopting such
changes to the constitutional documents of that Person to remove any
restriction on any transfer of shares or partnership interests (or equivalent)
in such Person pursuant to any enforcement of any such Security Document;

          (vi) evidence that each of the Loan Parties are members of the same group
of companies consisting of a holding company and its subsidiaries for the
purposes of Section 155 of the Companies Act 1963 of Ireland and Section 35 of
the Companies Act 1990 of Ireland; and

          (vii) such other documents as the Lenders or the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.

     (c) Officers’ Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying
(i) compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.01 and Section
4.02(b) and (c), (ii) that no Default has occurred and is continuing and (iii) that
each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party set forth in ARTICLE III
hereof or in any other Loan Document were true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly related to an
earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in
all material respects as of such earlier date.

     (d) Financings and Other Transactions, etc.

          (i) The Transactions referred to in clauses (a) through (d) and clause
(g) of the definition thereof shall have been consummated or shall be
consummated simultaneously on the Closing Date, in each case in all material
respects in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of the Transaction
Documents, without the waiver or amendment of any such terms not approved by
the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers other than any waiver or amendment
thereof that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

          (ii) The Refinancing shall be consummated contemporaneously with the
transactions contemplated hereby in full to the satisfaction of the Lenders
with all Liens in favor of the existing lenders being unconditionally
released; the Administrative Agent shall have received a “pay-off” letter in
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the Administrative Agent with respect to all debt being refinanced in the
Refinancing; and the Administrative Agent shall have received from any person
holding any Lien securing any such debt, such UCC termination statements,
mortgage releases, releases of assignments of leases and rents, releases of
security interests in Intellectual Property or undertakings to provide
registrable releases and other instruments, in each case in proper form for
recording, as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested to
release and terminate of record the Liens securing such debt.

     (e) Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections. The Administrative
Agent shall have received the financial statements described in Section 3.04(a) and the pro
forma capitalization table described in Section 3.04(c), together with forecasts of the
financial performance of the Companies.

     (f) Indebtedness and Minority Interests. After giving effect to the Transactions and
the other transactions contemplated hereby, no Company shall have outstanding any Indebtedness or
preferred stock other than (i) the Loans hereunder, (ii) the Revolving Credit Loans and other
extensions of credit under the Revolving Credit Agreement, (iii) the Senior Notes, (iv) the
Indebtedness listed on Schedule 6.01(b), (v) Indebtedness owed to, and preferred stock held
by, the Borrower or any Guarantor to the extent permitted hereunder and (vi) other Indebtedness
permitted under Section 6.01.

     (g) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of
itself, the Arrangers, the Bookrunners and the Lenders, (i) a favorable written opinion of Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) a favorable
written opinion of each local and foreign counsel of the Loan Parties listed on Schedule
4.01(g), in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Agents and the Lenders
and (C) covering the matters set forth in Exhibit N and such other matters relating to the
Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

     (h) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency
certificate in the form of Exhibit O (or in such other form as is satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent to reflect applicable legal requirements), dated the Closing Date and signed
by a senior Financial Officer of each Loan Party or of the Borrower.

     (i) Requirements of Law. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that Holdings,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the Transactions shall be in full compliance with all
material Requirements of Law, including Regulations T, U and X of the Board, and shall have
received satisfactory evidence of such compliance reasonably requested by them.

     (j) Consents. All approvals of Governmental Authorities and third parties necessary
to consummate the Transactions shall been obtained and shall be in full force and effect.

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     (k) Litigation. There shall be no governmental or judicial action, actual or
threatened, that has or would have, singly or in the aggregate, a reasonable likelihood of
restraining, preventing or imposing burdensome conditions on the Transactions.

     (l) [Intentionally Omitted].

     (m) Fees. The Arrangers and the Agents shall have received all Fees and other amounts
due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement
or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable legal fees and
expenses of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, special counsel to the Agents, and the
reasonable fees and expenses of any local counsel, foreign counsel, appraisers, consultants and
other advisors) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other
Loan Document.

     (n) Personal Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have received:

          (i) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, all
certificates, agreements or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing
the Securities Collateral accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock
powers undated and endorsed in blank;

          (ii) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Intercompany Note executed by and among Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries,
accompanied by instruments of transfer undated and endorsed in blank;

          (iii) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, all other
certificates, agreements (including Control Agreements) or instruments
necessary to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in all “Chattel
Paper”, “Instruments”, “Deposit Accounts” and “Investment Property” (as each
such term is defined in the U.S. Security Agreement) of each Loan Party to the
extent required hereby or under the relevant Security Documents;

          (iv) UCC financing statements in appropriate form for filing under the
UCC, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United
States Copyright Office, PPSA filings, and such other documents under
applicable Requirements of Law in each jurisdiction as may be necessary or
appropriate or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect
the Liens created, or purported to be created, by the Security Documents;

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          (v) certified copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office
and United States Copyright Office, PPSA, tax and judgment lien searches,
bankruptcy and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or searches (in
jurisdictions where such searches are available), each of a recent date
listing all outstanding financing statements, lien notices or comparable
documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state
and county (or other applicable) jurisdictions in which any property of any
Loan Party (other than Inventory in transit) is located and the state and
county (or other applicable) jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is
organized or maintains its principal place of business and such other searches
that the Collateral Agent deems necessary or appropriate, none of which are
effective to encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the
Security Documents (other than Permitted Liens);

          (vi) evidence acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment or
arrangements for payment by the Loan Parties of all applicable recording
taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the
Security Documents;

          (vii) evidence that all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) affecting the
assets of the Loan Parties have been or will be discharged on or before the
Closing Date (or, in the case of financing statement filings or similar notice
of lien filings that do not evidence security interests (other than security
interests that are discharged on or before the Closing Date), that
arrangements with respect to the release or termination thereof satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent have been made);

          (viii) copies of all notices required to be sent and other documents
required to be executed under the Security Documents;

          (ix) all share certificates, duly executed and stamped stock transfer
forms and other documents of title required to be provided under the Security
Documents; and

          (x) evidence that the records of each U.K. Guarantor at the United
Kingdom Companies House are accurate, complete and up to date and that the
latest relevant accounts have been duly filed.

     (o) Real Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have received:

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          (i) a Mortgage encumbering each Mortgaged Property in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly executed and
acknowledged by each Loan Party that holds any direct interest in such
Mortgaged Property, and otherwise in form for recording in the recording
office of each applicable political subdivision where each such Mortgaged
Property is situated, together with such certificates, affidavits,
questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the
recording or filing thereof to create a lien under applicable Requirements of
Law, and such financing statements and any other instruments necessary to
grant a mortgage lien under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, all of
which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent;

          (ii) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such consents, approvals,
amendments, supplements, estoppels, tenant subordination agreements or other
instruments as necessary to consummate the Transactions or as shall reasonably
be deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent in order for the owner or holder
of the fee or leasehold interest constituting such Mortgaged Property to grant
the Lien contemplated by the Mortgage with respect to such Mortgaged Property;

          (iii) with respect to each Mortgage of property located in the United
States, Canada or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent,
any other jurisdictions, (a) a policy of title insurance (or marked up title
insurance commitment having the effect of a policy of title insurance)
insuring the Lien of such Mortgage as a valid, perfected mortgage Lien on the
Mortgaged Property and fixtures described therein having the priority
specified in the Intercreditor Agreement in the amount equal to not less than
115% of the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property and fixtures, which
fair market value is set forth on Schedule 4.01(o)(iii), which policy
(or such marked-up commitment) (each, a “Title Policy”) shall (A) be issued by
the Title Company, (B) to the extent necessary, include such reinsurance
arrangements (with provisions for direct access, if necessary) as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (C) contain a “tie-in” or
“cluster” endorsement, if available under applicable law (i.e., policies which
insure against losses regardless of location or allocated value of the insured
property up to a stated maximum coverage amount), (D) have been supplemented
by such endorsements (or where such endorsements are not available, opinions
of special counsel, architects or other professionals reasonably acceptable to
the Collateral Agent) as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent
(including endorsements on matters relating to usury, first loss, last dollar,
zoning, contiguity, revolving credit, doing business, non-imputation, public
road access, survey, variable rate, environmental lien, subdivision, mortgage
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coverage over covenants and restrictions), and (E) contain no exceptions
to title other than exceptions acceptable to the Collateral Agent, it being
acknowledged that Permitted Liens of the type described in Section
6.02(a), 6.02(b), 6.02(d), 6.02(f) (clause (x)
only), 6.02(g), and 6.02(k) shall be acceptable or (b) in
respect of Mortgaged Property situated outside the United States, a title
opinion of the Borrower’s local counsel in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

          (iv) with respect to each applicable Mortgaged Property, such affidavits,
certificates, information (including financial data) and instruments of
indemnification (including a so-called “gap” indemnification) as shall be
required to induce the Title Company to issue the Title Policy/ies and
endorsements contemplated above;

          (v) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by
the Borrower of all Title Policy premiums, search and examination charges,
escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges,
costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgages and issuance of
the Title Policies referred to above;

          (vi) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, copies of all Leases in
which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary holds the lessor’s interest
or other agreements relating to possessory interests, if any, in each case
providing for annual rental payments in excess of $500,000. To the extent any
of the foregoing affect any Mortgaged Property, such agreement shall be
subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage to be recorded against such Mortgaged
Property, either expressly by its terms or pursuant to a subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreement, and shall otherwise be reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent;

          (vii) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, each Company shall have
made all material notifications, registrations and filings, to the extent
required by, and in accordance with, all Governmental Real Property Disclosure
Requirements applicable to such Mortgaged Property;

          (viii) to the extent requested by the Collateral Agent, Surveys with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties;

          (ix) with respect to each Mortgaged Property situated in the United
States, a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard
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Borrower and flood insurance (if appropriate) for each such Mortgaged
Property;

          (x) (a) title deeds to each real property situated in England and Wales
secured in favor of the Collateral Agent; or (b) a letter (reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) from solicitors holding those title
deeds undertaking to hold them to the order of the Collateral Agent; or (c) if
any document is at the Land Registry, a certified copy of that document and a
letter from the U.K. Guarantors’ solicitors directing the registry to issue
the document to the Collateral Agent or its solicitors; and

          (xi) in relation to property situated in England and Wales, if
applicable, satisfactory priority searches at the Land Registry and Land
Charges Searches, giving not less that 25 Business Days’ priority notice
beyond the date of the debenture and evidence that no Lien is registered
against the relevant property (other than Permitted Liens or any Liens that
will be released on the date of first drawdown, such searches to be addressed
to or capable of being relied upon by the Secured Parties).

     (p) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a
certificate as to coverage under, the property and liability insurance policies required by
Section 5.04 and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall
be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee
endorsement (as applicable) and shall name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties,
as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     (q) USA Patriot Act. The Lenders shall have received, sufficiently in advance of the
Closing Date, all documentation and other information that may be required by the Lenders in order
to enable compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including the United States PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law
October 26, 2001)) including, without limitation, the information described in Section
11.13.

     (r) Cash Management. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have
reviewed and approved the Companies’ cash management system.

     (s) Process Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have
received evidence of the acceptance by the Process Agent of its appointment as such by the Loan
Parties.

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          (i) All Existing Senior Notes tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Closing
Date in accordance with the terms set forth in the applicable Debt Tender Offers have been,
or concurrently with the Closing Date will be, consummated in accordance with the terms set
forth in the applicable Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement of the Borrower
dated November 26, 2010, in each case as in effect on the Closing Date and, concurrent with
the funding of the Term Loans on the Closing Date, shall have been accepted for payment and
will be acquired and cancelled.

          (ii) Amendments to the terms of the Existing Senior Notes eliminating substantially all
of the covenants and defaults thereunder shall have become operative as contemplated by the
Debt Tender Offer.

          (iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that not less
than $2,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of New Senior Notes have been, or
concurrently with the Closing Date will be, issued by the Borrower.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the execution and delivery of any document or the
completion of any task or action is listed on Schedule 5.15, such item shall not be a
condition precedent and shall instead be subject to Section 5.15.

Section 4.02 Conditions to Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to make the
initial Credit Extension and the obligation of any Lenders to make the initial Credit Extension
under any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Other Term Loan Commitments shall be subject to, and
to the satisfaction of, each of the conditions precedent set forth below.

     (a) Notice. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as
required by Section 2.03 (or such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with
Section 2.03).

     (b) No Default. No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit
Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.

     (c) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made
by any Loan Party set forth in ARTICLE III hereof or in any other Loan Document (other than
Hedging Agreements) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such Credit Extension with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date.

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     (d) No Legal Bar. With respect to each Lender, no order, judgment or decree of any
Governmental Authority shall purport to restrain such Lender from making any Loans to be made by
it. No injunction or other restraining order shall have been issued, shall be pending or noticed
with respect to any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enjoin or otherwise prevent the
consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the making of Loans hereunder.

     Each of the delivery of a Borrowing Request and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds
of such Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower and each
other Loan Party that on the date of such Credit Extension (both immediately before and after
giving effect to such Credit Extension and the application of the proceeds thereof) the conditions
contained in Section 4.02(b) through (d) have been satisfied (which representation
and warranty shall be deemed limited to the knowledge of the Loan Parties in the case of the first
sentence of Section 4.02(d)). The Borrower shall provide such information as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request to confirm that the conditions in Section 4.02(b) through
(d) have been satisfied.

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     Each Loan Party warrants, covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement
shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and
interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document
shall have been paid in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each
Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

Section 5.01 Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (and
the Administrative Agent shall make available to the Lenders, on the Platform or otherwise, in
accordance with its customary procedures):

     (a) Annual Reports. As soon as available and in any event within the earlier of (i)
ninety (90) days and (ii) such shorter period as may be required by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (including, if applicable, any extension permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange
Act), after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the first fiscal year ending after the
Closing Date, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal year
and related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for such fiscal
year, in comparative form with such financial statements as of the end of, and for, the preceding
fiscal year, and notes thereto, all prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and accompanied by
an opinion of independent public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope or
contain any going concern qualification, paragraph of emphasis or explanatory statement), stating
that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
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dates and for the periods specified in accordance with US GAAP, (ii) a narrative report and
management’s discussion and analysis, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower for such fiscal year,
as compared to amounts for the previous fiscal year (it being understood that the information
required by clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.01(a) may be furnished in the form of a
Form 10-K (so long as the financial statements, narrative report and management’s discussion
therein comply with the requirements set forth above)) and (iii) consolidating balance sheets,
statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries separating out
the results by region;

     (b) Quarterly Reports. As soon as available and in any event within the earlier of
(i) forty-five (45) days and (ii) such shorter period as may be required by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (including, if applicable, any extension permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the
Exchange Act), after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (i) the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related
consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the then elapsed
portion of the fiscal year, in comparative form with the consolidated statements of income and cash
flows for the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year, and notes thereto, all prepared in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and accompanied by a certificate of a
Financial Officer stating that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower as of
the date and for the periods specified in accordance with US GAAP consistently applied, and on a
basis consistent with audited financial statements referred to in clause (a) of this Section,
except as otherwise disclosed therein and subject to the absence of footnote disclosures and to
normal year-end audit adjustments, (ii) a narrative report and management’s discussion and
analysis, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the financial condition
and results of operations for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year,
as compared to the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year (it being understood that the
information required by clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.01(b) may be furnished in
the form of a Form 10-Q (so long as the financial statements, management report and management’s
discussion therein comply with the requirements set forth above)) and (iii) consolidating balance
sheets, statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
separating out the results by region;

     (c) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED];

     (d) Financial Officer’s Certificate. (i) Concurrently with any delivery of financial
statements under Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Compliance Certificate (which delivery
may, unless the Administrative Agent or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic
communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart
thereof for all purposes) (A) certifying that no Default has occurred or, if such a Default has
occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to
be taken with respect thereto, (B) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
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complete fiscal year of the Borrower beginning after the Closing Date), setting forth the
Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash Flow, (C) showing a reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to
the net income set forth on the statement of income, such reconciliation to be on a quarterly
basis, and, if such Compliance Certificate demonstrates an Event of Default of the Financial
Performance Covenant, any of the Specified Holders may deliver, together with such Compliance
Certificate, notice of their intent to cure (a “Notice of Intent to Cure”) such Event of Default
pursuant to Section 8.04; provided that the delivery of a Notice of Intent to Cure
shall in no way affect or alter the occurrence, existence or continuation of any such Event of
Default or the rights, benefits, powers and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
under any Loan Document, and (D)(x) specifying all Investments made during the prior fiscal quarter
in reliance on Section 6.04(r) and specifying which clause of Section 6.04(r) such
Investment was made pursuant to and calculating in reasonable detail the amount of the Cumulative
Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof
elected to be so applied, the Total Net Leverage Ratio and, in the case of Investments made
pursuant to Section 6.04(r)(iii), the amount of Liquidity, (y) specifying all Dividends
made during the prior fiscal quarter in reliance on Section 6.08(d) and specifying which
clause of Section 6.08(d) such Dividend was made pursuant to and calculating in reasonable
detail the amount of the Cumulative Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to
such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied, the Total Net Leverage Ratio and, in
the case of Dividends made pursuant to Section 6.08(d)(ii), the amount of Liquidity, and
(z) specifying all Permitted Prepayments made during the prior fiscal quarter in reliance on
Section 6.11(a) and specifying which clause of Section 6.11(a) such Permitted
Prepayment was made pursuant to and calculating in reasonable detail the amount of the Cumulative
Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof
elected to be so applied, the Total Net Leverage Ratio and, in the case of a Permitted Prepayment
made pursuant to Section 6.11(a)(B), the amount of Liquidity, and (ii) to the extent any
Unrestricted Subsidiaries are in existence during the period covered by such financial statements,
consolidating balance sheets, statements of income and cash flows separating out the results of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on
the other;

     (e) Officer’s Certificate Regarding Organizational Chart and Perfection of Collateral.
Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a), a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (which delivery may, unless the Administrative
Agent or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or
email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes)
attaching an accurate organizational chart (or confirming that there has been no change in
organizational structure) and otherwise setting forth the information required pursuant to the
Perfection Certificate Supplement or confirming that there has been no change in such information
since the date of the Perfection Certificate or latest Perfection Certificate Supplement;

     (f) Public Reports. Promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Loan Party with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the
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authority or securities exchange or with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
or distributed to holders of its publicly held Indebtedness or securities pursuant to the terms of
the documentation governing such Indebtedness or securities (or any trustee, agent or other
representative therefor), as the case may be; provided that documents required to be
delivered pursuant to this clause (f) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be
deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or
provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website (or other location specified by the Borrower) on
the Internet; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on the Platform;
provided that: (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall
deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each
Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative
Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the
Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent
by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents;

     (g) Management Letters. Promptly after the receipt thereof by any Company, a copy of
any “management letter”, exception report or other similar letter or report received by any such
person from its certified public accountants and the management’s responses thereto;

     (h) Projections. Within sixty (60) days of the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the
annual projections for the Borrower (including balance sheets, statements of income and sources and
uses of cash), for each quarter of the then-current fiscal year prepared in detail on a
consolidated basis, with appropriate presentation and discussion of the principal assumptions upon
which such forecasts are based, accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower
to the effect that such assumptions are believed to be reasonable;

     (i) Labor Relations. Promptly after becoming aware of the same, written notice of (a)
any labor dispute to which any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is or is expected
to become a party, including any strikes, lockouts or other labor disputes relating to any of such
person’s plants and other facilities, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (b) any Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or related liability
incurred with respect to the closing of any plant or other facility of any such person and (c) any
material liability under Requirements of Law similar to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act or otherwise arising out of plant closings;

     (j) Asset Sales. On or prior to an Asset Sale pursuant to Section 6.06(b)
hereof the Net Cash Proceeds of which (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) are anticipated to exceed
$100,000,000, written notice (a) describing such Asset Sale or the nature and material terms and
conditions of such transaction and (b) stating the estimated Net Cash Proceeds anticipated to be
received by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

     (k) Other Information. Promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding
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Company, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or matters regarding the
Collateral (beyond the requirements contained in Section 9.03) as the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.

Section 5.02 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of the
following promptly (and, in any event, within ten (10) Business Days after acquiring knowledge
thereof):

     (a) any Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any)
taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

     (b) the filing or commencement of, or any written notice of intention of any person to file or
commence, any action, suit, litigation or proceeding, whether at law or in equity by or before any
Governmental Authority, (i) against the Borrower or other Company that in the reasonable judgment
of the Borrower could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect if adversely
determined or (ii) with respect to any Loan Document;

     (c) any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a
Material Adverse Effect;

     (d) the occurrence of a Casualty Event involving a Dollar Equivalent amount in excess of
$50,000,000; and

     (e) (i) the incurrence of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on the Collateral or (ii) the
occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to be material with regard to (x)
the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, taken as a whole, or (y) the Pari Passu Priority
Collateral, taken as a whole.

Section 5.03 Existence; Businesses and Properties.

     (a) Do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its legal existence, rights and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business, except (i) other than with respect to the Borrower’s legal existence, to
the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 6.05 or Section 6.06.

     (b) Do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to obtain, maintain, preserve,
renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, licenses, permits, privileges,
franchises, approvals, authorizations, and Intellectual Property used or necessary to the conduct
of its business, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
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business and the goodwill and business of the customers, advertisers, suppliers and others
having business relations with each Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except where
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
comply with all applicable Requirements of Law (including any and all zoning, building,
Environmental Law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of
record or agreements affecting the Real Property), contractual obligations, and decrees and orders
of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, except where the failure
to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; and at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its property and
keep such property in good repair, working order and condition (other than wear and tear occurring
in the ordinary course of business) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful
and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto reasonably necessary
in order that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all
times, except in each case where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.04 Insurance.

     (a) Generally. Keep its insurable property adequately insured at all times by
financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against
such risks as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same
or similar locations, including insurance with respect to Mortgaged Properties and other properties
material to the business of the Companies against such casualties and contingencies and of such
types and in such amounts with such deductibles as is customary in the case of similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations, including (i) physical hazard insurance on an “all
risk” basis (subject to usual and customary exclusions), (ii) commercial general liability against
claims for bodily injury, death or property damage covering any and all insurable claims, (iii)
explosion insurance in respect of any boilers, machinery or similar apparatus constituting
Collateral, (iv) business interruption insurance and, with respect to Mortgaged Properties located
in the United States or in any other jurisdiction requiring such insurance, flood insurance (to the
extent such flood insurance is required under clause (c) below), and (v) worker’s compensation
insurance and such other insurance as may be required by any Requirement of Law; provided
that the Collateral Agent shall be permitted to control the adjustment of any claim thereunder with
respect to Pari Passu Priority Collateral involving an amount in excess of $30,000,000 thereunder
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

     (b) Requirements of Insurance. All such property and liability insurance maintained
by the Loan Parties shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or
material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after
receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice thereof, (ii) name the Collateral Agent as
mortgagee or loss payee, as applicable (in the case of property insurance) or additional insured on
behalf of the Secured Parties (in the case of liability insurance), as applicable, and (iii) if
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     (c) Flood Insurance. Except to the extent already obtained in accordance with clause
(iv) of Section 5.04(a), with respect to each Mortgaged Property located in the United
States or another jurisdiction which requires such type of insurance, obtain flood insurance in
such total amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require, if at any
time the area in which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property is designated a “flood
hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(or any successor agency), and such insurance is required to be obtained pursuant to the
requirements of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended from time to time, or the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.

     (d) Broker’s Report. As soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year, deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (i)
a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to the insurance maintained pursuant to
clauses (i)-(iv) of Section 5.04(a) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (together with such additional reports (provided such
reports are readily ascertainable) as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request), and (ii) such broker’s statement that all premiums then due and payable with
respect to the coverage maintained pursuant to clauses (i)-(iv) of Section 5.04(a) have
been paid and confirming, with respect to any property, physical hazard or liability insurance
maintained by a Loan Party, that the Collateral Agent has been named as loss payee or additional
insured, as applicable.

     (e) Mortgaged Properties. Each Loan Party shall comply in all material respects with
all Insurance Requirements in respect of each Mortgaged Property; provided,
however, that each Loan Party may, at its own expense and after written notice to the
Administrative Agent, (i) contest the applicability or enforceability of any such Insurance
Requirements by appropriate legal proceedings, the prosecution of which does not constitute a basis
for cancellation or revocation of any insurance coverage required under this Section 5.04
or (ii) cause the Insurance Policy containing any such Insurance Requirement to be replaced by a
new policy complying with the provisions of this Section 5.04.

Section 5.05 Taxes.

     (a) Payment of Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material Taxes and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its
property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for
labor, services, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien
other than a Permitted Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided that such
payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, charge, levy or claim so
long as (x) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings timely instituted and diligently conducted and the applicable Company shall have set
aside on its books adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions with respect thereto in
accordance with US GAAP (or other applicable accounting rules), and (y) such contest operates to
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collection of the contested obligation, Tax or charge and enforcement of a Lien other than
a Permitted Lien.

     (b) Filing of Tax Returns. Timely file all material Tax Returns required by
applicable Requirements of Law to be filed by it.

Section 5.06 Employee Benefits.

     (a) Comply with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and any Requirements of Law
applicable to any Foreign Plan or Compensation Plan, except where any non-compliance could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Furnish to the Administrative Agent (x) as soon as possible after, and in any event within
five (5) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of any Company or any ERISA Affiliates of any
Company knows that, any ERISA Event has occurred, a statement of a Financial Officer of the
Borrower setting forth details as to such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that the Companies
propose to take with respect thereto, and (y) upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of
such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan (or Foreign Plan, or
other employee benefit plan sponsored or contributed to by any Company) as the Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request.

     (c) (i) Ensure that the Novelis U.K. Pension Plan is funded in accordance with the agreed
schedule of contributions dated May 16, 2007 and that no action or omission is taken by any Company
in relation to such a pension scheme which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect; (ii) except for any existing defined benefit pension schemes as specified on Schedule
3.17 ensure that no Company is or has been at any time an employer (for the purposes of
Sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money
purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993) or “connected” with or an
“associate” of (as those terms are defined in Sections 39 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004) such an
employer; (iii) deliver to the Administrative Agent upon request as those reports are prepared in
order to comply with the then current statutory or auditing requirements (as applicable either to
the trustees of any relevant schemes), actuarial reports in relation to all pension schemes
mentioned in clause (i) above; (iv) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any material change
in the agreed rate of contributions to any pension schemes mentioned in clause (i) above; (v)
promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any investigation or proposed investigation by the
Pensions Regulator which may lead to the issue of a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution
Notice to any member of the Group; and (vi) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if it receives
a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice from the Pensions Regulator.

     (d) Ensure that all Foreign Plans (except the Novelis U.K. Pension Plan) and Compensation
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with their terms
to the extent of all Requirements of Law, except where any non-compliance could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Annual Meetings. Keep proper
books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity in all material respects with GAAP (or other applicable accounting standards) and all
Requirements of Law of all financial transactions and the assets and business of each Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business
and activities, including, without limitation, proper records of intercompany transactions) with
full, true and correct entries reflecting all payments received and paid (including, without
limitation, funds received by or for the account of any Loan Party from deposit accounts of the
other Companies). Each Company will permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent (who may be accompanied by any Agent or Lender) to visit and inspect the financial records
and the property of such Company on no more than on two occasions per fiscal year so long as no
Event of Default is continuing (at reasonable intervals, during normal business hours and within
five Business Days after written notification of the same to the Borrower, except that, during the
continuance of an Event of Default, none of such restrictions shall be applicable) and to make
extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by
the Administrative Agent (who may be accompanied by any Agent or Lender) to discuss the affairs,
finances, accounts and condition of any Company with the officers and employees thereof and
advisors therefor (including independent accountants).

Section 5.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans only for the purposes set forth in
Section 3.12.

Section 5.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports.

     (a) Comply, and cause all lessees and other persons occupying Real Property owned, operated or
leased by any Company to comply, in all respects with all Environmental Laws and Environmental
Permits applicable to its operations and Real Property; obtain and renew all Environmental Permits
applicable to its operations and Real Property; and conduct all Responses, including any emergency
response, required by, and in accordance with, Environmental Laws, in each case, to the extent that
the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided that no Company shall be required to undertake any Response to the extent that its
obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate
reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with US GAAP or
other applicable accounting standards.

     (b) If a Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 3.18 or Section
5.09(a) shall have occurred and be continuing for more than thirty (30) days without the
Companies commencing activities reasonably likely to cure such Default in accordance with
Environmental Laws, at the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
through the Administrative Agent, provide to the Lenders as soon as reasonably practicable after
such request, at the expense of the Borrower, an environmental assessment report regarding the
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groundwater sampling, prepared by an environmental consulting firm and, in form and substance,
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and indicating the presence or absence of
Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any compliance or Response to address them.

Section 5.10 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

Section 5.11 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors.

     (a) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Section 5.11, with
respect to any property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party that is intended to be
subject to the Lien created by any of the Security Documents but is not so subject, promptly (and
in any event within thirty (30) days after the acquisition thereof provided that the Administrative
Agent may agree to an extension thereof in its sole discretion) (i) execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such amendments or supplements to the relevant
Security Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the
benefit of the other Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on such property subject to no Liens
other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) take all actions necessary to cause such Lien to be duly
perfected to the extent required by such Security Document in accordance with all applicable
Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements (or other applicable filings) in
such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; provided that the
actions required by clauses (i) and (ii) above need not be taken if the costs of doing so are
excessive in relation to the benefits afforded thereby, as determined by the Administrative Agent
in its reasonable discretion. The Borrower shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such documents as the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require to confirm the validity, perfection and
priority of the Lien of the Security Documents against such after-acquired properties.

     (b) With respect to any person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date
(other than (x) an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary and (y) a Securitization Entity) or any
Restricted Subsidiary that was an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary but, as of the end of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter, has ceased to be an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or is required to
become a Loan Party by operation of the provisions of Section 5.11(d), promptly (and in any
event within thirty (30) days after such person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or ceases to be an
Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or is required to become a Loan Party by operation of the provisions
of Section 5.11(d) provided that the Administrative Agent may agree to an extension of such
time period in its sole discretion) (i) pledge and deliver to the Collateral Agent the
certificates, if any, representing all of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary owned
by a Loan Party, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer
executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of such Equity
Interests, and all intercompany notes owing from such Restricted Subsidiary to any Loan Party
together with instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer
of such Loan Party and (ii) cause any such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
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any applicable
Requirement of Law relating to financial assistance, maintenance of capital or other corporate
benefit restrictions and (y) any Restricted Subsidiaries where providing such guarantee would
result in (1) materially adverse tax consequences, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion (after consultation with its counsel) or (2) costs that are excessive in
relation to the benefits afforded thereby, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion), in each case to the extent not prohibited by
applicable Requirements of Law, (A) to execute a Joinder Agreement or such comparable
documentation to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and joinder agreements to the applicable Security
Documents (in each case, substantially in the form annexed thereto or in such other form as may be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary,
execute such other Security Documents (or joinder agreements) to the extent possible under and
compatible with the laws of such Foreign Subsidiary’s jurisdiction in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (B) to take all actions necessary or advisable in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to cause the Liens created by the
applicable Security Documents to be duly perfected to the extent required by such agreement in
accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements
(or other applicable filings) in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) clause (i) of
this paragraph (b) shall not apply to the Equity Interests of (w) any Company listed on
Schedule 5.11(b) to the extent any applicable Requirement of Law continues to prohibit the
pledging of its Equity Interests to secure the Secured Obligations and any Company acquired or
created after the Closing Date to the extent any applicable Requirement of Law prohibits the
pledging of its Equity Interests to secure the Secured Obligations, (x) any non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge or perfection of a Lien on such Equity Interests would
violate any anti-assignment or negative pledge provisions of any contract to which such non-Wholly
Owned Subsidiary is a party or the organizational documents or shareholders’ agreement of such
non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary (but only to the extent such anti-assignment or negative pledge clause
is enforceable under applicable law), (y) any Joint Venture Subsidiary, to the extent the terms of
any contract to which such Joint Venture Subsidiary is a party or any applicable joint venture,
stockholders’, partnership, limited liability company or similar agreement (other than any of the
foregoing entered into with any Company or Affiliate of any Company) prohibits or conditions the
pledging of its Equity Interests to secure the Secured Obligations and (z) any Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent such pledge would result in materially adverse tax consequences, as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (after consultation with its
counsel) and (2) clause (ii) of this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any Company listed on
Schedule 5.11(b) to the extent any applicable Requirement of Law prohibits it from becoming
a Loan Party.

     (c) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, promptly grant to the Collateral
Agent, within sixty (60) days of the acquisition thereof, a security interest in and Mortgage on
each Real Property owned in fee by such Loan Party as is acquired by such Loan Party after the
Closing Date and that, together with any improvements thereon, individually has a fair market value
the Dollar Equivalent of which is at least $10,000,000 (unless the subject property is already
mortgaged to a third party to the extent permitted by Section 6.02 hereof or the costs of doing so
are excessive in relation to the benefits afforded thereby, as determined by the Administrative
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Agreement, such
Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and shall constitute valid, perfected and
enforceable First Priority Liens subject only to Permitted Liens. Subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or
filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and
protect the First Priority Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to
be granted pursuant to the Mortgages and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in
connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and
execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such documents as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require to confirm the validity,
perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such
after-acquired Real Property (including a Title Policy (or title opinion reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent), a Survey (if applicable in the respective
jurisdiction), and a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent) in respect of such Mortgage). For purposes of this
Section 5.11(c) Real Property owned by a Company that becomes a Loan Party following the
Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been acquired
on the later of (x) the date of acquisition of such Real Property and (y) the date such Company
becomes a Loan Party.

     (d) If, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that
are not Loan Parties because they are Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries comprise in the aggregate
more than 7.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end
of the most recently ended fiscal quarter or more than 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, then the
Loan Parties shall, not later than 45 days after the date by which financial statements for such
fiscal quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, cause one or more of such
Restricted Subsidiaries to become Loan Parties (notwithstanding that such Restricted Subsidiaries
are, individually, Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries) such that the foregoing condition ceases to be
true. The Borrower may designate a Subsidiary Guarantor that was not a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Borrower on the Closing Date as an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary subject to the terms of the
definition thereof, in which event the Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary shall be released in
accordance with Section 7.09 and the Collateral Agent shall release the Collateral pledged
by such Person.

     (e) Any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Loan Party that has in the United States at any time (i)
a deposit account that is part of the Cash Pooling Arrangements or (ii) property (other than
Excluded Property) having an aggregate fair market value in excess of $5,000,000 for any such
foreign Loan Party, shall execute a joinder agreement to the U.S. Security Agreement reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.11 to the contrary, in no
event shall this Section 5.11 obligate any Loan Party to grant a Lien to the Collateral
Agent on any Excluded Property.

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Section 5.12 Security Interests; Further Assurances. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, promptly, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent, at the Borrower’s expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution,
acknowledgment and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to be registered,
filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental office, any document or instrument
supplemental to or confirmatory of the Security Documents or otherwise deemed by the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably necessary for the continued validity, perfection and
priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject to no other Liens except Permitted
Liens, or use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or waivers as may be
reasonably required in connection therewith. Deliver or cause to be delivered (using commercially
reasonable efforts with respect to delivery of items from Persons who are not in the control of any
Loan Party) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent from time to time such other
documentation, consents, authorizations, approvals and orders in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary to perfect or maintain the Liens on the
Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan
Document that requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any
Governmental Authority, execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other
documents and papers that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or such Lender may
reasonably require in connection therewith. If the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
the Required Lenders determine that they are required by a Requirement of Law to have appraisals
prepared in respect of the Real Property of any Loan Party constituting Collateral, the Borrower
shall provide to the Administrative Agent appraisals that satisfy the applicable requirements of
the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA (or other applicable requirements) and are
otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

Section 5.13 Information Regarding Collateral. Not effect any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name
or in any trade name used to identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its
properties, (ii) in the location of any Loan Party’s chief executive office, its principal place of
business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it or
any office or facility at which any material Pari Passu Priority Collateral owned by it is located
(including the establishment of any such new office or facility) other than changes in location to
a property identified on Schedule 3.24, another property location previously identified on
a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise by notice to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent, as to which the steps required by clause (B) below have been completed or to a
Mortgaged Property or a leased property subject to a Landlord Access Agreement, (iii) in any Loan
Party’s identity or organizational structure, (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number or organizational identification number, if any, or (v) in any Loan Party’s
jurisdiction of organization (in each case, including by merging with or into any other entity,
reorganizing, dissolving, liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), until
(A) it shall have given the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent not less than ten (10)
Business Days’ prior written notice (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) of its intention to
do so, or such lesser notice period agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
clearly describing such change and providing such other information in connection therewith as the
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Agent may reasonably request and (B) it shall have taken all
action reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to maintain the
perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties in the Collateral, if applicable. Each Loan Party agrees to promptly provide the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, upon request therefor, with certified Organizational
Documents reflecting any
of the changes described in the preceding sentence. For the purposes of the Regulation, (i) no
U.K. Guarantor shall change its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of
the Regulation) from England and Wales, (ii) nor shall any Irish Guarantor change its centre of
main interest from Ireland or Germany, nor shall Irish Guarantor have an “establishment” (as that
term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any jurisdiction other than Ireland or Germany,
(iii) nor shall any Swiss Guarantor change its centre of main interest from Switzerland, nor shall
any Swiss Guarantor have an “establishment” in any other jurisdiction, (iv) nor shall German Seller
change its centre of main interest from Germany, (v) nor shall any Luxembourg Guarantor change its
centre of main interest from Luxembourg, nor shall any Luxembourg Guarantor have an “establishment”
in any other jurisdiction, (vi) nor shall any French Guarantor change its centre of main interest
from France, nor shall any French Guarantor have an “establishment” in any other jurisdiction and
(vii) other than as provided in paragraph (ii) above, no Guarantor (to the extent such Guarantor is
subject to the Regulation) shall have a centre of main interest other than as situated in its
jurisdiction of incorporation.

Section 5.14 Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases. With respect to each Lease to which a Loan
Party is party as landlord or lessor, the respective Loan Party shall perform all the obligations
imposed upon the landlord under such Lease and enforce all of the tenant’s obligations thereunder,
except where the failure to so perform or enforce could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Property Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.15 Post-Closing Covenants. Execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks and take
the other actions set forth on Schedule 5.15, in each case within the time limits specified
on such Schedule.

Section 5.16 Designation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may at any time after the Closing Date designate
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such
designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect
to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Financial
Performance Covenant (it being understood that, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of
any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a
Responsible Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating such
compliance), (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or continue as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any of the Senior
Notes, the Revolving Credit Agreement, any Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness, any Junior
Secured Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness, as applicable, constituting Material Indebtedness,
(iv) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (v) if a Restricted Subsidiary is being designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder, the sum of (A) the fair market value of assets of such
Subsidiary as of such date of designation (the “Designation Date”), plus (B) the aggregate fair
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Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries
pursuant to this Section 5.16 prior to the Designation Date (in each case measured as of
the date of each such Unrestricted Subsidiary’s designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall
not exceed $500,000,000 in the aggregate as of such Designation Date pro forma for such
designation, and (vi) no Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower or its applicable
Restricted Subsidiary therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market
value of the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s (as applicable) investment therein. The
designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the
incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary
existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to
the lesser of (x) the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrower’s or its
Restricted Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary and (y) the amount of
Investments made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary
from and after the date of such Subsidiary was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     Each Loan Party warrants, covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this
Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal
of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document have been paid in full, unless the Required Lenders (and such other Lenders whose consent
may be required under Section 11.02) shall otherwise consent in writing, no Loan Party
will, nor will they cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiaries to:

Section 6.01 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any
Indebtedness, except

     (a) Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

     (b) (i) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 6.01(b),
and Permitted Refinancings thereof, (ii) Indebtedness of Loan Parties under the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings thereof in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the Maximum Revolving Credit Facility
Amount, (iii) Indebtedness under the Existing Senior Note Documents that will be cancelled and
cease to be outstanding on the Closing Date in connection with the Debt Tender Offer and (iv)
consisting of Existing Senior Notes outstanding on the Closing Date and not acquired on the Closing
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     (c) Indebtedness of any Company under Hedging Agreements (including Contingent Obligations of
any Company with respect to Hedging Agreements of any other Company); provided that if such
Hedging Obligations relate to interest rates, (i) such Hedging Agreements relate to payment
obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Loan Documents and (ii) the
notional principal amount of such Hedging Agreements at the time
incurred does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Hedging
Agreements relate;

     (d) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.04(i) or (s);

     (e) Indebtedness of any Securitization Entity under any Qualified Securitization Transaction
(i) that is without recourse to any Company (other than such Securitization Entity) or any of their
respective assets (other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, and (ii) that are
negotiated in good faith at arm’s length; provided that the sum of (x) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness of all Securitization Entities under all Qualified
Securitization Transactions, plus (y) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness then outstanding
under Section 6.01(m), plus (z) the aggregate book value at the time of
determination of the then outstanding Receivables subject to a Permitted Factoring Facility at such
time, at any time outstanding shall not exceed $400,000,000;

     (f) Indebtedness in respect of Purchase Money Obligations and Capital Lease Obligations, and
Permitted Refinancings thereof (other than refinancings funded with intercompany advances);
provided that at the time such obligations are incurred, the outstanding amount of
Indebtedness incurred under this clause (f) shall not exceed the greater of (x) 7.5% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (y) $400,000,000;

     (g) Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 6.03;

     (h) Indebtedness in respect of bid, performance or surety bonds or obligations, workers’
compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, financing of insurance premiums, and bankers
acceptances issued for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case,
incurred in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees or obligations of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to letters of credit supporting such bid, performance or
surety bonds or obligations, workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations and bankers
acceptances) (in each case other than Indebtedness for borrowed money);

     (i) Contingent Obligations (i) of any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise
permitted to be incurred by such Loan Party under this Section 6.01, (ii) of any Loan Party
in respect of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties or are Restricted
Grantors in an aggregate amount not exceeding $75,000,000 at any one time outstanding less
all amounts paid with regard to Contingent Obligations permitted pursuant to Section
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(iii) of any Company that is not a Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise
permitted to be incurred by such Company under this Section 6.01;

     (j) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a
check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts)
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that
such Indebtedness is extinguished within five (5) Business Days of incurrence;

     (k) Indebtedness arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for deposit in the
ordinary course of business;

     (l) unsecured Indebtedness and Junior Secured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted under this
Section 6.01; provided, that (i) such Indebtedness has a final maturity date no
earlier than 180 days after the Latest Maturity Date, (ii) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average
Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans
with the Latest Maturity Date, (iii) no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom, (iv)
such Indebtedness is incurred by the Borrower or the U.S. Issuer and the persons that are (or are
required to be) guarantors under such Indebtedness do not consist of any persons other than those
persons that are (or are required to be) guarantors under and with respect to the Term Loans, and
the Borrower, if the U.S. Issuer is the issuer thereof, (v) the terms of such Indebtedness do not
require any amortization, mandatory prepayment or redemption or repurchase at the option of the
holder thereof (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control or asset sale)
earlier than 180 days after the Latest Maturity Date, (vi) such Indebtedness has terms and
conditions (excluding pricing, premiums and subordination terms), when taken as a whole, are not
materially more restrictive or less favorable to the Companies and are not materially less
favorable to the Lenders, than the terms of the Loan Documents (except with respect to terms and
conditions that are applicable only after the then Latest Maturity Date), (vii) in the case of any
such secured Indebtedness, the Liens securing such Indebtedness, if any, shall be subordinated to
the Liens securing the Secured Obligations on a junior “silent” basis in a manner satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent (provided that the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement as they relate to
subordination are hereby acknowledged as being satisfactory) (and the holders of such Indebtedness
shall not have any rights with respect to exercising remedies pursuant to such Liens) and such
Liens shall only be on assets that constitute Collateral, (viii) in the case of any such secured
Indebtedness, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness (together with the
Intecreditor Agreement) reflect the Junior Lien nature of the security interests and are otherwise
substantially the same as the applicable Security Documents (with differences as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (ix) in the case of any such secured Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness and the holders thereof or the Senior Representative thereunder shall be subject to
the Intercreditor Agreement and the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, and (x) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and to
the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment or application of funds made with
the proceeds of such incurrence on a Pro Forma Basis, the Total Net Leverage Ratio at such date
shall be not greater than 4.0 to 1.0 (provided that in calculating the Total Net Leverage
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Unrestricted Cash);
provided, further that delivery to the Administrative Agent at least five Business
Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness of an Officers’ Certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower (together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and
conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto) certifying that
the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing
requirements shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions
satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such
five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable
description of the basis upon which it disagrees);

     (m) Indebtedness consisting of working capital facilities, lines of credit or cash management
arrangements for Excluded Subsidiaries and Contingent Obligations of Excluded Subsidiaries in
respect thereof; provided that the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the Indebtedness of all Securitization Entities under all Qualified Securitization Transactions
incurred in compliance with Section 6.01(e), plus (y) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness
then outstanding under this Section 6.01(m), plus (z) the aggregate book value at the time
of determination of the then outstanding Receivables subject to a Permitted Factoring Facility at
such time, shall not exceed $400,000,000 at any time outstanding;

     (n) Indebtedness in respect of indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of
purchase price adjustments or similar obligations incurred or assumed by the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries in connection with (i) an Asset Sale or sale of Equity Interests otherwise permitted
under this Agreement and (ii) Permitted Acquisitions or other Investments permitted under
Section 6.04;

     (o) unsecured guaranties in the ordinary course of business of any person of the obligations
of suppliers, customers, lessors or licensees;

     (p) Indebtedness of NKL arising under letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of
business;

     (q) (i) Indebtedness of any person existing at the time such person is acquired in connection
with a Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment permitted under Section 6.04;
provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of
such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment and is not secured by Accounts or Inventory of any
Company organized in a Principal Jurisdiction or the proceeds thereof, and at the time of such
Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and (ii) Permitted Refinancings of such Indebtedness, in an aggregate amount, for all
such Indebtedness permitted under this clause (q), not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time
outstanding;

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     (r) Indebtedness in respect of treasury, depositary and cash management services or automated
clearinghouse transfer of funds (including the Cash Pooling Arrangements and other pooled account
arrangements and netting arrangements) in the ordinary course of business, in each case, arising
under the terms of customary agreements with any bank at which such Restricted Subsidiary maintains
an overdraft, pooled account or other similar facility or arrangement;

     (s) Permitted Holdings Indebtedness;

     (t) Indebtedness constituting the New Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $2,500,000,000, and Permitted Refinancings thereof;

     (u) Indebtedness of the Borrower or the U.S. Issuer under one or more series of senior secured
notes under one or more indentures, provided that (i) such Indebtedness has a final
maturity date that is no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (ii) such Indebtedness has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
the Term Loans with the Latest Maturity Date, (iii) no Default is then continuing or would result
therefrom, (iv) such Indebtedness is incurred by the Borrower or the U.S. Issuer and the persons
that are (or are required to be) guarantors under such Indebtedness do not consist of any persons
other than those persons that are (or are required to be) guarantors under or in respect to the
Term Loans, and the Borrower, if the U.S. Issuer is the issuer thereof, (v) the terms of such
Indebtedness do not require any amortization, mandatory prepayment or redemption or repurchase at
the option of the holders thereof (other than customary asset sale or change of control provisions,
which asset sale provisions may require the application of proceeds of asset sales and casualty
events co-extensive with those set forth in Section 2.10(c) or (e), as applicable,
to make mandatory prepayments or prepayment offers out of such proceeds on a pari passu basis with
the Secured Obligations, all Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and all other Additional
Senior Secured Indebtedness) earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (vi) such Indebtedness has
terms and conditions (excluding pricing and premiums), when taken as a whole, that are not
materially more restrictive or less favorable to the Companies and the Lenders than the terms of
the Loan Documents (except with respect to terms and conditions that are applicable only after the
then Latest Maturity Date), (vii) the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be pari passu with the
Liens securing the Secured Obligations (other than with respect to control of remedies) and such
Liens shall only be on assets that constitute Collateral, (viii) the security agreements relating
to such Indebtedness shall be substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such
differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (ix) such Indebtedness and
the holders thereof or the Senior Representative thereunder shall be subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement and the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement,
(x) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and to the consummation of any
Permitted Acquisition or other Investment or application of funds made with the proceeds of such
incurrence on a Pro Forma Basis, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio at such date shall be not
greater than 2.5 to 1.0 (provided that in calculating the Senior Secured Net Leverage
Ratio, the proceeds of the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall be excluded from Unrestricted
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such Indebtedness, the
Borrower shall, on a Pro Forma Basis, be in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant,
such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) as
though such Indebtedness had been outstanding as of the last day of the fiscal period covered
thereby (provided that in calculating the Financial Performance Covenant, the proceeds of
such Indebtedness shall be excluded from Unrestricted Cash); provided, further that
delivery to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness of an Officers’ Certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (together
with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such
Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto) certifying that the Borrower has
determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be
conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees
with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees);

     (v) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt, and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

     (w) Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt,
and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;

     (x) obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to reimburse or refund
deposits posted by customers pursuant to forward sale agreements entered into by the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

     (y) unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.01 in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 at any time outstanding;

     (z) (i) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in
connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are incurred in
connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course
of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Hedge Agreements and (ii)
unsecured indebtedness in respect of intercompany obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of accounts payable incurred in connection with goods sold or services
rendered in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

     (aa) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or similar arrangements to employees,
consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent) and its
Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business or otherwise incurred in
connection with the Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted under
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     (bb) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued to current or former officers,
managers, consultants, directors and employees (or respective spouses, former spouses, successors,
executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the purchase or redemption
of capital stock of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies permitted by
Section 6.08(j).

Section 6.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on any
property now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of
any thereof, except the following (collectively, the “Permitted Liens”):

     (a) (i) inchoate Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or delinquent and (ii) Liens for
Taxes which are due and payable and are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided on the books of the
appropriate Company in accordance with US GAAP;

     (b) Liens in respect of property of any Company imposed by Requirements of Law, which were
incurred in the ordinary course of business and do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such
as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’, repairmen’s and
mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, and (i) which
do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property of the Companies, taken
as a whole, and do not materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the
Companies, taken as a whole, and (ii) which, if they secure obligations that are then due and
unpaid for more than 30 days, are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided on the books of the
appropriate Company in accordance with US GAAP;

     (c) any Lien in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02(c) that
does not attach to the Accounts and Inventory of the Borrower and any Lien granted as a
replacement, renewal or substitution therefor; provided that any such replacement, renewal
or substitute Lien (i) does not secure an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, if any, greater than
that secured on the Closing Date (including undrawn commitments thereunder in effect on the Closing
Date, accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees and premiums payable in connection with a
Permitted Refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien) and (ii) does not encumber any
property other than the property subject thereto on the Closing Date (any such Lien, an “Existing
Lien”);

     (d) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), reservations
(including pursuant to any original grant of any Real Property from the applicable Governmental
Authority), covenants, licenses, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges or
encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies or irregularities on or with respect to any Real
Property, in each case whether now or hereafter in existence, not (i) securing Indebtedness for
borrowed money or (ii) individually or in the aggregate materially interfering with the ordinary
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     (e) Liens arising out of judgments, attachments or awards not resulting in an Event of Default
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for
which adequate reserves have been provided on the books of the appropriate Company in accordance
with US GAAP;

     (f) Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) (x) imposed by Requirements of Law or
deposits made in connection therewith in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security legislation, (y)
incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of tenders, statutory
obligations (other than excise taxes), surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, statutory bonds,
bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and
other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) or (z)
arising by virtue of deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability for
premiums to insurance carriers; provided that (i) with respect to clauses (x), (y) and (z)
of this paragraph (f), such Liens are for amounts not yet due and payable or delinquent or, to the
extent such amounts are so due and payable, such amounts are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been established
on the books of the appropriate Company in accordance with US GAAP, and (ii) to the extent such
Liens are not imposed by Requirements of Law, such Liens shall in no event encumber any property
other than cash and Cash Equivalents and, with respect to clause (y), property relating to the
performance of obligations secured by such bonds or instruments;

     (g) (i) Leases, subleases or licenses of the properties of any Company granted to other
persons which do not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material respect with the
ordinary conduct of the business of any Company and (ii) interests or title of a lessor, sublessor,
licensor or sublicensor or Lien securing a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s
interest in any lease or license not prohibited by this Agreement;

     (h) Liens arising out of conditional sale, hire purchase, title retention, consignment or
similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Company in the ordinary course of
business;

     (i) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(f) or Section
6.01(g); provided that any such Liens attach only to the property being financed
pursuant to such Indebtedness and any proceeds of such property and do not encumber any other
property of any Company;

     (j) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to
cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by any Company, in each
case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such
accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to treasury, depositary
and cash management services or automated clearinghouse transfer of funds (including pooled account
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agent or custodian with
respect thereto); provided that, unless such Liens are non-consensual and arise by
operation of law, in no case shall any such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the
repayment of any other Indebtedness;

     (k) (i) Liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents to secure the Secured Obligations, (ii)
pursuant to the Revolving Credit Security Documents to secure the “Secured Obligations” (as defined
in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and any Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings
thereof, (iii) Liens securing Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Second
Priority Refinancing Debt, (iv) Liens securing Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness that are
pari passu with the Liens securing the Secured Obligations and subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement and (v) Liens securing Junior Secured Indebtedness that are subordinated to
the Liens securing the Secured Obligations and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement;

     (l) licenses of Intellectual Property granted by any Company in the ordinary course of
business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Companies;

     (m) the filing of UCC or PPSA financing statements (or the equivalent in other jurisdictions)
solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases or consignment of goods;

     (n) Liens on property of Excluded Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries
permitted by Section 6.01(m) and (p);

     (o) Liens securing the refinancing of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by
clauses (c), (i), (k) or (r) of this Section 6.02 or this clause (o) without any change in
the assets subject to such Lien and to the extent such refinanced Indebtedness is permitted by
Section 6.01;

     (p) to the extent constituting a Lien, the existence of the “equal and ratable” clause in the
New Senior Note Documents (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof) (but not any security interests
granted pursuant thereto);

     (q) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of
business;

     (r) Liens on assets acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or on property of a person existing at
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consolidated with any
Company to the extent permitted hereunder or such assets are acquired (and not created in
anticipation or contemplation thereof); provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to
property not subject to such Liens at the time of acquisition (other than improvements thereon and
proceeds thereof) and are no more favorable to the lienholders than such existing
Lien and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not
exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding;

     (s) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call agreements) solely in respect of
the Equity Interests of any Joint Venture or Joint Venture Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party,
contained in such Joint Venture’s or Joint Venture Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents or the
joint venture agreement or stockholders agreement in respect of such Joint Venture or Joint Venture
Subsidiary;

     (t) Liens granted in connection with Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(e) that
are limited in each case to the Securitization Assets transferred or assigned pursuant to the
related Qualified Securitization Transaction;

     (u) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing liabilities not in
excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

     (v) to the extent constituting Liens, rights under purchase and sale agreements with respect
to Equity Interests or other assets permitted to be sold in Asset Sales permitted under Section
6.06;

     (w) Liens securing obligations owing to the Loan Parties so long as such obligations and
Liens, where owing by or on assets of Loan Parties, are subordinated to the Secured Obligations and
to the Secured Parties’ Liens on the Collateral in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent;

     (x) Liens created, arising or securing obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreements;

     (y) Liens on deposits provided by customers in favor of such customers securing the
obligations of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries to refund deposits posted by customers
pursuant to forward sale agreements entered into by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business;

     (z) Liens on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an
Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 to be applied against the purchase price for
such Investment;

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     (aa) Liens pursuant to the Forward Share Sale Agreement; and

     (bb) Liens in favor of any underwriter, depositary or stock exchange on the Equity Interests
in NKL or its direct parents, 4260848 Canada Inc. and 4260856 Canada Inc., and any securities
accounts in which such Equity Interests are held in connection with any listing or offering of
Equity Interests in NKL, to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law or stock exchange
requirements (and not securing Indebtedness).

provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the foregoing, no consensual Liens
(other than Liens permitted under clause (s) and (v) above, in the case of Securities Collateral)
shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, on any Securities Collateral, other than Liens
granted pursuant to the Security Documents or the Revolving Credit Security Documents or any
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which any Lien is granted securing any Additional
Secured Indebtedness, Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, Permitted Second Priority
Refinancing Debt or Junior Secured Indebtedness.

Any reference in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to a Lien permitted by this
Agreement is not intended to subordinate or postpone, and shall not be interpreted as subordinating
or postponing, or as any agreement to subordinate or postpone, any Lien created by any of the Loan
Documents to any Lien permitted hereunder.

Section 6.03 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with
any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its
business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or
other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the
property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless (i) the sale of such
property is permitted by Section 6.06, (ii) any Liens arising in connection with its use of
such property are permitted by Section 6.02 and (iii) after giving effect to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, the aggregate fair market value of all properties covered by Sale and
Leaseback Transactions entered into would not exceed $250,000,000.

Section 6.04 Investments, Loan and Advances. Directly or indirectly, lend money or credit (by way of
guarantee or otherwise) or make advances to any person, or purchase or acquire any stock, bonds,
notes, debentures or other obligations or securities of, or any other ownership interest in, or
make any capital contribution to, any other person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or
business of any other person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division
of any other person, or purchase or own a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the
purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures
contract (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Investments”; it being understood that (x) the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment and when determining the amount of an
Investment that remains outstanding, the last paragraph of this Section 6.04 shall apply,
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being
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Borrower will be deemed to have made an Investment in
such Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of such designation, as provided in Section 5.16 and
(z) in the event a Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a
result of an Asset Sale or similar transaction, and the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
continue to own Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower will be deemed, at the
time of such transaction and after giving effect thereto, to have made an Investment in such Person
equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Investments in
such Person at such time), except that the following shall be permitted:

     (a) Investments consisting of unsecured guaranties by Loan Parties of, or other unsecured
Contingent Obligations with respect to, operating payments not constituting Indebtedness for
borrowed money incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties or that are Restricted
Grantors, in the ordinary course of business, that, to the extent paid by such Loan Party, shall
not exceed an aggregate amount equal to $75,000,000 less the amount of Contingent
Obligations by Loan Parties in respect of Companies that are not Loan Parties or that are
Restricted Grantors permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(i)(ii);

     (b) Investments outstanding on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 6.04(b);

     (c) the Companies may (i) acquire and hold accounts receivable owing to any of them if created
or acquired in the ordinary course of business or in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, (ii)
invest in, acquire and hold cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) endorse negotiable instruments held
for collection in the ordinary course of business or (iv) make lease, utility and other similar
deposits in the ordinary course of business;

     (d) Investments of Securitization Assets in Securitization Entities in connection with
Qualified Securitization Transactions permitted by Section 6.01(e);

     (e) the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries may make loans and advances (including
payroll, travel and entertainment related advances) in the ordinary course of business to their
respective employees (other than any loans or advances to any director or executive officer (or
equivalent thereof) that would be in violation of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) so long as
the aggregate principal amount thereof at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any
write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances) shall not exceed (when aggregated with loans
and advances outstanding pursuant to clause (h) below) $15,000,000;

     (f) any Company may enter into Hedging Agreements (including Contingent Obligations of any
Company with respect to Hedging Obligations of any other Company) to the extent permitted by
Section 6.01(c);

     (g) Investments made by any Company as a result of consideration received in connection with
an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 6.06;

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     (h) loans and advances to directors, employees and officers of the Loan Parties and their
Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes, in aggregate amount not to exceed (when
aggregated with loans and advances outstanding pursuant to clause (e) above) $15,000,000 at any
time outstanding; provided that no loans in violation of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act shall be permitted hereunder;

     (i) Investments (i) by any Company in any other Company outstanding on the Closing Date, (ii)
by any Company in any Unrestricted Grantor, (iii) by any Restricted Grantor in any other Restricted
Grantor, (iv) by an Unrestricted Grantor in any Restricted Grantor up to an aggregate amount made
after the Closing Date of $500,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, and (v) by any
Company that is not a Loan Party in any other Company; provided that any such Investment in
the form of a loan or advance to any Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of a loan or advance by
a Loan Party, evidenced by an Intercompany Note and pledged by such Loan Party as Collateral
pursuant to the Security Documents;

     (j) Investments in securities or other obligations received upon foreclosure or pursuant to
any plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency
of trade creditors or customers or in connection with the settlement of delinquent accounts in the
ordinary course of business, and Investments received in good faith in settlement of disputes or
litigation;

     (k) Investments in Joint Ventures in which the Loan Parties hold at least 50% of the
outstanding Equity Interests or Joint Venture Subsidiaries made with the Net Cash Proceeds of Asset
Sales made in accordance with Section 6.06(k);

     (l) Investments in Norf GmbH for purposes of making Capital Expenditures in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $20,000,000 during any Fiscal Year;

     (m) Permitted Acquisitions;

     (n) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED];

     (o) Mergers, amalgamations and consolidations in compliance with Section 6.05;
provided that the Lien on and security interest in such Investment granted or to be granted
in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall be maintained or created in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.11 or Section 5.12, as applicable;

     (p) Investments in respect of Cash Pooling Arrangements, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 6.07;

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     (q) Investments consisting of guarantees of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) (to the
extent such guarantee is in effect on the Closing Date or permitted as part of a Permitted
Refinancing), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Section 6.01(b) and Contingent Obligations permitted
by Section 6.01(c) or (i);

     (r) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed:

          (i) $75,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower;

          (ii) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to such Investment, would not exceed 4.0 to 1.0, the then available Cumulative
Credit;

          (iii) so long as (A) the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
after giving effect to such Investment, would not exceed 3.5 to 1.0 and (B) Liquidity after
giving effect to such Investment shall be greater than or equal to $750,000,000, the then
available Annual Credit;

          (iv) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to such Investment, would not exceed 3.0 to 1.0, such additional amounts as
the Borrower may determine (the cumulative amount of Investments made after the Closing Date
under this clause (iv) at any time that the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis after giving effect to such Investment, would exceed 2.0 to 1.0, referred to as
the “Investment Recapture Amount”); and

          (v) $75,000,000 over the term of this Agreement minus the aggregate amount of
Dividends made pursuant to Section 6.08(g);

provided that (x) any such Investment in the form of a loan or advance to any Loan Party
shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and, in the case of a loan or advance by a Loan Party, evidenced by an
Intercompany Note and pledged by such Loan Party as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents
and (y) with respect to any Investment in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000, on or prior
to the date of any Investment pursuant to Section 6.04(r)(ii), (iii) or
(iv), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate
specifying which clause of Section 6.04(r) such Investment is being made pursuant to and
calculating in reasonable detail the amount of the Cumulative Credit or Annual Credit, as
applicable, immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied, the
Total Net Leverage Ratio referred to above and, in the case of Investments pursuant to clause (iii)
above, the amount of Liquidity referred to therein;

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     (s) Investments by any Company in any other Company; provided that such Investment is
part of a Series of Cash Neutral Transactions and no Default has occurred and is continuing; and

     (t) contribution of promissory notes with face amounts of €293,834,842 and €87,291,599
outstanding on the Closing Date by the Borrower to a newly formed Loan Party under the laws of
Luxembourg.

An Investment shall be deemed to be outstanding to the extent not returned in the same form as the
original Investment to any Company. The outstanding amount of an Investment shall, in the case of
a Contingent Obligation that has been terminated, be reduced to the extent no payment is or was
made with respect to such Contingent Obligation upon or prior to the termination of such Contingent
Obligation; and the outstanding amount of other Investments shall be reduced by the amount of cash
or Cash Equivalents received with respect to such Investment upon the sale or disposition thereof,
or constituting a return of capital with respect thereto or, repayment of the principal amount
thereof, in the case of a loan or advance.

Section 6.05 Mergers, Amalgamations and Consolidations. Wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or
enter into any transaction of merger, amalgamation or consolidation (or agree to do any of the
foregoing at any future time), except that the following shall be permitted:

     (a) Asset Sales in compliance with Section 6.06;

     (b) Permitted Acquisitions in compliance with Section 6.04;

     (c) (i) any Company may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any Unrestricted Grantor
(provided that in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the
Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving or resulting person, and in any other case, an Unrestricted
Grantor is the surviving or resulting person, (ii) any Restricted Grantor may merge, amalgamate or
consolidate with or into any other Restricted Grantor (provided that a Subsidiary Guarantor
is the surviving or resulting person), (iii) Novelis Aluminum Holding Company and Novelis
Deutschland GmbH may merge provided Novelis Deutschland GmbH is the surviving or resulting person,
and (iv) any Company that is not a Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any
Restricted Grantor (provided that a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving or resulting
person); provided that, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), (1)
the surviving or resulting person is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (or the Borrower or a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower following a Qualified Borrower IPO), (2) the Lien on and
security interest in such property granted or to be granted in favor of the Collateral Agent under
the Security Documents shall be maintained in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable
(to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such transfer) or created in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.11 or Section 5.12, as applicable and
(3) no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom; provided that in the case of
any amalgamation or consolidation involving a Loan Party, at the request of the Administrative
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Secured Obligations and Liens under the Loan Documents in a manner reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent;

     (d) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate
with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

     (e) Holdings and the Borrower may consummate the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation;

     (f) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs
at any time; provided that such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as applicable,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

     (g) any Unrestricted Grantor (other than Holdings or the Borrower) may dissolve, liquidate or
wind-up its affairs (collectively, “Wind-Up”), so long as all of its assets are distributed or
otherwise transferred to any other Unrestricted Grantor and any Restricted Grantor may Wind-Up so
long as all of its assets are distributed or otherwise transferred to a Restricted Grantor or an
Unrestricted Grantor; provided that (1) the Lien on and security interest in such property
granted or to be granted in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall be
maintained in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable (to at least the same extent as
in effect immediately prior to such transfer) or created in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.11 or Section 5.12, as applicable and (2) no Default is then continuing
or would result therefrom.

Section 6.06 Asset Sales. Effect any Asset Sale except that the following shall be permitted:

     (a) disposition of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus property by any Company in the ordinary
course of business and the abandonment or other disposition of Intellectual Property that is, in
the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful
in the conduct of the business of the Companies taken as a whole;

     (b) so long as no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom, any other Asset Sale
(other than the Equity Interests of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary
unless, after giving effect to any such Asset Sale, such person either ceases to be a Restricted
Subsidiary or, in the case of an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary, becomes a Joint Venture
Subsidiary) for fair market value, with at least 75% of the consideration received for all such
Asset Sales or related Asset Sales in which the consideration received exceeds $10,000,000 payable
in cash upon such sale (provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause
(b), the following shall be deemed to be cash: (i) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s most
recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment
in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Asset
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for which Holdings, the Borrower and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been
validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (ii) any securities received by the
Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180
days following the closing of the applicable Asset Sale, and (iii) aggregate non-cash consideration
received by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market
value (determined as of the closing of the applicable Asset Sale for which such non-cash
consideration is received) not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time (net of any non-cash consideration
converted into cash)); provided, however, that with respect to any such Asset Sale
pursuant to this clause (b), the aggregate consideration received for all such Asset Sales shall
not exceed $400,000,000 during any fiscal year or $800,000,000 in the aggregate after the Closing
Date;

     (c) leases, subleases or licenses of the properties of any Company in the ordinary course of
business and which do not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material respect with
the ordinary conduct of the business of any Company;

     (d) mergers and consolidations, and liquidations and dissolutions in compliance with
Section 6.05;

     (e) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Receivables for the fair market value thereof
in connection with a Permitted Factoring Facility so long as at any time of determination the
aggregate book value of the then outstanding Receivables subject to a Permitted Factoring Facility
does not exceed an amount equal to $400,000,000 less the amount of Indebtedness under all
outstanding Qualified Securitization Transactions at such time under Section 6.01(e)
less the amount of Indebtedness outstanding under Section 6.01(m) at such time;

     (f) the sale or disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents in connection with a transaction
otherwise permitted under the terms of this Agreement;

     (g) assignments and licenses of Intellectual Property of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business and which do not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in
any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Company;

     (h) Asset Sales (i) by and among Unrestricted Grantors (other than Holdings), (ii) by any
Restricted Grantor to any other Restricted Grantor, (iii) by any Restricted Grantor to any
Unrestricted Grantor so long as the consideration paid by the Unrestricted Grantor in such Asset
Sale does not exceed the fair market value of the property transferred, (iv) by (x) any
Unrestricted Grantor to any Restricted Grantor for fair market value and (y) by any Loan Party to
any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party for fair market value provided that the fair
market value of such Asset Sales under this clause (iv) does not exceed $100,000,000 in the
aggregate for all such Asset Sales since the Closing Date, (v) by any Company that is not a Loan
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does not exceed the fair market value of the property transferred, and (vi) by and among
Companies that are not Loan Parties; provided that (A) in the case of any transfer from one
Loan Party to another Loan Party, any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the relevant Security Documents in the assets so
transferred shall (1) remain in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable (to at least
the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such transfer) or (2) be replaced by security
interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the
relevant Security Documents, which new security interests shall be in full force and effect and
perfected and enforceable (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such
transfer) and (B) no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom;

     (i) the Companies may consummate Asset Swaps so long as (x) each such sale is in an
arm’s-length transaction and the applicable Company receives at least fair market value
consideration (as determined in good faith by such Company), (y) the Collateral Agent shall have a
First Priority perfected Lien on the assets acquired pursuant to such Asset Swap at least to the
same extent as the assets sold pursuant to such Asset Swap (immediately prior to giving effect
thereto) and (z) the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold pursuant to this clause (i)
shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date; provided that so long
as the assets acquired by any Company pursuant to the respective Asset Swap are located in the same
country as the assets sold by such Company, such $50,000,000 aggregate cap will not apply to such
Asset Swap;

     (j) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Receivables (whether now existing or arising or
acquired in the future) and Related Security to a Securitization Entity in connection with a
Qualified Securitization Transaction permitted under Section 6.01(e) and all sales,
transfers or other dispositions of Securitization Assets by a Securitization Entity under, and
pursuant to, a Qualified Securitization Transaction permitted under Section 6.01(e);

     (k) so long as no Default is then continuing or would result therefrom, the arm’s-length sale
or disposition for cash of Equity Interests in a Joint Venture Subsidiary for fair market value or
the issuance of Equity Interests in a Joint Venture Subsidiary; provided, however,
that the aggregate fair market value of all such Equity Interests sold or otherwise disposed of
pursuant to this clause (k) following the Closing Date shall not exceed $300,000,000;

     (l) issuances of Equity Interests by Joint Venture Subsidiaries and Excluded Collateral
Subsidiaries;

     (m) Asset Sales among Companies of promissory notes or preferred stock or similar instruments
issued by a Company; provided that such Asset Sales are part of a Series of Cash Neutral
Transactions and no Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (n) the sale of Receivables made pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement;

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     (o) to the extent constituting an Asset Sale, Investments permitted by Section 6.04(i);

     (p) issuances of Qualified Capital Stock (including by way of sales of treasury stock) or any
options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, any Qualified Capital Stock (A)
for stock splits, stock dividends and additional issuances of Qualified Capital Stock which do not
decrease the percentage ownership of the Loan Parties in any class of the Equity Interests of such
issuing Company and (B) by Subsidiaries of the Borrower formed after the Closing Date to the
Borrower or the Subsidiary of the Borrower which is to own such Qualified Capital Stock. All
Equity Interests issued in accordance with this Section 6.06(p) shall, to the extent
required by Section 5.11 or any Security Document or if such Equity Interests are issued by
any Loan Party (other than Holdings), be delivered to the Collateral Agent; and

     (q) contribution of promissory notes with face amounts of €293,834,842 and €87,291,599
outstanding on the Closing Date by the Borrower to a newly formed Loan Party under the laws of
Luxembourg.

Section 6.07 Cash Pooling Arrangements. Amend, vary or waive any term of the Cash Pooling Arrangements
or enter into any new pooled account or netting agreement with any Affiliate in a manner materially
adverse to the Lenders or which adversely affects the security interests in such accounts. Without
the consent of the Administrative Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, permit the aggregate
amount owed pursuant to the Cash Pooling Arrangements by all Companies who are not Loan Parties
minus the aggregate amount on deposit pursuant to the Cash Pooling Arrangements from such Persons
to exceed $50,000,000.

Section 6.08 Dividends. Declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any Dividends with respect to any
Company, except that the following shall be permitted:

     (a) (i) Dividends by any Company to any Loan Party that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
Holdings (or the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower following a Qualified
Borrower IPO), (ii) Dividends by Holdings (or the Borrower following a Qualified Borrower IPO)
payable solely in Qualified Capital Stock and (iii) Dividends by Holdings payable with the proceeds
of Permitted Holdings Indebtedness;

     (b) (i) Dividends by any Company that is not a Loan Party to any other Company that is not a
Loan Party but is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (or the Borrower or a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower following a Qualified Borrower IPO) and (ii) cash Dividends by any
Company that is not a Loan Party to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

     (c) (A) to the extent actually used by Holdings to pay such franchise taxes, costs and
expenses, fees, payments by the Borrower to or on behalf of Holdings in an amount sufficient to pay
franchise taxes and other fees solely required to maintain the legal existence of Holdings, (B)
payments by the Borrower to or on behalf of Holdings in an amount sufficient to pay out-of-pocket
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ordinary course of business of Holdings, and (C) management, consulting, monitoring and
advisory fees and related expenses and termination fees pursuant to a management agreement with one
or more Specified Holders relating to the Borrower (collectively, the “Management Fees”), in the
case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) in an aggregate amount not to exceed in any calendar year the
greater of (i) $20,000,000 and (ii) 1.5% of the Borrower’s Consolidated EBITDA in the prior
calendar year;

     (d) the Borrower may pay cash Dividends to the holders of its Equity Interests and, if
Holdings is a holder of such Equity Interests, the proceeds thereof may be utilized by Holdings to
pay cash Dividends to the holders of its Equity Interests in an amount not to exceed:

          (i) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to such Dividends, would not exceed 4.0 to 1.0, the then available Cumulative
Credit;

          (ii) so long as (A) the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to such Dividends, would not exceed 3.5 to 1.0 and (B) Liquidity after giving
effect to such Dividend shall be greater than or equal to $750,000,000, the then available
Annual Credit; and

          (iii) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to such Dividends, would not exceed 3.0 to 1.0, such additional amounts as the
Borrower may determine (the cumulative amount of Dividends made after the Closing Date under
this clause (iii) at any time that the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma
Basis after giving effect to such Dividends, would exceed 2.0 to 1.0, referred to as the
“Dividend Recapture Amount”);

provided that (x) the Dividends described in this clause (d) shall not be permitted if a
Default is continuing at the date of declaration or payment thereof or would result therefrom and
(y) with respect to any Dividend in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000, on or prior to
the date of any such Dividend pursuant to this Section 6.08(d), the Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate specifying which clause of this Section
6.08(d) such Dividend is being made pursuant to and calculating in reasonable detail the amount
of the Cumulative Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to such election and
the amount thereof elected to be so applied (in the case of Dividends pursuant to clause (i) and
(ii) above) and the Total Net Leverage Ratio referred to above and, in the case of Dividends
pursuant to clause (ii) above, the amount of Liquidity referred to therein;

     (e) to the extent constituting a Dividend, payments permitted by Section 6.09(d) that
do not relate to Equity Interests;

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     (f) the Closing Date Distribution;

     (g) the Borrower may pay additional cash Dividends to Holdings the proceeds of which may be
utilized by Holdings to pay cash Dividends to the holders of its Equity Interests in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $75,000,000 after the Closing Date minus the amount of Investments made in
reliance on Section 6.04(r)(v); provided that the Dividends described in this
clause (g) shall not be permitted if a Default is continuing at the date of declaration or payment
thereof or would result therefrom;

     (h) Dividends by any Company to any other Company that are part of a Series of Cash Neutral
Transactions; provided no Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (i) following a Qualified IPO, Dividends by the Borrower paid to Holdings (which may pay the
proceeds thereof to the holders of its Equity Interests) or, in the case of a Qualified Borrower
IPO, its other equity holders, of up to 6% of the net cash proceeds received by (or contributed to
the capital of) the Borrower in or from such Qualified IPO; and

     (j) Dividends to repurchase Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent
entity (or following a Qualified Borrower IPO, Equity Interests of the Borrower) from current or
former officers, directors or employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
any direct or indirect parent entity (or permitted transferees of such current or former officers,
directors or employees); provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not
exceed (i) $10,000,000 in any calendar year prior to completion of a Qualified IPO, or (ii)
$15,000,000 in any calendar year following completion of a Qualified IPO (with unused amounts in
any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the next two succeeding calendar years up
to a maximum of (A) $20,000,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year prior to completion of a
Qualified IPO, or (B) $30,000,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year following completion of a
Qualified IPO); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an
amount not to exceed (x) the cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any parent entity to
officers, directors or employees (to the extent contributed to the Borrower (excluding any portion
thereof included in the Cumulative Credit)), plus (y) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance
policies in such calendar year.

Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into, directly or indirectly, any transaction or
series of related transactions, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with or for the
benefit of any Affiliate of any Company (other than between or among Loan Parties), other than on
terms and conditions at least as favorable to such Company as would reasonably be obtained by such
Company at that time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person other than an
Affiliate, except that the following shall be permitted:

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     (b) Investments permitted by Section 6.04(d), (e), (h), (i),
(l), (p), or (s);

     (c) mergers, amalgamations and consolidations permitted by Section 6.05(c),
(d), (e), (f) or (g), Asset Sales permitted by Section
6.06(h)(iv) and (v), or (m);

     (d) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses)
and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and
indemnification arrangements, in each case approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower;

     (e) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or
sellers of goods and services, in each case in the ordinary course of business on terms not
materially less favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from a Person that is
not an Affiliate of the Borrower, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and otherwise not
prohibited by the Loan Documents;

     (f) the existence of, and the performance by any Company of its obligations under the terms
of, any limited liability company, limited partnership or other Organizational Document or
securityholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement
related thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date and which has been disclosed in writing
to the Administrative Agent as in effect on the Closing Date, and similar agreements that it may
enter into thereafter, to the extent not more adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any
material respect, when taken as a whole, than any of such documents and agreements as in effect on
the Closing Date;

     (g) the Transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents;

     (h) Qualified Securitization Transactions permitted under Section 6.01(e) and
transactions in connection therewith on a basis no less favorable to the applicable Company as
would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a person not an Affiliate thereof;

     (i) cash management netting and pooled account arrangements permitted under Section
6.01(r);

     (j) transactions between or among any Companies that are not Loan Parties;

     (k) transactions pursuant to a management agreement with the Specified Holders so long as the
aggregate payment of Management Fees thereunder are permitted under Section 6.08(c);

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     (l) transactions between Loan Parties and Companies that are not Loan Parties that are at
least as favorable to each such Loan Party as would reasonably be obtained by such Loan Party in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person other than an Affiliate; and

     (m) transactions contemplated by the Receivables Purchase Agreements;

provided that notwithstanding any of the foregoing or any other provision of this
Agreement, all intercompany loans, advances or other extensions of credit made to or by Companies
organized in Switzerland shall be on fair market terms.

     Section 6.10
Total Net Leverage Ratio. Permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day
of any Test Period ending during any period set forth in the table below to be greater than the
ratio set forth below opposite the period in the table below during which the last day of such Test
Period occurs:

	 	 	 
	 	 	Total Net
	Test Period	 	Leverage Ratio
	March 30, 2011 through March 31, 2012

	 	4.75 to 1.0
	 
	 	 
	April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013

	 	4.50 to 1.0
	 
	 	 
	April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014

	 	4.375 to 1.0
	 
	 	 
	April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015

	 	4.25 to 1.0
	 
	 	 
	April 1, 2015 and thereafter

	 	4.0 to 1.0

Section 6.11 Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational Documents and Other
Documents, etc. Directly or indirectly:

     (a) (i) make any voluntary or optional payment of principal on or prepayment on or redemption
or acquisition for value of, or complete any mandatory prepayment, redemption or purchase offer in
respect of, or otherwise voluntarily or optionally defease or segregate funds with respect to, any
Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(l), Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt and
Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or any Indebtedness under the New Senior Note Documents or any
Subordinated Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancings of any of such Indebtedness, except (x) any
such Indebtedness may be prepaid or redeemed with the proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing, and (y)
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result therefrom, repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness under the New Senior Notes
Documents, Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(l), Permitted Second Priority
Refinancing Debt, Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or Subordinated Indebtedness (or any
Permitted Refinancings (other than a refinancing with Incremental Term Loans) of any of such
Indebtedness) (“Permitted Prepayments”) in an amount not to exceed:

     (1) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis,
would not exceed 4.0 to 1.0 after giving effect to such Permitted Prepayments, the
then available Cumulative Credit;

     (2) so long as (A) the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma
Basis after giving effect to such Permitted Prepayments, would not exceed 3.5 to
1.0, and (B) Liquidity after giving effect to such Permitted Prepayments shall be
greater than or equal to $750,000,000, the then available Annual Credit; and

     (3) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
after giving effect to such Permitted Prepayments, would not exceed 3.0 to 1.0, such
additional amounts as the Borrower may determine (the cumulative amount of Permitted
Prepayments made after the Closing Date under this clause (3) at any time that the
Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to
such Permitted Prepayments, would exceed 2.0 to 1.0, referred to as the “Prepayments
Recapture Amount”); or

          (ii) make any payment on or with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness wholly among
Loan Parties in violation of the subordination provisions thereof or (iii) make any payment
(whether, voluntary, mandatory, scheduled or otherwise) on or with respect to any
Subordinated Indebtedness (including payments of principal and interest thereon, but
excluding the discharge by Novelis AG (as consideration for the purchase of Accounts under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement) of loans or advances made by Novelis AG to German Seller
or any Swiss Seller), if an Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom;

provided that with respect to any Permitted Prepayment in an aggregate amount in excess of
$50,000,000, on or prior to the date of any such payment or redemption pursuant to this Section
6.11(a)(i)(y), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate
specifying which clause of this Section 6.11(a)(i)(y) such payment or redemption is being
made pursuant to and calculating in reasonable detail the amount of the Cumulative Credit or Annual
Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so
applied, the Total Net Leverage Ratio referred to above and, in the case of reliance on clause (2)
above, the amount of Liquidity referred to therein.

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     (b) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED];

     (c) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any document
governing any Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents or Revolving
Credit Loan Documents (or any Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings thereof)) in any
manner that, taken as a whole, is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders;

     (d) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any document
governing any Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents (or any Permitted Revolving
Credit Facility Refinancings thereof) if such amendment or modification would (i) cause the
aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of all such Indebtedness, after
giving effect to such amendment or modification, to at any time exceed the Maximum Revolving Credit
Facility Amount, (ii) cause such Indebtedness to have a final maturity date earlier than the final
maturity date of such Indebtedness immediately prior to such amendment or modification or (iii)
result in the persons that are (or are required to be) obligors under such Indebtedness to be
different from the persons that are (or are required to be) obligors under such Indebtedness being
so amended or modified (unless such persons required to be obligors under such Indebtedness are or
are required to be or become obligors under the Loan Documents); or

     (e) terminate, amend or modify any of its Organizational Documents (including (x) by the
filing or modification of any certificate of designation and (y) any election to treat any Pledged
Securities (as defined in the Security Agreement) as a “security” under Section 8-103 of the UCC
other than concurrently with the delivery of certificates representing such Pledged Securities to
the Collateral Agent) or any agreement to which it is a party with respect to its Equity Interests
(including any stockholders’ agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to its Equity
Interests, other than any such amendments or modifications or such new agreements which are not
adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders.

Section 6.12 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Restricted Subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make any other
distributions on its Equity Interests or any other interest or participation in its profits owned
by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or (c) transfer any of its properties to the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (i) applicable Requirements of Law; (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents; (iii) the Senior Note Documents and the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or other
Material Indebtedness; provided that in the case of such other Material Indebtedness, such
encumbrances and restrictions are, taken as a whole, no more restrictive than such encumbrances and
restrictions in the Loan Documents in existence on the Closing Date; (iv) customary provisions
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governing a leasehold interest of a Company; (v) customary provisions restricting assignment of any
agreement entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower; (vi) any holder of a Lien
permitted by Section 6.02 restricting the transfer of the property subject thereto; (vii)
customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any
property permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale; (viii) any
agreement in effect at the time such Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in
contemplation of such person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower; (ix) without
affecting the Loan Parties’ obligations under Section 5.11, customary provisions in
partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, limited liability
company organizational governance documents and other Organizational Documents, entered into in the
ordinary course of business (or in connection with the formation of such partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or similar person) that (A) restrict the transfer of Equity
Interests in such partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar person or (B)
the case of any Joint Venture or Joint Venture Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, provide for
other restrictions of the type described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, solely with respect to
the Equity Interests in, or property held in, such joint venture, and customary provisions in asset
sale and stock sale agreements and other similar agreements permitted hereunder that provide for
restrictions of the type described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, solely with respect to the
assets or persons subject to such sale agreements; (x) restrictions on cash or other deposits or
net worth imposed by suppliers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business; (xi) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted
Acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any person, or the properties or
assets of any person, other than the person or the properties or assets of the person so acquired;
(xii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise
not prohibited by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in
clauses (iii), (viii) or (xi) above; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no
more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to
such amendment or refinancing or (xiii) any restrictions on transfer of the Equity Interests in NKL
or its direct parents, 4260848 Canada Inc. and 4260856 Canada Inc., imposed by any lock-up or
listing agreement, rule or regulation in connection with any listing or offering of Equity
Interests in NKL to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law or listing or stock
exchange requirements.

     Section 6.13
Issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock. Issue any Disqualified Capital Stock
except (i) Joint Venture Subsidiaries and Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries may issue Disqualified
Capital Stock pursuant to Section 6.06(l) and (ii) issuances of Disqualified Capital Stock
under Section 6.04(i) shall be permitted.

Section 6.14 Forward Share Sale Agreement and Support Agreement. With respect to the Borrower, assign,
transfer, convey, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its right, title or interest in any of the
Forward Share Sale Agreement or the Support Agreement, except that such agreements may be cancelled
or terminated.

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Section 6.15 Business.

     (a) Each of Holdings, Novelis Europe Holdings Limited and Eurofoil shall not engage in any
business or activity other than (i) holding shares in the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries
(which, in the case of Holdings, shall be limited to the Borrower), (ii) holding intercompany loans
made to the Borrower, (iii) other activities attributable to or ancillary to its role as a holding
company for its Subsidiaries and (iv) compliance with its obligations under the Loan Documents, the
Revolving Loan Documents (and any Permitted Revolving Credit Refinancings thereof), and the Senior
Note Documents (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof), the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness
Documents and documents relating to Permitted First Priority Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted
Second Priority Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Indebtedness and
Indebtedness under Section 6.01(l).

     (b) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not engage (directly or indirectly) in
any business other than those businesses in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
engaged on the Closing Date as described in the Confidential Information Memorandum (or, in the
good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, which are substantially related thereto or are
reasonable extensions thereof).

     (c) The Borrower will not permit any Securitization Entity that it controls to engage in any
business or activity other than performing its obligations under the related Qualified
Securitization Transaction and will not permit any Securitization Entity that it controls to hold
any assets other than the Securitization Assets.

Section 6.16 Limitation on Accounting Changes. Make or permit any change in accounting policies or
reporting practices or tax reporting treatment, except changes that are permitted by GAAP or any
Requirement of Law and disclosed to the Administrative Agent and changes described in Section
1.04.

Section 6.17 Fiscal Year. Change its fiscal year-end to a date other than March 31.

Section 6.18 Margin Rules. Use the proceeds of any Loans, whether directly or indirectly, and whether
immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock
or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

Section 6.19 No Further Negative Pledge. Enter into or suffer to exist any consensual agreement,
instrument, deed or lease which prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired to secure the Secured Obligations, or which requires the grant of any
security for an obligation if security is granted to secure the Secured Obligations, except the
following: (1) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (2) covenants in documents creating
Liens permitted by Section 6.02 prohibiting further Liens on the properties encumbered
thereby; (3) the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, (4) the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness
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Refinancing Debt, Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt and Junior Secured Indebtedness (so
long as such documents permit Liens to secure the Secured Obligations); and (5) any prohibition or
limitation that (a) exists pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law, (b) consists of customary
restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property
permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale, (c) restricts
subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of a Loan Party or a
Subsidiary, (d) is permitted under Section 6.02(s), (e) exists in any agreement or other
instrument of a person acquired in an Investment permitted hereunder in existence at the time of
such Investment (but not created in connection therewith or in contemplation thereof), which
prohibition or limitation is not applicable to any person, or the properties or assets of any
person, other than the person, or the property or assets of the person so acquired, (f) is
contained in any joint venture, shareholders agreement, limited liability operating agreement or
other Organizational Document governing a Joint Venture or Joint Venture Subsidiary which limits
the ability of an owner of an interest in a Joint Venture or Joint Venture Subsidiary from
encumbering its ownership interest therein or (g) is imposed by any amendments or refinancings that
are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred
to in clause (3), (4) or (5)(e); provided that such amendments and refinancings are no more
materially restrictive with respect to such prohibitions and limitations than those prior to such
amendment or refinancing.

Section 6.20 Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering.

     (a) Directly or indirectly, (i) knowingly conduct any business or engage in making or
receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any person
described in Section 3.22, (ii) knowingly deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction
relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any
other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) knowingly engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction
that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of
the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the
Lenders any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its
reasonable discretion, confirming the Loan Parties’ compliance with this Section 6.20).

     (b) Cause or permit any of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to repay the Loans to be
derived from any unlawful activity with the result that the making of the Loans would be in
violation of any Requirement of Law.

Section 6.21 Embargoed Persons. Cause or permit (a) any of the funds or properties of the Loan
Parties that are used to repay the Loans to constitute property of, or be beneficially owned
directly or indirectly by, any person subject to sanctions or trade restrictions under United
States law (“Embargoed Person” or “Embargoed Persons”) that is identified on (1) the “List of
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC and/or on any other similar
list maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not limited to, the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy
Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Order or Requirement of Law promulgated
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or indirectly) is prohibited by a Requirement of Law, or the Loans made by the
Lenders would be in violation of a Requirement of Law, or (2) the Executive Order, any related
enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders or (b) any Embargoed Person to have any
direct or indirect interest, of any nature whatsoever in the Loan Parties, with the result that the
investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by a Requirement of
Law or the Loans are in violation of a Requirement of Law.

ARTICLE VII

GUARANTEE

Section 7.01 The Guarantee. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee, as a primary obligor
and not as a surety to each Secured Party and their respective successors and permitted assigns,
the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment,
declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any
interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue after the commencement of a case under Title 11
of the United States Code or any other Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency
petition is filed under Title 11 of the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law) but for
the provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code (or other Debtor Relief Law) or that
accrues after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed under Title 11 of the
United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law), whether or not allowed) on the Loans made by
the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other Secured
Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under any Loan
Document (including any Hedging Agreement entered into with a counterparty that is a Secured
Party), and the performance of all obligations under any of the foregoing, in each case strictly in
accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the
“Guaranteed Obligations”). In addition to the guarantee contained herein, each Guarantor that is a
Foreign Subsidiary, as well as Holdings, shall execute a Guarantee governed by the applicable law
of such Person’s jurisdiction of organization (each such Guarantee, a “Foreign Guarantee”) and to
the extent that the provisions of this Article VII shall duplicate or conflict with the provisions
thereof, the terms of the Foreign Guarantees shall govern the obligations of such Guarantors. The
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower or other Guarantor(s) shall fail
to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or
notice whatsoever as if it was the principal obligor, and that in the case of any extension of time
of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full
when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms
of such extension or renewal. Without prejudice to the generality of Section 7.01 and
Section 7.02, each Guarantor expressly confirms that it intends that this guarantee shall
extend from time to time to any (however fundamental and of whatsoever nature and whether or not
more onerous) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to any of the Loan Documents and/or
any facility or amount made available under any of the Loan Documents for the purposes of or in
connection with any of the following: acquisitions of any nature; increasing working capital;
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Distribution); carrying out restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other
indebtedness; making facilities available to new borrower; any other variation or extension of the
purposes for which any such facility or amount might be made available from time to time; and any
fees, costs and/or expenses associated with any of the foregoing.

Section 7.02 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 7.01
shall constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection and to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Requirements of Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several,
irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed
Obligations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any
other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or
exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of
the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall
remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:

          (i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors,
the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be
waived or the Maturity Date shall be extended with respect to all or a portion
of the Guaranteed Obligations;

          (ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement
or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein
or therein shall be done or omitted;

          (iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be
accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any
respect, or any right under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or
instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any
respect or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or
otherwise dealt with;

          (iv) any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, any Lender
or Agent as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be
perfected; or

          (v) the release of any other Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.09.

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     The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and
all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or
remedy or proceed against the Borrower or any other Loan Party under this Agreement or the Notes,
if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other
person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The
Guarantors waive any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or
accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured
Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any
of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon
this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Borrower and the Secured Parties shall likewise be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This
Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of
payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any
time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the
Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties
or any other person at any time of any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Loan
Party, or against any other person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of
the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of
offset with respect thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding
in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors and the successors and
assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, and
their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of
this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding.

Section 7.03 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this ARTICLE VII shall be
automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of
the Borrower or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be
otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any
proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization pursuant to any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise. The
Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify each Secured Party on demand for
all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by such Secured
Party in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses
incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference,
fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, other than
any costs or expenses resulting from the bad faith or willful misconduct of such Secured Party.

Section 7.04 Subrogation; Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the indefeasible and
irrevocable payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations and the
expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement it shall waive
any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any
performance by it of its guarantee in Section 7.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise,
against the Borrower or any other Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security
for any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted pursuant to
Section 6.01(d) shall be subordinated to such Loan Party’s Secured Obligations a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

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Section 7.05 Remedies. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and
the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes, if any, may be
declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.01 (and shall be deemed
to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.01)
for purposes of Section 7.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as
against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed
to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by
the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section
7.01.

Section 7.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee
in this ARTICLE VII constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and
agrees that any Lender or Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in
the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring a motion-action under New
York CPLR Section 3213.

Section 7.07 Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this ARTICLE VII is a continuing guarantee
of payment, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.

Section 7.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any
state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state,
federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of
creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 7.01 would otherwise
be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims
of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 7.01, then,
notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without
any further action by such Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other person, be automatically limited
and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the rights of contribution established in
the Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement) that are valid and enforceable
and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.

Section 7.09 Release of Guarantors. If, in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan
Documents, (a) Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor are issued, sold or transferred such
that it ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (a “Transferred Guarantor”) to a person or persons,
none of which is a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, (b) a Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the Loan Documents, (c) a Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Loan
Party after the Closing Date is subsequently designated as an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary in
accordance with the definition thereof, or (d) a Qualified Borrower IPO shall occur, then, such
Transferred Guarantor (in the case of clause (a)), such Unrestricted Subsidiary (in the case of
clause (b)), such Restricted Subsidiary (in the case of clause (c)), and Holdings (in the case of
clause (d)), shall, upon the consummation of such issuance, sale or transfer or upon such
designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or upon the completion
of the Qualified Borrower IPO, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (including
under Section 11.03 hereof) and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party and its
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it pursuant to any Security Document, and the Collateral Agent shall take such actions as are
within its powers to effect each release described in this Section 7.09 in accordance with
the relevant provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement; provided
that such Guarantor is also released from its obligations, if any, under the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, the Senior Note Documents, the Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness Documents and
other Material Indebtedness guaranteed by such Person on the same terms.

Section 7.10 Certain Tax Matters. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.15 if a Loan
Party (other than the Borrower) makes a payment hereunder that is subject to withholding tax in
excess of the withholding tax that would have been imposed on payments made by the Borrower with
respect to whose obligation it is making a payment, the relevant Loan Party shall increase the
amount of such payment such that, after deduction and payment of all such withholding taxes
(including withholding taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the payee
receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if no such excess withholding tax had
been imposed; provided that the Agent or Lender provides, as reasonably requested by the
relevant Loan Party and as required under Sections 2.15(e) or 2.15(g), as the case
may be, such forms, certificates and documentation that it is legally entitled to furnish and would
be required to reduce or eliminate withholding and, with respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes,
would not, in the Administrative Agent’s or the relevant Lender’s reasonable judgment, subject it
to any material unreimbursed costs or otherwise be disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

Section 7.11 German Guarantor.

     (a) Subject to Section 7.11(b) through Section 7.11(e) below, the Secured
Parties shall not enforce the guarantee obligations of a German Guarantor existing in the form of a
German limited liability company or limited partnership with a limited liability company as partner
(GmbH or GmbH & Co. KG) under this Article VII to the extent (i) such German Guarantor
guarantees obligations of one of its shareholders or of an affiliated company (verbundenes
Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the German Stock Corporation Act
(Aktiengesetz) (other than a Subsidiary of that German Guarantor or the German Guarantor itself),
and (ii) the enforcement of such guarantee for shareholder obligations would reduce, in violation
of Section 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG), the net assets (assets
minus liabilities minus provisions and liability reserves (Reinvermögen), in each
case as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Germany
(Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as consistently applied by such German Guarantor in
preparing its unconsolidated balance sheets (Jahresabschluss gem. § 42 GmbH — Act, §§ 242, 264
HGB) of the German Guarantor (or in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner) to an amount
that is insufficient to maintain its (or in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner’s)
registered share capital (Stammkapital) (or would increase an existing shortage in its net assets
below its registered share capital); provided that for the purpose of determining the
relevant registered share capital and the net assets, as the case may be:

          (i) The amount of any increase of registered share capital (Stammkapital)
of such German Guarantor (or its general partner in the form of a GmbH)
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effected without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent
shall be deducted from the registered share capital of the German Guarantor
(or its general partner in the form of a GmbH);

          (ii) any loans provided to the German Guarantor by a direct or indirect
shareholder or an affiliate thereof (other than a Subsidiary of such German
Guarantor) shall be disregarded and not accounted for as a liability to the
extent that such loans are subordinated pursuant to Section 39(1) Nr. 1
through Nr. 5 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) or subordinated
in any other way by law or contract;

          (iii) any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual obligations and
liabilities incurred by the German Guarantor in violation of the provisions of
any of the Loan Documents shall be disregarded and not accounted for as
liabilities;

          (iv) any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value
that, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, is significantly lower than
their market value and that are not necessary for the business of the German
Guarantor (nicht betriebsnotwendig) shall be accounted for with their market
value; and

          (v) the assets of the German Guarantor will be assessed at liquidation
values (Liquidationswerte) if, at the time the managing directors prepare the
balance sheet in accordance with paragraph (b) below and absent the demand a
positive going concern prognosis (positive Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be
established.

     (b) The limitations set out in Section 7.11(a) only apply:

          (i) if and to the extent that the managing directors of the German
Guarantor (or in the case of a GmbH Co. KG, its general partner) have
confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days
of a demand for payment under this Article VII the amount of the
obligations under this Article VII which cannot be paid without
causing the net assets of such German Guarantor (or in the case of a GmbH Co.
KG, its general partner) to fall below its registered share capital, or
increase an existing shortage in net assets below its registered share capital
(taking into account the adjustments set out above) and such confirmation is
supported by a current balance sheet and other evidence satisfactory to the
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Agent nor any Lender raises any objections against that confirmation
within five Business Days after its receipt; or

          (ii) if, within twenty Business Days after an objection under clause (i)
has been raised by the Administrative Agent or a Lender, the Administrative
Agent receives a written audit report (“Auditor’s Determination”) prepared at
the expense of the relevant German Guarantor by a firm of auditors of
international standing and reputation that is appointed by the German
Guarantor and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to the extent
such report identifies the amount by which the net assets of that German
Guarantor (or in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner in the form
of a GmbH) are necessary to maintain its registered share capital as at the
date of the demand under this Article VII (taking into account the
adjustments set out above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable in Germany
(Grundsätze ordnungsgemäßer Buchführung) as consistently applied by the German
Guarantor in the preparation of its most recent annual balance sheet. The
Auditor’s Determination shall be binding for all Parties except for manifest
error.

     (c) In any event, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to enforce the guarantee up to those
amounts that are undisputed between them and the relevant German Guarantor or determined in
accordance with Section 7.11(a) and Section 7.11(b). In respect of the exceeding
amounts, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to further pursue their claims (if any) and the
German Guarantor shall be entitled to provide evidence that the excess amounts are necessary to
maintain its registered share capital (calculated as at the date of demand under this Article
VII and taking into account the adjustments set out above). The Secured Parties are entitled
to pursue those parts of the guarantee obligations of the German Guarantor that are not enforced by
operation of Section 7.11(a) above at any subsequent point in time. This Section
7.11 shall apply again as of the time such additional demands are made.

     (d) Section 7.11(a) shall not apply as to the amount of Loans borrowed under this
Agreement and passed on (whether by way of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the
respective German Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries as long as the respective shareholder loan
is outstanding or the respective equity contribution has not been dissolved or otherwise repaid.

     (e) Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German Guarantor to enter
into guarantees in support of obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the
limitations set forth in Section 7.11(a) shall no longer apply. Should any such guarantees
become subject to legal restrictions that are less stringent than the limitations set forth in
Section 7.11(a) above, such less stringent limitations shall apply. Otherwise, Section
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     (f) The limitations provided for in paragraph (a) above shall not apply where (i) the relevant
German Guarantor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs-oder
Rückgewähranspruch) vis-à-vis the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement
(Beherrschungsvertrag) or a profit and loss pooling agreement (Ergebnisabführungsvertrag) is or
will be in existence with the relevant German Guarantor (or the relevant general partner) and the
relevant German Guarantor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) compensation claim
(Ausgleichsanspruch).

Section 7.12 Swiss Guarantors. If and to the extent that (i) the obligations under this ARTICLE
VII of any Swiss Guarantor are for the exclusive benefit of any of such Swiss Guarantor’s
Affiliates (other than such Swiss Guarantor’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries) and (ii) complying
with the obligations under this ARTICLE VII would constitute a repayment of capital
(restitution des apports) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend (distribution de dividende),
the following shall apply:

     (a) The aggregate obligations under this ARTICLE VII of any Swiss Guarantor shall be
limited to the maximum amount of such Swiss Guarantor’s profits and reserves available for
distribution, in each case in accordance with, without limitation, articles 671 para.1 to 3 and 675
para.2 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (the “Available Amount”) at the time any Swiss Guarantor
makes a payment under this ARTICLE VII (provided such limitation is still a legal
requirement under Swiss law at that time).

     (b) Immediately after having been requested to make a payment under this ARTICLE VII
(the “Guarantee Payment”), each Swiss Guarantor shall (i) provide the Administrative Agent, within
thirty (30) Business Days from being requested to make the Guarantee Payment, with (1) an interim
audited balance sheet prepared by the statutory auditors of the applicable Swiss Guarantor, (2) the
determination of the Available Amount based on such interim audited balance sheet as computed by
the statutory auditors, and (3) a confirmation from the statutory auditors that the Available
Amount is the maximum amount which can be paid by the Swiss Guarantor under this ARTICLE
VII without breaching the provisions of Swiss corporate law, which are aimed at protecting the
share capital and legal reserves, and (ii) upon receipt of the confirmation referred to in the
preceding sentence under (3) and after having taken all actions required pursuant to paragraph (d)
below, make such Guarantee Payment in full (less, if required, any Swiss Withholding Tax).

     (c) If so required under Swiss law (including double tax treaties to which Switzerland is a
party) at the time it is required to make a payment under this ARTICLE VII or the Security
Documents, the applicable Swiss Guarantor (1) may deduct the Swiss Withholding Tax at the rate of
35% (or such other rate as may be in force at such time) from any payment under this ARTICLE
VII or the Security Documents, (2) may pay the Swiss Withholding Tax to the Swiss Federal Tax
Administration, and (3) shall notify and provide evidence to the Administrative Agent that the
Swiss Withholding Tax has been paid to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration. To the extent the
Guarantee Payment due is less than the Available Amount, the applicable Swiss Guarantor shall be
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Secured Parties for the deduction of the Swiss Withholding Tax, it being understood that at no
time shall the Guarantee Payment (including any gross-up or indemnification payment pursuant to
this paragraph (c) and including any Swiss Withholding Tax levied thereon) exceed the Available
Amount. The applicable Swiss Guarantor shall use its best efforts to ensure that any person which
is, as a result of a payment under this ARTICLE VII, entitled to a full or partial refund
of the Swiss Withholding Tax, shall as soon as possible after the deduction of the Swiss
Withholding Tax (i) request a refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax under any applicable law
(including double tax treaties) and (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the
applicable Secured Parties upon receipt any amount so refunded. The Secured Obligations will only
be considered as discharged to the extent of the effective payment received by the Secured Parties
under this ARTICLE VII. This subsection (c) is without prejudice to the gross-up or
indemnification obligations of any Guarantor other that the Swiss Guarantors.

     (d) The Swiss Guarantors shall use reasonable efforts to take and cause to be taken all and
any other action, including the passing of any shareholders’ resolutions to approve any Guarantee
Payment under this ARTICLE VII or the Security Documents, which may be required as a matter
of Swiss mandatory law or standard business practice as existing at the time it is required to make
a Guarantee Payment under this ARTICLE VII or the Security Documents in order to allow for
a prompt payment of the Guarantee Payment or Available Amount, as applicable.

Section 7.13 Irish Guarantor. This Guarantee does not apply to any liability to the extent that it
would result in this Guarantee constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of, in
respect of any Irish Guarantor, Section 60 of the Companies Act 1963 of Ireland.

Section 7.14 Brazilian Guarantor. The Brazilian Guarantor waives and shall not exercise any and all
rights and privileges granted to guarantors which might otherwise be deemed applicable, including
but not limited to the rights and privileges referred to in Articles 827, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838
and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code and the provisions of Article 595 of the Brazilian Civil
Procedure Code.

Section 7.15 French Guarantor.

     (a) The obligations and liabilities of a French Guarantor under the Loan Documents and in
particular under Article VII (Guarantee) of this Agreement shall not include any obligation or
liability which if incurred would constitute the provision of financial assistance within the
meaning of article L. 225-216 of the French Code de commerce and/or would constitute a misuse of
corporate assets within the meaning of article L. 241-3 or L. 242-6 of the French Code de commerce
or any other laws or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts.

     (b) The obligations and liabilities of a French Guarantor under Article VII (Guarantee) of
this Agreement for the obligations under the Loan Documents of any other Guarantor which is not a
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time to an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts borrowed under this Agreement by such
other Guarantor as Borrower to the extent directly or indirectly on-lent to the French Guarantor
under inter-company loan agreements and outstanding at the date a payment is to be made by such
French Guarantor under Article VII (Guarantee) of this Agreement, it being specified that any
payment made by a French Guarantor under Article VII (Guarantee) of the Credit Agreement in respect
of the obligations of such Guarantor as Borrower shall reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of
the inter-company loans due by the French Guarantor under the inter-company loan arrangements
referred to above.

     (c) The obligations and liabilities of a French Guarantor under Article VII (Guarantee) of
this Agreement for the obligations under the Loan Documents of any Guarantor which is its
Subsidiary shall not be limited and shall therefore cover all amounts due by such Guarantor as
Borrower and/or as Guarantor, as applicable. However, where such Subsidiary is not incorporated in
France, the amounts payable by the French Guarantor under this paragraph (c) in respect of
obligations of this Subsidiary as Borrower and/or Guarantor, shall be limited as set out in
paragraph (b) above.

Section 7.16 Luxembourg Guarantor. The obligations and liabilities of a Luxembourg Guarantor under
Article VII (Guarantee) of this Agreement and the Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral
granted by such Luxembourg Guarantor pursuant to the Loan Documents shall at no time, in the
aggregate, exceed an amount equal to the maximum financial capacity of such Luxembourg Guarantor,
such maximum financial capacity being limited to ninety-five percent (95%) of the net Luxembourg
Guarantor’s capitaux propres (as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg law of 19th December
2002 on the commercial register and annual accounts, where the capitaux propres mean the
shareholders’ equity (including the share capital, share premium, legal and statutory reserves,
other reserves, profit and losses carried forward, investment subsidies and regulated provisions)
of such Luxembourg Guarantor as shown in the latest financial statements (comptes annuels)
available at the date of the relevant payment hereunder and approved by the shareholders of such
Luxembourg Guarantor and certified by the statutory auditor as the case may be or as applicable its
external auditor (“réviseur d’entreprises”), if required by law; provided that these restrictions
shall not apply to the extent of (i) the total payment obligations of such Luxembourg Guarantor’s
Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents; and (ii) the payment obligations of any Loan Party where
that Loan Party is not a subsidiary of the Luxembourg Guarantor, up to an amount equal to the
amounts borrowed (directly or indirectly) by way of intra-group loans from such Loan Party by such
Luxembourg Guarantor or such Luxembourg Guarantor’s Subsidiaries. The obligations and liabilities
of a Luxembourg Guarantor under Article VII (Guarantee) of this Agreement shall not include any
obligation which, if incurred, would constitute either (a) a misuse of corporate assets as defined
under Article 171-1 of the Luxembourg Company Act of August 10, 1915, as amended from time to time,
(the “Luxembourg Company Act”) or (b) financial assistance.

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ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 8.01 Events of Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of the following events
(“Events of Default”):

     (a) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same
shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof (including a Term Loan Repayment
Date) or at a date fixed for prepayment (whether voluntary or mandatory) thereof or by acceleration
thereof or otherwise;

     (b) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraph (a) above) due under any Loan Document, when
and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of three (3) Business Days;

     (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with any Loan
Document or the borrowings hereunder, or which is contained in any certificate furnished by or on
behalf of a Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall prove to have
been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;

     (d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Company of any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in (x) Section 5.02(a), Section 5.03(a),
Section 5.08, Section 5.16 or ARTICLE VI or (y) Section 5.04(a) or
Section 5.04(b) (provided that in the case of defaults under Sections 5.04(a) or
(b) which do not impair in any material respect the insurance coverage maintained on the
Collateral or the Companies’ assets taken as a whole, then such default will not constitute an
Event of Default unless such default has continued unremedied for a period of three (3) Business
Days;

     (e) (i) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Company of any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02 (other than Section
5.02(a)), and such default shall continue unremedied or shall not be waived for a period of
five (5) Business Days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
the Borrower, or (ii) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Company of
any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in
paragraphs (a), (b), (d) or (e)(i) immediately above) and such default shall continue unremedied or
shall not be waived for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the
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     (f) any Company shall (i) fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless of amount, due in
respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations), when and as the same shall become due and
payable beyond any applicable grace period, or (ii) fail to observe or perform any other term,
covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing
any such Indebtedness if the effect of any failure referred to in this clause (ii) is to cause, or
to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee or other representative on its or
their behalf to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or become
subject to a mandatory offer purchase by the obligor; provided that, other than in the case
of the Revolving Credit Agreement, it shall not constitute an Event of Default pursuant to this
paragraph (f) unless the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of all such Indebtedness referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) exceeds $100,000,000 at any one time (provided that, in the case of
Hedging Obligations, the amount counted for this purpose shall be the net amount payable by all
Companies if such Hedging Obligations were terminated at such time);

     (g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in
a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of any Loan Party or Material
Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property of any Loan Party or Material Subsidiary,
under Title 11 of the U.S. Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal,
state, provincial or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization or other Debtor
Relief Law, including any proceeding under applicable corporate law; (ii) the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator, examiner or similar official for any Loan
Party or Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property of any Loan Party or
Material Subsidiary; or (iii) the winding-up, liquidation or examination of any Loan Party or
Material Subsidiary; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days
or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

     (h) any Loan Party or Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or
file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other Debtor Relief Law; (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and
appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause (g) above;
(iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator, examiner or similar official for any Loan Party or Material Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of the property of any Loan Party or Material Subsidiary; (iv) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding; (v) make
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vi) become unable, admit in writing its
insolvency or inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; (vii) take any
action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; (viii) wind up or liquidate (except in
accordance with Section 6.05) or put into examination, or (ix) take any step with a view to
a moratorium or a composition or similar arrangement with any creditors of any Loan Party or
Material Subsidiary, or a moratorium is declared or instituted in respect of the indebtedness of
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     (i) one or more judgments, orders or decrees for the payment of money in an aggregate Dollar
Equivalent amount in excess of $100,000,000, to the extent not covered by insurance or supported by
a letter of credit or appeal bonds posted in cash, shall be rendered against any Company or any
combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged, unvacated or unbonded for a period of
thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action
shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon properties of any Company to enforce any
such judgment;

     (j) one or more ERISA Events or noncompliance with respect to Foreign Plans or Compensation
Plans shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events and
noncompliance with respect to Foreign Plans or Compensation Plans that have occurred, could
reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Company and its ERISA Affiliates that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

     (k) any security interest and Lien purported to be created by any Security Document shall
cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in and Lien on all of
the Collateral thereunder (except as otherwise expressly provided in such Security Document) in
favor of the Collateral Agent, or shall be asserted by the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to
be a valid, perfected, First Priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
the Intercreditor Agreement or such Security Document) security interest in or Lien on the
Collateral covered thereby;

     (l) any Loan Document or any material provisions thereof shall at any time and for any reason
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be
commenced by any Loan Party or by any Governmental Authority, seeking to establish the invalidity
or unenforceability thereof (exclusive of questions of interpretation of any provision thereof), or
any Loan Party shall repudiate or deny any portion of its liability or obligation for the
Obligations;

     (m) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

     (n) the Intercreditor Agreement or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full
force or effect other than (i) as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder, (ii) by a consensual
termination or modification thereof agreed to by the Agent party thereto, the Revolving Credit
Agents party thereto and all other creditors of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or
any trustee, agent or representative acting on their behalf) that is a party thereto, or (iii) as a
result of satisfaction in full of the obligations under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the
Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness Documents (if any), the Junior Secured Indebtedness (if any)
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     (o) any Company shall be prohibited or otherwise restrained from conducting the business
theretofore conducted by it in any manner that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect by virtue of any determination, ruling, decision, decree or order of any
court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Loan Party described in
paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the
Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate forthwith the Commitments and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due
and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and
payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other
Obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become
forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by each of the Loan Parties, anything contained herein or
in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; and in any event, with respect to any
Loan Party described in paragraph (g) or (h) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate
and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any
unpaid accrued Fees and all other Obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any
other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each of the
Loan Parties, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding.

Section 8.02 Rescission. If at any time after termination of the Commitments or acceleration of the
maturity of the Loans, the Loan Parties shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on
account of principal of the Loans owing by them that shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest,
at the rates specified herein) and all Defaults (other than non-payment of principal of and accrued
interest on the Loans due and payable solely by virtue of acceleration) shall be remedied or waived
pursuant Section 11.02, then upon the written consent of the Required Lenders and written
notice to the Borrower, the termination of the Commitments or the acceleration and their
consequences may be rescinded and annulled; but such action shall not affect any subsequent Default
or impair any right or remedy consequent thereon. The provisions of the preceding sentence are
intended merely to bind the Lenders to a decision that may be made at the election of the Required
Lenders, and such provisions are not intended to benefit any Loan Party and do not give any Loan
Party the right to require the Lenders to rescind or annul any acceleration hereunder, even if the
conditions set forth herein are met.

Section 8.03 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the proceeds
received by any of the Agents in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon
all or any part of the Collateral, whether pursuant to the exercise by the Collateral Agent of its
remedies or otherwise (including any payments received with respect to adequate protection payments
or other distributions relating to the Obligations during the pendency of any reorganization or
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
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applied, in full or in part, together with any other sums then held by the Agents or any Receiver
pursuant to this Agreement, promptly by the Agents or any Receiver as follows:

     (a) First, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses, fees, commissions and taxes of
such sale, collection or other realization including compensation to the Agents or any Receiver and
their agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Agents
or any Receiver in connection therewith, and all amounts for which the Agents or any Receiver are
entitled to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document,
together with interest on each such amount at the highest rate then in effect under this Agreement
from and after the date such amount is due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;

     (b) Second, to the payment of all other reasonable costs and expenses of such sale, collection
or other realization including any compensation payable to the other Secured Parties and their
agents and counsel and all costs, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the other Secured
Parties in connection therewith, together with interest on each such amount at the highest rate
then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is due, owing or unpaid
until paid in full;

     (c) Third, without duplication of amounts applied pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above, to
the indefeasible payment in full in cash, pro rata, of interest and other amounts constituting
Obligations which are then due and owing (other than principal) and any fees, premiums and
scheduled periodic payments due under Hedging Agreements constituting Secured Obligations and any
interest accrued thereon, in each case equally and ratably in accordance with the respective
amounts thereof then due and owing with respect to such Obligations;

     (d) Fourth, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash, pro rata, of the principal amount of
the Obligations and any premium thereon and any breakage, termination or other payments under
Hedging Agreements constituting Secured Obligations and any interest accrued thereon and any
remaining Secured Obligations, in each case equally and ratably in accordance with the respective
amounts thereof then due and owing; and

     (e) Fifth, the balance, if any, to the person lawfully entitled thereto (including the
applicable Loan Party or its successors or assigns) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct.

     In the event that any such proceeds are insufficient to pay in full the items described in
clauses (a) through (d) of this Section 8.03, the Loan Parties shall remain liable, jointly
and severally, for any deficiency.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Hedging Agreements constituting
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Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting
documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Secured Hedge Provider.
Each Secured Hedge Provider not a party to the Credit Agreement that has given the notice
contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and
accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms
of Article X hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

Section 8.04 Borrower’s Right to Cure.

     (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.01, in the event
the Borrower fails to comply with the Financial Performance Covenant with respect to a period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters, then at any time after the end of the last fiscal quarter (the
“Cure Amount”) of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters until the expiration of the tenth
(10th) day after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect
to such fiscal quarter hereunder, any Specified Holder may make a Specified Equity Contribution to
Holdings, and Holdings shall immediately contribute such amount to the Borrower. The Borrower may
apply the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof received by the Borrower to increase Consolidated
EBITDA with respect to such applicable quarter; provided that such Net Cash Proceeds (i)
are actually received by the Borrower (including through capital contribution of such Net Cash
Proceeds by Holdings to the Borrower) no later than ten (10) days after the date on which financial
statements are required to be delivered with respect to such fiscal quarter hereunder and (ii) do
not exceed the aggregate amount necessary for purposes of complying (by addition to Consolidated
EBITDA) with the Financial Performance Covenant for such period. The parties hereby acknowledge and
agree that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement, this
Section 8.04(a) (and any Specified Equity Contribution or the proceeds thereof) may not be
relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios (other than as applicable to the
Financial Performance Covenant for purposes of increasing Consolidated EBITDA as provided herein)
or any available basket or thresholds under this Agreement and shall not result in any adjustment
to any amounts or calculations other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence.

     (b) The parties hereto agree that (i) in each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
there shall be at least two (2) fiscal quarters in which no Specified Equity Contribution is made,
(ii) during the term of this Agreement, no more than four Specified Equity Contributions will be
made, and (iii) the cash contributed or received pursuant to such Specified Equity Contribution (A)
shall be disregarded for any purpose other than increasing Consolidated EBITDA solely for the
purposes of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such
cash shall not constitute “cash and Cash Equivalents” or Unrestricted Cash for purposes of the
definition of “Consolidated Total Net Debt” and shall not increase Consolidated EBITDA for the
purpose of determining compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant on a Pro Forma Basis in
determining whether another transaction will be permitted) and (B) for purposes of calculating the
Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Financial Performance
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obligations of the Loan Parties that would otherwise be included in the definition of
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” (except, with respect to periods after the fiscal quarter with
respect to which such Equity Issuance is made, to the extent such Specified Equity Contribution is
applied to repay Indebtedness).

ARTICLE IX

[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

ARTICLE X

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT

Section 10.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America
to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents and authorizes each Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise
such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely
for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party
shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

Section 10.02 Rights as a Lender. Each person serving an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not an Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or
unless the context otherwise requires, include each person serving as an Agent hereunder in its
individual capacity. Such person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act
as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or other Loan Party, or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof, as if
such person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

Section 10.03 Exculpatory Provisions.

     (a) No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and
in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent:

          (i) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless
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          (ii) shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Agent
is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided
for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such Agent
shall not be required to take any action that, in its judgment or the judgment
of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any
Loan Document or applicable Requirements of Law; and

          (iii) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure
to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or other Loan Party or
any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the person
serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

     (b) No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (x) with the consent or
at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall
be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the
circumstances as provided in Sections 8.01 and 11.02) or (y) in the absence of its
own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a
Lender.

     (c) No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder
or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of
the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the
occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in ARTICLE IV or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other
implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead,
such term us used merely as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an
administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

Section 10.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall
not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet
website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent
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any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper
person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any
condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction
of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such
Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender
prior to the making of such Loan. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel
for the Borrower or other Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it,
and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of
any such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 10.05 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through, or delegate any and all
such rights and powers to, any one or more sub-agents appointed by tsuch Agent, including a
sub-agent which is a non-U.S. affiliate of such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective
Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and
to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well
as activities as Agent.

Section 10.06 Resignation of Agent. Each Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which (i) shall be
a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the
United States and (ii) for the Administrative Agent, shall be a commercial bank or other financial
institution having assets in excess of $1,000,000,000. If no such successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days
after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of
the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above, provided
that if the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying person has accepted
such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such
notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Collateral
Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor
Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to
be made by, to or through an Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such
time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph.
Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed
to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or
retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above
in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as
those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.
After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions
of this ARTICLE X and Section 11.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of
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its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent.

Section 10.07 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from
time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action
under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Section 10.08 No Other Duties, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of
the Bookrunners, Arrangers, Syndication Agent, or Co-Documentation Agents listed on the cover page
hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent or as a Lender hereunder.

Section 10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Agents
(irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the any Agent shall have made
any demand on the Borrower or any Guarantor) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in
such proceeding or otherwise:

     (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to
file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Agents and the other Secured Parties (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Agents and their respective agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Secured Parties and the Agents hereunder) allowed in such
judicial proceeding; and

     (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Secured Party to make such payments to
the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any
amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and
their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agents hereunder. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or
adopt on behalf of any Secured Party any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
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to authorize any Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Secured Party in any such proceeding.

Section 10.10 Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents. Each Lender authorizes and
directs the Agents to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the
Intercreditor Agreement and to perform their obligations thereunder. Each Lender agrees that any
action taken by the Agents or Required Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents, including the Intercreditor Agreement, and the exercise by the Agents or
Required Lenders of their respective powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other
powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.

Section 10.11 Release. Each Lender and each Issuer hereby releases each Agent acting on its behalf
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document from the restrictions of Section
181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) (restriction on self-dealing).

Section 10.12 Acknowledgment of Security Trust Deed. Each Secured Party acknowledges the terms of the
Security Trust Deed and, in particular, the terms, basis and limitation on which the Collateral
Agent holds the “Transaction Security” (as defined therein) and specifically agrees and accepts (i)
such terms, basis and limitation; (ii) that the Collateral Agent shall, as trustee, have only those
duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Security Trust Deed; (iii) the
limitation and exclusion of the Collateral Agent’s liability as set out therein; and (iv) all other
provisions of the Security Trust Deed as if it were a party thereto.

Section 10.13 Secured Hedging Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any
Guarantee or any Security Document, no Secured Hedge Provider that obtains the benefits of
Section 8.03, any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any
Guarantee or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to,
direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect
of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its
capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan
Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X to the contrary, no Agent
shall be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made
with respect to, Hedging Obligations owing to Secured Hedge Providers unless such Agent has
received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as such
Agent may request, from the applicable Secured Hedge Provider.

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01 Notices.

     (a) Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or
overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows:

          (i) if to any Loan Party, to the Borrower at:

Novelis Inc.

Two Alliance Center

3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000

Atlanta, GA 30326

Attention: Randal P. Miller

Telecopier No.: 404-760-0124

Email: randy.miller@novelis.com

          with a copy to:

Novelis Inc.

Two Alliance Center

3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000

Atlanta, GA 30326

Attention: Leslie J. Parrette, Jr.

Telecopier No.: 404-760-0137

Email: les.parrette@novelis.com

and

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Attention: F. William Reindel

Telecopier No.: 212-859-4000

Email: f.william.reindel@friedfrank.com

          (ii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopier number) set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices
delivered solely to the person designated by a Lender on its Administrative
Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain
material non-public information relating to the Borrower); and

          (iii) if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to it at:

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Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Telecopier No.: 415-503-5011

Email: bridgett.manduk@baml.com

          with a copy to:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

300 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attention: David C. Reamer

Telecopier No.: (213) 687-5600

Phone No.: (213) 687-5000

Notices and other communication sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified
or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier
shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business
hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next
Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

     (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
hereunder may (subject to Section 11.01(d)) be delivered or furnished by electronic
communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved
by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any
Lender pursuant to ARTICLE II if such Lender, as applicable, has notified the
Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Borrower may, in its
discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it (including as set forth in Section
11.01(d)); provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular
notices or communications.

     Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
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its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice
or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

     (c) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto (other than a Lender) may change its
address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other
parties hereto. Each Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In
addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that
the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number,
telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent
and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

     (d) Posting. Each Loan Party hereby agrees that it will provide to the
Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including all
notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other
information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) relates to a request for a
new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election
of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto), (ii) relates to the payment of any
principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii)
provides notice of any Default under this Agreement or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy
any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other
extension of credit hereunder (all such non-excluded communications, collectively, the
“Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent at                   @                  . com or at such other e-mail address(es)
provided to the Borrower from time to time or in such other form, including hard copy delivery
thereof, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require. Nothing in this Section
11.01(d) shall prejudice the right of the Agents, any Lender or any Loan Party to give any
notice or other communication pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any other
manner specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     To the extent consented to by the Administrative Agent from time to time, Administrative Agent
agrees that receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address(es) set
forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent
for purposes of the Loan Documents; provided that the Borrower shall also deliver to the
Administrative Agent an executed original of each Compliance Certificate and an executed copy
(which may be by pdf or similar electronic transmission) of each notice or request of the type
described in clauses (i) through (iv) of paragraph (d) above required to be delivered hereunder.

     Each Loan Party further agrees that Administrative Agent may make the Communications available
to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic
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PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE
ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE
PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR
OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE
PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively,
the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or
otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s
transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have
any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

     Each Loan Party further agrees and acknowledges that certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public
Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect
to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who
may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such persons’
securities. The Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agree that it will use commercially
reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the materials and/or information provided by or on
behalf of the Borrower hereunder (the “Borrower Materials”) that may be distributed to the Public
Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC”
which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page
thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials hereunder “PUBLIC,” the Loan Parties shall be deemed to
have authorized the Arrangers, the Bookrunners, the Agents and the Lenders to treat such materials
as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and
proprietary) with respect to the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or their respective securities
for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however,
that to the extent such materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in
Section 11.12); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made
available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the
Agents, the Bookrunners and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that
are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not
designated “Public Side Information”. Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual
at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information”
or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such
Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and
applicable law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to
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Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower,
the other Loan Parties or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal or
state securities laws.

     (e) Reliance by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Lenders. The
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon
any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not
made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other
form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied
from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs,
expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such person on each notice purportedly
given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

Section 11.02 Waivers; Cumulative Remedies; Amendment.

     (a) Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other
Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
The rights and remedies of each Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No
waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by this Section
11.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a
Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any
Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances.

     (b) Required Consents. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and to
Section 11.02(c) and (d), neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor
any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended, supplemented or modified except, in the
case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the
Borrower and the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the
Required Lenders) or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or
agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of any applicable
Security Document, the Collateral Agent) and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are party thereto,
in each case with the written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such
agreement shall be effective if the effect thereof would:

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          (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of
such Lender (it being understood that no amendment, modification, termination,
waiver or consent with respect to any condition precedent, covenant or Default
shall constitute an increase in the Commitment of any Lender);

          (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of
interest thereon (other than interest pursuant to Section 2.06(c)), or
reduce any Fees payable hereunder, or change the form or currency of payment
of any Obligation, without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby (it being understood that any amendment or modification
relating to the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio will not
constitute a reduction in the rate of interest);

          (iii) (A) change the scheduled final maturity of any Loan, or any
scheduled date of payment of or the installment otherwise due on the principal
amount of any Loan under Section 2.09, (B) postpone the date for
payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, (C) change the amount of,
waive or excuse any such payment (other than waiver of any increase in the
interest rate pursuant to Section 2.06(c) (it being understood that
any amendment or modification relating to the calculation of the Total Net
Leverage Ratio will not constitute a change the amount of interest)), or (D)
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment without the
written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

          (iv) increase the maximum duration of Interest Periods hereunder, without
the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

          (v) permit the assignment or delegation by the Borrower of any of its
rights or obligations under any Loan Document, without the written consent of
each Lender (provided that the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation shall
not constitute an assignment or delegation by the Borrower of its rights or
obligations under the Loan Documents);

          (vi) except pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, release Holdings or
all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their Guarantees
(except as expressly provided in this Agreement or as otherwise expressly
provided by any such Guarantee), or limit their liability in respect of such
Guarantees, without the written consent of each Lender;

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     (vii) except pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement or the express terms
hereof, release all or a substantial portion of the Collateral from the Liens
of the Security Documents or alter the relative priorities of a material
portion of the Secured Obligations entitled to the Liens of the Security
Documents, in each case without the written consent of each Lender (it being
understood that additional Indebtedness consented to by the Required Lenders
and additional Loans pursuant to Section 2.23 or Section 2.24
and Additional Senior Secured Indebtedness or Permitted First Priority
Refinancing Debt may be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral with the
then existing Secured Obligations under the Security Documents);

     (viii) change Section 2.14(b), (c) or (d) in a
manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or setoffs required
thereby or any other provision in a manner that would alter the pro rata
allocation among the Lenders of Loan disbursements, including the requirements
of Section 2.02(a), without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby (it being understood that additional Indebtedness
consented to by the Required Lenders and additional Loans pursuant to
Section 2.23 and Section 2.24 may be equally and ratably
secured by the Collateral with the then existing Secured Obligations under the
Security Documents and may share payments and setoffs ratably with other
Loans);

     (ix) change any provision of this Section 11.02(b), (c),
or (d), without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby (except for additional restrictions on amendments or waivers for the
benefit of Lenders of additional Indebtedness consented to by the Required
Lenders and additional Loans pursuant to Section 2.23 and Section
2.24);

     (x) change the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document (including this Section)
specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or
modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent
thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, other than to increase
such percentage or number or to give any additional Lender or group of Lenders
such right to waive, amend or modify or make any such determination or grant
any such consent;

     (xi) amend, modify or waive any provision of: (A) Section 2.1 of the
Intercreditor Agreement to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver
would adversely affect the priority of the Liens on the Collateral held by the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties or (B) Section 6.3 of
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adversely affects the priority of payments of Collateral proceeds, in
each case without the written consent of each affected Lender;
provided that this clause (xi) shall not apply to amending, modifying
or waiving any provision of Section 2.1 or 6.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement
in order to (1) give effect to any additional Indebtedness, including the
designation of any such Indebtedness as Pari Passu Debt (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), Subordinated Lien Debt (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) or Indebtedness under any Revolving Credit Loan
Document and the granting of security interests to the holders of such Pari
Passu Debt, Subordinated Lien Debt or Indebtedness under any Revolving Credit
Loan Document in the Collateral to secure the obligations under such Pari
Passu Debt, Subordinated Lien Debt or Indebtedness under any Revolving Credit
Loan Document that is permitted pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof (or
would be permitted pursuant to an amendment, modification or waiver of this
Agreement that is otherwise permitted by this Section 11.02) or (2) to
enable any other Indebtedness to constitute Pari Passu Debt, Subordinated Lien
Debt or Indebtedness under any Revolving Credit Loan Document to the extent
not prohibited by this Agreement; and

     (xii) change or waive any provision of ARTICLE X as the same
applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the
rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the written consent
of such Agent;

provided, further, that

     (1) any waiver, amendment or modification of the Intercreditor Agreement (and any
related definitions) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into
among the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
and the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent (in each case, with the consent of the
Required Lenders but without the consent of any Loan Party, so long as such amendment,
waiver or modification does not impose any additional duties or obligations on the Loan
Parties or alter or impair any right of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents); and

     (2) upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment or any Incremental Term Loan
Commitment or any Incremental Term Loan, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the
Lenders providing the relevant Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or Incremental Term
Loan Commitment may amend this Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to
reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or
Incremental Term Loans incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to
treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans and/or Other Term Loan
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Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Term Loans, as applicable). The
Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any Refinancing Amendment;

provided, further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
each Agent is hereby authorized by each Lender to enter into any amendment to or modification of
the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents in connection with the issuance or incurrence
of Pari Passu Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (each as defined under
the Intercreditor Agreement) or any Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings, solely to the
extent necessary to effect such amendments as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable
opinion of such Agent, in connection with any such issuance or incurrence expressly permitted
hereunder, so long as such amendment or modification does not adversely affect the rights of any
Lender (it being understood that allowing Pari Passu Secured Obligations, Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations and Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancings to be secured by
Collateral on the terms set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement will not be deemed to adversely
affect the rights of any Lender);

and provided, further, that any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms
requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the
applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders, except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting
Lender may not be increased or extended, the principal owed to such Lender reduced or this proviso
amended, without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring
the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender
more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

     (c) Collateral. Without the consent of any other person, the Administrative Agent
and/or Collateral Agent may (in its or their respective sole discretion or shall, to the extent
required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment or waiver of any Security Document (subject
to the consent of the Loan Parties party thereto except as otherwise provided in such Security
Document) or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection,
protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional
property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law
to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any
property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law.

     (d) Dissenting Lenders. If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, consent,
discharge or termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section
11.02(b), the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of
such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower shall have the
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upon notice by the Borrower to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, to replace all, but
not less than all, of such non-consenting Lender or Lenders (so long as all non-consenting Lenders
are so replaced) with one or more persons pursuant to Section 2.16 so long as at the time
of such replacement each such new Lender consents to the proposed change, waiver, consent,
discharge or termination. Each Lender agrees that, if the Borrower elects to replace such Lender
in accordance with this Section, it shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Assignment and Assumption to evidence such sale and purchase and shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject
to such Assignment and Assumption; provided that the failure of any such non-consenting
Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such sale and purchase (and the
corresponding assignment) invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.

     (e) Holdings Amalgamation and Increased Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (without the consent of any Lenders) may amend or amend
and restate this Agreement and the other Loan Documents if necessary or advisable in connection
with or to effectuate (i) the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation and (ii) any additional Loans
contemplated by Section 2.23 and Section 2.24.

     (f) Loan Modification Offers.

     (i) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from
time to time, make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to
all the Lenders of one or more Classes of Loans (each Class subject to such a
Loan Modification Offer, an “Affected Class”) to make one or more Permitted
Amendments (as defined below) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by
the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Such
notice shall set forth (i) the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted
Amendment and (ii) the date on which such Permitted Amendment is requested to
become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days nor more than
30 Business Days after the date of such notice) (or such shorter periods as
are acceptable to the Administrative Agent). Permitted Amendments shall
become effective only with respect to the Loans of the Lenders of the Affected
Class that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the
“Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with
respect to such Lender’s Loans of such Affected Class as to which such
Lender’s acceptance has been made.

     (ii) The Borrower and each Accepting Lender shall execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent giving effect to the Permitted Amendment (a “Loan
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other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify
to evidence the acceptance of the Permitted Amendments and the terms and
conditions thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each of
the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Loan
Modification Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent
(but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the
Permitted Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and
Commitments of the Accepting Lenders of the Affected Class. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Permitted Amendment shall become effective under this
Section 11.02 unless the Administrative Agent, to the extent so
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, shall have received
corporate documents, officers’ certificates or legal opinions consistent with
those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01.

     (iii) “Permitted Amendments” shall be (A) an extension of the final
maturity date of the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders
(provided that such extensions may not result in having more than two
additional final maturity dates in any year, or more than three additional
final maturity dates at any time, under this Agreement without the consent of
the Administrative Agent), (B) a reduction, elimination or extension, of the
scheduled amortization of the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders, (C) a
change in rate of interest (including a change to the Applicable Margin and
any provision establishing a minimum rate), premium, or other amount with
respect to the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders and/or a change in
the payment of fees to the Accepting Lenders (such change and/or payments to
be in the form of cash, Equity Interests or other property to the extent not
prohibited by this Agreement), and (D) any other amendment to a Loan Document
required to give effect to the Permitted Amendments described in clauses (A)
to (C) of this Section 11.02(g).

Section 11.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

     (a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay or cause the applicable Loan Party to
pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Arrangers, the Bookrunners, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and their
respective Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary
transaction counsel (plus local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Administrative
Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of
the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, expenses incurred in connection with due
diligence, inventory appraisal and collateral audit and reporting fees, travel, courier,
reproduction, printing and delivery expenses, and the obtaining and maintaining of CUSIP numbers
for the Loans) in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
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Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in connection with any amendment, amendment and
restatement, modification or waiver of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), including in connection with
post-closing searches to confirm that security filings and recordations have been properly made,
(ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any
Lender or any Receiver (including the fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel (plus
local or special counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Administrative Agent and/or the
Collateral Agent (and all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the
Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent) and one primary counsel (plus local or special
counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Lenders, and one primary counsel (plus local or
special counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for any Receiver), in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, including its rights under this Section 11.03, (B) in enforcing, preserving and
protecting, or attempting to enforce, preserve or protect its interests in the Collateral or (C) in
connection with the Loans issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred
during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans and (iv) all documentary
and similar taxes and charges in respect of the Loan Documents.

     (b) Indemnification by Borrower. Each Loan Party shall indemnify each Agent (and any
sub-agent thereof), each Lender and Receiver, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
persons (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any and all reasonable out-of-pocket losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related
expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by
the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any amendment, amendment and
restatement, modification or waiver of the provisions hereof or thereof, or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any
actual or alleged presence or Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or
from any property owned, leased or operated by any Company at any time, or any Environmental Claim
related in any way to any Company, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or
any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall
not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final
and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an
Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment
in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. WITHOUT LIMITATION
OF THE FOREGOING, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE LOAN PARTIES, AND THE LOAN PARTIES AGREE, THAT THE
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INDEMNITEE WITH RESPECT TO LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED
EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR), WHICH
IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE
OF SUCH (AND/OR ANY OTHER) INDEMNITEE.

     (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that any Loan Party for any reason fails
to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 11.03 to
be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (or any
sub-agent thereof) or any Receiver or any Related Party thereof, each Lender severally agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent (or any such
sub-agent)such Receiver or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share
(determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought)
of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the
Receiver, in each case, in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the
foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent (or any
such sub-agent)or the Receiver in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders
under this paragraph (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.14(g). For purposes
hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the
total outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments of all Lenders at the time (or if the Term
Loans have been repaid in full and the Commitments have been terminated, based upon its share of
the Term Loans immediately prior to such repayment).

     (d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Requirements of Law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any
claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or
punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as
a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds
thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising
from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it
through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     (e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than
three (3) Business Days after demand therefore accompanied by reasonable particulars of amounts
due.

     (f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of either
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termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the
Obligations

Section 11.04 Successors and Assigns.

     (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may (except as
a result of a transaction expressly permitted by Section 6.05(c) or 6.05(e)) assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent
of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 11.04, (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 11.04 or
(iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower or
any Lender shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and,
to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible
Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that

     (i) except in the case of any assignment made in connection with the
primary syndication of the Commitment and Loans by the Arrangers or their
Affiliates up to 45 days after the Closing Date or an assignment of the entire
remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate
of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount
of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding
thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the
principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to
each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or,
if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade
Date) shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000, unless each of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section
8.01 (a), (b), (g) or (h) has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, with respect to the Borrower, such
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the Borrower within five Business Days after notice of the proposed
assignment; provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an
Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to
a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its
Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of
determining whether such minimum amount has been met;

     (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned;

     (iii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with (except in
the case of any such assignments by the Arrangers or the Bookrunners or their
respective Affiliates) a processing and recordation fee of $3,500
(provided that only one such fee shall be imposed in the case of
simultaneous assignments by related Approved Funds or Affiliates of the
assigning Lender), and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender,
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and

     (iv) Auction Purchases. Each Lender acknowledges that the Borrower is an
Eligible Assignee hereunder and may purchase or acquire Term Loans hereunder
from Lenders from time to time pursuant to a Dutch Auction in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section
11.04 hereof), subject to the restrictions set forth in the definitions of
“Eligible Assignee” and “Dutch Auction” and the following limitations:

               (A) in connection with each Purchase Notice and each Auction Purchase, the Borrower
represents and warrants, as of the date of each Purchase Notice and the effective date of
any Auction Purchase, to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that the Borrower is not
in possession of any information with respect to the Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries and
Affiliates of the foregoing and their respective securities or any of the Obligations that
(x) has not been disclosed by or on behalf of the Loan Parties either (1) publicly, (2) to
Lenders generally or (3) otherwise been posted to that portion of the Intralinks site for
the Loans that has been designated for “private-side” Lenders and (y) would reasonably be
expected to have a material effect on the market price of the Loans or otherwise be material
with respect to the Loan Parties for purposes of United States federal and state securities
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          (B) the Borrower agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein or in any of the other
Loan Documents to the contrary, with respect to any Auction Purchase, (1) under no
circumstances, whether or not any Loan Party is subject to a bankruptcy or other insolvency
proceeding, shall the Borrower be permitted to exercise any voting rights or other
privileges with respect to any Term Loans and any Term Loans that are assigned to the
Borrower shall have no voting rights or other privileges under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and shall not be taken into account in determining any required vote or
consent and (2) the Borrower shall not receive information provided solely to Lenders by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender and shall not be permitted to attend or participate in
meetings attended solely by Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their advisors; rather,
all Loans held by the Borrower shall be automatically cancelled immediately upon the
purchase or acquisition thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including,
without limitation, Section 11.04 hereof);

          (C) at the time the Borrower is making purchases of Loans pursuant to a Dutch Auction
it shall enter into an agreement with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and Lenders, setting forth the agreements, representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph (iii) that are applicable to it, in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

          (D) immediately upon the effectiveness of each Auction Purchase, a Cancellation (it
being understood that such cancellation shall not constitute a voluntary repayment of Loans
for purposes of this Agreement) shall be automatically irrevocably effected with respect to
all of the Loans and related Obligations subject to such Auction Purchase for no
consideration, with the effect that such Loans and related Obligations shall for all
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents no longer be outstanding, and the
Borrower and the Guarantors shall no longer have any Obligations relating thereto, it being
understood that such forgiveness and cancellation shall result in the Borrower and the
Guarantors being irrevocably and unconditionally released from all claims and liabilities
relating to such Obligations which have been so cancelled and forgiven, and the Collateral
shall cease to secure any such Obligations which have been so cancelled and forgiven; and

          (E) at the time of such Purchase Notice and Auction Purchase, (x) no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (y) no
proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans are used to consummate the Auction Purchase.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c)
of this Section 11.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights

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and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a
party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.12,
Section 2.13, Section 2.15, Section 2.16, Section 7.10 and
Section 11.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date
of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this
Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement
as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (d) of this Section 11.04. In the event of a transfer by novation of all or part
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement by a Lender, such Lender expressly reserves the
rights, powers, privileges and actions that it enjoys under any Security Documents governed by
French law in favor of its Eligible Assignee, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 et
seq. of the French Code civil.

     (c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall, at all times at the
Administrative Agent’s Office, while any Loans are outstanding, maintain a copy of each Assignment
and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant
to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the
Administrative Agent shall maintain in the Register information regarding the designation, and
revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available
for inspection by the Collateral Agent, the Borrower and any Lender (with respect to its own
interest only), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The
requirements of this Section 11.04(c) are intended to result in any and all Loans being in
“registered form” for purposes of Section 871, Section 881 and any other applicable provision of
the Code, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent therewith.

     (d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent sell participations to any person (other than a natural
person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s or any other Company’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the
Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall
remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
the performance of such obligations and (iii) each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

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     Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)
of the first proviso to Section 11.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to
paragraph (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.15, Section 2.16
and Section 7.10 (subject to the requirements of those Sections) to the same extent as if
it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to such Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender.

     (e) Limitations on Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive
any greater payment under Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.15,
Section 2.16 and Section 7.10 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the
participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.

     (f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank;
provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

Section 11.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by
the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to
have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of
the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such
other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agents or any Lender may have had notice
or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any
accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is
outstanding and unpaid or any Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of
Section 2.12, Section 2.14, Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and
ARTICLE X and Section 11.03 shall survive and remain in full force and effect
regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans,
the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.

Section 11.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement
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to fees payable to any Agent, the Bookrunners or the Arrangers constitute the entire contract among
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in
Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof
that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

Section 11.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.08 Right of Setoff. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever
currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the
account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the
Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or
such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender
different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The
rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other
rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or its respective
Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such
notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

SECTION 11.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS.

     (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

     (b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
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THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF
ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL
CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK
STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY
RIGHT THAT ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF
ANY JURISDICTION.

     (C) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW
OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION
11.09(B). EACH FRENCH GUARANTOR AND EACH OTHER FRENCH SUBSIDIARY HEREBY WAIVES THE BENEFIT OF
THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 14 OF THE FRENCH CODE CIVIL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, THE DEFENSE
OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

     (D) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN TELECOPIER, E-MAIL OR OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) IN SECTION
11.01. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS CSC CORPORATION,
1180 AVE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 210, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10036 (TELEPHONE NO: 212-299-5600)
(TELECOPY NO: 212-299-5656) (ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS: MWIENER@CSCINFO.COM)] (THE “PROCESS AGENT”),
IN THE CASE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES AS ITS DESIGNEE,
APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE SERVED
IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS

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AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN DOCUMENT. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS OF LAW.

SECTION 11.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 11.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction
of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

Section 11.12 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each Agent and each Lender agrees to
maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be
disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that
the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by
any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required
by applicable Requirements of Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other
party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section 11.12, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective Lender, or prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Loan Party and its obligations or
(iii) any rating agency for the purpose of obtaining a credit rating applicable to any Lender, (g)
with the consent of the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party or (h) to the extent such Information
(x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties. For purposes of this Section,
“Information” shall mean all information received from a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
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any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent
or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any of their
Subsidiaries, provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party or any of
their Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of
delivery as confidential. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as
provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such
person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as
such person would accord to its own confidential information.

Section 11.13 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined)
and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the
Borrower and the other Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title
III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, which
information includes the name, address and tax identification number of the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties and other information regarding the Borrower and the other Loan Parties that will
allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties in accordance with the Act. This notice is given in accordance with the
requirements of the Act and is effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.14 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan
Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the
maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the
Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum
Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such
unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for,
charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such person
may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal
as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the
effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the
total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

Section 11.15 Lender Addendum. Each Lender to become a party to this Agreement on the date hereof shall
do so by delivering to the Administrative Agent a Lender Addendum duly executed by such Lender, the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.16 Obligations Absolute. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law,
all obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

     (a) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
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     (b) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto against any Loan Party;

     (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any
Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

     (d) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any other Collateral, or any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the
Obligations;

     (e) any exercise or non-exercise, or any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under
or in respect hereof or any Loan Document; or

     (f) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Loan Parties.

Section 11.17 Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each
Lender acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by such Collateral Agent thereunder
are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, on the one hand, and the Security Documents, on the other
hand, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

Section 11.18 Judgment Currency.

     (a) Each Loan Party’s obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to make
payments in Dollars (the “Obligation Currency”) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender
or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other than the
Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective
receipt by the Administrative Agent or the respective Lender of the full amount of the Obligation
Currency expressed to be payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender under this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents. If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan
Party in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any
currency other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as
the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made at
the spot selling rate at which the Administrative Agent (or if the Administrative Agent does not
quote a rate of exchange on such currency, by a known dealer in such currency designated by the
Administrative Agent) offers to sell such Judgment Currency for the Obligation Currency in the
London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such date for delivery
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such spot selling rate, being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency Conversion
Date”).

     (b) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency
Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the Borrower covenants and agrees
to pay, or cause to be paid, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount)
as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the
rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation
Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the
judgment or judicial award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion
Date.

     (c) For purposes of determining any rate of exchange for this Section 11.18, such
amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the
Obligation Currency.

     Section 11.19 Enforcement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any
other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all
actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and
maintained exclusively by, any of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as the
relevant Loan Document may provide, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and
remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender
from exercising setoff rights in accordance with the terms hereof (subject to Section
2.14), (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own
behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or Debtor Relief Law or (d) any Person authorized under the Intercreditor Agreement to
exercise rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral; and provided, further,
that if at any time there is no person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the
Administrative Agent regarding the enforcement of rights and remedies under to the Loan Documents
and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso
and subject to Section 2.14, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders,
enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

Section 11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction
contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification
hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and
agrees that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Bookrunners and the Arrangers are arm’s-length
commercial transactions between the Borrower and each other Loan Party and their respective
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the Bookrunners and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has
deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and
understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby
and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the
Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in
writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent
or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any
other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Bookrunners nor
the Arrangers has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective
Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly
set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Bookrunners and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged
in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the
other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Bookrunners nor any of the Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of
such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and
releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Bookrunners and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary
duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

Section 11.21 Abstract Acknowledgment of Indebtedness and Joint Creditorship.

     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Loan Party hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees and covenants with the Collateral Agent by way of an abstract
acknowledgment of indebtedness (abstraktes Schuldversprechen) that it owes to the Collateral Agent
as creditor in its own right and not as a representative of the other Secured Parties, sums equal
to, and in the currency of, each amount payable by such Loan Party to each of the Secured Parties
under each of the Loan Documents relating to any Secured Obligations, as and when that amount falls
due for payment under the relevant Secured Debt Agreement or would have fallen due but for any
discharge resulting from failure of another Secured Party to take appropriate steps, in insolvency
proceedings affecting such Loan Party, to preserve its entitlement to be paid that amount.

     (b) Each Loan Party undertakes to pay to the Collateral Agent upon first written demand the
amount payable by such Loan Party to each of the Secured Parties under each of the Secured Debt
Agreements as such amount has become due and payable.

     (c) The Collateral Agent has the independent right to demand and receive full or partial
payment of the amounts payable by each Loan Party under this Section 11.21, irrespective of
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Parties resulting from failure by them to take appropriate steps, in insolvency proceedings
affecting such Loan Party, to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.

     (d) Any amount due and payable by a Loan Party to the Collateral Agent under this Section
11.21 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Secured Parties have received (and are
able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the
Secured Debt Agreements and any amount due and payable by a Loan Party to the other Secured Parties
under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and
is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 11.21;
provided that no Loan Party may consider its obligations towards a Secured Party to be so
discharged by virtue of any set-off, counterclaim or similar defense that it may invoke vis-à-vis
the Collateral Agent.

     (e) The rights of the Secured Parties (other than the Collateral Agent) to receive payment of
amounts payable by each Loan Party under the Secured Debt Agreements are several and are separate
and independent from, and without prejudice to, the rights of the Collateral Agent to receive
payment under this Section 11.21.

     (f) In addition, but without prejudice to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall be the
joint creditor (together with the relevant Secured Parties) of all obligations of each Loan Party
towards each of the Secured Parties under the Secured Debt Agreements.

Section 11.22 Special Appointment of Collateral Agent for German Security.

     (a) (i) Each Secured Party that is or will become party to this Agreement hereby appoints the
Collateral Agent as trustee (Treuhaender) and administrator for the purpose of holding on trust
(Treuhand), administering, enforcing and releasing the German Security (as defined below) for the
Secured Parties, (ii) the Collateral Agent accepts its appointment as a trustee and administrator
of the German Security on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement and
(iii) the Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent and all other parties to this Agreement agree that,
in relation to the German Security, no Secured Party shall exercise any independent power to
enforce any German Security or take any other action in relation to the enforcement of the German
Security, or make or receive any declarations in relation thereto.

     (b) To the extent possible, the Collateral Agent shall hold and administer any German Security
which is security assigned, transferred or pledged under German law to it as a trustee for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, where “German Security” shall mean the assets which are the subject
of a security document which is governed by German law.

     (c) Each Secured Party hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent (with the right of
sub delegation) to enter into any documents evidencing German Security and to make and accept all
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with any German Security on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall further
be entitled to rescind, release, amend and/or execute new and different documents securing the
German Security.

     (d) The Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent agree that all rights and claims constituted
by the abstract acknowledgment of indebtedness pursuant to this Section 11.22 and all
proceeds held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to or in connection with such abstract
acknowledgment of indebtedness are held by the Collateral Agent with effect from the date of such
abstract acknowledgment of indebtedness in trust for the Secured Parties and will be administered
in accordance with the Loan Documents. The Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent agree further
that the respective Loan Party’s obligations under such abstract acknowledgment of indebtedness
shall not increase the total amount of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the respective
agreement governing German Security) and shall not result in any additional liability of any of the
Loan Parties or otherwise prejudice the rights of any of the Loan Parties. Accordingly, payment of
the obligations under such abstract acknowledgment of indebtedness shall, to the same extent,
discharge the corresponding Secured Obligations and vice versa.

Section 11.23 Special Appointment of Collateral Agent in Relation to South Korea.

     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Loan Party hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Collateral Agent, as creditor in its own right and not
as representative of the other Secured Parties, sums equal to and in the currency of each amount
payable by such Loan Party to each of the Secured Parties under each of the Loan Documents as and
when that amount falls due for payment under the relevant Loan Document or would have fallen due
but for any discharge resulting from failure of another Secured Party to take appropriate steps, in
insolvency proceedings affecting that Loan Party, to preserve its entitlement to be paid that
amount.

     (b) The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts
payable by each Loan Party under this Section 11.23, irrespective of any discharge of such
Loan Party’s obligation to pay those amounts to the Secured Parties resulting from failure by them
to take appropriate steps, in insolvency proceedings affecting that Loan Party, to preserve their
entitlement to be paid those amounts.

     (c) Any amount due and payable by a Loan Party to the Collateral Agent under this Section
11.23 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Secured Parties have received (and are
able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Loan
Documents and any amount due and payable by a Loan Party to the other Secured Parties under those
provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to
retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 11.23.

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     (d) Subject to paragraph (c) above, the rights of the Secured Parties (in each case, other
than the Collateral Agent) to receive payment of amounts payable by each Loan Party under the Loan
Documents are several and are separate and independent from, and without prejudice to, the rights
of the Collateral Agent to receive payment under this Section 11.23.

     (e) The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into consents to
any lock-up or listing agreement required by any applicable rule or regulation in connection with
any listing or offering of Equity Interests in NKL and may consent to such Equity Interests being
held by a depositary or securities intermediary; provided, that the Collateral Agent’s Liens in the
Equity Interests of NKL or its direct parents, 4260848 Canada Inc. and 4260856 Canada Inc., are not
impaired.

Section 11.24 Special Appointment of Collateral Agent in Relation to France.

     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each French Guarantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes insofar as necessary, in advance, to pay to the
Collateral Agent, as creditor in its own right and not as representative of the other Secured
Parties, sums equal to and in the currency of each amount payable by such French Guarantor to each
of the Secured Parties under each of the Loan Documents as and when that amount falls due for
payment under the relevant Loan Document or would have fallen due but for any discharge resulting
from failure of another Secured Party to take appropriate steps to preserve its entitlement to be
paid that amount (such payment undertakings, obligations and liabilities which are the result
thereof, hereinafter referred to as the “Parallel Debt”).

     (b) The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts
payable by each French Guarantor under this Section 11.24, irrespective of any discharge of
such French Guarantor’s obligation to pay those amounts to the other Secured Parties resulting from
failure by them to take appropriate steps to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.

     (c) Any amount due and payable by a French Guarantor to the Collateral Agent under this
Section 11.24 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Secured Parties have received
(and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of
the Loan Documents and any amount due and payable by a French Guarantor to the other Secured
Parties under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has
received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section
11.24.

     (d) The Collateral Agent shall apply any amounts received in payment of any Parallel Debt in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement governing the application of proceeds in
payment of any Secured Obligations.

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     (e) The rights of the Secured Parties (other than any Parallel Debt) to receive payment of
amounts payable by each French Guarantor under the Loan Documents are several and are separate and
independent from, and without prejudice to, the rights of the Collateral Agent to receive payment
under this Section 11.24.

     Section 11.25 Swiss Tax Ruling. The Borrower shall obtain subsequent to the Closing Date (but
within a reasonable time frame) (a) a ruling from the Wallis cantonal tax authority confirming that
the payment of Interests under this Agreement shall not be subject to federal, cantonal, and
municipal direct taxes levied at source in Switzerland as per Article 51 § 1 lit. d and Article 94
of the Swiss Federal Direct Tax Act of December 14, 1990 and as per Article 21 § 2 lit. a and
Article 35 § lit. e of the Swiss Federal Harmonization Direct Tax Act of December 14, 1990, and (b)
a ruling from the Zurich cantonal tax authority confirming that the aforesaid direct taxes levied
at source may be solely ruled with the Canton where the Swiss real estate is located. In the event
that the aforementioned confirmation is not granted, the Borrower further acknowledges that the
gross-up mechanism provided for under Section 2.15 shall apply with respect to any such
direct taxes levied at source.

Section 11.26 Designation of Collateral Agent under Civil Code of Quebec. Each of the parties hereto
(including each Lender, acting for itself and on behalf of each of its Affiliates which are or
become Secured Parties from time to time) confirms the appointment and designation of the
Collateral Agent (or any successor thereto) as the person holding the power of attorney (fondé de
pouvoir) within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec for the purposes of the
hypothecary security to be granted by the Loan Parties or any one of them under the laws of the
Province of Québec and, in such capacity, the Collateral Agent shall hold the hypothecs granted
under the laws of the Province of Québec as such fondé de pouvoir in the exercise of the rights
conferred thereunder. The execution by the Collateral Agent in its capacity as fondé de pouvoir
prior to the date hereof of any document creating or evidencing any such hypothecs is hereby
ratified and confirmed. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the Act respecting the
special powers of legal persons (Québec), the Collateral Agent may acquire and be the holder of any
of the bonds secured by any such hypothec. Each future Secured Party, whether a Lender or any
other holder of any Secured Obligation, shall be deemed to have ratified and confirmed (for itself
and on behalf of each of its Affiliates that are or become Secured Parties from time to time) the
appointment of the Collateral Agent as fondé de pouvoir.

Section 11.27 
Maximum Liability. Subject to Section 7.08 and Sections 7.11
through
7.16, it is the desire and intent of (i) each Loan Party and the Lenders, that, in each case,
the liability of such Loan Party shall be enforced against such Loan Party to the fullest extent
permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is
sought after giving effect to the rights of contribution established in the Contribution,
Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement that are valid and enforceable and not subordinated
to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding. If, however, and to
the extent that, the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be adjudicated to
be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any
applicable state, provincial or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers), then
the amount of such Loan Party’s obligations (in the case of any invalidity or unenforceability with
respect such Loan Party’s obligations) under the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be reduced and
such Loan Party shall pay the maximum amount of the Secured Obligations which

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would be permissible under applicable law; provided that any guarantees of any such
obligations that are subject to deemed reduction pursuant to this Section 11.27 shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be absolute and unconditional in
respect of the full amount of such obligations without giving effect to any such deemed reduction.

Section 11.28 NO ORAL AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR
SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.

     Section 11.29 Collateral Matters. The Lenders irrevocably agree:

     (a) that the Collateral Agent is authorized to release any Lien on any property granted to or
held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document, (i) at the time the property subject to such
Lien is sold as part of or in connection with any Asset Sale permitted under Section 6.06 to any
Person other than a Loan Party (provided that no Lien shall be released in any Series of Cash
Neutral Transactions) (or, if such transferee is a Loan Party, the Collateral Agent is authorized
to release such Lien on such asset in connection with the transfer so long as (w) the transferee
grants a new Lien to the Collateral Agent on such asset substantially concurrently with the
transfer of such asset, (x) the transfer is between parties organized under the laws of different
countries, (y) the priority of the new Lien is the same as that of the original Lien and (z) the
Liens on such property held by or on behalf of the holders of Indebtedness under the Revolving
Credit Loan Documents or any Permitted Revolving Credit Facility Refinancing, Permitted First
Priority Refinancing Debt, Permitted Secured Priority Refinancing Debt, Additional Senior Secured
Indebtedness and Junior Secured Indebtedness are also released), (ii) subject to Section
11.02, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the
Required Lenders (or such other number of Lenders whose consent is required under Section
11.02), (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of
such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee pursuant to Section 7.09 or (iv)
upon termination of all Commitments and the repayment in full of all outstanding principal and
accrued interest with respect to the Loans, all Fees and other Obligations; and

     (b) to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral
Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by
Section 6.02(i), to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such
Liens;

Each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and
deliver documents to authorize the release or subordination of such items of Collateral from the
Liens granted under the Security Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents and this Section 11.29.

Section 11.30 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain other Documents. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and

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Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall
be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of
which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed
signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and
as provided for in any applicable Requirement of Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or
any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Section 11.31 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is
made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such
payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to
be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered
into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any
other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a)
to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied
shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agents upon demand
its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Agents,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders
under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and
the termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by
their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC., as the Borrower

 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name: 	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION, as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
Leslie J. Parrette Jr. 	 
	 	 	Name: 	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name: 	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS BRAND LLC, as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By: 	
/s/ Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name: 	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-1

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, 

as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, 

as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, 

as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC., 

as U.S. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-2

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS UK LTD, as U.K. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name 	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, 

as U.K. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name 	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS AG, as Swiss Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name: 	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 

as Canadian Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name: 	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	AV METALS INC., as Canadian Gurantor

 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name: 	Randal P. Miller	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	4260848 CANADA INC., as Canadian Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name: 	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	4260856 CANADA INC., as Canadian Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-4

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, as Canadian Guarantor,

 	 
	 	By:  

Its:	4260848 CANADA INC.
General Partner
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED, as U.K. Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, as Swiss Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, as Swiss Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, as German Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-5

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, as Madeira Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S., as French Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., as Luxembourg Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-6

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., as Brazilian Guarantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 	 

S-7

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Present when the Common Seal of

NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY,

As Irish Guarantor,

was hereunto affixed in the presence of:

 	 
	 	  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Randal
P. Miller	 
	 	Title: 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Nina
Mansoori	 
	 	Title: 	Witness	 

S-8

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Bank of America, as

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Christopher Kelly Wall	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall	 
	 	 	Title: 	Managing
Director	 
	 

S-9

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Annex I

Amortization Table

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date	 	Term Loan Amount	 
	March 31, 2011
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	June 30, 2011
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	September 30, 2011
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	December 31, 2011
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	March 31, 2012
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	June 30, 2012
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	September 30, 2012
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	December 31, 2012
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	March 31, 2013
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	June 30, 2013
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	September 30, 2013
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	December 31, 2013
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	March 31, 2014
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	June 30, 2014
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	September 30, 2014
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	December 31, 2014
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	March 31, 2015
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	June 30, 2015
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	September 30, 2015
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	December 31, 2015
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	March 31, 2016
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	June 30, 2016
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	September 30, 2016
	 	$	3,750,000	 
	Original Maturity Date
	 	Remaining outstanding principal

 

 

Schedule 1.01(a)

Refinancing Indebtedness to be Repaid

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Company	 	Description	 	Bank Name	 	Issue Date	 	Due Date	 	Amount	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	7.25% Notes	 	 	N/A	 	 	February 3, 2005	 	February 3, 2015	 	US$	1,049,363,000	 
	 
	 	11.5% Notes	 	 	N/A	 	 	August 11, 2009	 	February 15, 2015	 	US$	185,000,000	 
	 
	 	Term Loan	 	UBS AG as agent	 	July 6, 2007	 	July 6,2014	 	US$	290,587,980	 
	Novelis Corporation
	 	Term Loan	 	UBS AG as agent	 	July 6, 2007	 	July 6, 2014	 	US$	855,695,250	 
	 
	 	Asset Based Loan	 	Bank of America,	 	July 6, 2007	 	July 6, 2014	 	US$	[                     ]	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	N.A. as agent	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 1.01(b)

Subsidiary Guarantors

Canada

	 	•	 	4260848 Canada Inc.
	 
	 	•	 	4260856 Canada Inc.
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd.
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership

United States

	 	•	 	Aluminum Upstream Holdings LLC
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Acquisitions LLC
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Brand LLC
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Corporation
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis North America Holdings Inc.
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis PAE Corporation
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis South America Holdings LLC

United Kingdom

	 	•	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Services Limited
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis UK Ltd 

Switzerland

	 
	 	•	 	Novelis AG
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Switzerland SA
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Technology AG

Ireland

	 	•	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company

Germany

	 	•	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Brazil

 

 

	 	•	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.

Portugal (Madeira)

	 	•	 	Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda

Luxembourg

	 	•	 	Novelis Luxembourg S.A.

France

	 	•	 	Novelis PAE S.A.S.

 

 

Schedule 1.01(c)

Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries

United States

	 	•	 	Eurofoil, Inc.

Germany

	 	•	 	Novelis Aluminum Beteiligungs GmbH

Brazil

	 	•	 	Albrasilis Aluminio do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

France

	 	•	 	Novelis Foil France SAS
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Laminés France SAS

Malaysia

	 	•	 	Al Dotcom Sdn Berhad
	 
	 	•	 	Alcom Nikkei Specialty Coatings Sdn Berhad

India

	 	•	 	Novelis (India) Infotech Ltd.

Belgium

	 	•	 	Novelis Belgique SA
	 
	 	•	 	Novelis Benelux N.V.

Mexico

	 	•	 	Novelis de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

Italy

	 	•	 	Novelis Italia SpA

 

 

Schedule
l.01(d)

Existing Secured Hedge Providers

BACHE COMMODITIES LTD.

Banco Bradesco S.A.

BANCO BRASIL

Banco Espirito Santo

Banco Itau S.A.

BANCO SAFRA SA

Barclays Bank Plc

Bayerische Landesbank (Bayern LB Munich)

BNP Paribas

Citibank S.A.

Citibank Canada

Citibank N.A.

Citigroup Inc

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (COMMERZBANK AG)

Credit Suisse International

HSBC Bank USA, NA

HSBC BRAZIL

HSBC Holdings Plc

JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA

Koch Metals Trading Limited

Landesbank Baden-Wueerttemberg

MF GLOBAL UK Ltd.

Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.

Morgan Stanley Capital Inc.

Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc.

Natixis Commodity Markets Ltd.

Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc

Sithe Independence Power Partners (Dynegy)

Societe Generale

Standard Bank Plc

UBS AG

UNIBANCO — Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA

Zurcher Kantonalbank

 

 

Schedule 1.01(e)

 Administrative Agent Office

The Administrative Agent Office shall be located at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco,
CA 94103 or at such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

With respect to payments in Dollars, the
Administrative Agent’s Account No.
 at Bank of America, N.A., ABA Routing No.: 026009593, Account Name: Credit
Services, Reference: Novelis Inc., or such other account as is specified from time to
time by the Administrative Agent in a notice to the Borrower or, in the case of payments
by Lenders, notice to the Lenders.

 

 

Schedule 1.01(f)

Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries

None.

 

 

Schedule 3.06(c)

Violations or Proceedings

None.

 

 

Schedule 3.17

Pension Matters

Novelis UK Pension Plan

The Novelis UK Pension Plan is a defined benefit scheme, with currently 451 active
members, 926 deferred members and 1099 pensioners. The sponsoring employer is Novelis UK
Ltd. On the 1st of January 2006 around 575 Novelis employees who had participated in the
British Alcan RILA Plan became active contributing members of the Novelis UK Pension
Plan, with 377 (65%) of them electing to keep their past service with the Brirish Alcan
RILA Plan. At the same time the Novelis UK Pension Plan was closed to new members with a
defined contribution plan being set up for new employees.

 

 

Schedule 3.19

 Insurance

1) Property Insurance Summary

NAMED
INSURED:

• Novelis Inc. and/or its affiliated, subsidiary and associated companies and/or
corporations and the Insured’s interest in partnerships and joint ventures as now
exist or may hereafter be constituted or acquired and any party in interest which the
Insured is responsible to insure.

• Including the Insured’s interest in the following joint
ventures:

• Logan Aluminum Inc.

• Aluminum Norf G.m.b.H. (100% for Property Damage / solely Novelis’ ownership
interest for Business Interruption)

• Evermore Recycling LLC

PERIOD
OF INSURANCE:

From July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011

Both Dates
at 12:01 am standard time at the place where the Property
Insured is located.

COVERAGE DETAILS:

Property Insured

All real and personal property of every kind, nature and description except as may
hereafter be excluded including but not limited:

• All property in which the Insured has an insurable interest including but not
limited to property owned, used, leased or intended for use by the Insured, or
hereafter constructed, erected, installed, or acquired. In the event of loss or
damage, the Insurers agree to accept and consider the Insured as sole and
unconditional owner of improvements and betterments, notwithstanding any contract or
leases to the contrary.

• All property of other’s in the Insured’s care, custody and control and / or for
which they may be legally liable and / or under an obligation and /or has assumed
responsibility to provide insurance.

• All property which is required to be specifically insured by reason
of any statute.

Perils Insured

All Risks of direct physical loss or damage by any cause whatsoever, including potline
freeze up (smelters), Machinery Breakdown, Earthquake and Flood, to the Property
Insured, except as may hereafter be excluded.

LIMITS
OF LIABILITY:

US            $750,000,000            EACH AND EVERY OCCURRENCE

Combined for Property Damage, including Machinery Breakdown and Business Interruption
excess of the DEDUCTIBLE LEVELS and subject to the following ground-up sub-limits, where
applicable, as described below:

 

 

GROUND-UP PROGRAM SUB-LIMITS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Contingent Business Interruption and

	 	$200,000,000

	 	each and every occurrence for BI, except

	Contingent Extra Expense (Direct Suppliers 

and/or Customers)

	 	$25,000,000
	 	
each and every occurrence for BI emanating from earthquake in the New Madrid
zone.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Course of Construction

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI including Advance loss of
Profits.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Debris Removal

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD or 25% of the loss, whichever is greater.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Decontamination Expenses

	 	$	50,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Defense Costs

	 	$	5,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Demolition and Increased Cost of Construction

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Earthquake

	 	$	750,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate,
except
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	500,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Italy,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	300,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined
for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for China.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	300,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Mexico.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Chile.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Columbia.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Guam.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined
for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Indonesia.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Israel.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Peru.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate
for Portugal.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for Taiwan.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for Turkey.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for Venezuela.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	50,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for New Madrid
(sub-limit does not apply to the Logan
facility).
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	50,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for Pacific
Northwest.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	50,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for Philippines.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for California.
This sub-limit applies on a cumulative basis
for all coverage triggered by earthquake in
this zone.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for Japan. This
sub-limit applies on a cumulative basis for
all coverage triggered by earthquake in this
zone.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for New Zealand.
This sub-limit applies on a cumulative basis
for all coverage triggered by earthquake in
this zone.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Expediting Expense

	 	$	200,000,000	 	 	combined each and every occurrence for PD & BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Extra Expense

	 	$	200,000,000	 	 	combined each and every occurrence for PD & BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fine Arts

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fire Fighting Expenses

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Flood

	 	$	750,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate, except
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI
and in the annual aggregate for properties
situated in a 100 year flood plain.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI and in the annual aggregate for flood in
the Netherlands.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Interruption By Civil or Military Authority

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for BI or 30 consecutive days, whichever is less.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Interruption of Ingress and/or Egress

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for BI or 30 consecutive days, whichever is less.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Impounded Water

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD
& BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Land and Water Contaminant or Pollutant
Cleanup, Removal and Disposal

	 	$	1,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for PD.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Leasehold Interest

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence for BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Neighbour’s Recourse Liability

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD and BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Newly Acquired Location

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI except;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI with respect to Named Windstorm.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Non Admitted Tax Liability

	 	$	150,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Potline Freeze Up

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD and BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Recapture of Investment Incentives

	 	$	50,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Research & Development

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Royalties

	 	$	10,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Service Interruption

	 	$	200,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI, except
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD and BI from interruption emanating from
earthquake in the New Madrid zone.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Transit

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Transmission and Distribution Lines

	 	$	10,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for direct loss causing PD & BI.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Unnamed Location

	 	$	100,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI except;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	25,000,000	 	 	each and every occurrence combined for PD & BI with respect to Named Windstorm.

 

 

DEDUCTIBLE LEVELS:

$5,000,000 each and every occurrence combined for Property Damage, Business Interruption
and Machinery Breakdown coverage for locations with insurable values exceeding US
$100,000,000.

$2,000,000 each and every occurrence combined for Property Damage, Business Interruption
and Machinery Breakdown coverage for locations with insurable values equal to or less
than US $100,000,000.

$1,000,000 each and every occurrence combined for Property Damage, Business Interruption
and Machinery Breakdown at non-manufacturing locations including offices, outside
warehouses and stand-alone Research & Development centers.

If two or more deductibles apply to a single occurrence, the total amount deducted shall
not exceed the largest deductible applicable, unless otherwise provided in the Master
Policy wording.

BASIS OF VALUATION:

Repair or replacement cost of the damaged or destroyed property as further stipulated in
the Master Policy wording.

DIFFERENCE IN CONDITIONS:

Master Policy provides coverage where conditions of the locally integrated and/or
non-integrated policies differ from the Master Policy and specifically where the
conditions of the Master Policy are broader.

DIFFERENCE IN LIMITS:

Master Policy provides coverage where the difference between the limits of liability
stated in any locally integrated and/or non-integrated policies are less than the
Master Policy.

TERRITORY:

Worldwide, except no coverage is provided in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Cuba, Chechnya, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Kyrgyszstan, Laos, Lebanon,
Liberia, Montenegro, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Serbia, Somalia, Syria,
Tajikhistan, Tchechnia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Zaire.

Also, coverage is not provided in any country or region where the U.S. Government
prohibits its citizens from conducting commerce or has imposed trade
sanctions.

EXCLUSIONS:

     • PROPERTY MORE SPECIFICALLY INSURED UNDER A MARINE IMPORT / EXPORT INSURANCE POLICY

     • AIRCRAFT / WATERCRAFT

     • LAND / WATER

 

 

     • LABOUR DISTURBANCES

     • WAR / NUCLEAR DEVICE / REBELLION / SEIZURE BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY / CONTRABAND OR ILLEGAL TRADE

     • NUCLEAR

     • FRAUD

     • WEAR AND TEAR

     • CROPS OR STANDING TIMBER

     • CURRENCY / PRECIOUS METALS

     • OFFSHORE PROPERTY

     • VEHICLES

     • MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

     • CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE

     • PROPERTY SOLD TO OTHERS

     • UNDERGROUND MINES

     • SATELLITES / SPACECRAFT

     • MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING ERRORS

     • ERRORS IN DESIGN

     • COST OF MAKING GOOD DEFECTIVE DESIGN OR SPECIFICATIONS

     • ERRORS IN PROCESSING / MANUFACTURING PRODUCT

     • SETTLING, CRACKING, SHRINKAGE

     • REMOTE LOSS / DELAY OR LOSS OF MARKET

     •VERMIN, INSECTS OR ANIMALS

     • LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CATASTROPHE POOLS

     • POLLUTION

     • FINES / PENALTIES

     • Property situated in a 10 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN

     • MICRO ORGANISM

     • BIOLOGICAL / CHEMICAL MATERIALS

CANCELLATION:

Insurance may be cancelled by the Insurer by providing at least ninety (90) days written
notice to the Named Insured at the Address stated herein, except for non-payment of
premium which is ten (10) days written notice.

CURRENCY:

US DOLLARS

ENDORSEMENTS:

     • Electronic Date Recognition Clarification Clause

     • Computer Virus Clause

     • War and Terrorism Exclusion Endorsement

     • Asbestos Exclusion Endorsement

     • Creditor Loss Payee Endorsement

2)
Liability Insurance Summary

	 	 	 

	Broker:

	 	Marsh Inc.
	 
	 	 
	Insurers:

	 	Zurich Insurance
	 
	 	 
	Policy Term:

	 	1 April 2010 to 1 April 2011

 

 

	 	 	 

	Insured Activities:

	 	All activities of the Insured
	 
	 	 
	Contract Base:

	 	Claims made — claims made against the insured entities must be reported to
Insurers during the Policy Term.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	A claim shall be deemed to have been made at the time when an insured person first
became aware of circumstances which made it appear likely that a claim would be
brought against an insured person, but not later than when a claim against an
insured person was asserted orally or in writing.
	 
	 	 
	Limit of Liability:

	 	US $75,000,000 per claim made for all insured losses combined, including loss
expense, subject to an annual aggregate of US $150,000,000 for all claims made
within one insurance year irrespective of whether the claims are attributable to
one or more than one occurrence.
	 
	 	 
	Sub-Limits:

	 	US $75,000,000 per claim made and in the aggregate per insurance year for the
following Additional Coverages combined:
	 

	 	a)   Personal Injury Liability
	 

	 	b)   Advertiser’s Liability
	 

	 	c)   Employer’s Liability
	 

	 	d)   Employee Benefits Liability
	 

	 	e)   Loss of Use
	 

	 	f)   Pure financial loss
	 

	 	g)   Additional Coverage for Motor Vehicles
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	The Indemnity of Zurich is also limited to:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	(1) US $50,000,000 per claim made and in the aggregate per insurance year for
Product Recall Costs;
	 
	 

	 	(2) US $25,000,000 per claim made and in the aggregate per insurance year for
Dismantling and Assembly Expenses.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	For Special Coverages according to items (1) and (2) above the maximum limit of
indemnity per claim made and in the aggregate per insurance year remains
US $50,000,000.
	 
	 	 
	Deductibles:

	 	Please refer to local policy.
	 
	 	 
	Basic Coverage:

	 	The policy covers all legal liability (ies) of the Insured Entities in respect of
business premises, property, operations and product liability risks for:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	-    bodily injury
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	-    property damage
	 
	 	 
	Additional Coverages:

	 	In addition to the basic coverage afforded under the contract, additional
coverages are provided, the most important ones being:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	-    Excess employers liability
	 

	 	-    Loss prevention expenses
	 

	 	-    Dismantling and assembly expenses
	 

	 	-    Products recall costs
	 

	 	-    Loss of use
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	-    Testing and sorting costs incurred in relation to product recall claims
	 

	 	-    Excess automobile liability
	 

	 	-    Legal protection in criminal proceedings (insured claims only)
	 

	 	-    Employee benefits liability
	 

	 	-    Personal and advertising injury liability

 

 

	 	 	 

	Important Exclusions::

	 	Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases
	 

	 	Wrongful Dismissal and other Employment Practices
	 

	 	Aircraft or Spacecraft Products
	 

	 	Radioactivity
	 

	 	Losses Relating to Environmental Damage — Gradual Pollution
	 

	 	Intentional Acts
	 

	 	Asbestos
	 

	 	Pharmaceutical Products
	 

	 	Urea Formaldehyde

 

 

Schedule 3.21

Material
Documents

	(i)	 	Each material Senior Note Document:

	 	•	 	Indenture, dated the date hereof, between Novelis Inc., as Issuer, the guarantors named
on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
Trustee, relating to the Issuer’s
83/8% Senior Notes due 2017
	 
	 	•	 	Indenture, dated the date hereof, between Novelis Inc., as Issuer, the guarantors named
on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
Trustee, relating to the Issuer’s
83/4% Senior Notes due 2020
	 
	 	•	 	Registration Rights Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, among Novelis Inc.,
the guarantors named on the signature pages thereto, Citigroup Capital Markets Inc., as
Representative of the Initial Purchasers, relating to the Issuer’s 83/8%
Senior Notes due 2017
	 
	 	•	 	Registration Rights Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, among Novelis Inc.,
the guarantors named on the signature pages thereto, Citigroup Capital Markets Inc., as
Representative of the Initial Purchasers, relating to the
Issuer’s 83/4% Senior
Notes due 2020

(ii) Each material Revolving Credit Loan Document:

	 	•	 	Credit Agreement, dated the date hereof, among Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, AV
Metals Inc., the other guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Issuing Bank and U.S. Swingline Lender, the Lenders party thereto
and the other parties thereto (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”)

	 	•	 	All exhibits and schedules to the Revolving Credit Agreement

 

 

Schedule 3.24

Location
of Material Inventory

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Subject to
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Owned/Leased	 	Bailee/Landlord Letter
	Novelis Inc.

	 	7307 Meadow Avenue

	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 4Z2	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	1 Lappan’s Lane, P.O. Box 2000

	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Kingston, Ontario K7L 4Z5	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Kingston Research and Development

	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Center	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	945 Princess Street, P.O. Box 8400	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Kingston, Ontario K7L 5L9	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	2040 rue Fay, P.O. Box 1001
Saguenay,
Quebec G7S 4K6
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	1909 rue Onésime-Gagnon
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Lachine, Quebec, H8T 3M8	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Foil Products Canada
 191 Evans
Ave.
 Toronto, Ontario
M8Z 1J5, Canada
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Building #1104
14 Kenview Boulevard

Brampton, Ontario
L6T 5SI
	 	Leased
	 	Bailee Letter
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis No, 
1
Limited Partnership

	 	2040 Fay Street
 Jonquiere, Quebec

G7S 4K6
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Corporation

	 	Foil Products Division:
Executive Office:

1706 Shorewood Drive

LaGrange, Georgia 30240
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rolled Products North America
 Division:

Aurora Research and Development:
535
North Exchange Court
Aurora, Illinois
60504
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Berea Recycling Plant:
302 Mayde Road

Berea, Kentucky 40403
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fairmont Light Gauge Plant:

1800 Speedway

Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
	 	Owned
	 	N/A

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Subject to
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Bailee/Landlord
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Owned/Leased	 	Letter
	 

	 	Greensboro Recycling Plant:

1261 Willow Run Road

Greensboro, Georgia 30642
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Louisville Light Gauge Plant:

1430 South 13th Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40210
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Oswego Sheet Products Plant:

Lake Road North
Oswego, New York 13126
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Terre Haute Light Gauge Plant:

5901 North 13th Street
 Terre Haute, Indiana 47805
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Warren Sheet Products Plant:

390 Griswold Street, NE
Warren, Ohio 44483
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	18001 E. Euclid
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Spokane Valley, Washington 99216	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	US Highway 431 North

Russellville, Kentucky 42276
	 	Leased
	 	Bailee Letter
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd.

	 	Latchford Lock Works

Thelwall Lane
Warrington

Cheshire
 United Kingdom
 W4A 1NN
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Bridgnorth:

Stourbridge Road
 Bridgnorth

WV5 6AW
United Kingdom
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Latchford:

Thelwall Lane
 Warrington, Cheshire

WA41NP
 United Kingdom
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Banbury:

5th Floor
Beaumont House, Southam Road

Banbury, Oxfordshire

United Kingdom OX16 1RH
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Wednesbury:

Unit 501, Axcess 10 Business Park
 Bentley Road
South
 Wednesbury,
 WS10 8LQ
	 	Leased
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Subject to
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Bailee/Landlord
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Owned/Leased	 	Letter
	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited

	 	Latchford Lock Works

Thelwall Lane
 Warrington

Cheshire
 United Kingdom
 W4A 1NN
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis 

Services 

Limited

	 	Latchford Lock Works

Thelwall Lane
 Warrington

Cheshire
 United Kingdom
 W4A 1NN
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.

	 	Hydropower Plant — Fumaça:
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	Est. Miguel Rodrigues a Barroca S/N° -	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Cachoeira do Brumado	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Mariana, MG	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CEP 35424-000	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Brazil	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Hydropower Plant — Furquim:
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Estrada Acesso à Usina de Furquim S/N°	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Mariana, MG	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CEP 35426-000	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Brazil	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Hydropower Plant — Brecha: 

Fazenda Usina da Brecha, S/N° -

Piranga, Guaraciaba, MG
 CEP
35436-000
 Brazil
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 

	 	Hydropower Plant — Salto:
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Usina Santo Antonio do Salto S/N°	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ouro Preto, MG	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CEP 35430-000	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Brazil	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Hydropower Plant — Brito:
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Usina Estrada do Brito S/N° — Brito	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ponte Nova, MG	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CEP 35301-970	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Brazil	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Consórcio Candonga (a consortium with 

CVRD — Cia. Vale Rio Doce)

Estrada Acesso a Santana do
Deserto,
 km 12
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rio Doce, MG 

CEP 35442-000
 Brazil	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Subject to
	Loan
Party	 	Address	 	Owned/Leased	 	Bailee/Landlord
Letter
	 

	 	Consórcio’s Candonga Office 

Av. Caetano Marinho,
216
 Ponte Nova, MG

CEP 35430-001
 Brazil
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Warehouse — Aratu
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Via Matoim S/N° — Aratu	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Candeias, BA	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Brazil	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CEP 43800-000	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Belo Horizonte — admistrative Office
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Av. Contorno, 8.000, sala 802	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Belo Horizonte -0 MG	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CEP 30.110-907	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis

Deutshland

GmbH

	 	Hannoversche Strasse 1
	 	Owned and Leased
	 	No
	 	37075 Góttingen, Germany	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Novelis Packaging Benelux;
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Venuslaan 14	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	3318 JX Dordrecht	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Netherlands	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Werk Berlin
 Holzhauser Strasse 96-100	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	13509 Berlin	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Germany	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Nordic Office Denmark

Ringager 4A 
2605 Brondby
 Denmark
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Nordic Office Finland	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	P.O. Box 6 1	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Kapelitie 6D	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	02201 Espoo	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Finland	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Market Centre Spain

Canada Real de las
Merinas
 3 — Planta Baja
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	Centro de Negocios Eisenhower	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	28042 Madrid	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Spain	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Subject to
	Loan
Party	 	Address	 	Owned/Leased	 	Bailee/Landlord
Letter
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Market Centre Austria

Uchatiusgasse 4/3
 1030 Wien
 Österreich
	 	Leased
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Werk Göttingen
Hannoversche Strasse 1
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	37075 Göttingen	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Germany	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Werk Luedenscheid	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Wiesenstrasse 24-30	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	58507 Luedenscheid	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Germany	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 	Owned
	 	No
	 

	 	Werk Nachterstedt	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Gaterslebener Strasse 1	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	06469 Stadt Seeland, OT Nachterstedt	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Sales Office Stuttgart
	 	Leased
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Mittlerer Pfad 19	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	70499 Stuttgart-Weilimdorf	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Germany	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 

	 	Werk Ohle	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Am Eisenwerk 30	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	58840 Plettenberg	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Germany	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 	Leased	 	 
	 

	 	Representative Office	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ul, Zeromskiego 38	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	81-826 Sopot	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Poland	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Storehouse for palettes leased by Mehle
	 	Leased	 	 
	 

	 	Immobiline GmbH & Co.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ground rent at Gottingen leased by the
	 	Leased	 	 
	 

	 	community of heirs as owner of the ground	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Emphyteusis rent leased by 

Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin GmbH& Co. KG
	 	Leased	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Distributing warehouse leased by
Kühne
	 	Leased	 	 
	 

	 	& Nagel GmbH & Co KG	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Subject to
	Loan
Party	 	Address	 	Owned/Leased	 	Bailee/Landlord
Letter
	Novelis Aluminum Holding Company

	 	Hannoversche Strasse 1

37075 Göttingen,
Germany
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis

	 	L-3401 Dudelange
	 	Leased
	 	No
	Luxembourg

	 	Zone Industrielle	 	 	 	 
	S.A.

	 	Riedgen	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Foil Innovation Center
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 

	 	41 Rue du Brill	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	L-4422 Belvaux	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis 

Switzerland 

SA

	 	Routes des Laminoirs

CH-3960 Sierre,
Switzerland
	 	Leased
	 	No 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Switzerland SA	 	Leased
	 	No 
	 

	 	Sous Géronde	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Sierre, Switzerland	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis 

AG

	 	Sternenfeldstrasse 29
	 	Leased
	 	No
	 	8700 Küsnacht	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Switzerland	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis

	 	Zentralstrasse 100
	 	Leased
	 	No
	Technology 

AG

	 	8212 Neuhausen am

Rheinfall,
Switzerland	 	 	 	 

Locations
of Collateral in Possession of Persons Other Than Any Loan
Party

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan
Party	 	Address	 	Subject
to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	Novelis Inc.

	 	Bellville Rodair

350 Pendant Drive
 Mississauga

L5T 2W6
	 	Bailee Letter
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ryerson Canada

161 The West Mall
 Etoobicoke, Canada
	 	Bailee Letter
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Corporation

	 	Rexam Beverage

124 Carson Road 

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama 35215
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tennessee Aluminum Processors, Inc.
	 	No
	 

	 	205 Spurline Drive	 	 
	 

	 	GADSDEN, Alabama 35903	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan
Party	 	Address	 	Subject
to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 

	 	Precision Strip
	 	No
	 

	 	36000 Alabama Highway	 	 
	 

	 	TALLADEGA, AL 35160	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage
	 	No
	 

	 	211 No. 51st Avenue

PHOENIX, Arizona 85043	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Total Warehousing
	 	No
	 

	 	4411 W. Roosevelt
 PHOENIX, Arizona	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co,
	 	No
	 

	 	20730 Prairie St.
CHATSWORTH, California 91311	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.
	 	No
	 

	 	2433 Crocker Circle
 FAIRFIELD, California 94533	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Western Intermodal
	 	No
	 

	 	2801 Giant Road
 RICHMOND, California 94806	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CMI Freight-Trans. Inc.
	 	No
	 

	 	4900 S. Boyle Avenue 
VERNON, California 90058	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ryerson Inc.
	 	No
	 

	 	4310 E. Bandini Blvd.	 	 
	 

	 	LOS ANGELES, California 90023	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TMSI Warehouse
	 	No
	 

	 	16600 Table Mountain
 GOLDEN, Colorado 80403	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TMSI Warehouse
	 	No
	 

	 	900 Metal Container Court	 	 
	 

	 	WINDSOR, Colorado 80550	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TMSI Warehouse
	 	No
	 

	 	16600 Tablemountain Parkway	 	 
	 

	 	HENDERSON, Colorado	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ball Metal Container
	 	No
	 

	 	4700 Whiteway Drive 
TAMPA, Florida	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	1P Warehouse
	 	No
	 

	 	1016 Industrial Blvd.	 	 
	 

	 	UNION POINT, Georgia 30669	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Sweetapple Warehouse	 	No
	 
	 	120 Industrial Blvd.	 	 
	 
	 	GREENSBORO, Georgia 30642	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Sweetapple Warehouse	 	No
	 
	 	1016 Industrial Blvd.	 	 
	 
	 	UNION POINT, Georgia 30669	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	JMAR Investments LLC	 	No
	 
	 	1271 Willow Run Road	 	 
	 
	 	GREENSBORO, Georgia	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.	 	No
	 
	 	48 Royal Drive	 	 
	 
	 	FOREST PARK, Georgia	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.	 	No
	 
	 	1101 W. 43rd Street	 	 
	 
	 	CHICAGO, Illinois 60609	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Wayne Steel	 	No
	 
	 	21901 Cottage Grove	 	 
	 
	 	SAUK VILLAGE, Illinois 60411	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Steel Wheel Warehouse	 	No
	 
	 	3348 So. Pulaski Road	 	 
	 
	 	CHICAGO, Illinois 60623	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Ryerson Bandini	 	No
	 
	 	4201 W.
36th St.	 	 
	 
	 	CHICAGO, Illinois 60632	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	MSC	 	No
	 
	 	2200 East Pratt Blvd.	 	 
	 
	 	ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Illinois 60007	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Intra American	 	No
	 
	 	14294 Bergen Blvd.	 	 
	 
	 	NOBLESVILLE, Indiana 46060	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Roll & Hold Warehousing	 	No
	 
	 	725 George Nelson Dr.	 	 
	 
	 	PORTAGE, Indiana 46368	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Wells Warehouse	 	No
	 
	 	932 Eastern Avenue	 	 
	 
	 	CONNERSVILLE, Indiana 47331	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Eagle Steel Products	 	No
	 
	 	5150 Loop Road	 	 
	 
	 	JEFFERSON, Indiana	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Triumph Industries	 	No
	 
	 	115 E. Pennsylvania	 	 
	 
	 	ROCKVILLE, Indiana 47872	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	City Welding	 	No
	 
	 	193 North Dormeyer Avenue	 	 
	 
	 	ROCKVILLE, Indiana 47872	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can Warehouse	 	No
	 
	 	4001 Montdale Park Drive	 	 
	 
	 	VALPARAISO, Indiana 46383	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Specialty Blanks, Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	1033 Crawford Street	 	 
	 
	 	TERRE HAUTE, Indiana 47807	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Owl’s Head	 	No
	 
	 	187 Mitch McConnell Way	 	 
	 
	 	BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky 42101	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Wagstaff Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	4657 No. Bend Road	 	 
	 
	 	HEBRON, Kentucky	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Jade Warehouse #1	 	No
	 
	 	2010 Menelaus Rd.	 	 
	 
	 	BEREA, Kentucky 40403	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Jade Warehouse #2	 	No
	 
	 	100 Seventy Six Blvd	 	 
	 
	 	BEREA, Kentucky 40403	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Logan Aluminum Inc.	 	Bailee Letter
	 
	 	U.S. Hwy. 431 N.	 	 
	 
	 	RUSSELLVILLE, Kentucky 42276	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Ryerson, Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	920 Old Brunerstown Road	 	 
	 
	 	SHELBYVILLE, Kentucky 40065	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	RJ Corman	 	No
	 
	 	444 N. Hardison Road	 	 
	 
	 	WOODBURN, Kentucky	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Precision Strip Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	446 N. Hardison Road	 	 
	 
	 	WOODBURN, Kentucky 42170	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Steinweg	 	No
	 
	 	2101 East Firt Avenue	 	 
	 
	 	BALTIMORE, Maryland 21230	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	D & S Delivery Service	 	No
	 
	 	32925 Schoolcraft Road	 	 
	 
	 	LIVONIA, Michigan 48150	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Aluminum Blanking	 	No
	 
	 	360 West Sheffield Avenue	 	 
	 
	 	PONTIAC, Michigan 48340	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Worthington Specialized/Integrated Terminals	 	No
	 
	 	25325 Hall Road	 	 
	 
	 	WOODHAVEN, Michigan 48183	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	RSDC	 	No
	 
	 	1775 Holloway Drive 

HOLT, Michigan 48842	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Michigan Metal Transport	 	No
	 
	 	36253 Michigan Avenue	 	 
	 
	 	WAYNE, Michigan 48184	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Kendor	 	No
	 
	 	31275 Fraser Drive 

FRASER, Michigan 48026	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.	 	No
	 
	 	139 Eva Street	 	 
	 
	 	ST. PAUL, Minnesota 55107	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.	 	No
	 
	 	10800 Marina Drive	 	 
	 
	 	OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Precoat Metals	 	No
	 
	 	3900 Bingham St.	 	 
	 
	 	ST. LOUIS, Missouri 63116	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Oswego Industries	 	No
	 
	 	7 Morrill Place	 	 
	 
	 	FULTON, New York 13069	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BSI Mechanical	 	No
	 
	 	319 State Route 104A	 	 
	 
	 	HANNIBAL, New York 13074	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Lock City Warehouse	 	No
	 
	 	1790 Oakhurst Street	 	 
	 
	 	LOCKPORT, New York 14094	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Oswego Warehousing Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	193 East Seneca Street 	 	 
	 
	 	OSWEGO, New York 13126	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Port of Oswego Authority	 	No
	 
	 	East 1st Street	 	 
	 
	 	OSWEGO, New York 13126	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Prime Materials Recovery, Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	51 Madison Boulevard	 	 
	 
	 	CANASTOTA, New York 13032	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Scepter, Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	11 Lamb Road	 	 
	 
	 	SENECA FALLS, New York 13148	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Delaco Steel Corporation	 	No
	 
	 	175 Ensminger Road	 	 
	 
	 	TONAWANDA, NY 14150-6719	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.	 	No
	 
	 	4000 Old Milwaukee Lane	 	 
	 
	 	WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina 27107	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	A. J. Oster Foils, LLC	 	No
	 
	 	2081 McCrea Street	 	 
	 
	 	ALLIANCE, Ohio 44601	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	American Utility Processors	 	No
	 
	 	1246 Princeton St.	 	 
	 
	 	AKRON,  Ohio 44301	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Specialty Metals	 	No
	 
	 	1100 Home Avenue	 	 
	 
	 	AKRON, Ohio 44310	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Centria Coating Service	 	No
	 
	 	530 N. Second Street	 	 
	 
	 	CAMBRIDGE, Ohio	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Conversion Resources	 	No
	 
	 	8295 Bavaria Drive East #A	 	 
	 
	 	MACEDONIA, Ohio 44056	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rexam Beverage Can	 	No
	 
	 	2145 Cedar Street	 	 
	 
	 	FREMONT, Ohio	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	MISA Metal Processing	 	No
	 
	 	1501 Made Drive	 	 
	 
	 	MIDDLETOWN, Ohio	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Taylor Steel2260 Industrial Trace SW	 	No
	 
	 	WARREN, Ohio 44481	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Precision Strip Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	86 South Ohio Street	 	 
	 
	 	MINSTER, Ohio 45865	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Precision Strip Inc.	 	No
	 
	 	7401 Ponderosa Rd	 	 
	 
	 	PERRYSBURG, OH 43551	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Precision Strip Inc.	 	No
	 

	 	315 Park Avenue

 TIPP
CITY, Ohio 45371
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage Can

10444 Waterville

WHITEHOUSE, Ohio 43571
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Main Steel

3805 B Hendricks Road

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio 44515
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Champagne Metals 

429 W. 158th Street 

GLENPOOL, Oklahoma 74033
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	D&M Warehouse

2700 SW 15th St. 

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma 73179
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.

 2700 SW
15th Street 

OKLAHOMA
CITY, Oklahoma
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ryerson WMMF PA

43 Century Drive

AMBRIDGE, Pennsylvania 15003
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Alumisource, LLC

1201 Donner Avenue

MONESSEN, PA 15062
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co. 

609 Cousar St. 

BISHOPVILLE, South Carolina 29010
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Smelter Service

400
Arrow Mines Road 

MT. PLEASANT, Tennessee 38474
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tennessee Aluminum Processors, Inc.

7207 Hoover Mason Road 

MT. PLEASANT, Tennessee 38474
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Big G Warehouse

190 Hawkins Drive

SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee 37162
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Scepter, Inc. 

1485 Scepter Lane 

WAVERLY, Tennessee 37185
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Scepter, Inc. 

1230 Pottertown Road 

MIDWAY, Tennessee 37809
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Stagecoach Cartage & Distribution

7167 Chino Drive

EL PASO, Texas
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Beverage Can Co.

1001 Fisher Road

LONGVIEW, Texas
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Plant

1220 North 2nd Avenue

KENT, Washington 98032
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CMI Freight — Trans. Inc. 

8462 S. 190th St.

AUBURN, Washington 98001
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ryerson VMMF 

600 Southwest 10th St. 

RENTON, Washington 98057
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Solatens

3910 N, Flora Road

SPOKANE, Washington 99216
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Western Intermodal 

ABS Warehouse 

6012 S. 196th Street 

TUKWILA, Washington
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Aleris Recycling 

3816 S. State Rte. 2

FRIENDLY, West Virginia 26146
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Bellville Rodair International

350 Pendant Drive

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario L5T 2W6

Canada
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Greenway Industries Corporation

35 Freshway Drive

CONCORD, Ontario L4K 1R9

Canada
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ryerson Canada VMMF

161 The West Mall

ETOBICOKE, Ontario

Canada
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	CGI Inc. 

3200 Dickson 

MONTREAL, Quebec 

H1N 2KI
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	CGI Inc. 

1 Complexe Desjardins 

MONTREAL, Quebec 

H5B 1C3
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ciesa Logistics

Circuito Mexico 240

Parque Indust Tres Nacion

SAN LUIS POTOSI, 78395 Mexico
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd.

	 	Alloa Community Enterprises Ltd

Unit 1 Block 1

Ward Street

Alloa

Scotland

FK10 1ET
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Palm Recycling LTD

Teeside Transfer & Aggregation Centre

Puddlers Road

South Tees Industrial Park

Middlesborough

Cleveland

TS6 6TX
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Howcan

245 Oldham Road

Manchester

M40 7PT
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Richard Freeths

Kingshill

Cricklade

Swindon

SN6 6JR
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Biffa Ltd

Blackburn Road

Houghton Regis

Nr Dunstable

LU5 5BQ
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Universal Recycling Co

London Wiper Co Ltd T/A

Wharf Road

Kilnhurst

Mexborough

South Yorkshire

S64 5SY
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Halesowen Metals LTD

Unit 10

Vernon Road Ind Est

Blackheath
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Halesowen

West Midlands

B62 8HH	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Graig Environmental

Recycling Services LTD

Unit 2B

Maritime Workshops

Maritime Industrial Est

Pomtypridd 

Mid Granorgan

CF37 1NY
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Avonbank Engineering Services Ltd

Staddle Stones, Blacksmiths Lane

Cropshorne, Pershore,

Worcestershire

WR10 3LX
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ALERIS RECYCLING LTD. 

WAUNARLWYDD WORKS 

WAUNARLWYDD 

SWANSEA, UK 

SA5 4YG
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Befessa Salt Slags Limited

Registered Office

Fenns bank

Whitchurch

Shropshire

SY13 3PA
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
do  
Brasil Ltda.

	 	Crown Colombiana S.A. 

Vereda Tibitó 

Via Autódromo Tocancipá a Zipaquirá, Tocancipá
— c/marca 

Colombina
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam do Brasil Ltda.

Distrito Industrial II — Quadra 9 da BR 381 km 

875

Extrema, MG 

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Recife’s Branch

Rodovia PE 60 s/n — Km 7

Complexo SUAPE 

Cabo de Santo Agostinho / Recife 

CEP: 54500-000

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Aguas Claras’ Branch 

Estrada do Cartorio 2101

94400-000 Águas Claras 

Viamão 

Brazil
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Brasília’s Branch 

AE03, Reservada p/ Atividades 

Industriais, Parte A 

Gama — Distrito Federal

 Brasília
CEP: 72400-970

 Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Jacareí’s Branch 

Av, José Ribeiro de Moreira, 999, 

Pedregulho 

CEP 12.312-280 — Jacareí — SP 

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rexam Amazônia Ltda. 

Av. Cupiúba, n° 1600

Distrito Industrial 

69075-060

Manaus- AM 

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Cuiabá’s Branch 

Rua O, S/N 

Distrito Industrial 78098-410

Cuiabá, MT 

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda, 

Via Ipitanga, 486 — Setor Sul CIA 

Simões Filho — BA 

CEP: 43700-000

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Aruma Produtora de Embalagens do Sergipe Ltda.
Rodovia BR 101, km 133 — Distrito do Grotao
Estancia — SE
Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tekno S.A. Constrs. Industria e Comercio 

Rod, Washington Luiz, Km 181

Guaratinguetá — SP 

CEP 12500-000

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Elfer Indústria Serviço e Comércio Ltda. 

Av. Gastáo Vidigal Neto, n° 230

Pindamonhangaba, SP 

Brazil
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Abreu Beneficiamentos Ltda. 

Rodovia dos Metalúrgicos, 4.800 — Bairro Casa 

das Pedras Volta Redonda — RJ 

CEP 27256-272

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Aleris Reciclagem Ltda. 

Av. Julio de Paula Claro, 900
Pindamonhangaba — SP 

CEP 12441-400

Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Cragea Cia. Reg. De Armaz. Gerais e Entr.
Aduaneiros
Estrada Velha Rio/SP s/n km 103 Eugenio de Melo
São Jose dos Campos — SP
CEP 12247-970
Brazil
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis 

Deutshland 

GmbH

	 	Schenker Deutschland AG

Logistikzenttum Nord

Nonnendammallee 32-34

D- 13599 Berlin
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Friedrich Zufall GmbH & Co. KG, 

Internationale Spedition, Am Güterverkehrszentrum, 

D- 37079 Gottingen
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Erich Schmelz GmbH & Co. KG, 

Internationale Spedition,
Miramstrasse 75, 

D- 34123 Kassel
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Goeldner Spedition + Logistik GmbH 

Tilsiter Str. 13

41460 Neuss
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Navis Schiffahrts- und Speditions AG

Postfach 10 48 48

20033 Hamburg
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Rhenus Midgard AG & Co KG

Postfach 31 04 29

27540 Bremerhaven
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DHL Freight GmbH

Leimengrube 9

74613 Öhringen
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	UCT Umschlag Container Terminal GmbH,

Sachtlebenstrasse 34,

4 154 1 Dormagen
	 	No

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Aleris Recycling (German Works) GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Postfach 10 06 34	 	 
	 
	 	41490 Grevenbroich	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BAGR Berliner Aluminiumwerk GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Kopenhagener Strasse 59	 	 
	 
	 	13407 Berlin	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Biewer Industrie & Logisitk GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Hans Böckler Str. 3	 	 
	 
	 	56070 Koblenz	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Curef GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Am Overbeck 82	 	 
	 
	 	58300 Wetter	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Gunness Wharf Ltd.	 	No
	 
	 	Flixborouhg

 Scunthorpe,	 	 
	 
	 	North Lincolnshire,	 	 
	 
	 	DN 15 8SR	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Agfa-Gevaert AG,	 	No
	 
	 	Grafische Systeme,	 	 
	 
	 	Werk Kalle-Albert,	 	 
	 
	 	Postfach 35 40,65025 Wiesbaden	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Agfa-Gevaert UK Manufacturing,	 	No
	 
	 	Coal Road,	 	 
	 
	 	Leeds LS14 2AL West Yorkshire,	 	 
	 
	 	Grossbritannien	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Ball Packaging Europe GmbH,	 	No
	 
	 	Zweigniederlassung Braunschweig,	 	 
	 
	 	Hamburger Str. 36-41,	 	 
	 
	 	3 8 1 14 Braunschweig	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Karl Achenbach GmbH & Co. KG,	 	No
	 
	 	Zinzinger Str. 1 1,	 	 
	 
	 	661 17 Saarbriicken	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NE Deckensysteme GmbH,	 	No
	 
	 	Industriestr. 16,	 	 
	 
	 	45 73 9 Oer-Erkenschwick	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Impress GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Neue Industriestr. 1	 	 
	 
	 	27472 Cuxhaven	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	R.M.S. Europe Ltd.,	 	No
	 
	 	Boothfeny Terminal,	 	 
	 
	 	Bridge Street,	 	 
	 
	 	Goole,	 	 
	 
	 	East Yorkshire, DN14 5SS	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	LTl-Metalltechnik GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Im Flürlein 25	 	 
	 
	 	74215 Schöntal - Berlichingen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BFC-Fahrzeugteile GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Industriestrasse 17	 	 
	 
	 	74321 Bietigheim - Bissingen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NBB-Norder Band- und Blechverarbeitung GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Blaufarber StraBe 2	 	 
	 
	 	26506 Norden	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	REDE	 	No
	 
	 	Refendage - Deconpage	 	 
	 
	 	140, rue de la Liberation	 	 
	 
	 	60530 Le Mesnil-En-Thelle	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Schenker Deutschland GmbH (Draka Tele) =>	 	No
	 
	 	presently inactive	 	 
	 
	 	Logistikzentrum Nord	 	 
	 
	 	Montanstr. 8-16	 	 
	 
	 	D-13407 Berlin	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Prysmian Cables Limited	 	No
	 
	 	Industrial Cables Division	 	 
	 
	 	Plant 11	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Chickenhall Lane	 	No
	 
	 	Eastleigh	 	 
	 
	 	Southhampton - SO5 5XA	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Prysmian Telekom Cables & Systems UK Ltd.	 	No
	 
	 	Store 39	 	 
	 
	 	Chickenhall Lane	 	 
	 
	 	Eastleigh	 	 
	 
	 	Hampshire - SO50 6YU	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Vaassen Flexible Packaging BV	 	No
	 
	 	Dorpstraat 88	 	 
	 
	 	08171 BT Vaassen	 	 
	 
	 	Niederlande	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Gascogne Laminates Germany GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Rurstrasse 58	 	 
	 
	 	52441 Linnich	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Draka Comteq GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Unternehmensbereich Multimedia Cable	 	 
	 
	 	Wohlauer Strasse 15	 	 
	 
	 	90475 Nürnberg	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Fritz Fross GmbH + Co. KG (Alcan)	 	No
	 
	 	Gottlieb-Daimler-Strasse 2	 	 
	 
	 	79331 Teningen	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	Kablovna Decin Podmokly, s.r.o.	 	No
	 
	 	Ustecka 840/33	 	 
	 
	 	40533 Decin Vczech Republic	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Gascogne Laminates SAS	 	No
	 
	 	Zone Industrielle No. 1	 	 
	 
	 	1, rue Louis Blanc	 	 
	 
	 	40100 Dax Cedex France	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Spedition Fahrner	 	No
	 
	 	Plettenberger Straβe 12	 	 
	 
	 	58791 Werdohl	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	HGS Gropengiesser	 	No
	 
	 	An der Bellmerei 11	 	 
	 
	 	58513 Lüdenscheid	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Schenker Deutschland AG	 	No
	 
	 	Nonnendammallee 35	 	 
	 
	 	13599 Berlin	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Spedition Dachser	 	No
	 
	 	Niederlassung Memmingen	 	 
	 
	 	Lieferantenzentrum	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Lager Novelis	 	No
	 
	 	Wernher-von-Braun-Straβe 13	 	 
	 
	 	87700 Memmingen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	M. Preymesser GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Anton-Tucher-Str 1	 	 
	 
	 	D-28309 Bremen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Universal Express Ltd.	 	No
	 
	 	Access 10 Business Park	 	 
	 
	 	Bentley Road South	 	 
	 
	 	WS 108 LQ	 	 
	 
	 	GB	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Preymesser GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Edisonstr. 1	 	 
	 
	 	85098 Groβmehring	 	 
	 
	 	Germany	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	M. Preymesser GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Hafenstr. 95	 	 
	 
	 	D-74078 Heilbronn	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	M. Preymesser GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Industriestr. 3	 	 
	 
	 	D-84 180 Loiching	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Subject to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 
	 	Ball Packaging Europe GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Zweigniederlassung BraunschweigKarl Schmidt	 	 
	 
	 	Str 15	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	D-38 114 Braunschweig	 	No
	 
	 	M. Preymesser GmbH & Co. KG	 	 
	 
	 	Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 34	 	 
	 
	 	D-71034 Böblingen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Stahl Zentrurn Glauchau GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Peniger Str. 17	 	 
	 
	 	D-0837 1 Glauchau	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Läpple Blechverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Bayern	 	 
	 
	 	August Läpple Platz 1	 	 
	 
	 	D-93 158 Teublitz	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	
	 	Novelis
Italia S.R.L. Rome	 	No
	 
	 	Via Pontina Km 31, 500	 	 
	 
	 	00040 Pomezia	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SMK Stahlmagazin GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Von-Miller Str. 3 1
	 	 
	 
	 	 D-6766 1 Kaiserslautern	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	R.M.S. Europe LTD	 	No
	 
	 	BootsferryTerminal, Bridge Street,	 	 
	 
	 	Goole, East Yorkshire,	 	 
	 
	 	DN14 5SS, England	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Dehnhard Spedition	 	No
	 
	 	Willertshagenerstr.2	 	 
	 
	 	58540 Meinerzhagen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Thyssen Krupp Metallcenter GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Am Oberwald 1	 	 
	 
	 	76744 Wörth	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Novelis Automotive UK Ltd.	 	No
	 
	 	Axcess 10, Business Park, Bentley Road South	 	 
	 
	 	WS10 8LQ Wednesbury	 	 
	 
	 	UK	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SMH Stahlmagazin Hannover	 	No
	 
	 	Industruestrasse 2	 	 
	 
	 	30928 Seelze—Letter	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Coils S.A.	 	No
	 
	 	Industriezone 5	 	 
	 
	 	3400 Landen	 	 
	 
	 	Belgium	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Subject to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 
	 	Coil GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Claude- Breda-Str. 1	 	 
	 
	 	06406 Bernburg	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Decomecc Co.	 	No
	 
	 	Bilzer Weg 8	 	 
	 
	 	3600 Genk	 	 
	 
	 	Belgium	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BFC Büro-und Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co.	 	No
	 
	 	Produktions KG	 	 
	 
	 	Hofener Weg 33	 	 
	 
	 	71686 Remseck	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Shear Accuracy	 	No
	 
	 	Access 10, Business Park Bentley Road South	 	 
	 
	 	Wednesbury	 	 
	 
	 	WS108LQ	 	 
	 
	 	GB	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Hannoverschestrasse 1	 	 
	 
	 	37075 Göttingen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Spedition Schmelz GmbH u. Co KG	 	No
	 
	 	Internationale Spedition	 	 
	 
	 	Miramstr. 75	 	 
	 
	 	34123 Kassel	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BAGR Berliner Aluminiumwerke GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Kopenhagener Str. 59	 	 
	 
	 	13407 Berlin Reineckendorf	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ContiTech TechnoChemie	 	No
	 
	 	Dieselstr. 4	 	 
	 
	 	D-61184 Karben	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ContiTech Kühner GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Talstrasse 1-8	 	 
	 
	 	D—71570 Oppenweiter	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Rhenus AG & Co (ContiTech Technochemie)	 	No
	 
	 	Gutleutstr. 371	 	 
	 
	 	D-60827 Frankfurt	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ContiTech TechnoChemie GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Industriestraβe Nord (VW Werk)	 	 
	 
	 	D-38239 Salzgitter	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Continental Industrias	 	No
	 
	 	Avda. San Pablo 37	 	 
	 
	 	E-28820 Coslada-Madrid	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Subject to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 
	 	Sped. Gräfen (Dura)	 	No
	 
	 	Holunderweg 5	 	 
	 
	 	D-54550 Daun-Boverath	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Eaton Fluid Power	 	No
	 
	 	Thorns Road	 	 
	 
	 	GB-Brierley Hill, W.Midl. DY5 2LB	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ICP (Eaton)	 	No
	 
	 	Poligono Industrial R-2	 	 
	 
	 	Calle Zeus 16-18 
Modulo I	 	 
	 
	 	28880 Meco (Madrid)	 	 
	 
	 	Spain	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NAL Neuenhagener Aluminium
Leichtbehältnisse	 	No
	 
	 	GmbH	 	 
	 
	 	Parkstr. 7	 	 
	 
	 	15366 Nenenhagen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Dewitz	 	No
	 
	 	Nicolaistrasse 32	 	 
	 
	 	D-12247 Berlin	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Karl Kaminski GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Betsbruchdamm 10	 	 
	 
	 	D-28816 Stuhr	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Karl-Heinz Sobotta	 	No
	 
	 	Erich - Zeigner - Allee 69/73	 	 
	 
	 	D-04229 Leipzig	 	 
	 
	 	Zable	 	 
	 
	 	16 Gateforth Lane	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	GB-YO8 9HP Hambleton Selby
 Zaiser	 	No
	 
	 	Neuwiesen 9	 	 
	 
	 	D-733 12 Geislingen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Boon Weets	 	No
	 
	 	Industriezone Webbekom 2/16	 	 
	 
	 	B-3290 Diest	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Kühne & Nagel AG & Co.

 Spannstiftstr. 1 - 39	 	No
	 
	 	D-58 119 Hagen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Formpack GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Lohnverarbeiter	 	 
	 
	 	Lützelbergstr. 28	 	 
	 
	 	D-79369 Whyl	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Neoten GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Peiner Str. 133-135	 	 
	 
	 	D-38229 Salzgitter	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Subject to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 
	 	Tscheulin-Rothal GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	Friedrich-Meyer-Str. 23	 	 
	 
	 	D-79331 Teningen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Waro-Pack	 	No
	 
	 	Auf der Schanze 4	 	 
	 
	 	D-29303 Bergen	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis PAE SAS	 	Soflog	 	No
	 
	 	91 rue des Bonnais	 	 
	 
	 	38120 Saint-Egreve	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Ectra	 	No
	 
	 	Rue Louis Gagnaire	 	 
	 
	 	38950 Saint-Martin-Le-Vinoux	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Soflog	 	No
	 
	 	38261 La Côte Saint André	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	LEAS	 	No
	 
	 	Zone industrielle de la Batie	 	 
	 
	 	38 330 Saint Ismier	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	Tetra Pak Wrexham	 	No
	Luxembourg
	 	Bedwell Road	 	 
	S.A.
	 	Gross Lanes	 	 
	 
	 	Wrexham CLWYD	 	 
	 
	 	UK - WREXHAM LL13 OUT	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Tetra Pak Limburg	 	No
	 
	 	Höhenstrasse 4	 	 
	 
	 	D - 65549 Limburg	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Tetra Pak Kiev	 	No
	 
	 	UI. Mezhigorskaya 82245080 Kiev	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Amcor Flexibles Dijon	 	No
	 
	 	Usine de Dijon	 	 
	 
	 	24 rue de la Stéarinerie	 	 
	 
	 	BP 150	 	 
	 
	 	21004 Dijon Cedex	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Amcor Flexibles Froges	 	No
	 
	 	Usine de Dijon	 	 
	 
	 	BP 150	 	 
	 
	 	21004 Dijon Cedex	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Vaassen	 	No
	 
	 	Vaassen Flexible Packaging BV	 	 
	 
	 	Po Box 2 Dorpsstraat 88 	 	 
	 
	 	8170 BT Vaassen	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Subject to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 
	 	Amcor Flexibles Lugo	 	No
	 
	 	Magazino Barthe Italiane	 	 
	 
	 	I—36030 Lugo di Vicenza	 	 
	 
	 	SOPAL- Gascogne France	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Gascogne Laminates	 	No
	 
	 	BP78 1 rue Louis Blanc	 	 
	 
	 	F- 40102 Dax Cedex	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Gascogne Laminate Germany GmbH	 	No
	 
	 	LKW Einfahrt	 	 
	 
	 	Buschweig	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Kasel	 	No
	 
	 	Zone Industrielle

 L9166 Mertzig	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	CAT Le Corail	 	No
	 
	 	1 rue Thomas Edison	 	 
	 
	 	57 972 Yutz	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Lentz Bertrange	 	No
	 
	 	80 route de Longwy	 	 
	 
	 	L8060 Bertrange	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Intertrans	 	No
	 
	 	6 rue de Kiell	 	 
	 
	 	Aubange	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Lentz Munsbach	 	No
	 
	 	35 Parc d’activites FYRDALL	 	 
	 
	 	5365 Munsbach	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Lecxis	 	No
	 
	 	Zone Industrielle	 	 
	 
	 	54620 Villers la Montagne	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	NOVELIS AUTOMOTIVE UK	 	No
	Switzerland
	 	Axcess 10 Business Park	 	 
	SA
	 	Bentley Road South	 	 
	 
	 	WS10 8LQ Wednesbury	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	PREYMESSER GMBH. CO KG SPEDITION	 	No
	 
	 	HAFENSTRASSE 95	 	 
	 
	 	74076 HEILBRONN	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	M.PREYMESSER GMBH CO. KG SPEDITION	 	No
	 
	 	EDISON STRASSE 1	 	 
	 
	 	85098 GROSSMEHRING	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	M. PREYMESSER GmbH & Co. KG	 	No
	 
	 	Anton-Tucher-Str. 1	 	 
	 
	 	28309 BREMEN	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	Subject to Bailee/Landlord Letter
	 

	 	BMW AG 

C/O M. PREYMESSER GMBH. & CO 

KG SPEDITION 

INDUSTRIESTRASSE
3 

84180 LOICHING
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	LAEPPLE BLECHVERARBEITUNG

 GMBH
& CO. KG BAYERN 

AUGUST-LAEPPLE-PLATZ 1 

93158
TEUBLITZ
	 	No
	 
	 

	 	SMK

Stahlmagazin GmbH Kaiserslautern

Von-Miiler-Strabe 31

67661 Kaiserslautern
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	W. WUEST GMBH + CO 

WUESTSTRASSE 

74076 HEILBRONN
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	AUDI AG

 Werk Neckarsulm

Hafenstrasse 95 
74076
Heilbronn
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SMH Stahlmagazin GmbH Hannover

Industriestrasse 2 
30926
Seelze
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Daimler AG 
Werk Sindelfingen

Otto Lilienthalstrasse 4 

71034 Boeblingen
	 	No
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SMG Stahlmagazin GmbH Gustavsburg

 Lange Streng 
65462
Gustavsburg
	 	No

 

 

Schedule 4.01(g)

Local and Foreign Counsel

	•	 	Lawson Lundell LLP, as special British Columbia and Alberta counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Lavery de Billy, LLP, as special Quebec counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Macfarlanes, as UK counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Noerr LLP, as German counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Ernst & Young Societe d’Avocats, as French counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Levy & Salomao Advogados, as Brazilian counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	A&L Goodbody, as Irish counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	CMS von Erlach Henrici AG, as Swiss counsel to the Loan Parties 
	 
	•	 	Ernst & Young, as
Italian counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Kim & Chang, as Korean counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Elvinger Dessoy Dennewald, as Luxembourg counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Vieira de Almeida & Associados, as Portugal counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	King & Spalding, as Georgia and Texas counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Tucker, Ellis & West, as Ohio counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Jackson Kelly PLLC, as West Virginia counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Ice Miller, as Indiana counsel to the Loan Parties
	 
	•	 	Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, as Kentucky counsel to the Loan Parties

 

 

Schedule 4.01 (o)(iii)

Title Insurance Amounts

	 	 	 
	Facility	 	Amount
	1261 Willow Run Road, Greensboro, Georgia
	 	$8,110,000
	5901 N.
13th Street, Terre Haute, Indiana
	 	$24,450,000
	1380, 1430, 1141 S. 13lh St. Louisville, Kentucky
	 	$11,000,000
	Lake Road North, Scriba, New York
	 	$28,920,000
	390 Griswold Street NE, Warren, Ohio
	 	$13,670,000
	1800 Speedway Street, Fairmont, West Virginia
	 	$22,300,000
	1 Lappan’s Lane and 945 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario
	 	C$50,710,000
	2040 rue Fay, Saguenay, Quebec
	 	C$20,980,000

 

 

Schedule 5.1 (b)

Certain Subsidiaries

None

 

 

Schedule 5.15

Post-Closing
Covenants

	1.	 	Within 30 days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Loan Parties to the U.S. Security Agreement
shall deliver Control Agreements with respect to their respective Deposit Accounts (other than
Excluded Deposit Accounts (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement) and Securities Accounts
(other than Excluded Securities Accounts (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement) held at
the following account banks and securities intermediaries (each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent):

	 	•	 	Compass Federal Credit Union
	 
	 	•	 	JPMorgan Clearing Corp.
	 
	 	•	 	JPMorgan Chase
	 
	 	•	 	JPMorgan, N.Y.
	 
	 	•	 	Citibank N.Y.
	 
	 	•	 	Citibank Delaware
	 
	 	•	 	Citibank, N.A.
	 
	 	•	 	PNC Bank, National Association
	 
	 	•	 	Deutsche Bank
	 
	 	•	 	Royal Bank of Canada

	2.	 	Within 30 days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Loan Parties shall execute and deliver the
Brazilian Security Agreements, and deliver any related Collateral deliverable pursuant to the
Brazilian Security Agreements and the other Loan Documents, and complete all required filings and
other actions related thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.

 

 

Schedule 6.01(b)

Existing Indebtedness

EXISTING INTERCOMPANY INDEBTEDNESS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lender	 	Borrower	 	Currency	 	Amount	 	Issue Date	 	Maturity
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Aluminium	 	EUR	 	293,834,842.	 	1/7/2005	 	1/7/2015
	 
	 	Holding Company	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Luxembourg S.A.	 	EUR	 	15,000,000.	 	2/3/2005	 	2/3/2015
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	80,000,000.	 	7/6/2007	 	5/31/2012
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	5,000,000.	 	7/6/2007	 	5/31/2012
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	25,000,000.	 	7/6/2007	 	5/31/2012
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	25,000,000.	 	7/6/2007	 	5/31/2012
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	15,000,000.	 	1/5/2008	 	1/5/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Aluminium	 	EUR	 	87,291,599.	 	7/10/2008	 	2/3/2015
	 
	 	Holding Company	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	5,000,000.	 	3/11/2008	 	3/11/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	30,000,000.	 	8/4/2008	 	8/4/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	30,000,000.	 	8/4/2008	 	8/4/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	20,000,000.	 	8/4/2008	 	8/4/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis AG	 	EUR	 	121,421,203.34	 	11/4/2009	 	1/13/2015
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis AG
	 	Novelis Switzerland SA	 	CHF	 	60,000,000.	 	12/29/2009	 	12/29/2010
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	15,000,000.	 	12/29/2009	 	9/15/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	50,000,000.	 	5/20/2010	 	5/20/2011
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	15,000,000.	 	6/25/2010	 	12/31/2010
	Ltda.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	226,000,000.	 	7/9/2010	 	7/8/2011

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Lender	 	Borrower	 	Currency	 	Amount	 	Issue Date	 	Maturity
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	120,000,000.	 	8/12/2010	 	8/12/2011
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Europe
	 	Novelis AG	 	USD	 	11,291,082.88	 	9/30/2010	 	12/30/2010
	Holdings Limited
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	20,000,000.	 	9/30/2010	 	3/31/2011
	Ltda.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Brand LLC
	 	Novelis Services Limited	 	USD	 	66,440,400.87	 	9/28/2010	 	7/6/2014
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis No. 1
	 	Novelis Brand LLC	 	USD	 	106,440,400.87	 	9/28/2010	 	7/6/2014
	Limited
Partnership
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	Novelis AG	 	CHF	 	916,000.	 	11/30/2010	 	1/31/2011
	Technology
AG
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis PAE S.A.S.
	 	Novelis AG	 	EUR	 	9,537,512.95	 	12/9/2010	 	12/23/2010
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Lamines
	 	Novelis AG	 	EUR	 	5,793,614.34	 	12/15/2010	 	1/14/2011
	France SAS
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis AG
	 	Novelis Italia SpA	 	EUR	 	13,000,000.	 	12/15/2010	 	1/14/2011

OTHER EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Entity	 	Creditor/Lender	 	Description	 	Currency	 	Amount	 	Maturity
	Novelis Italia SpA
	 	Credito Artigiano 	 	Total overdraft /	 	EUR	 	15,000,000	 	N/A
	 
	 	Spa Banca 	 	lines of credit	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Popolare Di Bergamo Spa	 	capacity	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Banca Intesa San Paolo	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	N/A	 	Capital lease (Alcan)	 	CHF	 	45,263,546	 	12/2019
	Switzerland
SA
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	N/A	 	Capital lease (SG)	 	CHF	 	717,980	 	8/2011
	Switzerland
SA
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Entity	 	Creditor/Lender	 	Description	 	Currency	 	Amount	 	Maturity
	Novelis Goettingen
	 	N/A	 	Capital lease (cafeteria renovation)	 	EUR	 	80,269	 	10/2011
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Goettingen
	 	N/A	 	Capital lease (telephone system)	 	EUR	 	154,245	 	10/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Goettingen
	 	N/A	 	Capital lease (machinery)	 	EUR	 	25,771	 	10/2013
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Latchford
	 	N/A	 	Capital lease (forklifts)	 	GBP	 	703,482	 	6/2016

 

 

Schedule 6.02(c) 

Existing Liens

The exceptions from the title insurance coverage as set forth on the attached Annex A.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	File No. and Date of	 	Registration/Renewal	 	 
	Debtor(s)	 	Secured Party(ies)	 	Registration	 	Period (years)	 	Collateral Description
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION
 P O
BOX 6977

CLEVELAND, OH, 

USA 

44101-1966

	 	AIR LIQUIDE

INDUSTRIAL US 
LP

12800 WEST
 LITTLE
YORK 
ROAD

HOUSTON, TX,

USA

77041
	 	05-0021329284

JULY 8, 2005

05-00265681

AUGUST 24, 2005

AMENDMENT

10-00195118

JULY 7, 2010

CONTINUATION
	 	5 Years
	 	VERTICAL

VESSEL 9000

GALLON SERIAL

#L1348

VERTICAL

VESSEL 13000

GALLON SERIAL #

S1154 & S1155

(LOCATION:
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	ALCAN
ALUMINUM 448

COUNTY ROUTE 

1A, OSWEGO NY 

13126) 

VERTICAL 

VESSEL 11000

GALLON SERIAL#

318

(LOCATION: 

CHASE CITY, VA
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

6060 PARKLAND 

BLVD 

CLEVELAND, OH, 

USA 

44124

	 	MARUBENI

AMERICA

CORPORATION

450 LEXINGTON

AVE,

NEW YORK, NY,

USA

10017
	 	06-0002744609

JANUARY 25,

2006
	 	5 Years
	 	purchase money
security interest in
all Primary Aluminum
Tee Bars shipped to
DEBTOR and all
proceeds arising from
the sale of Primary
Aluminum Tee Bars
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

3399 PEACHTREE 

RD NE 

ATLANTA, GA, 

USA 

30326-1120

	 	IOS CAPITAL

1738 BASS RD

MACON, GA, USA

31210-1043
	 	06-0004965040

FEBRUARY 13,

2006
	 	5 Years
	 	All equipment now or
hereafter leased in
an equipment leasing
transaction in
connection with that
certain Master
Agreement No.
1799592, and all
additions,
improvements,
attachments
accessories,
accessions, upgrades,
replacements,
substitutions or
exchanges and any and
all products,
insurance and / or
other proceeds (cash
and non-cash) there
from

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	File No. and Date of	 	Registration/Renewal	 	 
	Debtor(s)	 	Secured Party(ies)	 	Registration	 	Period (years)	 	Collateral Description
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

6060 PARK BLVD. 

CLEVELAND, OH, 

USA 

44124

	 	THOMPSON 

TRACTOR CO., 

INC. 

P O BOX 10367

BIRMINGHAM, 

AL, USA 

35202
	 	06-0017582291

MAY 23, 2006
	 	5 Years
	 	One (l) GC55 s/n
AT88A00191 Proceeds
of the collateral are
also covered
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

448 COUNTY RT 

1A 

OSWEGO 

CENTER, NY, 

USA 

13126-5962

	 	DE LAGE 

LANDEN 

FINANCIAL 

SERVICES, INC. 

1111 OLD EAGLE 

SCHOOL RD 

WAYNE PA
	 	06-0032929798

OCTOBER 3, 2006
	 	5 Years
	 	UCC-1 with a schedule
A [listing certain
copier systems]
INCLUDING ALL
COMPONENTS,
ADDITIONS,
UPGRADES,
ATTACHMENTS,
ACCESSIONS,
SUBSTITUTIONS,
REPLACEMENT
AND PROCEEDS
OF THE
FOREGOING.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

6060 PARKLAND 

BLVD 

MAYFIELD 

HEIGHTS, OH, 

USA 

44121

	 	GLENCORE LTD.

301 TRESSOR 

BLVD 

STAMFORD, CT, 

USA 

06901-3244
	 	06-0033941541

OCTOBER 12,
2006
	 	5 Years
	 	i) all of Glencore
Ltd.’s A7E, A71,
PI020 AND/OR P0610 OR
ITS EQUIVALENT
(collectively, the
“Product”) stored
from time to time at
the storage facility
of Novelis
Corporation located
at (I) Novelis Oswego
Works, 448 County
Route 1 A, Oswego,
NY, (2) Novelis Berea
Recycling Plant, 302
Mayde Road, Berea,
NY, (3) Novelis
Greensboro
Recycling Plant,
Willow Run Road,
Greensboro, GA and
(4) Novelis
Russellville Rolled
Products, Highway 431
North, Russelville, KY, and
(ii) all proceeds of
such Product

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	File No. and Date of	 	Registration/Renewal	 	 
	Debtor(s)	 	Secured Party(ies)	 	Registration	 	Period (years)	 	Collateral Description
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

6060 PARKLAND 

BLVD 

MAYFIELD 

HEIGHTS, OH, 

USA 

44121

	 	GLENCORE LTD. 

THREE 

STAMFORD 

PLAZA 

301 TRESSOR 

BLVD. 

STAMFORD, CT, 
USA 

06901-3244
	 	08-0016393414

MAY 13,2008
	 	5 Years
	 	(i) all of Glencore
Ltd.’s A7E, A71,
P1020 AND/OR P0610 OR
ITS EQUIVALENT
(collectively, the
“Product”) stored
from time to time at
the storage facility
of Novelis
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Corporation located
at (1) Novelis Oswego
Works, 448 County
Route 1 A, Oswego,
NY, (2) Novelis Berea
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Recycling Plant, 302
Mayde Road, Berea,
NY, (3) Novelis
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Greensboro Recycling
Plant, Willow Run
Road, Greensboro, GA
and (4) Novelis
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Russellville Rolled

Products, Highway 431
North,
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Russelville, KY, and
(ii) all products of
such Product.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION, 

1261 WILLOW 

RUN RD 

GREENSBORO,

	 	AIR LIQUIDE

INDUSTRIAL U.S. 

LP 

18222 E 

PETROLEUM DR
	 	09-0002194005

JANUARY 23,

2009
	 	5 Years
	 	13,000 GALLON

NITROGEN VESSEL—
SERIAL # 13354

	GA, USA 

30642

	 	BATON ROUGE,

LA, USA

70809
	 	 	 	 	 	3,000 GALLON 

ARGON VESSEL —
SERIAL #77-134-4
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

302 MAYDE 

ROAD 

BEREA, KY, USA 

40403

	 	AIR LIQUIDE 

INDUSTRIAL U.S. 

LP 

2700 POST OAK 

BLVD 

HOUSTON, TX, 

USA 

77056
	 	09-0003755231

FEBRUARY 9,

2009
	 	5 Years
	 	1500 GAL LIN

VESSEL (SERIAL

#4677)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

6060 PARKLAND 

BLVD 

CLEVELAND, OH, 

USA 44124

	 	ALCAN

PRIMARY

PRODUCTS

CORPORATION

6150 PARKLAND

BLVD STE #200
MAYFIELD

HEIGHTS, OH,

USA
44124
	 	09-0004094440

FEBRUARY 11,

2009
	 	5 Years
	 	stock of Alcan
Aluminum Sheet ingot
consisting of alloys
5182-01 and 5182-05
in cross sections of
28in. x 66.7in. x 300in. and
28in. x 66.7in x
267in. maintained at
the warehouse of
Consignee located at
Logal Aluminum,
Russelville, Kentucky

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	File No. and Date of	 	Registration/Renewal	 	 
	Debtor(s)	 	Secured Party(ies)	 	Registration	 	Period (years)	 	Collateral Description
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

302 MAYDE RD 

BEREA, KY, 

USA 

40403

	 	MARLIN

LEASING CORP

300 FELLOWSHIP

RD

MOUNT LAUREL,

NJ, USA

08054
	 	09-0006074773

MARCH 3,
2009
	 	5 Years
	 	(I) VB8 CID2 COMPLETE
KIT #41147, “AND ALL
REPLACEMENTS,
SUBSTITUTIONS,
ACCESSIONS, ADD-ONS,
AND ALL PROCEEDS AND
ACCOUNTS OF THE
DEBTOR ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATED TO THE
FOREGOING.”
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

448 COUNTY 

ROUTE 1A 

OSWEGO, NY, 

USA 

13126

	 	DE LAGE 

LANDEN 

FINANCIAL 

SERVICES, INC. 

1111 OLD EAGLE 

SCHOOL RD 

WAYNE, PA, USA 

19087
	 	09-0031022794

NOVEMBER 6,

2009
	 	5 Years
	 	ALL EQUIPMENT LEASED
OR FINANCED BY
SECURED PARTY TO OR
FOR DEBTOR PURSUANT
TO SECURED PARTY’S
CONTRACT NUMBER
25004847.
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	TOGETHER WITH ALL
ADDITIONS,

ATTACHMENTS,

ACCESSORIES AND

SUBSTITUTIONS TO OR
FOR THE SAME, AND ALL
PROCEEDS OF THE

FOREGOING
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

6060 PARKLAND 

BLVD 

MAYFIELD 

HEIGHTS, OH, 

USA 

44124

	 	GLENCORE LTD. 

301 TRESSER 

BLVD 

THREE 

STAMFORD 

PLAZA 

STAMFORD, CT, 

USA 

06901
	 	10-0007215046

MARCH 12,
1010
	 	5 Years
	 	PRIMARY ALUMINUM
all of Glencore
Ltd.’s A7E, A71,
P1020 AND/OR P0610 OR
ITS EQUIVALENT
(collectively, the
“Product”) stored
from time to time at
the storage facility

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	File No. and Date of	 	Registration/Renewal	 	 
	Debtor(s)	 	Secured Party(ies)	 	Registration	 	Period (years)	 	Collateral Description
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	of Novelis Corporation
located at (1)
Novelis Oswego Works,
448 County Route 1 A,
Oswego, NY, (2)
Novelis Berea
Recycling Plant, 302
Mayde Road, Berea,
NY, (3) Novelis
Greensboro Recycling
Plant, Willow Run
Road, Greensboro, GA
and (4) Novelis
Russellville Rolled
Products, Highway 431
North, Russelville,
KY (the “Facility”),
and held in
demarcated segregated
storage areas at the
Facility which are
bounded by painted
lines or some other
method and which are
conspicuously marked
“Property of Glencore
Ltd.” and (ii) all
proceeds of such
Product.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS INC, 

3399 PEACHTREE 

RD NE 

ATLANDA, GA, 

USA 

30326-1120

	 	DOCUTEAM INC. 
PO
BOX 609
 CEDAR
RAPIDS,
 IA, USA 

54206
	 	10-0021462773

JULY 26, 2010
	 	5 Years
	 	Various Sharp Copier,
Printer and Fax
Systems AND ALL
PRODUCTS, PROCEEDS
AND ATTACHMENTS.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

1261 WILLOW 

RUN RD 

GREENSBORO, 

GA, USA 

30642

NOVELIS 

CORPORATION 

302 MAYDE RD 

BEREA, KY, USA 

40403

	 	NOBLE 

AMERICAS 

CORP.
333 LUDLOW 

STREET 

STE 1230

STAMFORD, CT, 

USA 
06902

	 	10-0032081671

NOVEMBER 5,

2011	 	5 Years

	 	VALUE = $650,000.00
QUANTITY = 550,000 lbs
PRODUCTS -
Aluminum (primary,
sow and tbar) which
have been, or at any
time in the future
are, now or hereafter
consigned by
consignor to consignee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS INC. 

6060 PARKLAND 
BLVD. 

CLEVELAND, OH, 

USA

	 	ALCAN 

PRIMARY 

PRODUCTS
CORPORATION

6150 PARKLAND
	 	
200901717

FEBRUARY 6,

2009

 	 	5 Years 	 	
a consignment stock
of approximately 1.3
million pounds of
Alcan Aluminum Sheet
ingot

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	File No. and Date of	 	Registration/Renewal	 	 
	Debtor(s)	 	Secured Party(ies)	 	Registration	 	Period (years)	 	Collateral Description
	44124

	 	BLVD. 

SUITE #200

MAYFIELD 

HEIGHTS, OH, 

USA 

44124
	 	 	 	 	 	consisting of alloy
AA 3003 in cross
sections of 28in. x
53in. and 28in. x
64.5in. and alloy
X528 in cross
sections of 28in. x
53in. and 28in. x
58in., maintained at
the warehouse of
Consignee located at
Oswego, New York

 

 

Schedule 6.04(b)

 Existing Investments

Investments as set forth in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificates delivered by each of the
Loan Parties.

EXISTING INTERCOMPANY INVESTMENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lender	 	Borrower	 	Currency	 	 	Amount	 	 	Issue Date	 	 	Maturity	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company	 	EUR	 	 	293,834,842.	 	 	 	1/7/2005	 	 	 	1/7/2015	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Luxembourg S.A.	 	EUR	 	 	15,000,000.	 	 	 	2/3/2005	 	 	 	2/3/2015	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	80,000,000.	 	 	 	7/6/2007	 	 	 	5/31/2012	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	5,000,000.	 	 	 	7/6/2007	 	 	 	5/31/2012	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	25,000,000.	 	 	 	7/6/2007	 	 	 	5/31/2012	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	25,000,000.	 	 	 	7/6/2007	 	 	 	5/31/2012	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	15,000,000.	 	 	 	1/5/2008	 	 	 	1/5/2013	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company	 	EUR	 	 	87,291,599.	 	 	 	7/10/2008	 	 	 	2/3/2015	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	5,000,000.	 	 	 	3/11/2008	 	 	 	3/11/2013	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	30,000,000.	 	 	 	8/4/2008	 	 	 	8/4/2013	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	30,000,000.	 	 	 	8/4/2008	 	 	 	8/4/2013	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	20,000,000.	 	 	 	8/4/2008	 	 	 	8/4/2013	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis AG	 	EUR	 	 	121,421,203.34	 	 	 	11/4/2009	 	 	 	1/13/2015	 
	Novelis AG
	 	Novelis Switzerland SA	 	CHF	 	 	60,000,000.	 	 	 	12/29/2009	 	 	 	12/29/2010	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.	 	USD	 	 	15,000,000.	 	 	 	12/29/2009	 	 	 	9/15/2013	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	 	50,000,000.	 	 	 	5/20/2010	 	 	 	5/20/2011	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	 	15,000,000.	 	 	 	6/25/2010	 	 	 	12/31/2010	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	 	226,000,000.	 	 	 	7/9/2010	 	 	 	7/8/2011	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Lender	 	Borrower	 	 	Currency	 	 	Amount	 	 	Issue Date	 	 	Maturity	 
	Novelis Inc.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	 	120,000,000.	 	 	 	8/12/2010	 	 	 	8/12/2011	 
	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 	Novelis AG	 	USD	 	 	11,291,082.88	 	 	 	9/30/2010	 	 	 	12/30/2010	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Novelis Corporation	 	USD	 	 	20,000,000.	 	 	 	9/30/2010	 	 	 	3/31/2011	 
	Novelis Brand LLC
	 	Novelis Services Limited	 	USD	 	 	66,440,400.87	 	 	 	9/28/2010	 	 	 	7/6/2014	 
	Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership
	 	Novelis Brand LLC	 	USD	 	 	106,440,400.87	 	 	 	9/28/2010	 	 	 	7/6/2014	 
	Novelis Technology AG
	 	Novelis AG	 	CHF	 	 	916,000.	 	 	 	11/30/2010	 	 	 	1/31/2011	 
	Novelis PAE S.A.S.
	 	Novelis AG	 	EUR	 	 	9,537,512.95	 	 	 	12/9/2010	 	 	 	12/23/2010	 
	Novelis Lamines France SAS
	 	Novelis AG	 	EUR	 	 	5,793,614.34	 	 	 	12/15/2010	 	 	 	1/14/2011	 
	Novelis AG
	 	Novelis Italia SpA	 	EUR	 	 	13,000,000.	 	 	 	12/15/2010	 	 	 	1/14/2011	 

 

 

Exhibit A

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	FAX ALONG WITH COMMITMENT LETTER TO:	 	Bridgett J Manduk
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	
	FAX #	 415 503 5011
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	I. Borrower Name:

	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	$	 	 	 	Type of Credit Facility Term B
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II. Legal Name of Lender of Record for Signature Page:

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	•
	 	Signing Credit Agreement
	 	_____YES
	 	_____NO
	 

	 	•
	 	Coming in via Assignment
	 	_____YES
	 	_____NO

III. Type of Lender: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

(Bank, Asset Manager, Broker/Dealer, CLO/CDO, Finance Company, Hedge Fund, Insurance, Mutual Fund,
Pension Fund, Other Regulated Investment Fund, Special Purpose Vehicle, Other — please specify)

	 	 	 

	IV. Domestic Address:

	 	V. Eurodollar Address:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 

VI. Contact Information:

Syndicate level information (which may contain material non-public information about the
Borrower and its related parties or their respective securities) will be made available to the
Credit Contact(s). The Credit Contacts identified must be able to receive such information in
accordance with his/her institution’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal
and state securities laws.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Primary	 	Secondary
	 	 	Credit Contact	 	Operations Contact	 	Operations Contact
	Name:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Telephone:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	E Mail Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Does Secondary Operations Contact need copy of notices? ___YES ___ NO

1

 

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CONFIDENTIAL

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Letter of Credit	 	Draft Documentation	 	 
	 	 	Contact	 	Contact	 	Legal Counsel
	Name:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Telephone:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	E Mail Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

VII. Lender’s Standby Letter of Credit, Commercial Letter of Credit, and Bankers’ Acceptance Fed
Wire Payment Instructions (if applicable):

	 	 	 	 	 

	Pay to:

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(Bank Name)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(ABA #)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(Account #)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(Attention)	 	 

VIII. Lender’s Fed Wire Payment Instructions:

	 	 	 	 	 

	Pay to:

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(Bank Name)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(ABA#)                                                                 (City/State)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(Account #)                                                   (Account Name)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(Attention)	 	 

2

 

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IX. Organizational Structure and Tax Status

Please refer to the enclosed withholding tax instructions below and then complete this section
accordingly:

	 	 	 

	Lender Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN):

	 	— — - — — — — — —
	 
	 	 
	Tax Withholding Form Delivered to Bank of America*:
	 	 

_________ W-9

_________ W-8BEN

_________ W-8ECI

_________ W-8EXP

_________ W-8IMY

NON—U.S. LENDER INSTITUTIONS

1. Corporations:

If your institution is incorporated outside of the United States for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, and is the beneficial owner of the interest and other income it receives, you must
complete one of the following three tax forms, as applicable to your institution: a.) Form W-8BEN
(Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner), b.) Form W-8ECI (Income Effectively Connected
to a U.S. Trade or Business), or c.) Form W-8EXP (Certificate of Foreign Government or Governmental
Agency).

A U.S. taxpayer identification number is required for any institution submitting a Form W-8 ECI.
It is also required on Form W-8BEN for certain institutions claiming the benefits of a tax treaty
with the U.S. Please refer to the instructions when completing the form applicable to your
institution. In addition, please be advised that U.S. tax regulations do not permit the acceptance
of faxed forms. An original tax form must be submitted.

2. Flow-Through Entities

If your institution is organized outside the U.S., and is classified for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as either a Partnership, Trust, Qualified or Non-Qualified Intermediary, or other non-U.S.
flow-through entity, an original Form
W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. branches
for United States Tax Withholding) must be completed by the intermediary together with a
withholding statement. Flow-through entities other than Qualified Intermediaries are required to
include tax forms for each of the underlying beneficial owners.

Please refer to the instructions when completing this form. In addition, please be advised that
U.S. tax regulations do not permit the acceptance of faxed forms. Original tax form(s) must be
submitted.

3

 

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U.S. LENDER INSTITUTIONS:

If your institution is incorporated or organized within the United States, you must complete and
return Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). Please be advised
that we require an original form W-9.

Pursuant to the language contained in the tax section of the Credit Agreement, the applicable tax
form for your institution must be completed and returned on or prior to the date on which your
institution becomes a lender under this Credit Agreement. Failure to provide the proper tax form
when requested will subject your institution to U.S. tax withholding.

*Additional guidance and instructions as to where to submit this documentation can be found at this
link:

	 	 	 

	 

	 	Please mail or courier original form to:
	

	 	Credit Services Department. - Attn: Tax Desk
101 North Tryon St. Mail Code: NC1-001-15-03
Charlotte, NC 28255
	 
	 	 
	IRS Tax Form Toolkit

	 	In advance, if you wish to confirm form validity, you may send an electronic version of the
completed form to Shelly Sanders for review at
Fax: 704-602-5746 Phone 704 387-2407
E-mail: shelly.h.sanders@bankofamerica.com
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Once validated, original form must be delivered to the Tax Desk as specified above.

All particpants must have an ORIGINAL and VALID Tax Form (either a w-9
or a w-8) on File with the Agent: 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	•	 	Domestic Investors
	 	 	•	 	W-9: Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
	•	 	Link to launch Form/Instructions:	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw9.pdf
	•	 	Examples: Citibank, N.A., General Electric Credit Corporation, Wachovia Bank National Association
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	•	 	Non-Domestic Investors will file one of four W-8 Forms
	 	 	•	 	W-8ECI: Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim for Exemption from
Withholding on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or
Business in the United States
	•	 	Link to launch Form/Instructions:	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8eci.pdf
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8eci.pdf
	 	 	 	 	•	 	Example: loans booked with US branches of Foreign Banks like
BNP Paribas, New York Branch, Mizuho Corporate Bank, San Francisco
Branch
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	•	 	W-8BEN: Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner
	 	 	 	 	•	 	“A beneficial owner solely claiming foreign status or treaty benefits”
	•	 	Link to launch Form/Instructions:	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf
	 	 	 	 	•	 	Example: Loans booked with a foreign “person” such as BNP
Paribas, Paris, France, Allied Irish Bank, Dublin
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Infrequently Used Forms Listed Below:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	•	 	W-8IMY: Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity,
or Certain U.S. Branches
	 	 	 	 	•	 	“A person acting as an intermediary; a foreign partnership or
foreign trust”.
	 	 	 	 	•	 	If a non-qualified intermediary, it is quite likely you will also
need to get a withholding form from all of the entities that have
an ownership share therein.
	•	 	Link to launch Form/Instructions:	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8imy.pdf
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8imy.pdf
	 	 	 	 	•	 	Example: Grand Cayman Asset Management LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	•	 	W-8EXP: Certificate of Foreign Government or Other Foreign Organization
	 	 	 	 	•	 	“A foreign government, international organization, foreign central
of issue, foreign tax-exempt organization, foreign private
foundation, or government of a U.S possession”
	•	 	Link to launch Form/Instructions:	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8exp.pdf
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8exp.pdf
	•     Example: UNESCO

Bank of America, N.A.

September 2006

X. Bank of America Payment Instructions:

	 	 	 

	Pay to:

	 	ABA # 026009593
	 

	 	Bank of America, New York, NY
	 

	 	Account # 1366212250600
	 

	 	Account Name: Credit Services
	 

	 	Ref: Novelis Inc.

3/1/07 Revision

4

 

EXHIBIT B

Form of

Assignment and Assumption

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date
set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and
[Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement defined below, receipt of a copy of which
is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1
attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this
Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and
the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in
accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective
Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights
and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or
instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest
identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the
respective facilities identified below (including participations in any Letters of Credit and
Swingline Loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under
applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its
capacity as a Lender) against any person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection
with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the
loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing,
including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims
and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned
pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i)
and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and
assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment
and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

	 	 	 	 	 

	1.

	 	Assignor:
	 	__________________________________________
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Assignee:
	 	__________________________________________

[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.

	 	Borrower:
	 	Novelis, Inc.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.

	 	Administrative Agent:
	 	Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.

	 	Credit Agreement:
	 	The Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by
and among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business
Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto (such
term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning

 

			
	1	 	Select as applicable.

EXHIBIT B-1

 

			
	 	 	given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time
party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as
Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto.

	6.	 	Assigned Interest:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Aggregate Amount of	 	 	Amount of [Term	 	 	Percentage Assigned	 
	 	 	[Term Loan	 	 	Loan Commitment]	 	 	of [Term Loan	 
	 	 	Commitment] [Term	 	 	[Term Loans]	 	Commitment] [Term	 
	Facility Assigned	 	Loans] for all Lenders	 	 	Assigned	 	 	Loans]2	 
	Term Loans
	 	$	 	 	 	$	 	 	 	 	%	 

[7. Trade Date: ____________ ]3

 

			
	2	 	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a
percentage of the applicable Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
	 
	3	 	To be completed if the Assignor and the
Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of
the Trade Date.

EXHIBIT B-2

 

Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL
BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]4

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ASSIGNOR

     [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ASSIGNEE

     [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Consented to and Accepted:

					
	 	

[NOVELIS INC., as Borrower]5

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

      as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

			
	4	 	This date may not be fewer than 5 Business
days after the date of assignment unless the Administrative Agent otherwise
agrees.
	 
	5	 	To be added only if the approval of such
person is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

EXHIBIT B-3

 

ANNEX 1 to Assignment and Assumption

NOVELIS INC.

CREDIT AGREEMENT

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of the Loan Parties, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other person
obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Loan
Parties, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other person of any of their respective
obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible Assignee under the Credit Agreement
(subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and
after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender
thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender
thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type
represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making
its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v)
it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Sections 4.01(e) or 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of
which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (vi) if it is not already a Lender under the Credit
Agreement, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is an Administrative Questionnaire in the form
of Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement, (vii) to the extent required by the Credit Agreement,
the Administrative Agent has received a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 as of the
Effective Date and (viii) attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required
to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed
by the Assignee; (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on any Agent, the
Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Loan Documents, (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations that by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender
and (iii) it will make or invest in its Commitments and Loans for its own account in the ordinary
course and without a view to distribution of such Commitments and Loans within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or other federal securities laws (it being understood that,
subject to the provisions of Sections 2.16(c), 11.02(d) and 11.04 of the
Credit Agreement, the disposition of such Commitments and Loans or any interests therein shall at
all times remain within its exclusive control); and (c) hereby

EXHIBIT B-ANNEX 1-1

 

expressly consents to, ratifies (genehmigt) and confirms the declarations and acts made by the
Collateral Agent on behalf and in the name of the Assignee as Future Pledgee (as defined in the
relevant German Security Agreement) in the German Security Agreements. The Assignee confirms that
it is aware of the contents of the German Security Agreements.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all
payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and
other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts that have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date
and to the Assignee for amounts that have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to
the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment
and Assumption may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which, taken together, shall
constitute one original agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Assignment and
Assumption by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (including in portable document
format (“pdf”) or other similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof. This Assignment and Assumption shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by, the law of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of principles of law
that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

EXHIBIT B-ANNEX 1-2

 

EXHIBIT C

Form of

BORROWING REQUEST

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Fax: 415-503-5011

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Re: NOVELIS

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to
time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS INC., a corporation
amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under
the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto
(such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to
it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto. Borrower hereby
gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Borrowing
under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such
Borrowing is requested to be made:

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	(A)

	 	Principal amount of Borrowing1	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	(B)

	 	Date of Borrowing (which is a Business Day)	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	(C)

	 	Type of Borrowing
	 	[Base Rate] [Eurodollar Rate]
	 
	(D)

	 	Interest Period and the last day thereof2	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	(F)

	 	Funds are requested to be disbursed to 

          Borrower’s account with [_________]

          (Account No.          
).	 	 

The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions to lending specified in Sections
4.02(b), (c) and (d) of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

			
	1	 	Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans must
be in an amount that is at least $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 or, if less, equal to the remaining available balance of the
applicable Commitments.
	 
	2	 	Shall be subject to the definition of
“Interest Period” in the Credit Agreement.

EXHIBIT C-1

 

[Signature Page Follows]

EXHIBIT C-2

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC., as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

EXHIBIT C-3

 

EXHIBIT D

Form of

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

     I, [_________], the [Financial Officer] of [_____________] (in such capacity and not in my
individual capacity), hereby certify that, with respect to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced,
refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit
Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act,
the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized
term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the
Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as
Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto:

     (a) [Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are detailed calculations setting forth the
Borrower’s Excess Cash Flow.]1

     (b) Attached hereto as Schedule 2 is the report of [accounting
firm]2

     (c) No Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement which has not been previously
disclosed, in writing, to the Administrative Agent pursuant to a Compliance
Certificate.3

     (d) Attached hereto as Schedule 3 are detailed calculations showing a
reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to the net income set forth on the statement of
income, on a quarterly basis.

     (e) Attached hereto as Schedule 4 is a detailed account of all Investments made
in reliance on Section 6.04(r) of the Credit Agreement.4

     (f) Attached hereto as Schedule 5 is a detailed account of all Dividends made
in reliance on Section 6.08(d) of the Credit Agreement.5

 

			
	1	 	To accompany annual financial statements
only.
	 
	2	 	To accompany annual financial statements
only, to the extent permitted under applicable accounting guidelines. The
report must opine or certify that, with respect to its regular audit of such
financial statements, which audit was conducted in accordance with GAAP.
	 
	3	 	If a Default shall have occurred, an
explanation specifying the nature and extent of such Default shall be provided
on a separate page together with an explanation of the corrective action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto (include, as applicable,
information regarding actions, if any, taken since prior certificate).
	 
	4	 	Specify which clause of Section 6.04(r) such
Investment was made pursuant to and calculate in reasonable detail the amount
of the Cumulative Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to
such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied, the Total Net
Leverage Ratio and, in the case of Investments made pursuant to Section
6.04(r)(iii), the amount of Liquidity.
	 
	5	 	Specify which clause of Section 6.08(d) such
Dividend was made pursuant to and calculate in reasonable detail the amount of
the Cumulative Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable, immediately prior to
such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied, the Total Net
Leverage Ratio and, in the case of Dividends made pursuant to Section
6.04(d)(ii), the amount of Liquidity.

EXHIBIT D-1

 

     (g) Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a detailed account of all Permitted
Prepayments made in reliance on Section 6.11(a) of the Credit Agreement.6

[Signature Page Follows]

 

			
	6	 	Specify which clause of Section 6.11(a) such
Permitted Prepayment was made pursuant to and calculate in reasonable detail
the amount of the Cumulative Credit or Annual Credit, as applicable,
immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so
applied, the Total Net Leverage Ratio and, in the case of a Permitted
Prepayment made pursuant to Section 6.11(a)(B), the amount of Liquidity.

EXHIBIT D-2

 

Dated this [        ] day of [     ], 201[ ].

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[        
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       ]

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	[Financial Officer] 	 

EXHIBIT D-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

SCHEDULE 1

Excess Cash Flow

[See attached]

EXHIBIT D-SCHEDULE 1-1

 

SCHEDULE 2

[Report of Accounting Firm]

[See attached]

EXHIBIT D-SCHEDULE 2-1

 

[SCHEDULE 3]

[Reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to Net Income]

[See attached]

EXHIBIT D-SCHEDULE 3-1

 

EXHIBIT E

Form of

INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Fax: 415-503-5011

	Attention: Bridgett Manduk

[Date]

Re: Novelis

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Interest Election Request is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed,
refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in one or more agreements,
the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business
Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto (such term and each
other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in the Credit
Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto.

The Borrower hereby requests that on [__________]1 (the “Interest Election
Date”),

1. $[__________] of the presently outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans
[available/originally made on [__________]],

2. [and all presently being maintained as/be issued as] [Base Rate Loans] [Eurodollar Rate
Loans],

3. be [established as] [converted into] [continued as],

4. [Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period of [one/two/three/six]2 months]
[Base Rate Loans].

The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and
will be true on the proposed Interest Election Date, both before and after giving effect thereto
and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:

(a) the foregoing [conversion] [continuation] complies with the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement);

 

			
	1	 	Shall be a Business Day that is (i) three
Business Days following the date of this Interest Election Request in the case
of conversion into/continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans to the extent this
Interest Election Request is delivered to the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date hereof, otherwise the fourth
Business Day following the date of delivery hereof or (ii) the date of this
Interest Election Request in the case of a conversion into Base Rate Loans to
the extent this Interest Election Request is delivered to the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date hereof,
otherwise the Business Day following the date of delivery hereof.
	 
	2	 	Or, if acceptable to each Lender, nine or
twelve months.

EXHIBIT E-1

 

(b) no Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such proposed [conversion]
[continuation].

[Signature Page Follows]

EXHIBIT E-2

 

The Borrower has caused this Interest Election Request to be executed and delivered by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC., as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT E-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT F

Form of

JOINDER AGREEMENT

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to
time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS INC., a corporation
amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under
the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto
(such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to
it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Guarantors have entered into the Credit Agreement and the applicable Security
Documents in order to induce the Lenders to make the Loans to or for the benefit of the Borrower;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries are required to
become Guarantors under the Credit Agreement by executing a Joinder Agreement. The undersigned
Subsidiary (the “New Guarantor”) is executing this joinder agreement (“Joinder
Agreement”) to the Credit Agreement and as consideration for the Loans previously made by the
Lenders and as consideration for the other agreements of the Lenders and the Agents under the Loan
Documents and as consideration for other good and valid consideration the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the New Guarantor hereby agree
as follows:

1. Guarantee. In accordance with Section 5.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, the New Guarantor by its
signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Credit Agreement with the same force and effect as if
originally named therein as a Guarantor.

2. Representations and Warranties. The New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents
and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true
and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified
as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects) on and
as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to
an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in
all material respects (or, in the case of any representation and warranty that is qualified as to
“materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”, true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier
date. Each reference to a Guarantor in the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to include the New
Guarantor. The New Guarantor hereby attaches supplements to each of the schedules to the Credit
Agreement and the Perfection Certificates applicable to it.

3. Severability. Any provision of this Joinder Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition
or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.

4. Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on
any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which, taken
together, shall constitute one original agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Joinder Agreement by
facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (including in portable document format
(“pdf”) or other

EXHIBIT F-1

 

similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.

5. No Waiver. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

6. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the New Guarantor, any Agent or any
Lender shall be governed by the terms of Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement.

7. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

[Signature Pages Follow]

EXHIBIT F-2

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NEW GUARANTOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	Address for Notices:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

    as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	Bank of America, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Fax: 415-503-5011

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

 	 

EXHIBIT F-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

[Note: Schedules to be attached.]

EXHIBIT F-4

 

Exhibit G

LANDLORD’S LIEN WAIVER, ACCESS AGREEMENT AND CONSENT

          THIS LANDLORD’S LIEN WAIVER, ACCESS AGREEMENT AND CONSENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered
into as of [________________,201__] by and between ________________________, having an office at
_________________________ (“Landlord”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., having an office at 1455 Market
Street, San Francisco, CA 94013, as collateral agent, (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”), for
the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

R E C I T A L S:

          A. Landlord is the record title holder and owner of the real property described in Schedule
A attached hereto (the “Real Property”).

          B.
Landlord has leased all or a portion of the Real Property (the “Leased Premises”) to
[________________] (“Lessee”) pursuant to a certain lease agreement or agreements described in
Schedule B attached hereto (collectively, and as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Lease”).

          C.
[Lessee]1
has entered into (i) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17,
2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or
otherwise modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and
among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act
(“Novelis”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the
Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term
used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders
from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral
Agent, and the other parties party thereto pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make
certain loans to, among others, [Lessee]2 (Collectively, the “Loans”), and (ii) that
certain Security Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), made by Novelis,
and the Guarantors from to time to time party thereto, in favor of Collateral Agent.

          D. [Lessee is a subsidiary of Borrower]3

          E. [Lessee has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement among other things guaranteed the obligations of
Borrower under the
Credit Agreement and the other Documents evidencing and securing the Loans.]4

 

			
	1	 	Insert name of applicable borrower entities
if Lessee is not the borrower under the Credit Agreement and create a defined
term “Borrower”.
	 
	2	 	Insert “Borrower” if Lessee is not the
borrower under the Credit Agreement.
	 
	3	 	Delete this recital if Lessee is a borrower
under the Credit Agreement.
	 
	4	 	Delete this recital if Lessee is a borrower
under the Credit Agreement.

 

 

          F. As security for the payment and performance of Lessee’s Obligations under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, Collateral Agent (for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties)
has or will acquire a security interest in and lien upon all of Lessee’s personal property,
inventory, accounts, goods, machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures (together with all
additions, substitutions, replacements and improvements to, and proceeds of, the foregoing,
collectively, the “Personal Property”) [and a mortgage
lien on Lessee’s leasehold interest in the
Leased
Premises.]5.

          G. Collateral Agent has requested, pursuant to its rights under the Credit Agreement and the Security
Agreement, that Landlord execute this Agreement.

A G R E E M E N T:

          NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord hereby represents, warrants
and agrees in favor of Collateral Agent, as follows:

          1. Landlord hereby waives and releases unto Collateral Agent (i) any contractual landlord’s lien
and any other landlord’s lien which it may be entitled to at law or in equity against any Personal
Property, (ii) any and all rights granted by or under any present or future laws to levy or
distrain for rent or any other charges which may be due to the Landlord against the Personal
Property and (iii) any and all claims, liens and demands of every kind which it has or may
hereafter have against the Personal Property (including, without limitation, any right to include
the Personal Property in any secured financing Landlord may become party to). Landlord
acknowledges that the Personal Property is and will remain personal property and not fixtures even
though it may be affixed to or placed on the Real Property.

          2. Landlord certifies that (i) Landlord is the landlord under the Lease described in Schedule
B attached hereto, (ii) the Lease is in full force and effect and has not been amended,
restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or otherwise modified except as set forth in Schedule
B hereto, (iii) there is no defense, offset, claim or counterclaim by or in favor of Landlord
against Lessee under the Lease or against the obligations of Landlord under the Lease and (iv) no
notice of default has been given under or in connection with the Lease which has not been cured,
and Landlord has no knowledge of any occurrence of any other default under or in connection with
the Lease, (v) Lessee is in possession of the Leased Premises, (vi) the current monthly base rent
under the Lease is $_______ per month, such monthly base rent due under the Lease has been paid
through __________, (vii) additional
rent is $________ and has been paid through ________, (viii) common area charges are $________ and
have been paid through ________, (ix) there are no other agreements, whether oral or written,
between Lessee and Lessor concerning the Real Property or the Leased Premises, (x) any improvements
required by the terms of the Lease to be made by lessee have been completed to the satisfaction of
Landlord, and Lessee’s current use and operating of the Leased Premises complies with any use
covenants or operating requirements contained in the Lease, (xi) Landlord is the record and
beneficial owner of the Leased Premises, and the Lease is not subordinate, and has not been
subordinated by Landlord, to any mortgage, lien or other encumbrance, (xii) Landlord has not
assigned, conveyed, transferred, sold, encumbered or mortgaged its interest in the Lease or the
Real Property, and there are no mortgages, deeds of trust or other security interests encumbering
Landlord’s fee interest in the Leased Premises, (xiii) Landlord has not received written notice of
any pending eminent domain proceedings or other governmental actions or

 

			
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any judicial actions of any
kind against Landlord’s interest in the Real Property, and (xiv) Landlord, and the person or
persons executing this certificate on behalf of Landlord, have the power and authority to execute
this Agreement.

          3. Landlord agrees that Collateral Agent has the right to remove the Personal Property from the Leased
Premises at any time prior to the occurrence of a default under the Lease and, after the occurrence
of such a default, during the Standstill Period (as hereinafter defined) provided that
Collateral Agent shall repair any damage arising from such removal. Landlord further agrees that,
during the foregoing periods, Landlord will not (i) remove any of the Personal Property from the
Leased Premises or (ii) hinder Collateral Agent’s actions in removing Personal Property from the
Leased Premises or Collateral Agent’s actions in otherwise enforcing its security interest in the
Personal Property. Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any diminution in value of the Leased
Premises caused by the absence of Personal Property actually removed or by the need to replace the
Personal Property after such removal. Landlord acknowledges that Collateral Agent shall have no
obligation to remove the Personal Property from the Leased Premises.

          4. Landlord acknowledges and agrees that Lessee’s granting of a security interest in the Personal
Property [and the granting of a mortgage lien in and upon Lessee’s interest in the Leased Premises,
in each case,]6 in favor of Collateral Agent (for its benefit and the benefit of the
Secured Parties) shall not constitute a default under the Lease nor permit Landlord to terminate
the Lease or re-enter or repossess the Leased Premises or otherwise be the basis for the exercise
of any remedy by Landlord and Landlord hereby expressly consents to the granting of such security
interest [and mortgage lien.]7.

          5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the Lease, in the event of
a default by Lessee under the Lease, Landlord agrees that (i) it shall provide to Collateral Agent
at the address set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof a copy of any notice of default
delivered to Lessee under the Lease and (ii) it shall not exercise any of its remedies against
Lessee provided in favor of Landlord under the Lease or at law or in
equity until, in the case of a monetary default, the date which is 45 days after the date Landlord
delivers written notice of such monetary default to Collateral Agent, and in the case of a
non-monetary default, the date which is 60 days after the date Landlord delivers written notice of
such non-monetary default to Collateral Agent (such 45-day period for monetary defaults and such 60
day period for non-monetary defaults, as applicable, being referred to as the “Standstill Period”),
provided, however, if such non-monetary default by its nature cannot reasonably be
cured by Collateral Agent within such 60 day period, Collateral Agent shall have such additional
period of time as may be reasonably necessary to cure such non-monetary default, so long as Lessee
commences such curative measures within such 60 day period and thereafter proceeds diligently to
complete such curative measures. In the event that any such non-monetary default by its nature
cannot reasonably be cured by Collateral Agent, Landlord shall, provided Collateral Agent has
theretofore cured all monetary defaults (if any), upon the request of Collateral Agent enter into a
new lease with Collateral Agent (or its nominee) on the same terms and conditions as the Lease.
Collateral Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, during the Standstill Period, to
cure any such default and Landlord shall accept any such cure by Collateral Agent or Lessee. If,
during the Standstill Period, Collateral Agent or Lessee or any other Person cures any such
default, then Landlord shall rescind the notice of default.

 

			
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          6. In the event of a termination, disaffirmance or rejection of the Lease for any reason, including,
without limitation, pursuant to any laws (including any bankruptcy or other insolvency laws) by
Lessee or the termination of the Lease for any reason by Landlord, Landlord will give Collateral
Agent the right, within sixty (60) days of such event, provided all monetary defaults under the
Lease have been cured, to enter into a new lease of the Leased Premises, in the name of Collateral
Agent (or a designee to be named by Collateral Agent at the time), for the remainder of the term of
the Lease and upon all of the terms and conditions thereof, or, if Collateral Agent shall elect not
to exercise such right (such election to be made by Collateral Agent at its sole discretion),
Landlord will give Collateral Agent the right to enter upon the Leased Premises during such sixty
(60) day period for the purpose of removing Tenant’s personal property therefrom.

          7. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the Lease, any acquisition of Lessee’s
interest by Collateral Agent, its nominee, shall not create a default under, or require Landlord’s
consent under, the Lease.

          8. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors and assigns of Landlord (including, without limitation, any successor owner of the Real
Property) and Collateral Agent. Landlord will disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement
to any purchaser or successor to Landlord’s interest in the Leased Premises. Notwithstanding that
the provisions of this Agreement are self-executing, Landlord agrees, upon request by Collateral
Agent, to execute and deliver a written acknowledgment confirming the provisions of this Agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent.

          9. All notices to any party hereto under this Agreement shall be in writing and sent to such party at
its respective address set forth above (or at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other party complying as to delivery with the
terms of this Section 9) by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or by
overnight delivery service.

          10. The provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect until Landlord shall have received
Collateral Agent’s written certification that the Loans have been paid in full and all of Lessee’s
other Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been satisfied.

          11. THE INTERPRETATION, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
UNDER THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES
THEREOF THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

          12. Landlord agrees to execute, acknowledge and deliver such further instruments as Collateral Agent
may request to allow for the proper recording of this Agreement (including, without limitation, a
revised landlord’s waiver in form and substance sufficient for recording) or to otherwise
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.

          13. Landlord agrees that, so long as the Loans and Lessee’s Obligations under the Credit Agreement
remain outstanding and Collateral Agent retains an interest in the Personal Property

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[and/or
Lessee’s interest in the Leased Premises]8, no modification, alteration or amendment
shall be made to the Lease without the prior written consent of Collateral Agent if such
modification, alteration or amendment could have a material adverse effect on the value or use of
the Leased Premises or Lessee’s obligations or rights under the Lease.

[Signature Page Follows.]

 

			
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	as Landlord

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Schedule A

Description of Real Property

 

 

Schedule B

Description of Leases

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Location/
	Lessor	 	Lessee	 	Dated	 	Modification	 	Property Address
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

 

 

Exhibit H

[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

 

EXHIBIT I

Form of

LENDER ADDENDUM

          Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified
from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS INC., a
corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a corporation
formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time
party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the
meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other parties party
thereto.

          Upon execution and delivery of this Lender Addendum by the parties hereto as provided in
Section 11.15 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby becomes a Lender thereunder
having the Commitment set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, effective as of the Closing Date.

          THIS LENDER ADDENDUM SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

          This Lender Addendum may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of
separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which, taken together, shall
constitute one original agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Lender Addendum by
facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (including in portable document format
(“pdf”) or other similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof.

EXHIBIT I-1

 

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Lender Addendum to be duly executed
and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of this
         
 day of
December, 2010.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	,
	 	
as a Lender

[Please type legal name of Lender above]
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	

 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	[If second signature is necessary:]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT I-2

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Accepted and agreed:

NOVELIS INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT I-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Schedule 1

COMMITMENTS AND NOTICE ADDRESS

	 	 	 	 	 

	1.

	 	Name of Lender:	 	 
	 

	 	Notice Address:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attention:	 	 	 
	 

	 	Telephone:	 
	 

	 	Facsimile:	 
	2.

	 	Commitment:	 

EXHIBIT I-4

 

Exhibit J

[The aggregate maximum principal amount of indebtedness that may be secured hereby is

$[_____].]1

 

MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS,

SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING

BY

NOVELIS CORPORATION,

as Mortgagor,

TO

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent,

as Mortgagee

______________________

Dated as of December [__], 2010

Relating to Premises located at:

[_______________]

 

This instrument was prepared in consultation with counsel in the state in which the Mortgaged

Property is located by the attorney named below and after recording please return to:

Roshan Sonthalia, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

300 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

			
	1	 	TO BE INCLUDED ONLY IN MORTGAGE
RECORDING TAX STATES.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	PREAMBLE
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	RECITALS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	AGREEMENT
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.1. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.2. Interpretation
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	GRANTS AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.1. Grant of Mortgaged Property
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 2.2. Assignment of Leases and Rents
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 2.3. Secured Obligations
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 2.4. Future Advances
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 2.5. Secured Amount
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 2.6. Last Dollar Secured
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 2.7. No Release
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MORTGAGOR

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.1. Warranty of Title
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 3.2. Condition of Mortgaged Property
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 3.3. Property Charges
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CERTAIN COVENANTS OF MORTGAGOR

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.1. Payment and Performance
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 4.2. Title
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 4.3. Inspection
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 4.4. Limitation on Liens; Transfer Restrictions
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 4.5. Insurance
	 	 	10	 

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	ARTICLE V.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.1. Present Assignment; License to the Mortgagor
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 5.2. Collection of Rents by the Mortgagee
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 5.3. Irrevocable Interest
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	TAXES AND CERTAIN STATUTORY LIENS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.1. Payment of Property Charges
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 6.2. Stamp and Other Taxes
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 6.3. Certain Tax Law Changes
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 6.4. Proceeds of Tax Claim
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CASUALTY EVENTS AND RESTORATION

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.1. Casualty Event
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 7.2. Condemnation
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 7.3. Restoration
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.1. Remedies in Case of an Event of Default
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 8.2. Sale of Mortgaged Property if Event of Default Occurs; Proceeds of Sale
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 8.3. Additional Remedies in Case of an Event of Default
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 8.4. Legal Proceedings After an Event of Default
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 8.5. Remedies Not Exclusive
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.1. Security Agreement
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 9.2. Fixture Filing
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.1. Recording Documentation To Assure Security
	 	 	18	 

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	SECTION 10.2. Further Acts
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 10.3. Additional Security
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.1. Covenants To Run with the Land
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 11.2. No Merger
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 11.3. Concerning Mortgagee
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 11.4. Mortgagee May Perform
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 11.5. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 11.6. Termination; Release
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 11.7. Modification in Writing
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 11.8. Notices
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 11.9. GOVERNING LAW; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 11.10. Severability of Provisions
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 11.11. Relationship
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 11.12. No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Impositions
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 11.13. No Claims Against the Mortgagee
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 11.14. Mortgagee’s Right To Sever Indebtedness
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.1. Intercreditor Agreement
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 12.2. Credit Agreement
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	LEASES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.1. Mortgagor’s Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 13.2. Mortgagor’s Negative Covenants with Respect to Leases
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIV.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS

SIGNATURE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SCHEDULE A            Legal Description

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MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY

AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING

          This MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING (this
“Mortgage”), dated as of December [__], 2010, is made by NOVELIS CORPORATION, a Texas
corporation, having an office at 6060 Parkland Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44124, as mortgagor,
assignor and debtor (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the
“Mortgagor”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., having an address at
[___________________], in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the Lenders, as mortgagee, assignee
and secured party (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the
“Mortgagee”)

R E C I T A L S:

          A. Pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December [__], 2010 (as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement), among Novelis Inc., as Borrower (“Borrower”), AV Metals Inc., the other
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders and as Collateral Agent for the Lenders, the Lenders have
agreed to make to or for the account of the Borrowers certain Term Loans.

          B. The Mortgagor will receive substantial benefits from the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents and is, therefore, willing to enter into this Mortgage.

          C. It is a condition to (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans under the Credit
Agreement and (ii) the performance of the obligations of the Secured Parties under the Loan
Documents that the Mortgagor execute and deliver the applicable Loan Documents, including this
Mortgage.

          D. This Mortgage is given by the Mortgagor in favor of the Mortgagee for its benefit and the
benefit of the other Secured Parties to secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) owing by Mortgagor pursuant to the Loan Documents.

A G R E E M E N T:

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Mortgagor hereby
covenants and agrees with the Mortgagee as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

          SECTION 1.1. Definitions.

 

 

          (a) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

          (b) The following terms in this Mortgage shall have the following meanings:

          “Allocated Indebtedness” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.14(i) hereof.

          “Allocation Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.14(i) hereof.

          “Bankruptcy Code” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.1(ii) hereof.

          “Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.14(i)
hereof.

          “Contracts” shall mean, collectively, any and all right, title and interest of the
Mortgagor in and to any and all contracts and other general intangibles relating to the Mortgaged
Property and all reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds and claims of every kind, nature or
character relating thereto.

          “Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A
hereof.

          “Default Rate” shall mean the rate of interest payable during a default pursuant to
the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Credit Agreement.

          “Fixtures” shall mean all machinery, apparatus, equipment, fittings, fixtures,
improvements and articles of personal property of every kind, description and nature whatsoever now
or hereafter attached or affixed to the Land or any other Improvement used in connection with the
use and enjoyment of the Land or any other Improvement or the maintenance or preservation thereof,
which by the nature of their location thereon or attachment thereto are real property or fixtures
under the UCC or any other applicable law including, without limitation, all HVAC equipment,
boilers, electronic data processing, telecommunications or computer equipment, refrigeration,
electronic monitoring, power, waste removal, elevators, maintenance or other systems or equipment,
utility systems, fire sprinkler and security systems, drainage facilities, lighting facilities, all
water, sanitary and storm sewer, drainage, electricity, steam, gas, telephone and other utility
equipment and facilities, pipes, fittings and other items of every kind and description now or
hereafter attached to or located on the Land.

          “Improvements” shall mean all buildings, structures and other improvements of every
kind or description and any and all alterations now or hereafter located, attached or erected on
the Land, including, without limitation, (i) all attachments, railroad tracks, foundations,
sidewalks, drives, roads, curbs, streets, ways, alleys, passages, passageways, sewer rights,
parking areas, driveways, fences and walls and (ii) all materials now or hereafter located on the
Land intended for the construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, alteration, addition or
improvement of or to such buildings, structures and improvements, all of which materials shall

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be
deemed to be part of the Improvements immediately upon delivery thereof on the Land and to be part
of the Improvements immediately upon their incorporation therein.

          “Insurance Policies” means the insurance policies and coverages required to be
maintained by the Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the Credit
Agreement.

          “Land” shall mean the land described in Schedule A annexed to this Mortgage,
together with all of the Mortgagor’s reversionary rights in and to any and all easements,
rights-of-way, strips and gores of land, waters, water courses, water rights, mineral, gas and oil
rights and all power, air, light and other rights, estates, titles, interests, privileges,
liberties, servitudes, licenses, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever, in any way
belonging, relating or appertaining thereto, or any part thereof, or which hereafter shall in any
way belong, relate or be appurtenant thereto and together with any greater or additional estate
therein as may be acquired by Mortgagor.

          “Landlord” shall mean any landlord, lessor, franchisor, licensor or grantor, as
applicable.

          “Leases” shall mean, collectively, any and all interests of the Mortgagor, as
Landlord, in all leases and subleases of space, tenancies, franchise agreements, licenses,
occupancy or concession agreements now existing or hereafter entered into, whether or not of
record, relating in any manner to the Premises and any and all amendments, modifications,
supplements, replacements, extensions and renewals of any thereof, whether now in effect or
hereafter coming into effect.

          “Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1 hereof.

          “Mortgagee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Mortgagor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Mortgagor’s Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.2 hereof.

          “Permit” shall mean any and all permits, certificates, approvals, authorizations,
consents, licenses, variances, franchises or other instruments, however characterized, of any
Governmental Authority (or any person acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority) now or
hereafter acquired or held, together with all amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals and
replacements of any thereof issued or in any way furnished in connection with the Mortgaged
Property including, without limitation, building permits, certificates of occupancy, environmental
certificates, industrial permits or licenses and certificates of operation.

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          “Premises” shall mean, collectively, the Land, the Fixtures and the Improvements.

          “Proceeds” shall mean, collectively, any and all cash proceeds and noncash proceeds
and shall include all (i) proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof into cash or liquidated claims, (ii) proceeds of any
insurance, indemnity, warranty, guaranty or claim payable to the Mortgagee or to the Mortgagor from
time to time with respect to any of the Mortgaged Property, (iii) payments (in any form whatsoever)
made or due and payable to the Mortgagor from time to time in connection with any requisition,
confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property
by any Governmental Authority (or any person acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority),
(iv) products of the Mortgaged Property and (v) other amounts from time to time paid or payable
under or in connection with any of the Mortgaged Property including, without limitation, refunds of
real estate taxes and assessments, including interest thereon.

          “Property Charges” shall mean any and all real estate, property and other taxes,
assessments and special assessments, levies, fees, all water and sewer rents and charges and all
other governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and all claims (including, without
limitation, claims for landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’, workmens’, repairmens’, laborers’,
materialmens’, suppliers’ and warehousemens’ Liens and other claims arising by operation of law),
judgments or demands against, all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or other amounts of any
nature which, if unpaid, might result in or permit the creation of, a Lien on the Mortgaged
Property or which might result in foreclosure of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property.

          “Property Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, as of any date of determination and
whether individually or in the aggregate, any event, circumstance, occurrence or condition which
has caused or resulted in (or would reasonably be expected to cause or result in) a material
adverse effect on (a) the business or operations of the Mortgagor as presently conducted at the
Mortgaged Property; (b) the value or utility of the Mortgaged Property; or (c) the legality,
priority or enforceability of the Lien created by this Mortgage or the rights and remedies of the
Mortgagee hereunder.

          “Prudent Operator” shall mean a prudent operator of property similar in use and
configuration to the Premises and located in the locality where the Premises are located.

          “Records” shall mean, collectively, any and all right, title and interest of the
Mortgagor in and to any and all drawings, plans, specifications, file materials, operating and
maintenance records, catalogues, tenant lists, correspondence, advertising materials, operating
manuals, warranties, guarantees, appraisals, studies and data relating to the Mortgaged Property or
the construction of any alteration relating to the Premises or the maintenance of any Permit.

          “Rents” shall mean, collectively, any and all rents, additional rents, royalties,
cash, guaranties, letters of credit, bonds, sureties or securities deposited under any Lease to
secure performance of the Tenant’s obligations thereunder, revenues, earnings, profits and income,
advance rental payments, payments incident to assignment, sublease or surrender of a Lease, claims
for forfeited deposits and claims for damages, now due or hereafter to become
due,

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          with respect to
any Lease, any indemnification against, or reimbursement for, sums paid and costs and expenses
incurred by the Mortgagor under any Lease or otherwise, and any award in the event of the
bankruptcy of any Tenant under or guarantor of a Lease.

          “Tenant” shall mean any tenant, lessee, sublessee, franchisee, licensee, grantee or
obligee, as applicable.

          “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the
state in which the Premises are located; provided, however, that if the creation,
perfection or enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of any
other state as to the matter in question, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in
such state.

          SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.03 of
the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Mortgage mutatis mutandis.

ARTICLE II.

GRANTS AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS

          SECTION 2.1. Grant of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgagor hereby grants, mortgages,
bargains, sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to the Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, and
hereby grants to the Mortgagee, a security interest in and upon, all of the Mortgagor’s estate,
right, title and interest in, to and under the following property, whether now owned or held or
hereafter acquired from time to time (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”):

               (i) Land;

               (ii)Improvements;

               (iii) Fixtures;

               (iv) Leases;

               (v) Rents;

               (vi) Permits;

               (vii) Contracts;

               (viii) Records; and

               (ix) Proceeds.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.1, Mortgaged Property shall
not include a grant of any of the Mortgagor’s right, title or interest in any Contract or Permit
(x) that validly prohibits the creation by the Mortgagor of a security interest therein and

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(y) to
the extent, but only to the extent that, any Requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the
creation of a security interest therein; provided, however, that the right to
receive any payment of money or any other right referred to in Sections 9-406(d), 9-407(a) or
9-408(a) of the UCC to the extent that such Sections are effective to limit the prohibitions
described in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 2.1 shall constitute Mortgaged Property hereunder,
and provided further, that at such time as any Contract or Permit described in
clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 2.1 is no longer subject to such prohibition, such applicable
Contract or Permit shall (without any act or delivery by any person) constitute Mortgaged Property
hereunder.

          TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property, together with all estate, right, title and
interest of the Mortgagor and anyone claiming by, through or under the Mortgagor in and to the
Mortgaged Property and all rights and appurtenances relating thereto, unto the Mortgagee, its
successors and assigns, for the purpose of securing the payment and performance in full of all the
Secured Obligations.

          SECTION 2.2. Assignment of Leases and Rents. As additional security for the payment
and performance in full of the Secured Obligations and subject to the provisions of
Article V hereof, the Mortgagor absolutely, presently, unconditionally and irrevocably
assigns, transfers and sets over to the Mortgagee, and grants to the Mortgagee, all of the
Mortgagor’s estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand, as Landlord, under any and all of the
Leases including, without limitation, the following (such assigned rights, the “Mortgagor’s
Interest”):

     (i) the immediate and continuing right to receive and collect Rents payable by the
Tenants pursuant to the Leases;

     (ii) all claims, rights, powers, privileges and remedies of the Mortgagor, whether
provided for in the Leases or arising by statute or at law or in equity or otherwise,
consequent on any failure on the part of the Tenants to perform or comply with any term of
the Leases;

     (iii) all rights to take all actions upon the happening of a default under the Leases
as shall be permitted by the Leases or by law including, without limitation, the
commencement, conduct and consummation of proceedings at law or in equity; and

     (iv) the full power and authority, in the name of the Mortgagor or otherwise, to
enforce, collect, receive and receipt for any and all of the foregoing and to take all other
actions whatsoever which the Mortgagor, as Landlord, is or may be entitled to take under the
Leases.

          SECTION 2.3. Secured Obligations. This Mortgage secures, and the Mortgaged Property
is collateral security for, the payment and performance in full when due of the Secured
Obligations.

          SECTION 2.4. Future Advances. This Mortgage shall secure all Secured Obligations
including, without limitation, future advances whenever hereafter made with respect to or under the
Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents and shall secure not only Secured Obligations with
respect to presently existing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or the

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other Loan Documents,
but also any and all other indebtedness which may hereafter be owing by the Mortgagor to the
Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, however incurred, whether
interest, discount or otherwise, and whether the same shall be deferred, accrued or capitalized,
including future advances and re-advances, pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, whether such advances are obligatory or to be made at the option of the Secured Parties,
or otherwise, and any extensions, refinancings, modifications or renewals of all such Secured
Obligations whether or not Mortgagor executes any extension agreement or renewal instrument and, in
each case, to the same extent as if such future advances were made on the date of the execution of
this Mortgage.

          SECTION 2.5. Secured Amount. The maximum aggregate amount of all indebtedness that
is, or under any contingency may be secured at the date hereof or at any time hereafter by this
Mortgage is $1,800,000,000 [If state has mortgage tax, use the agreed upon value of the property]
(the “Secured Amount”), plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, collection costs,
sums advanced for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance and repair charges, insurance
premiums and any other costs incurred to protect the security encumbered hereby or the lien hereof,
expenses incurred by the Mortgagee by reason of any default by the Mortgagor under the terms
hereof, together with interest thereon, all of which amount shall be secured hereby.

          SECTION 2.6. Last Dollar Secured. So long as the aggregate amount of the Secured
Obligations exceeds the Secured Amount, any payments and repayments of the Secured Obligations
shall not be deemed to be applied against or to reduce the Secured Amount.

          SECTION 2.7. No Release. Nothing set forth in this Mortgage shall relieve the
Mortgagor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Mortgagor’s
part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or from any
liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or shall impose any
obligation on the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term,
covenant, condition or agreement on the Mortgagor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall
impose any liability on the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the
part of the Mortgagor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the
part of the Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage or any other Loan Document, or under or in respect
of the Mortgaged Property or made in connection herewith or therewith. The obligations of the
Mortgagor contained in this Section 2.7 shall survive the termination hereof and the
discharge of the Mortgagor’s other obligations under this Mortgage and the other Loan Documents.

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ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MORTGAGOR

          SECTION 3.1. Warranty of Title. The Mortgagor represents and warrants that:

     (i) it has good title to the interest it purports to own or hold in and to all rights
and appurtenances to or that constitute a portion of the Mortgaged Property;

     (ii) it has good and marketable fee simple title to the Premises and the Landlord’s
interest and estate under or in respect of the Leases and good title to the interest it
purports to own or hold in and to each of the Permits, the Contracts and the Records, in
each case subject to no Liens, except for (x) as of the date hereof, Permitted Liens and
Liens in favor of the Mortgagee pursuant to the Security Documents and (y) hereafter,
Permitted Liens; and;

     (iii) upon recordation in the official records in the county (or other applicable
jurisdiction) in which the Premises are located this Mortgage will create and constitute a
valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Property in favor of the Mortgagee for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and, to the extent any of the Mortgaged Property shall
consist of Fixtures, a security interest in the Fixtures, which Lien and security interest
shall be, as of the date hereof and hereafter, subject only to Permitted Liens.

          SECTION 3.2. Condition of Mortgaged Property. The Mortgagor represents and warrants
that:

     (i) the Premises and the present and contemplated use and occupancy thereof comply with
all applicable zoning ordinances, building codes, land use and subdivision laws, setback or
other development and use requirements of Governmental Authorities and with all private
restrictions and agreements affecting the Mortgaged Property whether or not recorded, except
where the failure so to comply could not result in a Property Material Adverse Effect;

     (ii) as of the date hereof, Mortgagor has neither received any notice of nor has any
knowledge of any disputes regarding boundary lines, location, encroachments or possession of
any portions of the Mortgaged Property and has no knowledge of any state of facts that may
exist which could give rise to any such claims;

     (iii) no portion of the Premises is located in an area identified by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency or any successor thereto as an area having special flood hazards
pursuant to the Flood Insurance Acts promulgated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
or any successor thereto or, if any portion of the Premises is located within such area as
evidenced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination
provided to the Mortgagee by the Mortgagor pursuant to Section 4.01(o)(ix) of the
Credit Agreement, the Mortgagor has obtained the flood insurance prescribed in
Section 5.04(c) of the Credit Agreement;

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     (iv) the Premises are assessed for real estate tax purposes as one or more wholly
independent tax lot or lots, separate from any adjoining land or improvements not
constituting a portion of such lot or lots, and no other land or improvement is assessed and
taxed together with the Premises or any portion thereof; and

     (v) there are no options or rights of first refusal to purchase or acquire all or any
portion of the Mortgaged Property.

          SECTION 3.3. Property Charges. The Mortgagor represents and warrants that all
Property Charges imposed upon or assessed against the Mortgaged Property have been paid (or will be
paid in Mortgagor’s ordinary course of business) and discharged except to the extent such Property
Charges constitute, as of the date hereof and hereafter, a Permitted Lien.

ARTICLE IV.

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF MORTGAGOR

          SECTION 4.1. Payment and Performance. The Mortgagor shall pay and perform the Secured
Obligations in full as and when the same shall become due under the Loan Documents and when they
are required to be performed thereunder.

          SECTION 4.2. Title. The Mortgagor shall

     (i) (A) keep in effect all rights and appurtenances to or that constitute a part of the
Mortgaged Property except where the failure to keep in effect the same could not result in a
Property Material Adverse Effect and (B) protect, preserve and defend its interest in the
Mortgaged Property and title thereto;

     (ii) (A) comply with each of the terms, conditions and provisions of any obligation of
the Mortgagor which is secured by the Mortgaged Property or the noncompliance with which may
result in the imposition of a Lien on the Mortgaged Property, subject to Permitted Liens,
(B) forever warrant and defend to the Mortgagee the Lien and security interests created and
evidenced hereby and the validity and priority hereof in any action or proceeding against
the claims of any and all persons whomsoever affecting or purporting to affect the Mortgaged
Property or any of the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder and (C) maintain this Mortgage as a
valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Property and, to the extent any of the Mortgaged
Property shall consist of Fixtures, a security interest in the Mortgaged Property, which
Lien and security interest shall be subject only to Permitted Liens; and

     (iii) promptly upon obtaining knowledge of the pendency of any proceedings for the
eviction of the Mortgagor from the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof by paramount title
or otherwise questioning the Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
Mortgaged Property as warranted in this Mortgage, or of any condition that could give rise
to any such proceedings, notify the Mortgagee thereof in writing. The Mortgagee may
participate in such proceedings and the Mortgagor will deliver or cause

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to be delivered to
the Mortgagee all instruments requested by the Mortgagee to permit such participation. In
any such proceedings, the Mortgagee may be represented by counsel satisfactory to the
Mortgagee at the reasonable expense of the Mortgagor. If, upon the resolution of such
proceedings, the Mortgagor shall suffer a loss of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof
or interest therein and title insurance proceeds shall be payable in connection therewith,
such proceeds are hereby assigned to and shall be paid to the Mortgagee to be applied as Net
Cash Proceeds to the payment of the Secured Obligations or otherwise in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement.

     (iv) not initiate, join in or consent to any change in the zoning or any other
permitted use classification of the Premises which would have a Property Material Adverse
Effect without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee.

          SECTION 4.3. Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee, and its agents,
representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor, to inspect the Mortgaged
Property and all books and records located thereon; provided, that such inspections shall
not materially interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property.

          SECTION 4.4. Limitation on Liens; Transfer Restrictions.

               (i) Except for the Permitted Liens and the Lien of this Mortgage, the Mortgagor may not,
without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee, permit to exist or grant any Lien on all or any
part of the Mortgaged Property or suffer or allow any of the foregoing to occur by operation of law
or otherwise.

               (ii) Except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagor may not, without
the prior written consent of the Mortgagee, sell, convey, assign, lease or otherwise transfer all
or any part of the Mortgaged Property.

          SECTION 4.5. Insurance. The Mortgagor shall obtain and keep in full force and effect the
Insurance Policies required by the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.

ARTICLE V.

CONCERNING ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS

          SECTION 5.1. Present Assignment; License to the Mortgagor.

          (i) Section 2.2 of this Mortgage constitutes a present, absolute, effective,
irrevocable and complete assignment by Mortgagor to Mortgagee of the Leases and Rents and the
right, subject to applicable law, to collect all sums payable to Mortgagor thereunder and apply the
same as Mortgagee may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate to protect the security
afforded by this Mortgage (including the payment of reasonable costs and expenses in connection
with the maintenance, operation, improvement, insurance, taxes and upkeep of the Mortgaged
Property), which is not conditioned upon Mortgagee being in possession of the

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Premises. This
assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. The
Mortgagee hereby grants to the Mortgagor, however, a license to collect and apply the Rents and to
enforce the obligations of Tenants under the Leases. Immediately upon the occurrence of and during
the continuance of any Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced and
without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Secured Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor,
the license granted in the immediately preceding sentence shall automatically cease and terminate
without any notice by Mortgagee (such notice being hereby expressly waived by Mortgagor to the
extent permitted by applicable law), or any action or proceeding or the intervention of a receiver
appointed by a court.

          (ii) Mortgagor acknowledges that Mortgagee has taken all reasonable actions necessary to
obtain, and that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted
under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, present assignment of the Rents arising out of
the Leases and all security for such Leases subject only to the Permitted Liens and in the case of
security deposits, rights of depositors and Requirements of Law. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees
that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be
fully perfected, “choate” and enforced as to Mortgagor and all third parties, including, without
limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code
(the “Bankruptcy Code”), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with
respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a
receiver or taking any other affirmative action.

          (iii) Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder,
Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for
purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this
Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy
and to all amounts paid as Rents, and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired
by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.

          SECTION 5.2. Collection of Rents by the Mortgagee.

               (i) Any Rents receivable by the Mortgagee hereunder, after payment of all proper costs and
expenses as Mortgagee may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate (including the
payment of reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the maintenance, operation,
improvement, insurance, taxes and upkeep of the Mortgaged Property), shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement. The Mortgagee shall be
accountable to the Mortgagor only for Rents actually received by the Mortgagee. The collection of
such Rents and the application thereof shall not cure or waive any Event of Default or waive,
modify or affect notice of any Event of Default or invalidate any act done pursuant to such notice.

               (ii) The Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Tenant under each Lease to rely
upon and comply with any and all notices or demands from the Mortgagee for payment of Rents to the
Mortgagee and the Mortgagor shall have no claim against Tenant for Rents paid by Tenant to the
Mortgagee pursuant to such notice or demand.

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          SECTION 5.3. Irrevocable Interest. All rights, powers and privileges of the Mortgagee
herein set forth are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, and the Mortgagor shall not take any action under the Leases or otherwise which
is inconsistent with this Mortgage or any of the terms hereof and any such action inconsistent
herewith or therewith shall be void.

ARTICLE VI.

TAXES AND CERTAIN STATUTORY LIENS

          SECTION 6.1. Payment of Property Charges. Unless and to the extent contested by the
Mortgagor in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagor shall pay and
discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, from time to time prior to same becoming delinquent,
all Property Charges. The Mortgagor shall, upon the Mortgagee’s request, deliver to the Mortgagee
receipts evidencing the payment of all such Property Charges.

          SECTION 6.2. Stamp and Other Taxes. The Mortgagor shall pay any United States
documentary stamp taxes, with interest and fines and penalties, and any mortgage recording taxes,
with interest and fines and penalties, that may hereafter be levied, imposed or assessed under or
upon this Mortgage or the Secured Obligations or any instrument or transaction affecting or
relating to the same and in default thereof, the Mortgagee may advance the same and the amount so
advanced shall be payable by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.15(c) of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 6.3. Certain Tax Law Changes. In the event of the passage after the date
hereof of any law deducting from the value of real property, for the purpose of taxation, amounts
in respect of any Lien thereon or changing in any way the laws for the taxation of mortgages or
debts secured by mortgages for state or local purposes or the manner of the collection of any
taxes, and imposing any taxes, either directly or indirectly, on this Mortgage or any other Loan
Document which are payable by or assessed on the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor shall promptly pay to the
Mortgagee or the appropriate tax authority such amount or amounts as may be necessary from time to
time to pay any such taxes, assessments or other charges resulting therefrom; provided,
that if any such payment or reimbursement to the Mortgagee shall be unlawful or taxable, or would
constitute usury or render the indebtedness wholly or partially usurious under applicable law, the
Mortgagor shall pay or reimburse Mortgagee for payment of the lawful and non-usurious portion
thereof.

          SECTION 6.4. Proceeds of Tax Claim. In the event that the proceeds of any tax claim
are paid after the Mortgagee has exercised its right to foreclose the Lien hereof, such proceeds
shall be paid to the Mortgagee to satisfy any deficiency remaining after such foreclosure. The
Mortgagee shall retain its interest in the proceeds of any tax claim during any redemption period.
The amount of any such proceeds in excess of any deficiency claim of the Mortgagee shall in a
reasonably prompt manner be released to the Mortgagor.

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ARTICLE VII.

CASUALTY EVENTS AND RESTORATION

          SECTION 7.1. Casualty Event. If there shall occur any Casualty Event (or, in the case
of any condemnation, taking or other proceeding in the nature thereof, upon the occurrence thereof
or notice of the commencement of any proceedings therefor), the Mortgagor shall promptly send to
the Mortgagee a written notice setting forth the nature and extent thereof. The proceeds payable
in respect of any such Casualty Event are hereby assigned and shall be paid to the Mortgagee. The
Net Cash Proceeds of each Casualty Event shall be applied, allocated and distributed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 7.2. Condemnation. In the case of any taking, condemnation or other
proceeding in the nature thereof, the Mortgagee may, at its option, participate in any proceedings
or negotiations which might result in any taking or condemnation and the Mortgagor shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Mortgagee all instruments reasonably requested by it to permit such
participation. The Mortgagee may be represented by counsel satisfactory to it at the reasonable
expense of the Mortgagor in connection with any such participation. The Mortgagor shall pay all
reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee in connection therewith and in
seeking and obtaining any award or payment on account thereof. The Mortgagor shall take all steps
necessary to notify the condemning authority of such participation.

          SECTION 7.3. Restoration. In the event the Mortgagor is permitted or required to
perform any repairs or restoration to the Premises in accordance with the provisions of the Credit
Agreement, the Mortgagor shall complete such repairs or restoration in accordance with provisions
thereof.

ARTICLE VIII.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

          SECTION 8.1. Remedies in Case of an Event of Default. If any Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Mortgagee may at its option, in addition to any other action
permitted under this Mortgage or the Credit Agreement or by law, statute or in equity, take one or
more of the following actions to the greatest extent permitted by local law:

          (i) personally, or by its agents or attorneys, (A) enter into and upon and take
possession of all or any part of the Premises together with the books, records and accounts
of the Mortgagor relating thereto and, exclude the Mortgagor, its agents and servants wholly
therefrom, (B) use, operate, manage and control the Premises and conduct the business
thereof, (C) maintain and restore the Premises, (D) make all necessary or proper repairs,
renewals and replacements and such useful alterations thereto and thereon as the Mortgagee
may deem advisable, (E) manage, lease and operate the

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Premises and carry on the business
thereof and exercise all rights and powers of the Mortgagor with respect thereto either in
the name of the Mortgagor or otherwise or (F) collect and receive all Rents. The Mortgagee
shall be under no liability for or by reason of any such taking of possession, entry,
removal or holding, operation or management except that any amounts so received by the
Mortgagee shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.03 of the
Credit Agreement.

          (ii) with or without entry, personally or by its agents or attorneys (A) sell the
Mortgaged Property and all estate, right, title and interest, claim and demand therein at
one or more sales in one or more parcels, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.2 hereof or (B) institute and prosecute proceedings for the complete or
partial foreclosure of the Lien and security interests created and evidenced hereby; or

          (iii) take such steps to protect and enforce its rights whether by action, suit or
proceeding at law or in equity for the specific performance of any covenant, condition or
agreement in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in aid of the execution
of any power granted in this Mortgage, or for any foreclosure hereunder, or for the
enforcement of any other appropriate legal or equitable remedy or otherwise as the Mortgagee
shall elect.

          SECTION 8.2. Sale of Mortgaged Property if Event of Default Occurs; Proceeds of Sale.

               (i) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Mortgagee may institute
an action to foreclose this Mortgage or take such other action as may be permitted and available to
the Mortgagee at law or in equity for the enforcement of the Credit Agreement and realization on
the Mortgaged Property and proceeds thereon through power of sale (if then available under
applicable law) or to final judgment and execution thereof for the Secured Obligations, and in
furtherance thereof the Mortgagee may sell the Mortgaged Property at one or more sales, as an
entirety or in parcels, at such time and place, upon such terms and after such notice thereof as
may be required or permitted by law or statute or in equity. The Mortgagee may execute and deliver
to the purchaser at such sale a conveyance of the Mortgaged Property in fee simple and an
assignment or conveyance of all the Mortgagor’s Interest in the Leases and the Mortgaged Property,
each of which conveyances and assignments shall contain recitals as to the Event of Default upon
which the execution of the power of sale herein granted depends, and the Mortgagor hereby
constitutes and appoints the Mortgagee the true and lawful attorney(s) in fact of the Mortgagor to
make any such recitals, sale, assignment and conveyance, and all of the acts of the Mortgagee as
such attorney in fact are hereby ratified and confirmed. The Mortgagor agrees that such recitals
shall be binding and conclusive upon the Mortgagor and that any assignment or conveyance to be made
by the Mortgagee shall divest the Mortgagor of all right, title, interest, equity and right of
redemption, including any statutory redemption, in and to the Mortgaged Property. The power and
agency hereby granted are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable by death or dissolution, or
otherwise, and are in addition to any and all other remedies which the Mortgagee may have
hereunder, at law or in equity. So long as the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, remain
unpaid, the Mortgagor agrees that possession of the Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor, or any
person claiming under the Mortgagor, shall be as tenant, and, in case of a sale under power or upon
foreclosure as provided in this Mortgage, the

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Mortgagor and any person in possession under the
Mortgagor, as to whose interest such sale was not made subject, shall, at the option of the
purchaser at such sale, then become and be tenants holding over, and shall forthwith deliver
possession to such purchaser, or be summarily dispossessed in accordance with the laws applicable
to tenants holding over. In case of any sale under this Mortgage by virtue of the exercise of the
powers herein granted, or pursuant to any order in any judicial proceeding or otherwise, the
Mortgaged Property may be sold as an entirety or in separate parcels in such manner or order as the
Mortgagee in its sole discretion may elect. One or more exercises of powers herein granted shall
not extinguish or exhaust such powers, until the entire Mortgaged Property is sold or all amounts
secured hereby are paid in full.

               (ii) The proceeds of any sale made under or by virtue of this Article VIII, together
with any other sums which then may be held by the Mortgagee under this Mortgage, whether under the
provisions of this Article VIII or otherwise, shall be applied in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement.

               (iii) The Mortgagee (on behalf of any Secured Party or on its own behalf) or any Lender or any
of their respective Affiliates may bid for and acquire the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof
at any sale made under or by virtue of this Article VIII and, in lieu of paying cash
therefor, may make settlement for the purchase price by crediting against the purchase price the
unpaid amounts (whether or not then due) owing to the Mortgagee, or such Lender in respect of the
Secured Obligations, after deducting from the sales price the expense of the sale and the costs of
the action or proceedings and any other sums that the Mortgagee or such Lender is authorized to
deduct under this Mortgage.

               (iv) The Mortgagee may adjourn from time to time any sale by it to be made under or by virtue
hereof by announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such adjourned sale or
sales, and, the Mortgagee, without further notice or publication, may make such sale at the time
and place to which the same shall be so adjourned.

               (v) If the Premises are comprised of more than one parcel of land, the Mortgagee may take any
of the actions authorized by this Section 8.2 in respect of any or a number of individual
parcels.

          SECTION 8.3. Additional Remedies in Case of an Event of Default.

               (i) The Mortgagee shall be entitled to recover judgment as aforesaid either before, after or
during the pendency of any proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions hereof and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, the right of the Mortgagee to recover such judgment shall not
be affected by any entry or sale hereunder, or by the exercise of any other right, power or remedy
for the enforcement of the provisions hereof, or the foreclosure of, or absolute conveyance
pursuant to, this Mortgage. In case of proceedings against the Mortgagor in insolvency or
bankruptcy or any proceedings for its reorganization or involving the liquidation of its assets,
the Mortgagee shall be entitled to prove the whole amount of principal and interest and other
payments, charges and costs due in respect of the Secured Obligations to the full amount thereof
without deducting therefrom any proceeds obtained from the sale of the whole or any part of the
Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that in no case shall the Mortgagee receive
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and costs (with interest at the Default Rate) from the proceeds of the sale of the Mortgaged
Property and the distribution from the estate of the Mortgagor.

               (ii) Any recovery of any judgment by the Mortgagee and any levy of any execution under any
judgment upon the Mortgaged Property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the Lien and
security interests created and evidenced hereby upon the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or
any conveyances, powers, rights and remedies of the Mortgagee hereunder, but such conveyances,
powers, rights and remedies shall continue unimpaired as before.

               (iii) Any monies collected by the Mortgagee under this Section 8.3 shall be applied in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2(ii).

          SECTION 8.4. Legal Proceedings After an Event of Default.

               (i) After the occurrence of any Event of Default and immediately upon the commencement of any
action, suit or legal proceedings to obtain judgment for the Secured Obligations or any part
thereof, or of any proceedings to foreclose the Lien and security interest created and evidenced
hereby or otherwise to enforce the provisions hereof or of any other proceedings in aid of the
enforcement hereof, the Mortgagor shall enter its voluntary appearance in such action, suit or
proceeding.

               (ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Mortgagee
shall be entitled forthwith as a matter of right, concurrently or independently of any other right
or remedy hereunder either before or after declaring the Secured Obligations or any part thereof to
be due and payable, to the appointment of a receiver without giving notice to any party and without
regard to the adequacy or inadequacy of any security for the Secured Obligations or the solvency or
insolvency of any person or entity then legally or equitably liable for the Secured Obligations or
any portion thereof. The Mortgagor hereby consents to the appointment of such receiver.
Notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, the Mortgagee shall be entitled as pledgee to the
possession and control of any cash, deposits or instruments at the time held by or payable or
deliverable under the terms of the Credit Agreement to the Mortgagee.

               (iii) The Mortgagor shall not (A) at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take any benefit or advantage of any stay or extension or moratorium law, any
exemption from execution or sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants and terms of performance
hereof, (B) claim, take or insist on any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force
providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior to
any sale or sales of the Mortgaged Property which may be made pursuant to this Mortgage, or
pursuant to any decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction or (C) after any
such sale or sales, claim or exercise any right under any statute heretofore or hereafter enacted
to redeem the property so sold or any part thereof. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
Mortgagor hereby expressly (X) waives all benefit or advantage of any such law or laws, including,
without limitation, any statute of limitations applicable to this Mortgage, (Y) waives any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the

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laying of venue of any action, suit or
proceeding brought in connection with this Mortgage and further waives and agrees not to plead that
any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum and (Z) covenants not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted or
delegated to the Mortgagee by this Mortgage but to suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted. The Mortgagee shall not be liable
for any incorrect or improper payment made pursuant to this Article VIII in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct.

          SECTION 8.5. Remedies Not Exclusive. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to the
Mortgagee by this Mortgage is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each
and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given
under this Mortgage or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Any delay or omission of the
Mortgagee to exercise any right or power accruing on any Event of Default shall not impair any such
right or power and shall not be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of
Default. Every power and remedy given by this Mortgage may be exercised from time to time
concurrently or independently, when and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Mortgagee in
such order and manner as the Mortgagee, in its sole discretion, may elect. If the Mortgagee or any
Lender accepts any monies required to be paid by the Mortgagor under this Mortgage or any other
Loan Document after the same become due, such acceptance shall not constitute a waiver of the right
either to require prompt payment, when due, of all other sums secured by this Mortgage or to
declare an Event of Default with regard to subsequent defaults. If the Mortgagee or any Lender
accepts any monies required to be paid by the Mortgagor under this Mortgage or any other Loan
Document in an amount less than the sum then due, such acceptance shall be deemed an acceptance on
account only and on the condition that it shall not constitute a waiver of the obligation of the
Mortgagor to pay the entire sum then due, and the Mortgagor’s failure to pay the entire sum then
due shall be and continue to be a default hereunder notwithstanding acceptance of such amount on
account.

ARTICLE IX.

SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING

          SECTION 9.1. Security Agreement. To the extent that the Mortgaged Property includes
personal property or items of personal property which are or are to become fixtures under
applicable law, this Mortgage shall also be construed as a security agreement under the UCC; and,
upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Mortgagee shall be entitled with
respect to such personal property to exercise all remedies hereunder, all remedies available under
the UCC with respect to fixtures and all other remedies available under applicable law. Without
limiting the foregoing, such personal property may, at the Mortgagee’s option, (i) be sold
hereunder together with any sale of any portion of the Mortgaged Property or otherwise, (ii) be
sold pursuant to the UCC, or (iii) be dealt with by the Mortgagee in any other manner permitted
under applicable law. The Mortgagee may require the Mortgagor to assemble such personal property
and make it available to the Mortgagee at a place to be designated by the Mortgagee. The Mortgagor
acknowledges and agrees that a disposition of the personal property in accordance with the
Mortgagee’s rights and remedies in respect to the Mortgaged Property as

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heretofore provided is a
commercially reasonable disposition thereof; provided, however, that the Mortgagee shall give the
Mortgagor not less than ten (10) days’ prior notice of the time and place of any intended
disposition.

          SECTION 9.2. Fixture Filing. To the extent that the Mortgaged Property includes items
of personal property which are or are to become fixtures under applicable law, and to the extent
permitted under applicable law, the filing hereof in the real estate records of the county in which
such Mortgaged Property is located shall also operate from the time of filing as a fixture filing
with respect to such Mortgaged Property, and the following information is applicable for the
purpose of such fixture filing, to wit:

	 	 	 

	Name and Address of the debtor:

	 	Name and Address of the secured party:
	 
	 	 
	The Mortgagor having the address
described in the Preamble hereof.

The Mortgagor is a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Texas
whose Organization Number is 0800204347,
and whose Taxpayer Identification Number
is 41-2098321.

	 	The Mortgagee having the
address described in the
Preamble hereof, from which
address information concerning
the security interest may be
obtained.
	 
	 	 
	This Financing Statement covers the following types or items of property:
	 
	 	 
	The Mortgaged Property.
	 
	 	 
	This instrument covers goods or items of personal property which are or are to
become fixtures upon the Premises.
	 
	 	 
	The name of the record owner of the Premises on which such fixtures are or are
to be located is the Mortgagor.

In addition, Mortgagor authorizes the Mortgagee to file appropriate financing and continuation
statements under the UCC in effect in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located
as may be required by law in order to establish, preserve and protect the liens and security
interests intended to be granted to the Mortgagee pursuant to this Mortgage in the Mortgaged
Property.

ARTICLE X.

FURTHER ASSURANCES

          SECTION 10.1. Recording Documentation To Assure Security. The Mortgagor shall,
forthwith after the execution and delivery hereof and thereafter, from time to time, cause this
Mortgage and any financing statement, continuation statement or similar instrument relating to any
thereof or to any property intended to be subject to the Lien hereof to be filed, registered

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and
recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order
to publish notice of and fully to protect the validity and priority thereof or the Lien hereof
purported to be created upon the Mortgaged Property and the interest and rights of the Mortgagee
therein. The Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing,
registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and
acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all federal or state stamp
taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and
delivery of such instruments.

          SECTION 10.2. Further Acts. The Mortgagor shall, at the sole cost and expense of the
Mortgagor, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds,
conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers, financing statements,
continuation statements, instruments and assurances as the Mortgagee shall from time to time
request, which may be necessary in the judgment of the Mortgagee from time to time to assure,
perfect, convey, assign, pledge, transfer and confirm unto the Mortgagee, the property and rights
hereby conveyed or assigned or which the Mortgagor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey
or assign to the Mortgagee or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the
terms hereof or the filing, registering or recording hereof. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, in the event that the Mortgagee desires to exercise any remedies, consensual rights
or attorney-in-fact powers set forth in this Mortgage and determines it necessary to obtain any
approvals or consents of any Governmental Authority or any other person therefor, then, upon the
reasonable request of the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor agrees to use its best efforts to assist and aid
the Mortgagee to obtain as soon as practicable any necessary approvals or consents for the exercise
of any such remedies, rights and powers. In the event the Mortgagor shall fail after demand to
execute any instrument or take any action required to be executed or taken by the Mortgagor under
this Section 10.2, the Mortgagee may execute or take the same as the attorney-in-fact for
the Mortgagor, such power of attorney being coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

          SECTION 10.3. Additional Security. Without notice to or consent of the Mortgagor and
without impairment of the Lien and rights created by this Mortgage, the Mortgagee may accept (but
the Mortgagor shall not be obligated to furnish) from the Mortgagor or from any other person,
additional security for the Secured Obligations. Neither the giving hereof nor the acceptance of
any such additional security shall prevent the Mortgagee from resorting, first, to such additional
security, and, second, to the security created by this Mortgage without affecting the Mortgagee’s
Lien and rights under this Mortgage.

ARTICLE XI.

MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 11.1. Covenants To Run with the Land. All of the grants, covenants, terms,
provisions and conditions in this Mortgage shall run with the Land and shall apply to, and bind the
successors and assigns of, the Mortgagor. If there shall be more than one mortgagor

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with respect
to the Mortgaged Property, the covenants and warranties hereof shall be joint and several.

          SECTION 11.2. No Merger. The rights and estate created by this Mortgage shall not,
under any circumstances, be held to have merged into any other estate or interest now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Mortgagee unless the Mortgagee shall have consented to such merger in
writing.

          SECTION 11.3. Concerning Mortgagee.

               (i) The Mortgagee has been appointed as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
The actions of the Mortgagee hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The
Mortgagee shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain
from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action (including, without
limitation, the release or substitution of the Mortgaged Property), in accordance with this
Mortgage and the Credit Agreement. The Mortgagee may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in
connection herewith and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. The Mortgagee may resign and a successor Mortgagee
may be appointed in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as the Mortgagee by a successor Mortgagee, that successor Mortgagee shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Mortgagee under this Mortgage, and the retiring Mortgagee shall thereupon be discharged from its
duties and obligations under this Mortgage. After any retiring Mortgagee’s resignation, the
provisions hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
under this Mortgage while it was the Mortgagee.

               (ii) The Mortgagee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Mortgaged Property in its possession if such Mortgaged Property is accorded
treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Mortgagee, in its individual capacity, accords
its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests, it being understood that neither
the Mortgagee nor any of the Secured Parties shall have responsibility for taking any necessary
steps to preserve rights against any person with respect to any Mortgaged Property.

               (iii) The Mortgagee shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement, certificate,
order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed, sent or made by the proper person, and, with respect to all matters pertaining to
this Mortgage and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

               (iv) With respect to any of its rights and obligations as a Lender, the Mortgagee shall have
and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder. The term “Lenders,” “Lender” or any similar
terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Mortgagee in its
individual capacity as a Lender, if the Mortgagee shall be a Lender. The Mortgagee may accept
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banking, trust or other business
with the Mortgagor or any Affiliate of the Mortgagor to the same extent as if the Mortgagee were
not acting as Collateral Agent.

          (v) If any portion of the Mortgaged Property also constitutes collateral granted by Mortgagor
to the Mortgagee to secure the Secured Obligations under any other deed of trust, mortgage,
security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the
provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement,
pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the Mortgagee, in its sole
discretion, shall select which provision or provisions shall control.

          SECTION 11.4. Mortgagee May Perform. If the Mortgagor shall fail to perform any
covenants contained in this Mortgage (including, without limitation, the Mortgagor’s covenants to
(i) pay the premiums in respect of all required insurance policies hereunder or under the Credit
Agreement, (ii) pay Property Charges, (iii) make repairs, (iv) discharge Liens or (v) pay or
perform any obligations of the Mortgagor under any Mortgaged Property) or if any warranty on the
part of the Mortgagor contained herein shall be breached, the Mortgagee may (but shall not be
obligated to), after five (5) Business Days notice to Mortgagor, do the same or cause it to be done
or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose; provided, however, that the
Mortgagee shall in no event be bound to inquire into the validity of any tax, lien, imposition or
other obligation which the Mortgagor fails to pay or perform as and when required hereby and which
the Mortgagor does not contest in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Any and
all amounts so expended by the Mortgagee shall be paid by the Mortgagor in accordance with the
provisions of Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement. Neither the provisions of this
Section 11.4 nor any action taken by the Mortgagee pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 11.4 shall prevent any such failure to observe any covenant contained in this
Mortgage nor any breach of warranty from constituting an Event of Default.

          SECTION 11.5. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Mortgage shall create a
continuing Lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property and shall (i) be binding upon
the Mortgagor, its successors and assigns, (ii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the
Mortgagee hereunder, to the benefit of the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties and
each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns and (iii) in the event there is more
than one mortgagor party hereto, all undertakings hereunder shall be deemed joint and several. No
other persons (including, without limitation, any other creditor of any Loan Party) shall have any
interest herein or any right or benefit with respect hereto. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing clause (ii), but subject, however, to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any indebtedness held by it secured by this Mortgage to any
other person, and such other person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect
thereof granted to such Lender, herein or otherwise.

          SECTION 11.6. Termination; Release. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid
in full and the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have
expired or been sooner terminated and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or cash
collateralized in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage shall
terminate. Upon termination hereof or any release of the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof
in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagee

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shall, upon the request
and at the sole cost and expense of the Mortgagor, forthwith assign, transfer and deliver to the
Mortgagor, against receipt and without recourse to or warranty by the Mortgagee, such of the
Mortgaged Property to be released (in the case of a release) as may be in possession of the
Mortgagee and as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and,
with respect to any other Mortgaged Property, proper documents and instruments (including UCC-3
termination statements or releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of such
Mortgaged Property, as the case may be.

          SECTION 11.7. Modification in Writing. No amendment, modification, supplement,
termination or waiver of or to any provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by the Mortgagor
therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be done in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement and unless in writing and signed by the Mortgagee. Any amendment, modification or
supplement of or to any provision hereof, any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any
departure by the Mortgagor from the terms of any provision hereof shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is
specifically required by this Mortgage or any other Loan Document, no notice to or demand on the
Mortgagor in any case shall entitle the Mortgagor to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances.

          SECTION 11.8. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Credit Agreement,
any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in the
manner and become effective as set forth in the Credit Agreement, if to the Mortgagor or the
Mortgagee, addressed to it at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement, or in each case at
such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party
complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 11.8.

          SECTION 11.9. GOVERNING LAW; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS MORTGAGE
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST HEREUNDER, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER,
IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR ITEM OR TYPE OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE. MORTGAGOR AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY PROCEEDING MAY
BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR AT
SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE MORTGAGEE SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO. IF ANY AGENT
APPOINTED BY MORTGAGOR REFUSES TO ACCEPT SERVICE, MORTGAGOR HEREBY AGREES THAT SERVICE UPON IT BY
MAIL SHALL CONSTITUTE SUFFICIENT NOTICE. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF MORTGAGEE TO BRING PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST MORTGAGOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE MORTGAGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING

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OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS MORTGAGE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

          SECTION 11.10. Severability of Provisions. Any provision hereof which is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or
affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

          SECTION 11.11. Relationship. The relationship of the Mortgagee to the Mortgagor
hereunder is strictly and solely that of lender and borrower and mortgagor and mortgagee and
nothing contained in the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage or any other document or instrument now
existing and delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the Secured
Obligations is intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed as
creating a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy or other relationship of
any nature whatsoever between the Mortgagee and the Mortgagor other than as lender and borrower and
mortgagor and mortgagee.

          SECTION 11.12. No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Impositions. The Mortgagor shall not
be entitled to any credit against the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the
Credit Agreement, and the Mortgagor shall not be entitled to any credit against any other sums
which may become payable under the terms thereof or hereof, by reason of the payment of any
Property Charges on the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.

          SECTION 11.13. No Claims Against the Mortgagee. Nothing contained in this Mortgage
shall constitute any consent or request by the Mortgagee, express or implied, for the performance
of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the
Premises or any part thereof, nor as giving the Mortgagor any right, power or authority to contract
for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other
property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against the Mortgagee in respect
thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the
furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.

          SECTION 11.14. Mortgagee’s Right To Sever Indebtedness.

               (i) The Mortgagor acknowledges that (A) the Mortgaged Property does not constitute the sole
source of security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations and that the Secured
Obligations are also secured by property of the Mortgagor and its Affiliates in other jurisdictions
(all such property, collectively, the “Collateral”), (B) the number of such jurisdictions
and the nature of the transaction of which this instrument is a part are such that it would have
been impracticable for the parties to allocate to each item of Collateral a specific loan amount
and to execute in respect of such item a separate credit agreement and (C) the Mortgagor intends
that the Mortgagee have the same rights with respect to the Mortgaged Property, in foreclosure or
otherwise, that the Mortgagee would have had if each item of Collateral had been secured, mortgaged
or pledged pursuant to a separate credit agreement, mortgage or security instrument. In
furtherance of such intent, the Mortgagor agrees that the Mortgagee may at any time by notice (an
“Allocation Notice”) to the Mortgagor allocate

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a portion (the “Allocated
Indebtedness”) of the Secured Obligations to the Mortgaged Property and sever from the
remaining Secured Obligations the Allocated Indebtedness. From and after the giving of an
Allocation Notice with respect to the Mortgaged Property, the Secured Obligations hereunder shall
be limited to the extent set forth in the Allocation Notice and (as so limited) shall, for all
purposes, be construed as a separate loan obligation of the Mortgagor unrelated to the other
transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document related
to any thereof. To the extent that the proceeds on any foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property shall
exceed the Allocated Indebtedness, such proceeds shall belong to the Mortgagor and shall not be
available hereunder to satisfy any Secured Obligations of the Mortgagor other than the Allocated
Indebtedness. In any action or proceeding to foreclose the Lien hereof or in connection with any
power of sale, foreclosure or other remedy exercised under this Mortgage commenced after the giving
by the Mortgagee of an Allocation Notice, the Allocation Notice shall be conclusive proof of the
limits of the Secured Obligations hereby secured, and the Mortgagor may introduce, by way of
defense or counterclaim, evidence thereof in any such action or proceeding. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Section 11.14, the proceeds received by the Mortgagee pursuant to this
Mortgage shall be applied by the Mortgagee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement.

               (ii) The Mortgagor hereby waives to the greatest extent permitted under law the right to a
discharge of any of the Secured Obligations under any statute or rule of law now or hereafter in
effect which provides that foreclosure of the Lien hereof or other remedy exercised under this
Mortgage constitutes the exclusive means for satisfaction of the Secured Obligations or which makes
unavailable a deficiency judgment or any subsequent remedy because the Mortgagee elected to proceed
with a power of sale, foreclosure or such other remedy or because of any failure by the Mortgagee
to comply with laws that prescribe conditions to the entitlement to a deficiency judgment. In the
event that, notwithstanding the foregoing waiver, any court shall for any reason hold that the
Mortgagee is not entitled to a deficiency judgment, the Mortgagor shall not (A) introduce in any
other jurisdiction such judgment as a defense to enforcement against the Mortgagor of any remedy in
the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or (B) seek to have such judgment recognized or
entered in any other jurisdiction, and any such judgment shall in all events be limited in
application only to the state or jurisdiction where rendered.

               (iii) In the event any instrument in addition to the Allocation Notice is necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this Section 11.14, including, without limitation, any
amendment to this Mortgage, any substitute promissory note or affidavit or certificate of any kind,
the Mortgagee may execute, deliver or record such instrument as the attorney-in-fact of the
Mortgagor. Such power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

               (iv) Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, the provisions of this
Section 11.14 shall be effective only to the maximum extent permitted by law.

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ARTICLE XII.

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

          SECTION 12.1. Intercreditor Agreement. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE
LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO MORTGAGEE PURSUANT TO THIS MORTGAGE AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY
RIGHT OR REMEDY BY MORTGAGEE HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND
RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT”), AMONG THE COMPANIES PARTY THERETO, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, THE
OTHER AGENTS PARTY THERETO, THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE, THE TERM LOAN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, TERM LOAN
COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER TERM LOAN AGENTS UNDER THE TERM LOAN DOCUMENTS PARTY THERETO, AND
SUCH OTHER PERSONS AS MAY BECOME PARTY THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME PURSUANT TO THE TERMS THEREOF.
Language to be confirmed once Credit Agreement is finalized.] IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS MORTGAGE, THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

          SECTION 12.2. Credit Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the Credit Agreement
and this Mortgage, the provisions of the Credit Agreement shall govern and control.

ARTICLE XIII.

LEASES

          SECTION 13.1. Mortgagor’s Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases. With respect
to each Lease, the Mortgagor shall:

          (i) observe and perform in all material respects all the obligations imposed upon the
Landlord under such Lease;

          (ii) promptly send copies to the Mortgagee of all notices of default which the
Mortgagor shall send or receive thereunder; and

          (iii) enforce all of the material terms, covenants and conditions contained in such
Lease upon the part of the Tenant thereunder to be observed or performed.

          SECTION 13.2. Mortgagor’s Negative Covenants with Respect to Leases. With respect to
each Lease, the Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee:

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          (i) receive or collect, or permit the receipt or collection of, any Rent under such
Lease more than three (3) months in advance of the respective period in respect of which
such Rent is to accrue, except:

	 	(A)	 	in connection with the execution and delivery
of such Lease (or of any amendment to such Lease), Rent thereunder may
be collected and received in advance in an amount not in excess of
three (3) months Rent;
	 
	 	(B)	 	the amount held by Landlord as a reasonable
security deposit thereunder; and
	 
	 	(C)	 	any amount received and collected for
escalation and other charges in accordance with the terms of such
Lease;

          (ii) assign, transfer or hypothecate (other than to the Mortgagee, and subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) any Rent under such Lease whether then due or to
accrue in the future or the interest of the Mortgagor as Landlord under such Lease;

          (iii) enter into any amendment or modification of any Lease if the same would not
comply with the definition of Permitted Liens or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Property Material Adverse Effect;

          (iv) (a) terminate (whether by exercising any contractual right of the Mortgagor to
recapture leased space or otherwise) or (b) permit the termination of such Lease or (c)
accept surrender of all or any portion of the space demised under such Lease prior to the
end of the term thereof or (d) accept assignment of such Lease to the Mortgagor unless the
same would not cause a Property Material Adverse Effect (but with respect to clauses (b) and
(c) hereof, Mortgagor shall not be required to obtain Mortgagee’s prior written consent if
the tenant under any such Lease possesses such rights as of the date hereof);

          (v) waive, excuse, condone or in any manner discharge or release any Tenants of or from
the obligations of such Tenants under their respective Leases or guarantors of Tenants from
obligations under any guarantees of the Leases unless the same would not cause a Property
Material Adverse Effect.

ARTICLE XIV.

LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgagor has caused this Mortgage to be duly executed and delivered
under seal the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION,

a Texas corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[local counsel to confirm signature requirements]

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

	 	 	 	 	 

	State of _______________

	 	)		 
	 

		) ss.:

	County of _____________

	 	)		 

[Local counsel to provide appropriate acknowledgment]

 

 

Schedule A — Legal Description

Legal Description of premises located at [__________________]:

 

 

EXHIBIT K

Form of

TERM LOAN NOTE

			
	$_______________
	 	New York, New York

[Date]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [_____________________] (the
“Lender”) or its registered assigns on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement
referred to below) in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds, the
principal amount of ____________ DOLLARS ($____________), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Lender outstanding
under the Credit Agreement referred to below, which sum shall be due and payable in such amounts
and on such dates as are set forth in the Credit Agreement. Borrower further agrees to pay
interest in like money at such office specified in Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement on
the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time from the date hereof at the rates specified in
Section 2.06 of such Credit Agreement.

The holder of this Note may endorse and attach a schedule to reflect the date, Type and amount of
each Term Loan of the Lender owing by the Borrower outstanding under the Credit Agreement, the date
and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal hereof, and the date of each interest rate
conversion or continuation pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement and the
principal amount subject thereto; provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such
recordation (or any error in such recordation) shall not affect the obligations of Borrower
hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010
(as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS
INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a
corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time
to time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having
the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other parties party
thereto, is subject to the provisions thereof and is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment
in whole or in part as provided therein.

This Note is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents.
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents for a description of
the properties and assets in which a security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of
the security and guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interest and each
guarantee was granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect thereof.

Upon the occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement,
all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately
due and payable all as provided therein. No failure in exercising any rights hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents on the part of the Lender shall operate as a waiver of such rights.

Time is of the essence in respect of this Note.
All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal, surety,
guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand, protest and all
other notices of any kind.

EXHIBIT K-1

 

 

THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

[Signature Page Follows]

EXHIBIT K-2

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.,

as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

EXHIBIT K-3

 

 

Exhibit L-1

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

     Reference is hereby made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as
amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NOVELIS
INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS INC., a
corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time
to time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having
the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties party
thereto.

     The undersigned hereby certify to the Administrative Agent as follows:

     1. Names.

     (a) The exact legal name of each Loan Party, as such name appears in its respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, memorandum or articles of association, or any other
organizational document, is set forth in Schedule 1(a). Each Loan Party is (i) the type of
entity disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a), (ii) organized under the laws of the
jurisdiction disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a) and (iii) a registered
organization in such jurisdiction except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 1(a). Also
set forth in Schedule 1(a) is the organizational identification number, if any, of each
Loan Party that is a registered organization, the United States Federal Employer Identification
Number (or equivalent under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction of organization of such Loan
Party) of each Loan Party.

     (b) Set forth in Schedule 1(b) hereto is any other organizational names each Loan
Party has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change.

     (c) Set forth in Schedule 1(c) is a list of all other names (including trade names or
similar appellations) used by each Loan Party, or any other business or organization to which each
Loan Party became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or
jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, at any time in the past five years. Also set forth in
Schedule 1(c) is the information required by Section 1 of this Perfection Certificate for
any other business or organization to which each Loan Party became the successor by merger,
consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, at
any time in the past five years. Except as set forth in Schedule 1(c), no Loan Party has
changed its jurisdiction of organization at any time during the past four months.

     2. Current Locations. (a) The chief executive office of each Loan Party is located
at the address set forth in Schedule 2(a) hereto.

     (b) Set forth in Schedule 2(b) are all locations where each Loan Party maintains any
books or records relating to any Collateral.

     (c) Set forth in Schedule 2(c) hereto are all the other places of business of each
Loan Party.

     (d) Set forth in Schedule 2(d) hereto are all other locations where each Loan Party
maintains any of the Collateral consisting of inventory or equipment where such Collateral owned by
the Loan Parties at each such location exceeds $500,000, provided that the aggregate value of such
Collateral owned by the Loan Parties at each such location does not exceed $2,500,000 in the
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     (e) Set forth in Schedule 2(e) hereto are the names and addresses of all persons or
entities other than each Loan Party, such as lessees, consignees, warehousemen or purchasers of
chattel paper, which have possession or are intended to have possession of any of the Collateral
consisting of instruments, chattel paper, inventory or equipment where the value of such Collateral
in the possession of each person or such entity exceeds $500,000, provided that the aggregate value
of such Collateral in the possession of each person or such entity does not exceed $2,500,000 in
the aggregate.

     3. Prior Locations. Set forth in Schedule 3 is the information required by
Schedule 2(a), Schedule 2(b), Schedule 2(c), Schedule 2(d) and
Schedule 2(e) with respect to each location or place of business previously maintained by
each Loan Party at any time during the past four months.

     4. Extraordinary Transactions. Except for those purchases, acquisitions and other
transactions described on Schedule 4 attached hereto, all of the Collateral has been
originated by each Loan Party in the ordinary course of business or consists of goods which have
been acquired by such Loan Party in the ordinary course of business from a person in the business
of selling goods of that kind.

     5. File Search Reports. Attached hereto as Schedule 5 is a true and accurate
summary of file search reports (or equivalent reports under the laws of each relevant jurisdiction)
from (A) the Uniform Commercial Code filing offices, Personal Property Security Act filings offices
or Registrar of Companies (or equivalent filing offices or registrars under the laws of each
relevant jurisdiction) (collectively, “Filing Offices”) (i) in each jurisdiction identified in
Section 1(a), Section 2 or Section 3 with respect to each legal name and entity set forth in
Section 1 and (ii) in each jurisdiction described in Schedule 1(c) or Schedule 4
relating to any of the transactions described in Schedule (1)(c) or Schedule 4 with
respect to each legal name of the person or entity (or with respect to each such person or entity,
as applicable) from which each Loan Party purchased or otherwise acquired any of the Collateral and
(B) each filing officer or registrar (or equivalent thereof under the laws of each relevant
jurisdiction) in each real estate recording office or registrar (or equivalent thereof under the
laws of each relevant jurisdiction) identified on Schedule 8 with respect to real estate on
which Collateral consisting of fixtures is or is to be located. A true copy of each financing
statement, mortgage, charge, judgment, tax lien, bankruptcy, pending lawsuit or other filing
identified in such reports has been delivered to the Collateral Agent.

     6. Collateral Filings. The financing statements, mortgages, charges and other filings
(collectively, “Collateral Filings”), in each case, duly authorized by each Loan Party constituting
the debtor (or the equivalent thereof under the laws of each relevant jurisdiction), including the
indications of the collateral, attached as Schedule 6 relating to the applicable Security
Agreement or Mortgage or other applicable Security Document, are in the appropriate forms for
filing in the Filing Offices in the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 7 hereof.

     7. Schedule of Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 7 is a schedule of (i)
the appropriate Filing Offices for the Collateral Filings attached hereto as Schedule 6 and
(ii) the appropriate Filing Offices for the filings described in Schedule 12(c) and (iii)
any other actions required to create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent and/or the Lenders and other Secured Parties under the
Security Documents (other than the Mortgages) (the “Pledged Collateral”). No other filings or
actions are required to create, preserve, protect and perfect such security interests in the
Pledged Collateral, except as set forth on Schedule 12(b).

     8. Real Property. Attached hereto as Schedule 8(a) is a list of all real
property owned or leased by each Loan Party noting Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date and
Filing Offices for Mortgages as of the Closing Date. Except as described on Schedule 8(b)
attached hereto, no Loan Party has entered into any leases, subleases, tenancies, franchise
agreements, licenses or other occupancy arrangements as owner, lessor, sublessor, licensor,
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property described on Schedule 8(a) and no Loan Party has any Leases which require the
consent of the landlord, tenant or other party thereto to the Transactions.

     9. Termination Statements. Attached hereto as Schedule 9(a) are the duly
authorized termination statements (or equivalents thereof under the laws of each applicable
jurisdiction) in the appropriate form for filing in each applicable jurisdiction identified in
Schedule 9(b) hereto with respect to each Lien described therein.

     10. Equity Ownership and Other Equity Investments. Attached hereto as Schedule
10 is a true and correct list of all of the authorized, and the issued and outstanding, stock,
shares, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity
interests of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and the record and beneficial owners of such
stock, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other
equity interests, the number of shares or other equity interests owned by each such Loan Party or
Subsidiary and its percentage ownership, the number of shares or other equity interests
outstanding, the numbers of any certificate representing such stock, shares, partnership interests,
limited liability company membership interests or other equity interests, and the number of shares
or other equity interests covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or
purchase and similar rights in respect of any such stock, shares, partnership interests, limited
liability company membership interests or other equity interests. Set forth on Schedule 10
is each equity investment of each Loan Party that represents 50% or less of the equity of the
entity in which such investment was made. Set forth on Schedule 10 is a true and correct
organizational structure chart with respect to the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries
as of the date hereof.

     11. Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper; Advances. (a) Attached hereto as
Schedule 11(a) is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than
checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic
chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness held by a Loan Party in excess of $100,000 in
aggregate principal amount.

     (b) Attached hereto as Schedule 11(b) is a true and correct list of all loans and
advances made by any Company to any Company as of the date hereof, which advances will be on and
after the date hereof evidenced by one or more Intercompany Notes and, in the case of a loan or
advance by a Loan Party, pledged by such Loan Party as Collateral pursuant to the Security
Documents.

     12. Intellectual Property. (a) Attached hereto as Schedule 12(a) is a
schedule setting forth all currently active applications and registrations for Patents and
Trademarks (each as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement; provided that solely for
purposes hereof, the references to “Pledgors” in such definitions shall be deemed to be references
to Loan Parties) and all licenses with respect to Patents and Trademarks of (or licensed by) each
Loan Party, including the name of the registered owner and the registration number, or their
equivalents in non-U.S. jurisdictions, if any, of each such Patent, Trademark and license with
respect to Patents and Trademarks of (or licensed by) each Loan Party. Attached hereto as
Schedule 12(b) is a schedule setting forth all currently active applications and
registrations for Copyrights (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement; provided that
solely for purposes hereof, the references to “Pledgors” in such definition shall be deemed to be
references to Loan Parties) and licenses with respect to Copyrights of (or licensed by) each Loan
Party, except for licenses relating to commercially available software used by each Loan Party
having a replacement value of less than $100,000, including the name of the registered owner and
the registration number, or their equivalents in non-U.S. jurisdictions, if any, of each such
Copyright or license with respect to Copyrights of (or licensed by) each Loan Party.

     (b) Attached hereto as Schedule 12(c) in proper form for filing with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, or their equivalents in non-U.S.
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if any, are the filings necessary to record the security interests in currently active
applications and registrations for Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights and licenses set forth on
Schedule 12(a) and Schedule 12(b) for which each Loan Party is a registered owner,
including duly signed copies of each of the Patent Security Agreement, Trademark Security Agreement
and the Copyright Security Agreement, or their equivalents in non-U.S. jurisdictions, if any, as
applicable.

     13. Commercial Tort Claims. Attached hereto as Schedule 13 is a true and
correct list of all Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement) other than
Commercial Tort Claims which do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Loan Parties held by
each Loan Party, including a brief description thereof.

     14. Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts. Attached hereto as
Schedule 14 is a true and complete list of all Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded
Deposit Accounts), Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Securities Accounts) and Commodity
Accounts (other than Excluded Commodities Accounts) (each as defined in the U.S. Security
Agreement) maintained by each Loan Party, including the name of each institution where each such
account is held, the name and account number of each such account and the name of each entity that
holds each account.

     15. Letter-of-Credit Rights. Attached hereto as Schedule 15 is a true and
correct list of all Letters of Credit issued in favor of each Loan Party, as beneficiary
thereunder, other than Letters of Credit which have a maximum available amount not exceeding
$250,000 in the aggregate for all Loan Parties.

     16. No Change. The undersigned knows of no anticipated change in any of the
circumstances or with respect to any of the matters contemplated in Sections 1 through 15 of this
Perfection Certificate except as set forth on Schedule 16 hereto.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate as of the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS UK LTD

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS AG

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	4260848 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	4260856 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 	 
	 	  	By: 4260848 CANADA INC.
 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Its: General Partner 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS BRAND LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	AV METALS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED

for and on behalf of NOVELIS ALUMINIUM 

HOLDING COMPANY

by its lawfully appointed attorney

in the presence of:

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	witness:

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA

HOLDINGS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Schedule 1(a)

Legal Names, Etc.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Federal Employer	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Registered Organization	 	 	 	Identification Number (or	 	 
	Legal Name	 	Type of Entity	 	(Yes/No)	 	Organizational Numbera	 	equivalent)a	 	Jurisdiction of Organization
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	a	 	If none, so state.

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Schedule 1(b)

Prior Organizational Names 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Prior Name	 	Date of Change
	    	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 1(c)

Changes in Identity; Other Names

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	List of All Other
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Names Used During
	Loan Party	 	Name of Entity	 	Action	 	Date of Action	 	State of Formation	 	Past Five Years
	         	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

[Add Information required by Section 1 to the extent required by Section 1(c) of the
Perfection Certificate]

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Schedule 2(a)

Chief Executive Offices

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 2(b)

Location of Books

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 2(c)

Other Places of Business

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 2(d)

Additional Locations of Equipment and Inventory

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

-16-

 

Schedule 2(e)

Locations of Collateral in Possession of Persons Other Than Any Loan Party

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of Entity in	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Possession of	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Collateral/Capacity	 	Address/Location of	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	of such Entity	 	Collateral	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	    	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

-17-

 

Schedule 3

Prior Locations Maintained by Loan Parties

     

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 4

Transactions Other Than in the Ordinary Course of Business

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Description of Transaction	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Including Parties Thereto	 	Date of Transaction
	   	 	 	 	 

-19-

 

Schedule 5

File Search Reports

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Search Report dated	 	Prepared by	 	Jurisdiction
	   	 	 	 	 	 	 

     See attached.

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Schedule 6

Copy of Collateral Filings To Be Filed

     See attached.

-21-

 

Schedule 7

Filings/Filing Offices

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Applicable Security	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Document	 	 
	 	 	 	 	[Mortgage, Security	 	 
	Type of Filinga	 	Entity	 	Agreement or Other]	 	Jurisdictions
	    	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	a	 	UCC-1 financing statement, fixture
filing, mortgage, intellectual property filing or other necessary filing.

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Schedule 8(a)

Real Property

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Landlord/Owner if	 	Description of
	Entity of Record	 	Location Address	 	Owned or Leased	 	Leased	 	Lease Documents
	       	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 8(a)

Leases, Subleases, Tenancies, Franchise agreements, Licenses or Other Occupancy Arrangements

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Schedule 9(a)

Attached hereto is a true copy of each termination statement filing duly acknowledged or otherwise
identified by the filing officer.

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Schedule 9(b)

Termination Statement Filings

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Type of	 	 	 	Collateral
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Collateral Filing	 	Collateral	 	Filing
	Debtor	 	Jurisdiction	 	Secured Party	 	Type of Collateral	 	[UCC-1, etc.]	 	Filing Date	 	Number
	    	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 10

Equity Ownership and Other Equity Investments

1. Equity Ownership and other Equity Investments:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Record Owner	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Beneficial	 	 	 	No. of Shares or	 	No. of Shares or	 	 	 	No. Shares Covered
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Owner,	 	 	 	Interests	 	Interests	 	 	 	by Warrants;
	Loan Party	 	Issuer	 	Type of Organization	 	if different)	 	Certificate No.	 	Owned	 	Outstanding	 	Percentage Ownership	 	Options
	           	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	2.	 	Organizational Structure Chart:

See attached.

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Schedule 11(a)

Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper

1. Promissory Notes:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Entity	 	Principal Amount	 	Date of Issuance	 	Interest Rate	 	Maturity Date
	   	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

2. Chattel Paper:

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Schedule 11(b)

Advances

Intercompany Notes:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Noteholder	 	Obligor	 	Principal Amount	 	Date of Issuance	 	Maturity Date
	    	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Unpaid Intercompany transfers of goods:

	 	 	 
	Companies	 	 
	(Advanced to/Advanced by)	 	Amount of Advances
	     	 	 

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Schedule 12(a)

Patents and Trademarks

UNITED STATES PATENTS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	REGISTRATION/
 APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

CANADIAN PATENTS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

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Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

[      ] PATENTS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 

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Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

CANADIAN TRADEMARKS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	REGISTRATION

NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

[      ] TRADEMARKS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

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Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	TRADEMARK
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

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Schedule 12(b)

Copyrights

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	TITLE
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 
	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

CANADIAN COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	TITLE
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 
	 	 
	 	 

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Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

[      ] COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	TITLE
	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 
	 	 
	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	LICENSEE
	 	LICENSOR
	 	COUNTRY/STATE
	 	REGISTRATION/APPLICATION

NUMBER
	 	DESCRIPTION
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

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Schedule 12(c)

Intellectual Property Filings

-36-

 

Schedule 13

Commercial Tort Claims

-37-

 

Schedule 14

Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	TYPE OF ACCOUNT
	 	BANK OR INTERMEDIARY
	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

LOCAL CASH ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	OWNER
	 	TYPE OF ACCOUNT
	 	BANK OR INTERMEDIARY
	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS
	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

-38-

 

Schedule 15

Letter of Credit Rights

-39-

 

Schedule 16

Changes from Circumstances Described in Perfection Certificate

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EXHIBIT L-2

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT

     This Perfection Certificate Supplement, dated as of
[          ], 201[   ] is
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(e) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17,
2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or
otherwise modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and
among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS
INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors
from time to time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party
thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties
party thereto.

     The undersigned hereby certify to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each of
the other Secured Parties that, as of the date hereof, there has been no change in the information
described in the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date (as supplemented by any
perfection certificate supplements delivered prior to the date hereof, the “Prior Perfection
Certificate”), other than as follows:

     1. Names. (a) Except as listed on Schedule 1(a) attached hereto and made a
part hereof, (x) Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth the exact
legal name of each Loan Party, as such name appears in its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, memorandum or articles of association, or any other organizational document; (y)
each Loan Party is (i) the type of entity disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a) to
the Prior Perfection Certificate, (ii) organized under the laws of the jurisdiction disclosed next
to its name in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate and (iii) a registered
organization in such jurisdiction except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 1(a) to the
Prior Perfection Certificate; and (z) set forth in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection
Certificate is the organizational identification number, if any, of each Loan Party that is a
registered organization, the United States Federal Employer Identification Number (or equivalent
under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party) of each Loan Party.

     (b) Except as listed on Schedule 1(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, set
forth in Schedule 1(b) of the Prior Perfection Certificate is any other corporate or
organizational names each Loan Party has had in the past five years, together with the date of the
relevant change.

     (c) Except as listed on Schedule 1(c) attached hereto and made a part hereof, set
forth in Schedule 1(c) of the Prior Perfection Certificate is (i) a list of all other names
(including trade names or similar appellations) used by each Loan Party, or any other business or
organization to which each Loan Party became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition,
change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, at any time in the past five
years and the date hereof and (ii) the information required by Section 1 of this certificate for
any other business or organization to which each Loan Party became the successor by merger,
consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, at
any time in the past five years and the date hereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 1(c)
attached hereto and made a part hereof and on Schedule 1(c) of the Prior Perfection
Certificate, no Loan Party has changed its jurisdiction of organization at any time during the past
four months.

 

 

     2. Current Locations. (a) Except as listed on Schedule 2(a) attached hereto
and made a part hereof, the [chief executive]1
[registered]2 office of each Loan Party is located at the address set forth in
Schedule 2(a) of the Prior Perfection Certificate.

     (b) Except as listed on Schedule 2(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, set
forth in Schedule 2(b) of the Prior Perfection Certificate are all locations where each
Loan Party maintains any books or records relating to any Collateral.

     (c) Except as listed on Schedule 2(c) attached hereto and made a part hereof, set
forth in Schedule 2(c) of the Prior Perfection Certificate are all the other places of
business of each Loan Party.

     (d) Except as listed on Schedule 2(d) attached hereto and made a part hereof, set
forth in Schedule 2(d) of the Prior Perfection Certificate are all other locations where
each Loan Party maintains any of the Collateral consisting of inventory or equipment not identified
above where such Collateral owned by the Loan Parties at each such location exceeds $500,000,
provided that the aggregate value of such Collateral owned by the Loan Parties at each such
location does not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate.

     (e) Except as listed on Schedule 2(e) attached hereto and made a part hereof, set
forth in Schedule 2(e) of the Prior Perfection Certificate are the names and addresses of
all persons or entities other than each Loan Party, such as lessees, consignees, warehousemen or
purchasers of chattel paper, which have possession or are intended to have possession of any of the
Collateral consisting of instruments, chattel paper, inventory or equipment where such Collateral
in possession of each person or such entity exceeds $500,000, provided that the aggregate value of
such Collateral in the possession of each person or such entity does not exceed $2,500,000 in the
aggregate.

     3. [Intentionally omitted].

     4. Extraordinary Transactions. Except for those purchases, acquisitions and other
transactions described on Schedule 4 attached hereto and on Schedule 4 to the Prior
Perfection Certificate,, all of the Collateral has been originated by each Loan Party in the
ordinary course of business or consists of goods which have been acquired by such Loan Party in the
ordinary course of business from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind.

     5. [Intentionally omitted].

     6. [Collateral Filings. [To the extent applicable, except]3
[Except]4 as listed on Schedule 6 attached hereto and made a part
hereof, the financing statements, mortgages, charges and other filings

 

			
	1	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	2	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	3	 	Insert in Swiss, German and Brazilian
Perfection Certificate Supplements.
	 
	4	 	Insert in U.S., Canadian and Irish Perfection
Certificate Supplements.

-2-

 

(collectively, “Collateral Filings”), in each case, duly authorized by each Loan Party
constituting the debtor (or the equivalent thereof under the laws of each relevant jurisdiction),
including the indications of the collateral relating to the applicable Security Agreement or the
applicable Mortgage or other applicable Security Document, are set forth in Schedule 6 of
the Prior Perfection Certificate and are in the appropriate forms for filing in the filing offices
in the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 7 hereto and thereto.]5
[[Intentionally Omitted].]6

     7. Schedule of Filings. [[To the extent applicable,
except]7 [Except]8 as listed on Schedule 7
attached hereto and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate as
Schedule 7 is a schedule of (i) the appropriate filing offices for the Collateral Filings
attached hereto and thereto as Schedule 6 and (ii) the appropriate filing offices for the
filings described in Schedule 12 hereto and thereto and (iii) any other actions required to
create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the Collateral granted to the
Collateral Agent and/or the Lenders and other Secured Parties under the Security Documents (other
than the Mortgages) (the “Pledged Collateral”). No other [filings or]9
actions[, except those mentioned in the respective Security Documents]10 are
required to create, preserve, protect and perfect such security interests in the Pledged
Collateral, except as set forth in Section 12(b).]11

[Except as listed on Schedule 7 attached hereto and made a part hereof, attached to
the Prior Perfection Certificate as Schedule 7 is a schedule of (i) the forms 395,
financing statements, and other filings (collectively, “Collateral Filings”) which will, in each
case, be duly authorized by the relevant U.K. Loan Party or the Collateral Agent’s counsel and
filed with the appropriate Filing Offices in respect of the security interests in the Collateral
granted to the Collateral Agent and/or the Lenders and other Secured Parties under the Security
Documents and (ii) the appropriate filing offices for the Collateral Filings. No other filings or
actions are required to create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent and/or the Lenders and other Secured Parties under the
Security Documents (other than the Mortgages and as set forth in Section
12(b)).]12

 

			
	5	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	6	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	7	 	Insert in Swiss, German and Brazilian
Perfection Certificate Supplements.
	 
	8	 	Insert in U.S., Canadian and Irish Perfection
Certificate Supplements.
	 
	9	 	Delete in German Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	10	 	Insert in German Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	11	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	12	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.

-3-

 

     8. Real Property. Except as listed on Schedule 8(a) attached hereto and
made a part hereof, Schedule 8(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a list of all real
property owned or leased by each Loan Party [noting]13 [that will
form]14 Mortgaged Property [as of the Closing Date or pursuant to Section
5.11(c) of the Credit Agreement and filing offices for Mortgages]15 as of
the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 5.11(c) of the Credit Agreement [are listed in the
land registry excerpts separately delivered to the Collateral Agent]16.
Except as described on Schedule 8(b) attached hereto, no Loan Party has entered into any
leases, subleases, tenancies, franchise agreements, licenses or other occupancy arrangements as
owner, lessor, sublessor, licensor, franchisor or grantor with respect to any of the real property
described on Schedule 8(a) or Schedule 8(a) of the Prior Perfection Certificate,
other than those listed on Schedule 8(b) of the Prior Perfection Certificate, and no Loan
Party has any Leases which require the consent of the landlord, tenant or other party thereto to
the Transactions.

     9. [Intentionally Omitted].

     10. Equity Ownership and Other Equity Investments. Except as listed on Schedule
10(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 10(a) to the Prior Perfection
Certificate is a true and correct list of all of the authorized, and the issued and outstanding,
stock, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other
equity interests of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and the record and beneficial owners of
such stock, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other
equity interests, the number of shares or other equity interests owned by each such Loan Party or
Subsidiary and its percentage ownership, the number of shares or other equity interests
outstanding, the numbers of any certificate representing such stock, shares, partnership interests,
limited liability company membership interests or other equity interests, and the number of shares
or other equity interests covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or
purchase and similar rights in respect of any such stock, shares, partnership interests, limited
liability company membership interests or other equity interests. Except as set forth on
Schedule 10(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 10(b) to the Prior
Perfection Certificate sets forth each equity investment of each Loan Party that represents 50% or
less of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made. Except as set forth on
Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof, set forth on Schedule 10 to the
Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct organizational structure chart with respect to
the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.

     11. Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper; Advances. (a) Except as listed on
Schedule 11(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 11(a) to the Prior
Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than
checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic
chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness held by a Loan Party in excess of $100,000 in
aggregate principal amount.

 

			
	13	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	14	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	15	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	16	 	Insert in German Perfection Certificate
Supplement.

-4-

 

     (b) Except as listed on Schedule 11(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof,
Schedule 11(b) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of all loans
and advances made by any Company to any Company as of the date hereof, which advances will be on
and after the date hereof evidenced by one or more Intercompany Notes and, in the case of a loan or
advance by a Loan Party, pledged by such Loan Party as Collateral pursuant to the Security
Documents [and (ii) a true and correct list of all unpaid intercompany transfers of goods sold and
delivered by or to any Company as of the date hereof]17.

     12. Intellectual Property. (a) Except as listed on Schedule 12(a) attached
hereto and made a part hereof , Schedule 12(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a
schedule setting forth all of each Loan Party’s currently active applications and registrations for
Patents and Trademarks (each as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement; provided that
solely for purposes hereof, the references to “Pledgors” in such definitions shall be deemed to be
references to Loan Parties) and all licenses with respect to Patents and Trademarks of (or
licensed by) each Loan Party, and their equivalents in non-U.S. jurisdictions, including the name
of the owner (and the registered owner) and the registration number of each such Patent, Trademark
and license with respect to Patents and Trademarks of (or licensed by) each Loan
Party,18 or their equivalents in non-US jurisdictions. Except as listed on Schedule
12(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 12(b) to the Prior Perfection
Certificate is a schedule setting forth all currently-active applications and registrations for
Copyrights (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement; provided that solely for purposes
hereof, the references to “Pledgors” in such definition shall be deemed to be references to Loan
Parties) and licenses with respect to Copyrights of (or licensed by) each Loan Party, except for
licenses relating to commercially available software used by each Loan Party having a replacement
value of less than $100,000, in each case, including the name of the owner (and the registered
owner) and the registration number, or their equivalents in non-U.S. jurisdictions, if any, of each
such Copyright or license with respect to Copyrights of (or licensed by) each Loan Party, or their
equivalents in non-U.S. jurisdictions.

     (b) Except as listed on Schedule 12(c) and Schedule 7 attached hereto and made
a part hereof, the filings listed or provided in Schedule 7 and Schedule 12(c)
attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate, together with those filings required pursuant to
Schedule 5.16 to the Credit Agreement, and any filings necessary to bring the title to the relevant
Intellectual Property into the name of the Loan Party which owns such Intellectual Property, are
the filing necessary to perfect and record the security interests in the currently active
applications and registrations for Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights and licenses with respect to
Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, and non-U.S. equivalents, set forth on Schedules 12(a)
and 12(b) hereto for which a Loan Party is a registered owner and which are established
under the laws of the United States, Canada, the U.K., Germany and Switzerland. The Loan Parties
have delivered to the Collateral Agent duly signed copies of each of the Patent Security Agreement,
Trademark Security Agreement, and Copyright Security Agreement, as applicable to U.S. Patents
Trademarks and Copyrights on Schedules 12(a) and 12(b) attached hereto, a Security
Transfer and Assignment Agreement with Regard to Intellectual Property, as applicable to German
Intellectual Property on Schedules 12(a) and 12(b) attached hereto, Form 24s as
applicable to U.K. Intellectual Property on Schedules 12(a) and 12(b)

 

			
	17	 	Insert in U.K. and Swiss Perfection
Certificate Supplements
	 
	18	 	Substitute in the U.K. Perfection
Certificate “Intellectual Property specified in and charged and/or assigned
under the U.K. Security Agreement

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attached hereto, and such other duly executed forms as are necessary to effectuate and perfect
the Agent’s Lien in the Patents, Trademarks Copyrights and non-U.S. equivalents listed on
Schedules 12(a) and 12(b) which are established under the laws of the U.S., the
U.K., Canada, Germany and Switzerland.

     13. [Commercial Tort Claims. Except as listed on Schedule 13 attached hereto
and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate as Schedule 13 is a
true and correct list of all Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement)
other than Commercial Tort Claims which do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Loan
Parties, held by each Loan Party, including a brief description thereof.]19
[[Intentionally Omitted].]20

     14. [Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity
Accounts]21 [Securities Accounts]22. Except as
listed on Schedule 14 attached hereto and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior
Perfection Certificate as Schedule 14 is a true and complete list of all [Deposit Accounts
(other than Excluded Deposit Accounts), Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Securities
Accounts) and Commodity Accounts (other than Excluded Commodities Accounts) (each as defined in the
U.S. Security Agreement)]23 [Securities Accounts (each as defined in the U.K.
Security Agreement)]24 maintained by each Loan Party, including the name of
each institution where each such account is held, the name and account number of each such account
and the name of each entity that holds each account.

     15. Letter-of-Credit Rights. Except as listed on Schedule 15 attached hereto
and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate as Schedule 15 is a
true and correct list of all Letters of Credit issued in favor of each Loan Party, as beneficiary
thereunder, other than Letters of Credit which have a maximum available amount not exceeding
$250,000 in the aggregate for all Loan Parties.

     16. No Change. The undersigned knows of no anticipated change in any of the
circumstances or with respect to any of the matters contemplated in Sections 1 through 15 of this
Perfection Certificate Supplement except as set forth on Schedule 16 hereto.

[The remainder of this page has been intentionally left blank]

 

			
	19	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	20	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	21	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	22	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	23	 	Delete in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.
	 
	24	 	Insert in U.K. Perfection Certificate
Supplement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate Supplement as of the
date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[_____________________]25

 	 
	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

			
	25	 	Insert Loan Party names.

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Schedule 1(a)

Legal Names, Etc.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Federal Employer	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Registered Organization	 	 	 	Identification Number (or	 	 
	Legal Name	 	Type of Entity	 	(Yes/No)	 	Organizational Numbera	 	equivalent)a	 	Jurisdiction of Organization
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	a	 	If none, so state.

-8-

 

Schedule 1(b)

Prior Organizational Names 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Prior Name	 	Date of Change
	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 1(c)

Changes in Identity; Other Names

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	List of All Other
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Names Used During
	Loan Party	 	Name of Entity	 	Action	 	Date of Action	 	State of Formation	 	Past Five Years
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

[Add Information required by Section 1 to the extent required by Section 1(c) of the
Perfection Certificate Supplement]

 

 

Schedule 2(a)

Chief Executive Offices

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 2(b)

Location of Books

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 2(c)

Other Places of Business

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 2(d)

Additional Locations of Equipment and Inventory

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Address	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 2(e)

Locations of Collateral in Possession of Persons Other Than Any Loan Party

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of Entity in	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Possession of	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Collateral/Capacity	 	Address/Location of	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	of such Entity	 	Collateral	 	County	 	State	 	Country
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 4

Transactions Other Than in the Ordinary Course of Business

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Loan Party	 	Description of Transaction Including Parties Thereto	 	Date of Transaction
	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 6

Copy of Collateral Filings To Be Filed

See attached.

 

 

Schedule 7

Filings/Filing Offices

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Applicable Security	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Document	 	 
	 	 	 	 	[Mortgage, Security	 	 
	Type of Filinga	 	Entity	 	Agreement or Other]	 	Jurisdictions
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

			
	a	 	UCC-1 financing statement, fixture
filing, mortgage, intellectual property filing or other necessary filing.

 

 

Schedule 8(a)

Real Property

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Landlord/Owner if	 	Description of
	Entity of Record	 	Location Address	 	Owned or Leased	 	Leased	 	Lease Documents
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 8(b)

Leases, Subleases, Tenancies, Franchise agreements, Licenses or Other Occupancy Arrangements

 

 

Schedule 9(a)

Attached hereto is a true copy of each termination statement filing duly acknowledged or otherwise
identified by the filing officer.

 

 

Schedule 9(b)

Termination Statement Filings

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Type of Collateral	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Filing [UCC-1,	 	Collateral Filing	 	Collateral Filing
	Debtor	 	Jurisdiction	 	Secured Party	 	Type of Collateral	 	etc.]	 	Date	 	Number
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 10

Equity Ownership and Other Equity Investments

     1. Equity Ownership and other Equity Investments:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Record Owner	 	 	 	No. of Shares or	 	No. of Shares or	 	 	 	No. Shares Covered
	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Beneficial Owner,	 	 	 	Interests	 	Interests	 	 	 	by Warrants;
	Loan Party	 	Issuer	 	Type of Organization	 	if different)	 	Certificate No.	 	Owned	 	Outstanding	 	Percentage Ownership	 	Options
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     2. Organizational Structure Chart:

     See attached.

 

 

Schedule 11(a)

Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper

1. Promissory Notes:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Entity	 	Principal Amount	 	Date of Issuance	 	Interest Rate	 	Maturity Date
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

2. Chattel Paper:

 

 

Schedule 11(b)

Advances

Intercompany Notes:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Noteholder	 	Obligor	 	Principal Amount	 	Date of Issuance	 	Maturity Date
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Unpaid Intercompany transfers of goods:

	 	 	 
	Companies	 	 
	(Advanced to/Advanced by)	 	Amount of Advances
	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 12(a)

Patents and Trademarks

UNITED STATES PATENTS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/ APPLICATION	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

CANADIAN PATENTS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

[     ] PATENTS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	REGISTRATION/ APPLICATION NUMBER	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

CANADIAN TRADEMARKS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

[               ] TRADEMARKS:

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 12(b)

Copyrights

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	TITLE	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/ APPLICATION	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

CANADIAN COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	TITLE	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	 	 	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

[               ] COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	TITLE	 	REGISTRATION NUMBER
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER
	 	 	 	 	 

Licenses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	REGISTRATION/	 	 
	LICENSEE	 	LICENSOR	 	COUNTRY/STATE	 	APPLICATION NUMBER	 	DESCRIPTION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 12(c)

Intellectual Property Filings

 

 

Schedule 13

Commercial Tort Claims

 

 

Schedule 14

Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	TYPE OF ACCOUNT	 	BANK OR INTERMEDIARY	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

LOCAL CASH ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	TYPE OF ACCOUNT	 	BANK OR INTERMEDIARY	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 15

Letter of Credit Rights

 

 

Schedule 16

Changes from Circumstances Described in Perfection Certificate

 

 

Exhibit M-1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

made by

NOVELIS INC.,

as the Borrower,

and

THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

in favor of

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 

Dated as of December 17, 2010

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED,
SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS
INC., NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA
INC., NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS
BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE
HOLDINGS LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG,
NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL
LTDA., NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC.
(“HOLDINGS”), THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS OR NOVELIS INC. FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT
CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME
TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 		 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	PREAMBLE
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	RECITALS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	AGREEMENT
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 1.2. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 1.3. RESOLUTION OF DRAFTING AMBIGUITIES
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 1.4. PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.1. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 2.2. FILINGS
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES;
USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.1. DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATED SECURITIES COLLATERAL
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 3.2. PERFECTION OF UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES COLLATERAL
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 3.3. FINANCING STATEMENTS AND OTHER FILINGS; MAINTENANCE OF PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 3.4. OTHER ACTIONS
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 3.5. JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 3.6. SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.1. TITLE
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 4.2. VALIDITY OF SECURITY INTEREST
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 4.3. DEFENSE OF CLAIMS; TRANSFERABILITY OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 4.4. OTHER FINANCING STATEMENTS
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 4.5. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 4.6. DUE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 4.7. CONSENTS, ETC.
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 4.8. PLEDGED COLLATERAL
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 4.9. INSURANCE
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.1. PLEDGE OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES COLLATERAL
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 5.2. VOTING RIGHTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; ETC.
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 5.3. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 5.4. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 5.5. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF PLEDGORS AS ISSUERS AND HOLDERS OF EQUITY INTERESTS
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY COLLATERAL
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.1. GRANT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 6.2. PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 6.3. AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 6.4. LITIGATION
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING RECEIVABLES
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.1. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 7.2. MODIFICATION OF TERMS, ETC
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 7.3. COLLECTION
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TRANSFERS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.1. TRANSFERS OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
	 	 	24	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE IX
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.1. REMEDIES
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 9.2. NOTICE OF SALE
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 9.3. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND CLAIMS
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 9.4. CERTAIN SALES OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 9.5. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 9.6. CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.1. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.1. CONCERNING COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 11.2. COLLATERAL AGENT MAY PERFORM; COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 11.3. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; ASSIGNMENT
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 11.4. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 11.5. MODIFICATION IN WRITING
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.6. NOTICES
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.7. GOVERNING LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.8. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.9. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.10. BUSINESS DAYS
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.11. NO CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES OR IMPOSITION
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 11.12. NO CLAIMS AGAINST COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 11.13. NO RELEASE
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 11.14. OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 11.15. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 11.16. DELIVERY OF COLLATERAL
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 11.17. MORTGAGES
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 11.18. CONFLICTS WITH CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SIGNATURES
	 	 	S-1	 

-iii-

 

	 	 	 

	EXHIBIT 1

	 	Form of Issuer’s Acknowledgment
	EXHIBIT 2

	 	Form of Securities Pledge Amendment
	EXHIBIT 3

	 	Form of Joinder Agreement
	EXHIBIT 4

	 	Form of Copyright Security Agreement
	EXHIBIT 5

	 	Form of Patent Security Agreement
	EXHIBIT 6

	 	Form of Trademark Security Agreement
	EXHIBIT 7

	 	Form of Bailee Letter

-iv-

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

          This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this
“Agreement”), made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), and the Guarantors from to time to time party hereto
(the “Guarantors”), as pledgors, assignors and debtors (the Borrower, together with the
Guarantors, in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the
“Pledgors”, and each, a “Pledgor”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its
capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (in such
capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

R E C I T A L S:

          A. The Borrower, AV Metals Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations
Act, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party
thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other
parties from time to time party thereto have, in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified
from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”; which term shall also
include and refer to any increase in the amount of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement).

          B. The Borrower has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, borrowed the Loans provided for
thereunder, and each Guarantor has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, unconditionally guaranteed
the Secured Obligations.

          C. The Borrower and each Guarantor will receive substantial benefits from the execution,
delivery and performance of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and each is, therefore, willing to enter into this Agreement.

          D. This Agreement is given by each Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties to secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations.

          E. It is a condition to the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans under the Credit
Agreement that each Pledgor execute and deliver the applicable Loan Documents, including this
Agreement.

A G R E E M E N T:

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor and the
Collateral Agent hereby agree as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

          SECTION 1.1. Definitions.

          (a) Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, capitalized terms used herein
that are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC; provided
that in any event, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC:

          “Accounts”; “Bank”; “Chattel Paper”; “Commercial Tort Claim”;
“Commodity Account”; “Commodity Contract”; “Commodity Intermediary”;
“Documents”; “Electronic Chattel Paper”; “Entitlement Order”;
“Equipment”; “Financial Asset”; “Fixtures”; “Goods”,
“Inventory”; “Letter-of-Credit Rights”; “Letters of Credit”;
“Money”; “Payment Intangibles”; “Proceeds”; “ Records”;
“Securities Account”; “Securities Entitlement”; “Securities Intermediary”;
“Supporting Obligations”; and “Tangible Chattel Paper.”

          (b) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

          (c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

          “Account Debtor” shall mean each Person who is obligated on a Receivable or Supporting
Obligation related thereto.

          “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Bailee Letter” shall be an agreement in form substantially similar to Exhibit
7 hereto or in such other form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

          “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”,
as now and hereinafter in effect, or any successor statute.

          “Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereof.

          “Cash Management System” shall mean a cash management system acceptable to the
Collateral Agent among the Pledgors in the United States, Canada, England and Wales, Switzerland
and Germany (and any other jurisdiction in which a borrower or borrowing base guarantor under the
Revolving Credit Agreement is located).

          “Collateral Support” shall mean all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated
or otherwise securing any Pledged Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other
agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.

          “Commodity Account Control Agreement” shall mean a control agreement in a form that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agent’s Control with
respect to any Commodity Account.

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          “Contracts” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all sale, service,
performance, equipment or property lease contracts, licenses, agreements and grants and all other
contracts, licenses, agreements or grants (in each case, whether written or oral, or third party or
intercompany), between such Pledgor and any third party, and all assignments, amendments,
restatements, supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof.

          “Control” shall mean (i) in the case of each Deposit Account, “control”, as such term
is defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC, (ii) in the case of any Security Entitlement, “control”, as
such term is defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC, (iii) in the case of any Commodity Contract,
“control”, as such term is defined in Section 9-106 of the UCC, and (iv) in the case of any
Letter-of-Credit Right, “control”, as such term is defined in Section 9-107 of the UCC.

          “Control Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Deposit Account Control Agreement,
the Securities Account Control Agreement and the Commodity Account Control Agreement.

          “Copyright” shall mean, collectively, all copyrights (whether statutory or common law,
whether established, registered or recorded in Canada, the United States or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or
unpublished) and all mask works (as such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 901, et seq.),
together with any and all (i) copyright registrations and applications, (ii) rights and privileges
arising under applicable law with respect to such copyrights, (iii) renewals and extensions thereof
and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter
due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments for past, present or future
infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world
and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.

          “Copyright Security Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 4 hereto.

          “Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A
hereof.

          “Deposit Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agent’s Control with
respect to any Deposit Account.

          “Deposit Accounts” shall mean, collectively, (i) all “deposit accounts” (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC) and all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing accounts
and (ii) all cash, funds, checks, notes and instruments from time to time held in, credited to or
on deposit in any of the accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this definition.

          “Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

          “Distributions” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all dividends,
cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital or principal,
income, interest, profits and other property, interests (debt or equity) or proceeds, including as
a result of a split, revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Securities,
from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed to such Pledgor in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of the Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes.

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          “Excluded Commodities Accounts” shall mean Commodities Accounts with Investment
Property or other property held in or credited to such Commodities Accounts with an aggregate value
of less than $1,000,000 at any time with respect to any particular Commodities Account and less
than $2,500,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such Commodities Accounts.

          “Excluded Deposit Accounts” shall mean (i) Deposit Accounts that are zero balance
disbursement accounts, (ii) Deposit Accounts used solely to fund payroll, payroll taxes and similar
employment taxes or employee benefits in the ordinary course of business, (iii) local Deposit
Accounts listed on Schedule 14 of the Perfection Certificate under the heading “Local Cash
Accounts” that are not a part of the Cash Management System which individually do not at any time
contain funds in excess of $100,000 and, together with all other such local cash accounts, do not
contain funds in excess of $2,000,000, and (iv) other Deposit Accounts with an amount on deposit of
less than $1,000,000 at any time with respect to any particular Deposit Account and less than
$2,500,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, no Net Cash Proceeds Account shall be an Excluded Deposit Account.

          “Excluded Securities Accounts” shall mean (i) Securities Accounts with Investment
Property or other property held in or credited to such Securities Accounts with an aggregate value
of less than $10,000,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such Securities Accounts and (ii)
Securities Accounts with property held in or credited to such Securities Accounts consisting solely
of the Equity Interests of Aluminum Company of Malaysia Berhad.

          “Excluded Property” shall mean

     (a) any permit or license issued by a Governmental Authority to any Pledgor or any
agreement to which any Pledgor is a party, in each case, only to the extent and for so long
as the terms of such permit, license or agreement (other than any of the foregoing entered
into with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or any Requirement of Law
applicable thereto, validly prohibit the creation by such Pledgor of a security interest
(or, in the case of any agreement (but not any permit or license), require the consent of
any person therefor (so long as any such consent requirement is permitted under Section 6.19
of the Credit Agreement)) in such permit, license or agreement in favor of the Collateral
Agent (after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d), 9-407(a), 9-408(a) or 9-409 of the UCC (or
any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy
Code) or principles of equity),

     (b) any “Venture Interests” as defined in the Joint Venture Agreement, dated January
18, 1985, between Arco Logan Inc. and Alcan Aluminum Corporation, as such Joint Venture
Agreement may have been amended prior to June 4, 2009, and any Equity Interest in any other
joint ventures to the extent the terms of the applicable joint venture agreement (other than
any of the foregoing entered into with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), prohibit
the creation by the applicable Pledgor of a security interest, or require the consent of any
person therefor, in such Equity Interests in favor of the Collateral Agent, but only to the
extent and for so long as (i) the terms of the applicable agreement prohibit the creation by
the applicable Pledgor of a security interest in such “Venture Interests” or other Equity
Interests in favor of the Collateral Agent (after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d),
9-407(a), 9-408(a) or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or any
other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity) and (ii) such
prohibition is permitted by Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement,

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     (c) any property owned by any Pledgor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is
subject to a Lien securing a Purchase Money Obligation or Capital Lease Obligation permitted
to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement if the contract or other
agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Purchase
Money Obligation or Capital Lease Obligation) validly prohibits the creation of any other
Lien on such property,

     (d) any United States trademark or service mark application filed on the basis of a
Pledgor’s intent-to-use such mark, in each case, unless and until evidence of the use of
such trademark in interstate commerce is submitted to and accepted by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office,

     (e) any Equity Interests of Novelis de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. so long as (i) such
Subsidiary is an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary and (ii) the pledge of or grant of a
security interest in the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary pursuant hereto would
constitute an investment of earnings in United States property under Section 956 (or a
successor provision) of the Code, which investment would or could reasonably be expected to
trigger an increase in the net income of a United States shareholder of such Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 951 (or a successor provision) of the Code, as reasonably determined by
the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not
include (x) Voting Stock of such Subsidiary representing not more than 65% of the total
voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of such Subsidiary and (y) 100% of the Equity
Interests not constituting Voting Stock of such Subsidiary, except that any such Equity
Interests constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.956-2(c)(2) shall be treated as Voting Stock for purposes of this clause (e),

     (f) any leasehold interests in real property,

     (g) any Excluded Equity Interests and any Equity Interests in Excluded Collateral
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties,

     (h) motor vehicles and any other assets where ownership is evidenced by a certificate
of title,

     (i) deposits posted by customers pursuant to forward sale agreements entered into by
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and
that is held in a segregated Deposit Account that is not commingled with any other
Collateral (other than other such deposits posted by customers), and any Deposit Accounts
and Securities Accounts to which only such customer deposits are credited;

     (j) Letter of Credit Rights that are not Supporting Obligations.

provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds,
substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to in clauses (a) through (j)
(unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property referred to
in clauses (a) through (i)).

          “General Intangibles” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
“general intangibles”, as such term is defined in the UCC, of such Pledgor and, in any event, shall
include (i) all of such Pledgor’s rights, title and interest in, to and under all Contracts and
insurance policies (including all rights and remedies relating to monetary damages, including
indemnification rights and remedies, and

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claims for damages or other relief pursuant to or in respect of any Contract), (ii) all
know-how and warranties relating to any of the Pledged Collateral or the Mortgaged Property, (iii)
any and all other rights, claims, choses-in-action and causes of action of such Pledgor against any
other Person and the benefits of any and all collateral or other security given by any other Person
in connection therewith, (iv) all guarantees, endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of
the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, (v) all intellectual property, (vi) all
lists, books, records, correspondence, ledgers, printouts, files (whether in printed form or stored
electronically), tapes and other papers or materials containing information relating to any of the
Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, including all customer or tenant lists,
identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints, specifications, designs, drawings,
appraisals, recorded knowledge, surveys, studies, engineering reports, test reports, manuals,
standards, processing standards, performance standards, catalogs, research data, computer and
automatic machinery software and programs and the like, field repair data, accounting information
pertaining to such Pledgor’s operations or any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged
Property and all media in which or on which any of the information or knowledge or data or records
may be recorded or stored and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such
information, knowledge, records or data, (vii) all licenses, consents, permits, variances,
certifications, authorizations and approvals, however characterized, now or hereafter acquired or
held by such Pledgor, including building permits, certificates of occupancy, environmental
certificates, industrial permits or licenses and certificates of operation and (viii) all rights to
reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds, indemnification of claims and claims for tax or
other refunds against any Governmental Authority.

          “Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Immaterial Intellectual Property Collateral” shall mean Intellectual Property
Collateral that is not Material Intellectual Property Collateral.

          “Instruments” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
“instruments”, as such term is defined in Article 9, rather than Article 3, of the UCC, and shall
include all promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange or acceptances.

          “Intellectual Property” shall mean, collectively, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Intellectual Property Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights.

          “Intellectual Property Collateral” shall mean, collectively, the Patents, Trademarks,
Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights of the
Pledgors, in each case, other than any Excluded Property.

          “Intellectual Property Licenses” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each
Pledgor, all license agreements and covenants not to sue (regardless of whether such agreements and
covenants are contained within an agreement that also covers other matters, such as development or
consulting) with respect to any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary
Rights, whether such Pledgor is a licensor or licensee under any such agreement, together with any
and all (i) amendments, renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income,
fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and
with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or
violations thereof, (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, breaches or
violations thereof and (iv) other rights to use, exploit or practice any or all Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights or Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights.

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          “Intercompany Notes” shall mean, with respect to each Pledgor, all intercompany notes
described in Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate and intercompany notes hereafter
acquired by such Pledgor and all certificates, instruments or agreements evidencing such
intercompany notes, and all assignments, amendments, restatements, supplements, extensions,
renewals, replacements or modifications thereof to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms
hereof.

          “Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, by and among the Pledgors and the other Companies party thereto, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Revolving Credit Agents, and certain other
persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound thereto from time to time, as the
same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.

          “Investment Property” shall mean a security, whether certificated or uncertificated,
Security Entitlement, Securities Account, Commodity Contract or Commodity Account, excluding,
however, the Securities Collateral.

          “Joinder Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
3 hereto.

          “Material Intellectual Property Collateral” shall mean any Intellectual Property
Collateral that is material (i) to the use and operation of any material Pledged Collateral or
Mortgaged Property or (ii) to the business, results of operations, prospects or condition,
financial or otherwise, of any Pledgor.

          “Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgages.

          “Patent Security Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 5 hereto.

          “Patents” shall mean, collectively, all patents, patent applications, certificates of
inventions, industrial designs and rights corresponding thereto throughout the world (whether
established or registered or recorded in Canada, the United States or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under
applicable law with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) inventions and improvements described and
claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and
continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims
and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including
damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (v)
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or
future infringements or other violations thereof.

          “Perfection Certificate” shall mean, individually and collectively, as the context may
require, each perfection certificate dated December 17, 2010, executed and delivered by each
Pledgor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each other Perfection
Certificate (which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent)
executed and delivered by the applicable Pledgor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties contemporaneously with the execution and
delivery of each Joinder Agreement executed in accordance with Section 3.5 hereof, in each
case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

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          “Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean Permitted Liens of the type described in Section
6.02(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) (to the extent provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement), (n), (o), (q), (r), (s), (t) and (y) of the Credit Agreement which have priority over
the Liens granted pursuant to this Agreement (and in each case, subject to the proviso to Section
6.02 of the Credit Agreement).

          “Pledge Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1
hereof.

          “Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.1 hereof.

          “Pledged Securities” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, (i) all
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each issuer set forth on Schedule 10 to the
Perfection Certificate as being owned by such Pledgor and all options, warrants, rights, agreements
and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such issuer acquired by such Pledgor
(including by issuance), together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor
relating to such Equity Interests in each such issuer or under any Organizational Document of each
such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such Equity Interests
and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary
pertaining to such Equity Interests, (ii) all Equity Interests of any issuer, which Equity
Interests are currently owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance) and all
options, warrants, rights, agreements and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such
issuer owned or acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance), together with all rights,
privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such Equity Interests or under any
Organizational Document of any such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements
representing such Equity Interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the
books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such Equity Interests, from time to time acquired
by such Pledgor in any manner, and (iii) all Equity Interests issued in respect of the Equity
Interests referred to in clause (i) or (ii) upon any consolidation or merger of any issuer of such
Equity Interests, other than to the extent any such Pledged Securities constitute Excluded Equity
Interests.

          “Pledgor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

          “Receivables” shall mean all (i) Accounts, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) Payment
Intangibles, (iv) General Intangibles, (v) Instruments and (vi) all other rights to payment,
whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned
or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, regardless of how classified
under the UCC together with all of Pledgors’ rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving
rise to such right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto
and all Records relating thereto.

          “Revolving Credit Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

          “Revolving Credit Security Documents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Intercreditor Agreement.

          “Securities Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agent’s Control with
respect to any Securities Account.

          “Securities Collateral” shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Securities, the
Intercompany Notes and the Distributions.

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          “Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights” shall mean, collectively, all
intellectual property rights not covered by the definitions of “Copyrights,” “Patents,” and
“Trademarks”, including all intellectual property rights in trade secrets, proprietary information
and data and databases, know-how and processes, designs, inventions, technology and software and
any other intangible rights to the extent not covered by the definitions of Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights; whether registered or unregistered, whether statutory or common law, and whether
established or registered in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, together with any and all (i) registrations and applications for the
foregoing, (ii) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to the use of any
of the foregoing, (iii) reissues, continuations, extensions, renewals and divisions thereof and
amendments thereto, (v) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past,
present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world and (vii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements and other
violations thereof.

          “Trademark Security Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 6 hereto.

          “Trademarks” shall mean, collectively, all trademarks (including service marks and
certification marks), slogans, logos, trade dress, internet domain names, corporate names and trade
names, whether registered or unregistered (whether statutory or common law and whether established
or registered in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof), together with any and all (i) registrations and applications for any of the foregoing,
(ii) goodwill connected with the use thereof and symbolized thereby, (iii) rights and privileges
arising under applicable law with respect to the use of any of the foregoing, (iv) reissues,
continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto, (v) income, fees, royalties,
damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto,
including damages, claims and payments for past, present or future infringements, dilutions or
other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vii) rights
to sue for past, present and future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof.

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

          SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. Sections 1.03, 1.04 and 1.05 of the Credit Agreement shall apply
herein mutatis mutandis.

          SECTION 1.3. Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that it was
represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery hereof, that it and its
counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and that any rule of
construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party
(i.e., the Collateral Agent) shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof.

          SECTION 1.4. Perfection Certificate. The Collateral Agent and each Secured Party agree that the
Perfection Certificate and all descriptions of Pledged Collateral, schedules, amendments and
supplements thereto are and shall at all times remain a part of this Agreement.

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS

          SECTION 2.1. Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for the payment and performance in
full of all the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title
and interest of such Pledgor in, to and under the following property, wherever located, and whether
now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (collectively, the “Pledged
Collateral”):

	 	(i)	 	all Accounts;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all Equipment, Goods, Inventory and Fixtures;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	all Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	all Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights;
	 
	 	(v)	 	all Securities Collateral;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	all Investment Property;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property
Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	the Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 13 to the
Perfection Certificate;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	all General Intangibles;
	 
	 	(x)	 	all Money and all Deposit Accounts;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	all Supporting Obligations;
	 
	 	(xii)	 	all books and records relating to the Pledged Collateral;
and
	 
	 	(xiii)	 	to the extent not covered by clauses (i) through (xii) of this sentence,
all other personal property of such Pledgor, whether tangible or intangible,
and all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to,
substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each
of the foregoing, any and all Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty
or guaranty payable to such Pledgor from time to time with respect to any of
the foregoing.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (i) through (xiii) above, the
security interest created by this Agreement shall not extend to, and the terms “Pledged Collateral”
and “Pledged Securities” shall not include, any Excluded Property and the Pledgors shall, upon the
request of the Collateral Agent at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
give written notice to the Collateral Agent identifying in reasonable detail the Excluded Property
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Collateral Agent such information regarding the Excluded Property as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request (including written notice identifying in reasonable detail the Excluded
Property).

          SECTION 2.2. Filings. (a) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any
time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including
fixture filings) and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement
or amendment relating to the Pledged Collateral, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an
organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such
Pledgor, (ii) any financing or continuation statements or other documents without the signature of
such Pledgor where permitted by law, including the filing of a financing statement describing the
Pledged Collateral as “all assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the debtor or in which debtor
otherwise has rights” or a similar description and (iii) in the case of a financing statement filed
as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Pledged Collateral
relates. Each Pledgor agrees to provide all information described in the immediately preceding
sentence to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request by the Collateral Agent.

          (b) Each Pledgor hereby ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to file in any
relevant jurisdiction any financing statements relating to the Pledged Collateral if filed prior to
the date hereof.

          (c) Each Pledgor hereby further authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute and/or submit
filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or
any successor office or any similar office in any other country), as applicable, including this
Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark
Security Agreement, or other documents and to take such other actions as may be required under
applicable law for the purpose of perfecting, recording, confirming, continuing, enforcing or
protecting the security interest granted by such Pledgor hereunder, without the signature of such
Pledgor, and naming such Pledgor, as debtor, and the Collateral Agent, as secured party.

ARTICLE III

PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES;

USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL

          SECTION 3.1. Delivery of Certificated Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor represents and warrants
that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Securities
Collateral (other than Excluded Property and any certificates, agreements or instruments
representing or evidencing Equity Interests in an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary which is not a
Loan Party) in existence on the date hereof have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in suitable
form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment
in blank and that the Collateral Agent has a perfected First Priority security interest therein.
Each Pledgor hereby agrees that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or
evidencing Securities Collateral acquired by such Pledgor after the date hereof shall promptly (but
in any event within thirty days after receipt thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may
be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) be delivered to and held by or on
behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto (provided that notwithstanding the
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evidencing Securities Collateral shall be required to be so delivered to the extent such
Securities Collateral constitutes Excluded Property or any certificates, agreements or instruments
representing or evidencing Equity Interests in an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary which is not a
Loan Party, but shall be so delivered promptly (but in any event within thirty days) following the
date such Securities Collateral ceases to constitute Excluded Property or such Subsidiary ceases to
qualify as an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or otherwise becomes, or is required to become, a Loan
Party pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement). All certificated Securities Collateral shall
be in suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments
of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
The Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, to endorse, assign or otherwise transfer to or to register in
the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees or endorse for negotiation any or all of
the Securities Collateral. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates
representing or evidencing Securities Collateral for certificates of smaller or larger
denominations.

          SECTION 3.2. Perfection of Uncertificated Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor represents and
warrants that the Collateral Agent has a perfected First Priority security interest in all
uncertificated Pledged Securities (other than uncertificated Pledged Securities in which a security
interest cannot be perfected by taking all applicable actions under the UCC and such other actions
(including, without limitation, the delivery or filing of financing, statements, agreements
instruments or other documents) as may have been reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in
order to perfect such security interest under the local laws of the jurisdiction of the issuer of
such Pledged Securities) pledged by it hereunder that are in existence on the date hereof. Each
Pledgor hereby agrees that if any of the Pledged Securities are at any time not evidenced by
certificates of ownership, then each applicable Pledgor shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, (i) cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is not a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the issuer to execute and
deliver to the Collateral Agent an acknowledgment of the pledge of such Pledged Securities
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto or such other form that is reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (ii) if necessary or desirable to perfect a security interest
in such Pledged Securities, cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is
not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the issuer of such
uncertificated Pledged Securities to enter into a control agreement with the Collateral Agent and
such Pledgor reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent pursuant to which such issuer shall
agree to comply with instructions originated by the Collateral Agent without further consent by
such Pledgor, and cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is not a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) such pledge to be recorded
on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer, execute any customary pledge forms or
other documents necessary or appropriate to complete the pledge and give the Collateral Agent the
right to transfer such Pledged Securities under the terms hereof, and (iii) after the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon request by the Collateral Agent, (A) cause
(or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary,
use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the Organizational Documents of each such issuer that
is a Subsidiary of a Pledgor to be amended to provide that such Pledged Securities shall be treated
as “securities” for purposes of the UCC and (B) cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued
by an issuer that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause)
such Pledged Securities to become certificated and delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.1.

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          SECTION 3.3. Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest.
Each Pledgor represents and warrants that all financing statements, agreements, instruments and
other documents necessary to perfect the security interest granted by it to the Collateral Agent in
respect of the Pledged Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing under the
UCC, and such other actions (including, without limitation, the delivery or filing of financing
statements, agreements, instruments or other documents) as may have been reasonably requested by
the Collateral Agent in order to perfect such security interest under the local laws of the
jurisdiction of the issuer of any Pledged Securities, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent
in completed and, to the extent necessary or appropriate, duly executed form for filing in each
governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 7 to the Perfection
Certificate. Each Pledgor agrees that at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such Pledgor
will maintain the security interest created by this Agreement in the Pledged Collateral (other than
uncertificated Pledged Securities in which a security interest cannot be perfected by taking all
applicable actions under the UCC and such other actions (including, without limitation, the
delivery or filing of financing, statements, agreements instruments or other documents) as may have
been reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to perfect such security interest under
the local laws of the jurisdiction of the issuer of such Pledged Securities) as a perfected First
Priority security interest subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (other than any Pledged
Collateral the cost of which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines, in its sole discretion,
outweighs the benefit of obtaining such perfection).

          SECTION 3.4. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of,
and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the
Pledged Collateral, each Pledgor represents and warrants (as to itself) as follows and agrees, in
each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the
following Pledged Collateral:

     (a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. As of the date hereof, no amounts
payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral are evidenced by any
Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper other than such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper
listed in Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate and other than such Instruments
and Tangible Chattel Paper held by a Pledgor which do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate
for all Pledgors. Each Instrument and each item of Tangible Chattel Paper listed in
Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate has been properly endorsed, assigned and
delivered to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly
executed in blank. As of the date hereof, such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and
such instruments of transfer or assignment have been executed and delivered to the
Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent has a perfected First Priority security interest
in such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any amount then payable under or in
connection with any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Instrument or
Tangible Chattel Paper, and such amount, together with all amounts payable evidenced by any
Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper not previously delivered to the Collateral Agent
exceeds $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors, the Pledgor acquiring such Instrument
or Tangible Chattel Paper shall promptly (but in any event within thirty days after receipt
thereof) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such
instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may
from time to time specify.

     (b) Deposit Accounts. As of the date hereof, no Pledgor has any Deposit
Accounts other than the accounts listed in Schedule 14 to the Perfection
Certificate. With respect to each such Deposit Account, as of the date hereof, the
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listed on Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate has been executed and
delivered and the Collateral Agent has a First Priority security interest in each such
Deposit Account (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts), which security interest is (or, with
respect to any such Deposit Accounts identified on Schedule 5.15 to the Credit Agreement,
after completion of the actions with respect to such Deposit Accounts specified on such
Schedule, will be) perfected by Control. No Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain
any Deposit Account unless such Bank and such Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered
to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to such Deposit
Account (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts and Deposit Accounts constituting Excluded
Collateral). The Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the Collateral Agent shall
not give any instructions directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to
any Deposit Account or withhold any withdrawal rights from such Pledgor with respect to
funds from time to time credited to any Deposit Account unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. The two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to any
other Deposit Accounts for which the Collateral Agent is the Bank. No Pledgor shall grant
Control of any Deposit Account that is not an Excluded Deposit Account to any Person other
than (i) the Collateral Agent, (ii) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Revolving Credit Agents and (iii) in respect of any Deposit Account that holds only deposits
posted by customers described in clause (j) of the definition of Excluded Collateral.

     (c) Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts. (i) As of the date hereof, no
Pledgor has any Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts other than those listed in
Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate. With respect to each such Securities
Account and Commodities Account, as of the date hereof, the applicable Securities Account
Control Agreement or Commodities Account Control Agreement listed on Schedule 14 to
the Perfection Certificate has been executed and delivered and the Collateral Agent has a
First Priority security interest in each such Securities Account and Commodity Account
(other than Excluded Securities Accounts and Excluded Commodities Accounts and Securities
Accounts constituting Excluded Collateral), which security interest is perfected by Control.
No Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Securities Account or Commodity
Account with any Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary unless such Securities
Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, as the case may be, and such Pledgor shall have duly
executed and delivered a Control Agreement with respect to such Securities Account or
Commodity Account (other than Excluded Securities Accounts, Excluded Commodities Accounts
and Securities Accounts constituting Excluded Collateral), as the case may be. Each Pledgor
shall accept any cash and Investment Property in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and within five days of actual receipt thereof, deposit any and all cash and
Investment Property received by it into a Deposit Account or Securities Account. The
Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the Collateral Agent shall not give any
Entitlement Orders or instructions or directions to any issuer of uncertificated securities,
Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the
exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by such Pledgor, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal
rights, would occur. The two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to any
Financial Assets credited to a Securities Account for which the Collateral Agent or any of
its affiliates is the Securities Intermediary. No Pledgor shall grant Control over any
Investment Property to any Person other than (i) the Collateral Agent, (ii) subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agent and (iii) in respect of any
Deposit Account that holds only deposits posted by customers described in clause (j) of the
definition of Excluded Collateral, such customers.

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     (ii) As between the Collateral Agent and the Pledgors, the Pledgors shall bear the
investment risk with respect to the Investment Property and Pledged Securities, and the risk
of loss of, damage to, or the destruction of the Investment Property and Pledged Securities,
whether in the possession of, or maintained as a Security Entitlement or deposit by, or
subject to the Control of, the Collateral Agent, a Securities Intermediary, a Commodity
Intermediary, any Pledgor or any other Person.

     (d) Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. As of the date hereof,
no amount under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral is evidenced by any
Electronic Chattel Paper or any “transferable record” (as that term is defined in Section
201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section
16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction)
other than such Electronic Chattel Paper and transferable records listed in Schedule
11(a) to the Perfection Certificate. If any amount payable under or in connection with
any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Electronic Chattel Paper or any
transferable record, the Pledgor acquiring such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable
record shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and shall take such action as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Collateral Agent control of such
Electronic Chattel Paper under Section 9-105 of the UCC or control under Section 201 of the
Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be,
Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction,
of such transferable record. The requirement in the preceding sentence shall not apply to
the extent that such amount, together with all amounts payable evidenced by Electronic
Chattel Paper or any transferable record in which the Collateral Agent has not been vested
control within the meaning of the statutes described in the immediately preceding sentence,
does not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors. The Collateral Agent agrees
with such Pledgor that the Collateral Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in the
Collateral Agent’s loss of control, for the Pledgor to make alterations to the Electronic
Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the
case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control
to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would occur after taking into account any action by such Pledgor with respect to such
Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.

     (e) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Pledgor is at any time a beneficiary under
a Letter of Credit now or hereafter issued, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the
Collateral Agent thereof and such Pledgor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent,
pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, either use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) arrange for the issuer and any
confirmer of such Letter of Credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral Agent of
the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit or (ii) arrange for the Collateral
Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, with the Collateral
Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit
are to be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement. The actions in the preceding
sentence shall not be required to the extent that the amount of any such Letter of Credit,
together with the aggregate amount of all other Letters of Credit for which the actions
described above in clauses (i) and (ii) have not been taken, does not exceed $2,500,000 in
the aggregate for all Pledgors. No Pledgor shall grant Control of any Letter-of-Credit
Right to any Person other than the Collateral Agent and, subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agents.

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     (f) Commercial Tort Claims. As of the date hereof, each Pledgor hereby
represents and warrants that it holds no Commercial Tort Claims other than those listed in
Schedule 13 to the Perfection Certificate and other than Commercial Tort Claims
which do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors. If any Pledgor shall at
any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the
Collateral Agent in writing signed by such Pledgor of the brief details thereof and grant to
the Collateral Agent in such writing a security interest therein and in the Proceeds
thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The requirement in the preceding sentence
shall not apply to the extent that the amount of such Commercial Tort Claim, together with
the amount of all other Commercial Tort Claims held by any Pledgor in which the Collateral
Agent does not have a security interest, does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all
Pledgors.

     (g) Landlord’s Access Agreements/Bailee Letters. If and to the extent
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as practicable after such request with respect to each
location where such Pledgor maintains Pledged Collateral, a Bailee Letter and/or Landlord
Access Agreement, as applicable, and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Bailee
Letter, Landlord Access Agreement and/or landlord’s lien waiver, as applicable, from all
such bailees and landlords, as applicable, who from time to time have possession of any
Pledged Collateral. A waiver of bailee’s lien shall not be required if the value of the
Pledged Collateral held by such bailee is less than $500,000, provided that the aggregate
value of the Pledged Collateral held by all bailees who have not delivered a Bailee Letter
is less than $2,500,000 in the aggregate.

          SECTION 3.5. Joinder of Additional Guarantors. The Pledgors shall cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower
that is either (x) organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and required to become a party to this Agreement or to otherwise pledge any
assets to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the provisions of
the Credit Agreement or (y) a Foreign Subsidiary and is required to become a party to this
Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11(e) of the Credit Agreement to execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent (i) a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 hereto within
thirty days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion) of the date on which it became a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, ceased to be an
Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or was required to become a Loan Party or a party to this Agreement
by operation of the provisions of Sections 5.11(b), (d) or (e) of the
Credit Agreement, as the case may be, and (ii) a Perfection Certificate, in each case, within
thirty days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion) of the date on which it became a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, ceased to be an
Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or was required to become a Loan Party or a party to this Agreement
by operation of the provisions of Sections 5.11(b), (d) or (e) of the
Credit Agreement, as the case may be, and, in each case, upon such execution and delivery, such
Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute a “Guarantor” and a “Pledgor” for all purposes hereunder
with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor and Pledgor herein. In the
case of a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary organized outside of the United States that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11(e) of the Credit
Agreement, such Restricted Subsidiary shall also execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such
additional documentation as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to provide for perfected
and valid liens on its assets in the jurisdiction where it is organized or doing business. The
execution and delivery of such Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of any Pledgor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor and Pledgor as a party to this Agreement.

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          SECTION 3.6. Supplements; Further Assurances. Each Pledgor shall take such further actions, and
execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such additional financing statements, amendments,
assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, as the Collateral Agent may in its
reasonable judgment deem necessary or appropriate in order to create, perfect, preserve and protect
the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and the rights and interests
granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, to carry into effect the purposes hereof or better to
assure and confirm the validity, enforceability and priority of the Collateral Agent’s security
interest in the Pledged Collateral or permit the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its
rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged Collateral, including the filing
of financing statements, continuation statements and other documents (including this Agreement)
under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with
respect to the security interest created hereby and the execution and delivery of Control
Agreements, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and in such
offices (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office) wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity, enforceability and
priority of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and to preserve the
other rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, as against third parties,
with respect to the Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Pledgor shall make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Collateral
Agent from time to time upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent such lists, schedules,
descriptions and designations of the Pledged Collateral, copies of warehouse receipts, receipts in
the nature of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents of title, vouchers, invoices,
schedules, confirmatory assignments, supplements, additional security agreements, conveyances,
financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other
assurances or instruments as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request. If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may institute and maintain, in its own name or
in the name of any Pledgor, such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent may be advised by
counsel shall be necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the security interest in or
the perfection thereof in the Pledged Collateral. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost
and expense of the Pledgors.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

          Each Pledgor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

          SECTION 4.1. Title. Except for the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and Permitted Liens, such Pledgor owns
and has rights and, as to Pledged Collateral acquired by it from time to time after the date
hereof, will own and have rights in each item of Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder, free
and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. In addition, no Liens or claims exist on the
Securities Collateral, other than Permitted Liens that are permitted to attach to Securities
Collateral pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 4.2. Validity of Security Interest. The security interest in and Lien on the Pledged
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder
constitutes (a) a legal and valid security interest in all the Pledged Collateral securing the
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performance of the Secured Obligations, and (b) subject to the filings and other actions
described in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (to the extent required to be listed
on the schedules to the Perfection Certificate as of the date this representation is made or deemed
made), a perfected security interest in all the Pledged Collateral (other than any Pledged
Collateral the cost of which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines, in its sole discretion,
outweighs the benefit of obtaining such perfection). The security interest and Lien granted to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement in and on the
Pledged Collateral will at all times constitute a perfected, continuing First Priority security
interest therein (other than any Pledged Collateral the cost of which the Collateral Agent
reasonably determines, in its sole discretion, outweighs the benefit of obtaining such perfection).

          SECTION 4.3. Defense of Claims; Transferability of Pledged Collateral. Except to the extent
otherwise permitted by Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement, each Pledgor shall, at its own cost
and expense, defend title to the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder and the security
interest therein and Lien thereon granted to the Collateral Agent and the priority thereof against
all claims and demands of all Persons, at its own cost and expense, at any time claiming any
interest therein adverse to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party other than Permitted
Encumbrances. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, there is no agreement, order, judgment
or decree, and no Pledgor shall enter into any agreement or take any other action, that would
restrict the transferability of any of the Pledged Collateral or otherwise impair or conflict with
such Pledgor’s obligations or the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

          SECTION 4.4. Other Financing Statements. It has not filed, nor authorized any third party to file,
any valid or effective financing statement (or similar statement, instrument of registration or
public notice under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover any interest of
any kind in the Pledged Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent
pursuant to this Agreement, in favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or in favor of any
holder of a Permitted Encumbrance with respect to such Permitted Encumbrance or financing
statements or public notices relating to the termination statements listed on Schedule 7 to
the Perfection Certificate or relating to Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 4.5. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

          SECTION 4.6. Due Authorization and Issuance. All of the Pledged Securities existing on the date
hereof have been, and to the extent any Pledged Securities are hereafter issued, such Pledged
Securities will be, upon such issuance, duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable to the extent applicable. There is no amount or other obligation owing by any
Pledgor to any issuer of the Pledged Securities in exchange for or in connection with the issuance
of the Pledged Securities or any Pledgor’s status as a partner or a member of any issuer of the
Pledged Securities.

          SECTION 4.7. Consents, etc. In the event that the Collateral Agent desires to exercise any remedies,
voting or consensual rights or attorney-in-fact powers set forth in this Agreement and determines
it necessary to obtain any approvals or consents of any Governmental Authority or any other Person
therefor, then, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor agrees to use its
best efforts to assist and aid the Collateral Agent to obtain as soon as practicable any necessary
approvals or consents for the exercise of any such remedies, rights and powers.

          SECTION 4.8. Pledged Collateral. All information set forth herein, including the schedules hereto,
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to any Secured Party, including the Perfection Certificate and the schedules thereto, in
connection with this Agreement, in each case, relating to the Pledged Collateral, is accurate and
complete in all material respects. The Pledged Collateral described on the schedules to the
Perfection Certificate constitutes all of the property of such type of Pledged Collateral owned or
held by the Pledgors (other than Immaterial Intellectual Property Collateral).

          SECTION 4.9. Insurance. In the event that the proceeds of any insurance claim are paid to any
Pledgor after the Collateral Agent has exercised its right to foreclose after an Event of Default,
such Net Cash Proceeds shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and
immediately after receipt thereof shall be paid to the Collateral Agent for application in
accordance with the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE V

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL

          SECTION 5.1. Pledge of Additional Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor shall, upon obtaining any
Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes of any Person, accept the same in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent and promptly (but in any event within thirty days (or such longer period as
may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) after receipt thereof) deliver to
the Collateral Agent a pledge amendment, duly executed by such Pledgor, in substantially the form
of Exhibit 2 hereto (each, a “Pledge Amendment”), and to the extent required
thereunder, the certificates and other documents required under Section 3.1 and Section
3.2 hereof in respect of the additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes which are to
be pledged pursuant to this Agreement, and confirming the attachment of the Lien hereby created on
and in respect of such additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes. Each Pledgor hereby
authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that
all Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes listed on any Pledge Amendment delivered to the
Collateral Agent shall for all purposes hereunder be considered Pledged Collateral.

          SECTION 5.2. Voting Rights; Distributions; etc.

     (a) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

     (i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual
rights pertaining to the Securities Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not
inconsistent with the terms or purposes hereof, the Credit Agreement or any other document
evidencing the Secured Obligations; provided, however, that no Pledgor shall
in any event exercise such rights in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

     (ii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain, and to utilize free and
clear of the Lien hereof, any and all Distributions, but only if and to the extent not
prohibited by the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any and all such
Distributions consisting of rights or interests in the form of securities shall be forthwith
delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by
any Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated
from the other property or funds of such Pledgor and be promptly (but in any event within
five days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Collateral

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Agent in its sole discretion) after receipt thereof) delivered to the Collateral Agent
as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).

          (b) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent
shall be deemed without further action or formality to have granted to each Pledgor all necessary
consents relating to voting rights and shall, if necessary, upon written request of any Pledgor and
at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, from time to time execute and deliver (or cause to be
executed and delivered) to such Pledgor all such instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request
in order to permit such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights which it is entitled to
exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive the Distributions which it is
authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof.

          (c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and notice by the
Collateral Agent:

     (i) All rights of each Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights it
would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) hereof shall
immediately cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other
consensual rights.

     (ii) All rights of each Pledgor to receive Distributions which it would otherwise be
authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof shall
immediately cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent,
which shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such
Distributions.

          (d) Each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, from time to time execute and deliver to
the Collateral Agent appropriate instruments as the Collateral Agent may request in order to permit
the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other rights which it may be entitled to exercise
pursuant to Section 5.2(c)(i) hereof and to receive all Distributions which it may be
entitled to receive under Section 5.2(c)(ii) hereof.

          (e) All Distributions which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of
Section 5.2(c)(ii) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Pledgor and shall immediately be paid over to
the Collateral Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement).

          SECTION 5.3. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

          SECTION 5.4. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

          SECTION 5.5. Certain Agreements of Pledgors As Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests.

          (a) In the case of each Pledgor which is an issuer of Securities Collateral, such Pledgor
agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Securities Collateral issued by
it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it.

          (b) In the case of each Pledgor which is a partner, shareholder or member, as the case may be,
in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, such Pledgor hereby consents to

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the extent required by the applicable Organizational Document to the pledge by each other
Pledgor, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged Securities in such partnership, limited
liability company or other entity and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, to the transfer of such Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent or its nominee and
to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a substituted partner, shareholder or
member in such partnership, limited liability company or other entity with all the rights, powers
and duties of a general partner, limited partner, shareholder or member, as the case may be.

ARTICLE VI

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY COLLATERAL

          SECTION 6.1. Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling the Collateral
Agent, during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise rights and remedies under
Article IX hereof at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to
exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Pledgor hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent an irrevocable, non-exclusive license and, to the extent permitted under
Intellectual Property Licenses granting such Pledgor rights in Intellectual Property, sublicense
(in each case, exercisable without payment of royalties or other compensation to such Pledgor) to
use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property Collateral now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located; provided that the quality of
any products in connection with which the Trademarks are used will not be materially inferior to
the quality of such products prior to such Event of Default. Such license shall include access to
all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs
used for the compilation or printout hereof.

          SECTION 6.2. Protection and Maintenance of Intellectual Property Collateral. On a continuing
basis, each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, (i) within thirty (30) days of its
becoming aware thereof, notify the Collateral Agent of any adverse determination in any proceeding
(not including office or other matters in the ordinary course of prosecution before the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or any foreign
counterpart) or the institution of any proceeding in any federal, state or local court or
administrative body or in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office regarding any Material Intellectual Property Collateral, such Pledgor’s right to
register such Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to keep and maintain such
Material Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, (ii) maintain all Material
Intellectual Property Collateral as presently used and operated, except as shall be consistent with
commercially reasonable business judgment, (iii) not permit to lapse or become abandoned any
Material Intellectual Property Collateral, (iv) take action to prosecute infringers and violators
of Material Intellectual Property Collateral, and not settle or compromise any pending or future
litigation or administrative proceeding with respect to any Material Intellectual Property
Collateral, in each case, except as shall be consistent with commercially reasonable business
judgment, (v) not license (a) any Material Intellectual Property Collateral in a manner that would
materially impair the value of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral or (b) any
Intellectual Property Collateral in a manner that impairs the Lien on and security interest in the
Intellectual Property Collateral created hereby, in each case without the consent of the Collateral
Agent, (vi) diligently keep adequate records respecting all Intellectual Property Collateral, (vii)
without limiting the Collateral Agent’s rights and each Pledgor’s obligations under Section
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Agent’s request therefor reasonably detailed statements and amended schedules further
identifying and describing the Intellectual Property Collateral and such other materials evidencing
or reports pertaining to any Intellectual Property Collateral as the Collateral Agent may from time
to time request, (viii) make commercially reasonable efforts to require the use of statutory notice
of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks, proper marking practices in
connection with the use of Patents (including the removal of expired patents from being marked on
the Pledgor’s products), and appropriate notice of Copyright in connection with the publication of
material subject to Copyrights and (ix) maintain the level of quality of products sold and services
rendered under any Trademarks owned by such Pledgor at a level at least consistent with the quality
of such products and services as of the date hereof to the extent consistent with reasonable
business judgment, and adequately control the quality of goods an services offered by any licensees
of its Trademarks to maintain such standards.

          SECTION 6.3. After-Acquired Property. If any Pledgor shall at any time after the date hereof (i)
obtain any ownership or other rights in and/or to any additional Intellectual Property (including
trademark applications for which evidence of the use of such trademarks in interstate commerce has
been submitted to and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 15
U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or a successor provision)) or (ii) become entitled to the benefit of any
additional Intellectual Property or any renewal or extension thereof, including any reissue,
division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any Intellectual Property Collateral, or any
improvement on any Intellectual Property Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement shall
automatically apply thereto and any such item described in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) (other
than any Excluded Property) shall automatically constitute Intellectual Property Collateral as if
such would have constituted Intellectual Property Collateral at the time of execution hereof and
such Intellectual Property (other than any Excluded Property) shall be subject to the Lien and
security interest created by this Agreement without further action by any party. Concurrently with
the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(d) of the Credit Agreement,
each Pledgor shall provide to the Collateral Agent written notice of any of the foregoing
Intellectual Property owned by such Pledgor which is the subject of a registration or application
and confirm the attachment of the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement to any
rights described in clauses (i) and (ii) above by the delivery of an executed instrument or other
statement(s) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent as shall be
reasonably necessary to create, record, preserve, protect or perfect the Collateral Agent’s lien
and security interest in such Intellectual Property. Further, each Pledgor authorizes the
Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement by amending Schedules 12(a) and 12(b) to
the Perfection Certificate to include any Intellectual Property Collateral of such Pledgor acquired
or arising after the date hereof.

          SECTION 6.4. Litigation. Unless there shall occur and be continuing any Event of Default, each
Pledgor shall have the right to commence and prosecute in its own name, as the party in interest,
for its own benefit and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such applications for
protection of the Intellectual Property Collateral and suits, proceedings or other actions to
prevent the infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value or
other damage as are necessary to protect the Intellectual Property Collateral. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right but
shall in no way be obligated to file applications for protection of the Intellectual Property
Collateral and/or bring suit in the name of any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties to enforce the Intellectual Property Collateral and any license thereunder. In the event
of such suit, after an Event of Default, each Pledgor shall, at the reasonable request of the
Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents requested by the
Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement and the Pledgors shall promptly reimburse and indemnify
the Collateral Agent for all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in the exercise of
its rights under this Section 6.4 in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement.
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the event that the Collateral Agent shall elect not to bring suit to enforce the Intellectual
Property Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, to
take all commercially reasonable actions necessary, whether by suit, proceeding or other action, to
prevent the infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value of or
other damage to any of the Intellectual Property Collateral by any Person.

ARTICLE VII

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING RECEIVABLES

          SECTION 7.1. Maintenance of Records. Each Pledgor shall keep and maintain at its own cost and
expense complete records of Receivables in all material respects, in a manner consistent with
prudent business practice, including records of all payments received, all credits granted thereon,
all merchandise returned and all other documentation relating thereto. Each Pledgor shall, at such
Pledgor’s sole cost and expense, upon the Collateral Agent’s demand made at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, deliver all tangible evidence of
Receivables, including all documents evidencing Receivables and any books and records relating
thereto to the Collateral Agent or to its representatives (copies of which evidence and books and
records may be retained by such Pledgor). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may transfer a full and complete copy of any Pledgor’s
books, records, credit information, reports, memoranda and all other writings relating to the
Receivables to and for the use by any Person that has acquired or is contemplating acquisition of
an interest in the Receivables or the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein without the
consent of any Pledgor.

          SECTION 7.2. Modification of Terms, etc. No Pledgor shall rescind or cancel any obligations
evidenced by any Receivable or modify any term thereof or make any adjustment, discount, credit,
rebate or reduction with respect thereto except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
prudent business practice except as may be permitted by any Loan Document, or extend or renew any
such obligations except in the ordinary course of business consistent with prudent business
practice or compromise or settle any dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating thereto or
sell any Receivable or interest therein except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
prudent business practice except as may be permitted by any Loan Documents, without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent. Each Pledgor shall timely fulfill all obligations on its
part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the Receivables except as may be otherwise
consistent with the exercise of reasonable business judgment in the ordinary course of business.

          SECTION 7.3. Collection. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be
collected from the Account Debtor of each of the Receivables, as and when due in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with prudent business practice (including Receivables that are
delinquent, such Receivables to be collected in accordance with generally accepted commercial
collection procedures), any and all amounts owing under or on account of such Receivable, and apply
forthwith upon receipt thereof all such amounts as are so collected to the outstanding balance of
such Receivable, except that any Pledgor may, with respect to a Receivable, allow in the ordinary
course of business (i) a refund or credit due as a result of returned or damaged or defective
merchandise and (ii) such extensions of time to pay amounts due in respect of Receivables and such
other modifications of payment terms or settlements in respect of Receivables as shall be
commercially reasonable in the circumstances, all in accordance with such Pledgor’s ordinary course
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collection practices as in effect from time to time. The costs and expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) of collection, in any case, whether incurred by any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent
or any Secured Party, shall be paid by the Pledgors.

ARTICLE VIII

TRANSFERS

          SECTION 8.1. Transfers of Pledged Collateral. No Pledgor shall sell, convey, assign or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it
hereunder except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

REMEDIES

          SECTION 9.1. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent may from time to time (alternatively, successively or concurrently on any one or
more occasions) exercise in respect of the Pledged Collateral, in addition to the other rights and
remedies provided for herein, under the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it, the
following remedies:

          (i) Personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take possession of the Pledged
Collateral or any part thereof, from any Pledgor or any other Person who then has possession of any
part thereof with or without notice or process of law, and for that purpose may enter upon any
Pledgor’s premises where any of the Pledged Collateral is located, remove such Pledged Collateral,
remain present at such premises to receive copies of all communications and remittances relating to
the Pledged Collateral and use in connection with such removal and possession any and all services,
supplies, aids and other facilities of any Pledgor;

          (ii) Demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or
receivable in respect of the Pledged Collateral including instructing the obligor or obligors on
any agreement, instrument or other obligation constituting part of the Pledged Collateral to make
any payment required by the terms of such agreement, instrument or other obligation directly to the
Collateral Agent, and in connection with any of the foregoing, compromise, settle, extend the time
for payment and make other modifications with respect thereto; provided, however,
that in the event that any such payments are made directly to any Pledgor, prior to receipt by any
such obligor of such instruction, such Pledgor shall segregate all amounts received pursuant
thereto in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall promptly (but in no event later
than one Business Day after receipt thereof) pay such amounts to the Collateral Agent;

          (iii) Sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate and dispose of, or direct
any Pledgor to sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate and dispose of, any and
all investments made in whole or in part with the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, and take
possession of the proceeds of any such sale, assignment, license, liquidation or disposition;

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          (iv) Take possession of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, by directing any Pledgor
in writing to deliver the same to the Collateral Agent at any place or places so designated by the
Collateral Agent, in which event such Pledgor shall at its own expense: (A) forthwith cause the
same to be moved to the place or places designated by the Collateral Agent and therewith delivered
to the Collateral Agent, (B) store and keep any Pledged Collateral so delivered to the Collateral
Agent at such place or places pending further action by the Collateral Agent and (C) while the
Pledged Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such security and maintenance services as
shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain them in good condition. Each
Pledgor’s obligation to deliver the Pledged Collateral as contemplated in this Section
9.1(iv) is of the essence hereof. Upon application to a court of equity having jurisdiction,
the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring specific performance by any Pledgor of
such obligation;

          (v) Withdraw all moneys, instruments, securities and other property in any bank, financial
securities, deposit or other account of any Pledgor constituting Pledged Collateral for application
to the Secured Obligations as provided in Article X hereof;

          (vi) Retain and apply the Distributions to the Secured Obligations as provided in Article
X hereof;

          (vii) Exercise any and all rights as beneficial and legal owner of the Pledged Collateral,
including perfecting assignment of and exercising any and all voting, consensual and other rights
and powers with respect to any Pledged Collateral;

          (viii) In the Collateral Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of the Collateral Agent,
or in the name of any Pledgor, communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with the
Account Debtors and other obligors in respect of Receivables of such Pledgor and parties to
contracts with such Pledgor, to verify with such Persons, to the Collateral Agent’s satisfaction,
the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Payment
Intangibles, General Intangibles, Instruments and other Receivables that are Pledged Collateral;
and

          (ix) Exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor upon a default under the UCC,
and the Collateral Agent may also in its sole discretion, without notice except as specified in
Section 9.2 hereof, sell, assign or grant a license to use the Pledged Collateral or any
part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or
at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery,
and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially
reasonable. The Collateral Agent may be the purchaser, licensee, assignee or recipient of the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof at any such sale and shall be entitled, for the purpose of
bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the
Pledged Collateral sold, assigned or licensed at such sale, to use and apply any of the Secured
Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price of the Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof payable at such sale. Each purchaser, assignee, licensee or recipient at any such sale
shall acquire the property sold, assigned or licensed absolutely free from any claim or right on
the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future
have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Agent
shall not be obligated to make any sale of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof regardless of
notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from
time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without
further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor hereby
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims against the

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Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Collateral
or any part thereof may have been sold, assigned or licensed at such a private sale was less than
the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the
first offer received and does not offer such Pledged Collateral to more than one offeree.

          SECTION 9.2. Notice of Sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent notice of
sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof shall be required by law,
10 days’ prior notice to such Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after
which any private sale or other intended disposition is to take place shall be commercially
reasonable notification of such matters. No notification need be given to any Pledgor if it has
signed, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, a statement renouncing or modifying any right
to notification of sale or other intended disposition.

          SECTION 9.3. Waiver of Notice and Claims. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, notice or judicial hearing in connection with the Collateral Agent’s
taking possession or the Collateral Agent’s disposition of the Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof, including any and all prior notice and hearing for any prejudgment remedy or remedies and
any such right which such Pledgor would otherwise have under law, and each Pledgor hereby further
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) all damages occasioned by such
taking of possession, (ii) all other requirements as to the time, place and terms of sale or other
requirements with respect to the enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder and (iii)
all rights of redemption, appraisal, valuation, stay, extension or moratorium now or hereafter in
force under any applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any incorrect or
improper payment made pursuant to this Article IX in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent. Any sale of, or the grant of options to
purchase, or any other realization upon, any Pledged Collateral shall operate to divest all right,
title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the applicable Pledgor therein
and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against such Pledgor and
against any and all Persons claiming or attempting to claim the Pledged Collateral so sold,
optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through or under such Pledgor.

          SECTION 9.4. Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral.

          (a) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in law, rules,
regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with
respect to any sale of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who
meet the requirements of such Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such
sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable
through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees
that any such restricted sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner
and that, except as may be required by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall have no
obligation to engage in public sales.

          (b) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the
Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with
respect to any sale of all or any part of the Securities Collateral and Investment Property, to
limit purchasers to Persons who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Securities
Collateral or Investment Property for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at
prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable through a public
sale without such restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration
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circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in
public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Securities Collateral or Investment
Property for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of
public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities
laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Pledgor shall, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, cause any registration, qualification under or compliance with any
federal or state securities law or laws to be effected with respect to all or any part of the
Securities Collateral as soon as practicable and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors.
Each Pledgor will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration to be effected
(and be kept effective) and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
qualification and compliance to be effected (and be kept effective) as may be so requested and as
would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of such Securities Collateral including
registration under the Securities Act (or any similar statute then in effect), appropriate
qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance
with all other requirements of any Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Collateral Agent to be kept advised in writing as to the progress
of each such registration, qualification or compliance and as to the completion thereof, shall
furnish to the Collateral Agent such number of prospectuses, offering circulars or other documents
incident thereto as the Collateral Agent from time to time may request, and shall indemnify and
shall cause the issuer of the Securities Collateral to indemnify the Collateral Agent and all
others participating in the distribution of such Securities Collateral against all claims, losses,
damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material
fact contained therein (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) or by
any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein (or in any related registration statement,
notification or the like) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.

          (d) If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the
Securities Collateral or Investment Property, upon written request, the applicable Pledgor shall
from time to time furnish to the Collateral Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may
request in order to determine the number of securities included in the Securities Collateral or
Investment Property which may be sold by the Collateral Agent as exempt transactions under the
Securities Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are
from time to time in effect.

          (e) Each Pledgor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this
Section 9.4 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured
Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in
respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this
Section 9.4 shall be specifically enforceable against such Pledgor, and such Pledgor hereby
waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such
covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

          SECTION 9.5. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

          (a) No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, no course of dealing with
respect to, and no delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in exercising, any right, power or
remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right, power, privilege or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
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other right, power, privilege or remedy; nor shall the Collateral Agent be required to look
first to, enforce or exhaust any other security, collateral or guaranties. All rights and remedies
herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law or
otherwise available.

          (b) In the event that the Collateral Agent shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right, power, privilege or remedy under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by foreclosure,
sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Collateral Agent, then and in every such
case, the Pledgors, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be restored to their
respective former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral, and all
rights, remedies, privileges and powers of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall
continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted.

          SECTION 9.6. Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property. If any Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the written demand of the Collateral Agent, each
Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an assignment or assignments of such
Pledgor’s rights in the Intellectual Property Collateral, in recordable form with respect to those
items of the Intellectual Property Collateral consisting of registered Patents, Trademarks and/or
Copyrights (or applications therefor) and such other documents as are necessary or appropriate to
carry out the intent and purposes hereof. Within five Business Days of written notice thereafter
from the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent
within such Pledgor’s power and authority, such personnel in such Pledgor’s employ on the date of
the Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate to permit such Pledgor to
continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold by
such Pledgor under the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights of such Pledgor, and such
Persons shall be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agent’s behalf.

ARTICLE X

APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

          SECTION 10.1. Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the
proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other
realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of its remedies shall be applied, together with any other sums then held by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 11.1. Concerning Collateral Agent.

          (a) The Collateral Agent has been appointed as collateral agent pursuant to the Credit
Agreement. The actions of the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give
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to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action
(including the release or substitution of the Pledged Collateral), in accordance with this
Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact
in connection herewith and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents
or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. The Collateral Agent may resign and a successor
Collateral Agent may be appointed in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent by a successor Collateral Agent, that
successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the
retiring Collateral Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation, the provisions hereof shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was
the Collateral Agent.

          (b) The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent, in its individual capacity,
accords its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests, it being understood that
neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties shall have responsibility for (i)
ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or
other matters relating to any Securities Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters or (ii) taking any necessary
steps to preserve rights against any Person with respect to any Pledged Collateral.

          (c) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement,
certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and, with respect to all
matters pertaining to this Agreement and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by
it.

          (d) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 11.17 and 11.18 hereof, if any
item of Pledged Collateral also constitutes collateral granted to the Collateral Agent under any
other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event
of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust,
mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the
Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, shall select which provision or provisions shall control.

          (e) The Collateral Agent may rely on advice of counsel as to whether any or all UCC financing
statements of the Pledgors need to be amended as a result of any of the changes described in
Section 5.13 of the Credit Agreement. If any Pledgor fails to provide information to the
Collateral Agent about such changes on a timely basis, the Collateral Agent shall not be liable or
responsible to any party for any failure to maintain a perfected security interest in such
Pledgor’s property constituting Pledged Collateral, for which the Collateral Agent needed to have
information relating to such changes. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire about
such changes if any Pledgor does not inform the Collateral Agent of such changes, the parties
acknowledging and agreeing that it would not be feasible or practical for the Collateral Agent to
search for information on such changes if such information is not provided by any Pledgor.

          SECTION 11.2. Collateral Agent May Perform; Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. If any
Pledgor shall fail to perform any covenants contained in this Agreement (including such Pledgor’s
covenants to (i) pay the premiums in respect of all required insurance policies

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hereunder, (ii) pay and discharge any taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees
and governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’,
workmen’s, repairmen’s, laborers’, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and warehousemen’s Liens and other
claims arising by operation of law against, all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral, (iii)
make repairs, (iv) discharge Liens or (v) pay or perform any obligations of such Pledgor under any
Pledged Collateral) or if any representation or warranty on the part of any Pledgor contained
herein shall be breached, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) do the same or
cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose;
provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall in no event be bound to inquire
into the validity of any tax, Lien, imposition or other obligation which such Pledgor fails to pay
or perform as and when required hereby and which such Pledgor does not contest in accordance with
the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Any and all amounts so expended by the Collateral Agent
shall be paid by the Pledgors in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.03 of the Credit
Agreement. Neither the provisions of this Section 11.2 nor any action taken by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.2 shall prevent any such
failure to observe any covenant contained in this Agreement nor any breach of representation or
warranty from constituting an Event of Default. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent
its attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in
the name of such Pledgor, or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion to
take any action and to execute any instrument consistent with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
this Agreement and the other Security Documents which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (but the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to and
shall have no liability to such Pledgor or any third party for failure to so do or take action).
The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such
appointment shall be irrevocable for the term hereof. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies all that such
attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          SECTION 11.3. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Agreement shall create a continuing
security interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall (i) be binding upon the Pledgors, their
respective successors and assigns and (ii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the
Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties
and each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns. No other Persons (including any
other creditor of any Pledgor) shall have any interest herein or any right or benefit with respect
hereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (ii), any Secured Party may assign
or otherwise transfer any indebtedness held by it secured by this Agreement to any other Person,
and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof
granted to such Secured Party, herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement and, in the case of a Secured Party that is a party to a Hedging Agreement, such
Hedging Agreement. Each of the Pledgors agrees that its obligations hereunder and the security
interest created hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as applicable, if at
any time payment, or any part thereof, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by the Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any
Pledgor or otherwise.

          SECTION 11.4. Termination; Release. Upon full payment of the Secured Obligations, this Agreement
shall terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement the Pledged Collateral shall be released from
the Lien of this Agreement. Upon such release or any release of Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall upon
the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors (subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement), assign, transfer and deliver to the relevant Pledgor, against receipt and
without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent except as to the fact that the Collateral
Agent has not encumbered the released assets, such of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof to
be released (in the case of a release)

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as may be in possession of the Collateral Agent and as shall not have been sold or otherwise
applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and, with respect to any other Pledged Collateral, proper
documents and instruments (including any necessary UCC-3 termination financing statements or
releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of such Pledged Collateral, as the
case may be, in each case pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 11.5. Modification in Writing. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or
waiver of or to any provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom, shall
be effective unless the same shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and
unless in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent. Any amendment, modification or supplement of
or to any provision hereof, any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any departure by
any Pledgor from the terms of any provision hereof in each case shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is
specifically required by this Agreement or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations,
no notice to or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

          SECTION 11.6. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Credit Agreement, any notice or
other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in the manner and
become effective as set forth in the Credit Agreement. Notices to any Pledgor or the Collateral
Agent shall be addressed to such party at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement, or in each
case at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other
party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 11.6.

          SECTION 11.7. Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.
Sections 11.09 and 11.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a
part hereof.

          SECTION 11.8. Severability of Provisions. Any provision hereof which is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof or affecting the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

          SECTION 11.9. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or
supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other
electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other similar format) shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

          SECTION 11.10. Business Days. In the event any time period or any date provided in this Agreement
ends or falls on a day other than a Business Day, then such time period shall be deemed to end and
such date shall be deemed to fall on the next succeeding Business Day, and performance herein may
be made on such Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such other day.

          SECTION 11.11. No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Imposition. Such Pledgor shall not be entitled to
any credit against the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Credit Agreement,
and such Pledgor shall not be entitled to any credit against any other sums which may

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become payable under the terms thereof or hereof, by reason of the payment of any Tax on the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof.

          SECTION 11.12. No Claims Against Collateral Agent. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
constitute any consent or request by the Collateral Agent, express or implied, for the performance
of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, nor as giving any Pledgor any right, power or authority to
contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials
or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against the Collateral
Agent in respect thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or
services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.

          SECTION 11.13. No Release. Nothing set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor the
exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the rights or remedies hereunder, shall relieve any
Pledgor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part
to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or from any
liability to any Person under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or shall impose any
obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term,
covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall
impose any liability on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on
the part of such Pledgor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on
the part of such Pledgor contained in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, or under or in respect of the Pledged Collateral or made in connection herewith or
therewith. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Collateral Agent nor any
other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any contracts, agreements and
other documents included in the Pledged Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or
duties of any Pledgor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract,
agreement or other document included in the Pledged Collateral hereunder. The obligations of each
Pledgor contained in this Section 11.13 shall survive the termination hereof and the
discharge of such Pledgor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.

          SECTION 11.14. Obligations Absolute. All obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional irrespective of:

     (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
liquidation or the like of any other Pledgor;

     (ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any Hedging
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

     (iii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
any departure from the Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Loan Document or
any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

     (iv) any pledge, exchange, release or non-perfection of any other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or
any of the Secured Obligations;

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     (v) any exercise, non-exercise or waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under
or in respect hereof, the Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Loan
Document; or

     (vi) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to,
or a discharge of, any Pledgor.

          SECTION 11.15. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE
LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES,
PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE
OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. ANY
REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT TO A “FIRST PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST” OR WORDS OF SIMILAR EFFECT IN
DESCRIBING THE SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD TO REFER TO SUCH PRIORITY
SUBJECT TO THE CLAIMS OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS ON REVOLVING CREDIT PRIORITY COLLATERAL
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT) AS PROVIDED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND
THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

          SECTION 11.16. Delivery of Collateral. Prior to the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, to the extent any Pledgor is required hereunder to deliver Pledged Collateral that is
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral to the Collateral Agent for purposes of possession and control
and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered such Pledged Collateral to any of
the Revolving Credit Agents in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Security
Documents, such Pledgor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be deemed
satisfied by the delivery to such Revolving Credit Agents, acting as a gratuitous bailee and/or
sub-agent of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

          SECTION 11.17. Mortgages. In the case of a conflict between this Agreement and the Mortgages with respect
to Pledged Collateral that is real property (including Fixtures), the Mortgages shall govern. In
all other conflicts between this Agreement and the Mortgages, this Agreement shall govern.

          SECTION 11.18. Conflicts with Canadian Security Agreement.

          (a) In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement
and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreement, it is the intention of the parties
hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to
the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual,
irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the
Credit Agreement shall control and govern. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and
provisions contained in this Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Canadian
Security Agreement, solely with respect to the Borrower, it is the intention of the parties hereto
that such terms and provisions in such
documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in
concert with each other. In the

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event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot
be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Canadian Security Agreement shall control
and govern.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC., as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION, as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS BRAND LLC, as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC,

as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

S-1

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC,

as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC,

as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.,

as a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

 	 
	 	By:  	
4260848 CANADA INC.
 	 
	 	 	Its: General Partner 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED,

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

S-2

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

S-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT 1

ISSUER’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT

          The undersigned hereby
(i) acknowledges as of this        day
of                 ,
20     , receipt of the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement;” capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Security Agreement), dated as of December 17, 2010, made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated
under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the Guarantors party thereto, in favor of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such
capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), (ii) agrees promptly to note on its books the security
interests granted to the Collateral Agent and confirmed under the Security Agreement, (iii) agrees
that it will comply with instructions of the Collateral Agent with respect to the applicable
Securities Collateral without further consent by the applicable Pledgor, (iv) agrees to notify the
Collateral Agent upon obtaining knowledge of any interest in favor of any Person in the applicable
Securities Collateral that is adverse to the interest of the Collateral Agent therein and (v)
waives any right or requirement at any time hereafter to receive a copy of the Security Agreement
in connection with the registration of any Securities Collateral thereunder in the name of the
Collateral Agent or its nominee or the exercise of voting rights by the Collateral Agent or its
nominee.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
[                              ]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT 2

SECURITIES PLEDGE AMENDMENT

          This Securities Pledge Amendment, dated as of [________ ___, 20__] (“Securities Pledge
Amendment”), is delivered by [ ] (the “Pledgor”), in favor of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such
capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Security
Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Security Agreement;” capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of December 17, 2010,
made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the
Guarantors party thereto, in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Collateral Agent.

          As collateral security for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations,
the Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title and interest of the Pledgor in,
to and under the Pledged Securities and Intercompany Notes listed on this Securities Pledge
Amendment and all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property).

          The Pledgor hereby agrees that this Securities Pledge Amendment may be attached to the
Security Agreement and that the Pledged Securities and/or Intercompany Notes listed on this
Securities Pledge Amendment shall be deemed to be and shall become part of the Pledged Collateral
and shall secure all Secured Obligations.

          NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS SECURITIES PLEDGE
AMENDMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS
SECURITIES PLEDGE AMENDMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL.

 

PLEDGED SECURITIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	PERCENTAGE OF
	 	 	CLASS	 	 	 	 	 	NUMBER OF SHARES	 	ALL ISSUED CAPITAL
	 	 	OF STOCK	 	PAR	 	CERTIFICATE	 	OR	 	OR OTHER EQUITY
	ISSUER	 	OR INTERESTS	 	VALUE	 	NO(S).	 	INTERESTS	 	INTERESTS OF ISSUER
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

INTERCOMPANY NOTES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PRINCIPAL	 	DATE OF	 	INTEREST	 	MATURITY
	ISSUER	 	AMOUNT	 	ISSUANCE	 	RATE	 	DATE
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

[                              ],

as Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

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EXHIBIT 3

JOINDER AGREEMENT

[Name of New Pledgor]

[Address of New Pledgor]

[Date]

         
           
           
           

          
          
           
           

          
          
           
           

          
          
           
           

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          Reference is made to the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement;” capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security
Agreement), dated as of December 17, 2010, made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under
the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the Guarantors party thereto, in favor of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such
capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

          This Joinder Agreement (“Joinder Agreement”) supplements the Security Agreement and is
delivered by the undersigned, [               ] (the “New Pledgor”), pursuant to
Section 3.5 of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor hereby agrees to be bound as a
Guarantor and as a Pledgor party to the Security Agreement by all of the terms, covenants and
conditions set forth in the Security Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if
it had been a signatory to the Security Agreement on the date of the Security Agreement. The New
Pledgor also hereby agrees to be bound as a Pledgor by all of the terms, covenants and conditions
applicable to it set forth in Articles V, VI and VII of the Credit Agreement to the same extent
that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Credit Agreement on the execution
date of the Credit Agreement (provided that for purposes of this sentence, references in such
Articles to “Closing Date” or “the date hereof” shall be deemed to be the date of execution of this
Joinder Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Pledgor hereby
grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, as collateral security for the full, prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, a lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title
and interest in, to and under the Pledged Collateral and expressly assumes all obligations and
liabilities of a Guarantor and Pledgor thereunder. The New Pledgor hereby makes each of the
representations and warranties and agrees to each of the covenants applicable to the Pledgors
contained in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

 

          Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Security Agreement and the
Credit Agreement, as applicable, with respect to the New Pledgor. Such supplements shall be deemed
to be part of the Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

          This Joinder Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Joinder Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic
transmission (including in pdf format or other similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.

          THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

          NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT AND
THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER
ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
[NEW PLEDGOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Schedules to be attached]

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EXHIBIT 4

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

          COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________] ( “Copyright Security
Agreement”), by [__________] and [___________] (individually, an “Assignor”, and,
collectively, the “Assignors”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association located at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in its capacity as collateral
agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Assignee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Assignors are party to a Security Agreement of even date herewith (the
“Security Agreement”) in favor of the Assignee pursuant to which the Assignors are required
to execute and deliver this Copyright Security Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Assignor and the
Assignee hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement. For purposes of this Copyright
Security Agreement, the term “Copyrights” shall mean, collectively, all copyrights (whether
statutory or common law, whether established, registered or recorded in the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished) and all mask works (as such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 901, et
seq.), together with any and all (i) copyright registrations and applications, (ii) rights and
privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such copyrights, (iii) renewals and
extensions thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and
payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments
for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements
thereof.

          SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Copyright Collateral. As collateral security
for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Assignor hereby
pledges and grants to the Assignee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to
time (collectively, the “Pledged Copyright Collateral”):

          (a) all Copyrights of such Assignor, including, without limitation, the registered and
applied-for Copyrights of such Assignor listed on Schedule I attached hereto; and

 

 

          (b) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all
Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Assignor from time to
time with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a) and (b) above, the security
interest created by this Copyright Security Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property.

          SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The lien and security interest granted pursuant to
this Copyright Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the lien and security interest
granted to the Assignee pursuant to the Security Agreement and Assignors hereby acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the Assignee with respect to the lien and security interest
in the Copyrights made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement. In
the event that any provision of this Copyright Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the
Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control unless the Assignee
shall otherwise determine.

          SECTION 4. Recordation. Each Assignor hereby authorizes and requests that the United
States Copyright Office record this Copyright Security Agreement.

          SECTION 5. Termination. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Copyright
Security Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Copyright Security Agreement the
Pledged Copyright Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Copyright Security Agreement
and upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Assignors, the Assignee shall execute,
acknowledge, and deliver to the Assignors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the
Pledged Copyright Collateral from the Lien of this Copyright Security Agreement.

          SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Copyright Security Agreement and any amendments,
waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Copyright Security
Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other
similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Copyright
Security Agreement.

          SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Copyright Security Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

          SECTION 8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ASSIGNEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED
PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY
THE ASSIGNEE AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR

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INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS COPYRIGHT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Assignor has caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
[ASSIGNORS]1

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Accepted and Agreed:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Assignee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

			
	1	 	This document needs only to be executed
by Pledgors that hold registered or applied-for Copyrights that are subject to
the Lien of the Security Agreement.

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Acknowledgement of ASSIGNOR

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	State of    
                
           

	 )	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 )	 	 	 	 	ss.
	County of    
                 
       

	 )	 	 	 	 	 

     On this [     ] day of ___________, 20__ before me personally appeared [______________________],
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing
instrument on behalf of [______________________], who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is an authorized officer of said [corporation], that the said instrument was signed
on behalf of said [corporation] as authorized by its [Board of Directors] and that he acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said [corporation].

      

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: _______________

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SCHEDULE I

to

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

Copyright Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	registration	 	 
	owner	 	number	 	title of work
	 	 	 	 	 

Copyright Applications:

	 	 	 
	owner	 	title of work
	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT 5

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

     PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________] (“Patent Security Agreement”), by
[________] and [_________] (individually, an “Assignor”, and, collectively, the
“Assignors”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association located at
1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the
Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Assignee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Assignors are party to a Security Agreement of even date herewith (the
“Security Agreement”) in favor of the Assignee pursuant to which the Assignors are required
to execute and deliver this Patent Security Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Assignor and the
Assignee hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement. For purposes of this Patent
Security Agreement, the term “Patents” shall mean, collectively, all patents, patent
applications, certificates of inventions, industrial designs and rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world (whether established or registered or recorded in the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and
privileges arising under applicable law with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) inventions and
improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals,
extensions and continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties,
damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect
thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other
violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue
for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof.

          SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Patent Collateral. As collateral security
for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Assignor hereby
pledges and grants to the Assignee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to
time (collectively, the “Pledged Patent Collateral”):

          (a) all Patents of such Assignor, including, without limitation, the registered and
applied-for Patents of such Assignor listed on Schedule I attached hereto; and

 

 

          (b) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all
Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Assignor from time to
time with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a) and (b) above, the security
interest created by this Patent Security Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property.

          SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The lien and security interest granted pursuant to
this Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the lien and security interest
granted to the Assignee pursuant to the Security Agreement and Assignors hereby acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the Assignee with respect to the lien and security interest
in the Patents made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement. In the
event that any provision of this Patent Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security
Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control unless the Assignee shall
otherwise determine.

          SECTION 4. Recordation. Each Assignor hereby authorizes and requests that the
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks record this Patent and Security Agreement.

          SECTION 5. Termination. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Patent
Security Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Patent Security Agreement the Pledged
Patent Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Patent Security Agreement and upon the
request and at the sole cost and expense of the Assignors, the Assignee shall execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to the Assignors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the Pledged
Patent Collateral from the Lien of this Patent Security Agreement.

          SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Patent Security Agreement and any amendments, waivers,
consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Patent Security
Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other
similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Patent
Security Agreement.

          SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Patent Security Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

          SECTION 8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ASSIGNEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED
PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE
ASSIGNEE AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR

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INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS PATENT SECURITY
AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Assignor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
[ASSIGNORS]2

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Accepted and Agreed:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Assignee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

			
	2	 	This document needs only to be executed
by Pledgors that hold registered or applied-for Patents that are subject to the
Lien of the Security Agreement.

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Acknowledgement of ASSIGNOR

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	State of        
              

	 )	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 )	 	 	ss.	 	 
	County of                    

	 )	 	 	 	 	 

          On this [ ] day of ___________, 20__ before me personally appeared [______________________],
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing
instrument on behalf of [______________________], who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is an authorized officer of said [corporation], that the said instrument was signed
on behalf of said [corporation] as authorized by its [Board of Directors] and that he acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said [corporation].

           

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: _______________

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SCHEDULE I

to

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

PATENT REGISTRATIONS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

Patent Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	registration	 	 
	owner	 	number	 	name
	 	 	 	 	 

Patent Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	application	 	 
	owner	 	number	 	name
	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT 6

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

          TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________] ( “Trademark Security
Agreement”), by [________] and [________] (individually, an “Assignor”, and, collectively, the
“Assignors”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association located at
1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the
Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Assignee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Assignors are party to a Security Agreement of even date herewith (the
“Security Agreement”) in favor of the Assignee pursuant to which the Assignors are required
to execute and deliver this Trademark Security Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Assignor and the
Assignee hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement. For purposes of this Trademark
Security Agreement, the term “Trademarks” shall mean, collectively, all trademarks
(including service marks and certification marks), slogans, logos, certification marks, trade
dress, Internet Domain Names, corporate names and trade names, whether registered or unregistered
(whether statutory or common law and whether established or registered in the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) registrations
and applications for any of the foregoing, (ii) goodwill connected with the use thereof and
symbolized thereby, (iii) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to the
use of any of the foregoing, (iv) reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and
amendments thereto, (v) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past,
present or future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and (vii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements,
dilutions or other violations thereof.

          SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral. As collateral security
for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Assignor hereby
pledges and grants to the Assignee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to
time (collectively, the “Pledged Trademark Collateral”):

          (a) all Trademarks of such Assignor, including, without limitation, the registered and
applied-for Trademarks of such Assignor listed on Schedule I attached hereto; and

 

 

          (b) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all
Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Assignor from time to
time with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a) through (c) above, the security
interest created by this Trademark Security Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property.

          SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The lien and security interest granted pursuant to
this Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the lien and security interest
granted to the Assignee pursuant to the Security Agreement and Assignors hereby acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the Assignee with respect to the lien and security interest
in the Trademarks made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement. In
the event that any provision of this Trademark Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the
Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control unless the Assignee
shall otherwise determine.

          SECTION 4. Recordation. Each Assignor hereby authorizes and requests that the
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks record this Trademark Security Agreement.

          SECTION 5. Termination. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Trademark
Security Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Trademark Security Agreement the
Pledged Trademark Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Trademark Security Agreement
and upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Assignors, the Assignee shall execute,
acknowledge, and deliver to the Assignors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the
Pledged Trademark Collateral from the Lien of this Trademark Security Agreement.

          SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Trademark Security Agreement and any amendments,
waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Trademark Security
Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other
similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Trademark
Security Agreement.

          SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Trademark Security Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

          SECTION 8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ASSIGNEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED
PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY
THE ASSIGNEE AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR

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INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS TRADEMARK
SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Assignor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
[ASSIGNORS]3

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Accepted and Agreed:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Assignee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

			
	3	 	This document needs only to be executed
by Pledgors that hold registered or applied-for Trademarks that are subject to
the Lien of the Security Agreement.

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Acknowledgement of ASSIGNOR

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	State of                
      

	 )	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 )	 	 	ss.	 	 
	County of                    

	 )	 	 	 	 	 

     On this [ ] day of ___________, 20__ before me personally appeared [______________________],
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing
instrument on behalf of [______________________], who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is an authorized officer of said [corporation], that the said instrument was signed
on behalf of said [corporation] as authorized by its [Board of Directors] and that he acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said [corporation].

      

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: _______________

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SCHEDULE I

to

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

Trademark Registrations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	registration	 	 
	owner	 	number	 	TRADEMARK
	 	 	 	 	 

Trademark Applications:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	application	 	 
	owner	 	number	 	trademark
	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT 7

FORM OF BAILEE LETTER

Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attn: Bridgett Manduk

Fax: 415-503-5011

          Re: [__________]

          [__________] (the “Bailor”), a [__________] [and a subsidiary of Novelis Inc.] (the
“Borrower”), now does or hereafter may deliver to certain premises [managed][owned] by
[__________] (the “Bailee”), a [__________], on behalf of the Bailor as owner and located
at [__________] (the “Premises”), certain of its [DESCRIBE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO BAILMENT]
for [DESCRIBE PURPOSE FOR WHICH PROPERTY HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO BAILEE].

          The Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Companies”) have
entered into financing arrangements with certain financial institutions (the “Lenders”),
pursuant to a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented,
extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in one or
more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”) for which Bank of America, N.A. shall act as
administrative agent and collateral agent (collectively in such capacities, the “Agent”).
As a condition to the Agent’s and the Lenders’ loans and other financial accommodations to the
Companies, the Agent and the Lenders require, among other things, liens on all of the Bailor’s
property located on the Premises, and the proceeds thereof (the “Collateral”). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement

          To induce the Agent and the Lenders (together with their respective agents and assigns) to
enter into said financing arrangements, and for other good and valuable consideration, the Bailee
hereby acknowledges receipt of the above notice, and hereby further agrees that:

     (i) title to the Collateral remains with the Bailor while the Collateral is in
the custody, control or possession of the Bailee, the undersigned, to the best of
its knowledge without special inquiry, does not know of any security interest or
claim with respect to such goods or proceeds, other than the security interest which
is the subject of this letter agreement, and the Bailee will not assert against the
Collateral any lien, right of distraint or levy, right of offset, claim, deduction,
counterclaim, security or other interest in the Collateral, including any of the
foregoing which might arise or exist in its favor pursuant to any agreement, common
law, statute (including the Federal Bankruptcy Code) or otherwise, all of which the
undersigned hereby subordinates in favor of the Agent;

     (ii) the Collateral shall be clearly identified or identifiable as being owned
by the Bailor and is distinguishable from the property of the Bailee and other
property in its possession;

 

 

     (iii) none of the Collateral located on the Premises shall be permitted to
become a fixture to the Premises;

     (iv) the Bailee has not issued, and shall not issue, any negotiable documents
or other negotiable instruments in respect of any Collateral;

     (v) if the Borrower defaults on its obligations to the Agent and the Lenders,
subject to any grace period, and, as a result, the Agent undertakes to enforce its
security interest in the Collateral, the Bailee, upon receipt of reasonable written
confirmation of the currency and existence of a default (a) will hold the Collateral
for the Agent’s account for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and release the
Collateral only to the Agent or its designee, (b) will permit the Agent to enter the
Premises upon reasonable notice and during regular business hours and without unduly
interrupting the Bailee’s operations, to inspect, assemble, take possession of, and
remove all of the Collateral located on the Premises and will reasonably cooperate
with the Agent in its efforts to do so; (c) will permit the Collateral to remain on
the Premises for forty-five (45) days after the Agent notifies the Bailee in writing
of the default, or, at the Agent’s option, to remove the Collateral from the
Premises within a reasonable time, not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the
Agent notifies the undersigned in writing of the default; (d) will not hinder the
Agent’s actions in enforcing its liens on the Collateral; and (e) after the Agent
notifies the Bailee in writing of the default, will, without further consent or
agreement of the Bailor, abide solely by Agent’s lawful instructions with respect to
the Collateral, and not those of the Bailor; and

     (vi) the Bailee hereby waives and releases, for Agent’s benefit, any and all
claims, liens, including bailee’s liens, and demands of every kind which Bailee has
or may later have against the Collateral (including any right to include such goods
in any secured financing to which Bailee may become party).

          The Bailee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes Agent (or its designee) to file
at any time prior to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) in any jurisdiction and with such filing offices as the Agent so chooses such financing
statements naming the Bailee as the debtor consignee, the Bailor as the secured party consignor,
and the Agent as assignee, describing the Collateral in a manner that Agent believes is reasonably
necessary or desirable to protect its security interest in the Bailor’s property, and including any
other information with respect to the Bailee required under the Uniform Commercial Code for the
sufficiency of such financing statement or for it to be accepted by the filing office of any
applicable jurisdiction (and any amendments or continuations with respect thereto);
provided, however, Agent shall provide to Bailor for review copies of any such filings to
be made, sufficiently in advance of filing and once filed, final copies of such filings.

          Any notice(s) required or desired to be given hereunder shall be directed to the party to be
notified at the address stated herein.

          The agreements contained herein shall continue in force until the Borrower’s obligations and
liabilities to the Agent and the Lenders are paid and satisfied in full and all financing
arrangements among the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower have been terminated.

          The consent of the Bailor hereto constitutes its acknowledgment that Agent may assert any of
the rights set forth or referred to herein, without objection by the Bailor, and that the Bailee
may act in accordance with this letter agreement without liability to the Bailor. By its signature
below, the

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Bailor agrees to reimburse the Bailee for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Bailee as a direct result of compliance with this letter agreement.

          The Bailee will notify all successor owners, transferees, purchasers and mortgagees of the
Premises of the existence of this waiver. The agreements contained herein may not be modified or
terminated orally and shall be binding upon the successors, assigns and personal representatives of
the undersigned.

[Signature pages follow]

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          This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
to this letter agreement on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this letter agreement by
facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other similar
format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this letter agreement.
The undersigned hereby waives notice of acceptance of this letter agreement by Agent.

          Executed and
delivered this ___ day of           , 20
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	 	[__________]

[Address]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CONSENTED AND AGREED TO:

[__________]

[Address]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attn: Bridgett Manduk

Fax: 415-503-5011

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
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Exhibit M-2

AV METALS INC.

NOVELIS INC.

NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

4260848 CANADA INC.

4260856 CANADA INC.

NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

as Obligors

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

December 17, 2010

 

Term Security Agreement

 

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

     Security agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 made by each of AV Metals Inc., Novelis Inc.,
Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc. and Novelis No. 1
Limited Partnership, by its general partner 4260848 Canada Inc., to and in favour of Bank of
America, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

RECITALS:

	 	(a)	 	The Agents and the Lenders have agreed to make certain credit facilities
available to the Borrower on the terms and conditions contained in the Credit
Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Guarantors have guaranteed the obligations of the Borrower on the terms
and conditions contained in the Guarantee; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	It is a condition precedent to the extension of credit to the Borrower under
the Credit Agreement that the Obligors execute and deliver this Agreement in favour of
the Collateral Agent as security for the payment and performance of their obligations
under the Credit Agreement, the Guarantee and the other Loan Documents to which they
are a party.

     In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are acknowledged, the Obligors agree as follows.

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Defined Terms.

     As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., acting as administrative agent for the Secured
Parties and any successor administrative agent appointed under the Credit Agreement, and its
successors and assigns.

“Agents” mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Agreement” means this security agreement.

“Borrower” means Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated and existing under the laws of
Canada, and its successors and permitted assigns.

“Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

Term Security Agreement

 

 

“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties
and any successor collateral agent appointed under the Credit Agreement, and its successors and
permitted assigns.

“Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 among, inter alia, the
Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced, restated,
supplemented or refinanced from time to time and includes any agreement extending the maturity of,
refinancing or restructuring all or any portion of, the indebtedness under such agreement or any
successor agreements, whether or not with the same Agents or Lenders.

“Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning given to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

“Excluded Property” means any

	 	(i)	 	equity Interest in any joint venture to the extent that the
terms of the applicable joint venture agreement, or agreements related to such
joint venture agreement and to which such other joint venture is a party,
validly prohibit the creation by the applicable Obligor of a security interest
in such Equity Interests in favour of the Collateral Agent, but only to the
extent and for so long as (A) the terms of the applicable agreement prohibit
the creation by the applicable Obligor of a security interest, or require the
consent of any person therefore, in such Equity Interests in favor of the
Collateral Agent and (B) such prohibition is permitted by Section 6.19 of the
Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any United States trade-mark or service mark application
filed on the basis of an Obligor’s intent-to-use such mark, in each case,
unless and until evidence of the use of such trade-mark in interstate commerce
is submitted to and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office;
provided that, Excluded Property shall not include any proceeds, substitutions
or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to above (unless such
proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property
referred to above));
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any leasehold interests in real property;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any Excluded Equity Interests and any Equity Interests in
Excluded Collateral Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;

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	 	(v)	 	motor vehicles and any other assets where ownership is
evidenced by a certificate of title;

	 	(vi)	 	deposits posted by customers pursuant to forward sale
agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business and that is held in a segregated deposit
account that is no commingled with any other Collateral (other than other such
deposits posted by customers), and any deposit accounts and securities
accounts to which only such customer deposits are credited; and

	 	(vii)	 	Letter of Credit Rights that are not a secondary obligation
that supports the payment or performance of an account, chattel paper, a
document, an intangible, an instrument or investment property.

“Excluded Securities Accounts” means (i) securities accounts with investment property or other
property held in or credited to such securities accounts with an aggregate value of less than
$10,000,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such securities accounts of any Loan Party which
are not subject to a control agreement satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (excluding accounts
referred to in clause (ii)), and (ii) securities accounts with property held in or credited to such
securities accounts consisting solely of the Equity Interests of Aluminum Company of Malaysia
Berhard.

“Expenses” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

“Guarantee” means the guarantee dated the date hereof by the Guarantors to and in favour of the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, modified, extended,
renewed, replaced, restated or supplemented from time to time.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, AV Metals Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing under the
laws of Canada, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., a corporation incorporated and existing under
the laws of Ontario, 4260848 Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of
Canada, 4260856 Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of Canada and
Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, a partnership formed and existing under the laws of Quebec, by
its general partner 4260848 Canada Inc., and each of their successors and permitted assigns, and
“Guarantor” shall mean anyone of them.

“Instruments” means (i) a bill, note or cheque within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act
(Canada) or any other writing that evidences a right to the payment of money and is of a type that
in the ordinary course of business is transferred by

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delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment, or (ii) a letter of credit and an advice of
credit if the letter or advice states that it must be surrendered upon claiming payment thereunder,
or (iii) chattel paper or any other writing that evidences both a monetary obligation and a
security interest in or a lease of specific goods, or (iv) documents of title or any other writing
that purports to be issued by or addressed to a bailee and purports to cover such goods in the
bailee’s possession as are identified or fungible portions of an identified mass, and that in the
ordinary course of business is treated as establishing that the Person in possession of it is
entitled to receive, hold and dispose of the document and the goods it covers, or (v) any document
or writing commonly known as an instrument, but excludes investment property.

“Intellectual Property” means domestic and foreign: (i) patents, applications for patents and
reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part of patents or
patent applications; (ii) proprietary and non-public business information, including inventions
(whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements, discoveries, trade secrets,
confidential information, know-how, methods, processes, designs, technology, technical data,
schematics, formulae and customer lists, and documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (iii)
copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registration; (iv) mask works,
mask work registrations and applications for mask work registrations; (v) designs, design
registrations, design registration applications and integrated circuit topographies; (vi) trade
names, business names, corporate names, domain names, website names and world wide web addresses,
common law trade-marks, service marks, certification marks, trade dress, logos, applications,
registrations and renewals for any of the foregoing and the goodwill connected with the use of and
symbolized by any of the foregoing; (vii) computer software and programs (both source code and
object code form), all proprietary rights in the computer software and programs and all
documentation and other materials related to the computer software and programs; (viii) any other
intellectual property and industrial property; (ix) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and
payments for past, present, or future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof; (x)
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world; and (xi) rights to sue for past, present or
future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof.

“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean that certain intercreditor agreement dated as of the date
hereof, by and among, inter alia, the Companies party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent, and such other persons as may become party thereto from time to time pursuant to the terms
thereof, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.

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“Lenders” means the financial institutions and other lenders listed on the signature pages of the
Credit Agreement, any Person who may become a Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and their
respective successors and assigns.

“Letter of Credit Rights” means a right to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether
or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time entitled to demand payment or performance.
The term does not include the right of a beneficiary to demand payment or performance under a
letter of credit.

“Obligations” means, in respect of each Obligor, the Secured Obligations as defined in the Credit
Agreement of such Obligor.

“Obligors” means, collectively, the Borrower, the Guarantors and any other Loan Party that becomes
a party hereto, and “Obligor” means any one of them.

“Perfection Certification” means the perfection certificate executed by each of the Obligors and
attached hereto as Schedule “B”.

“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and the regulations promulgated
thereunder and other applicable personal property security legislation of the applicable Canadian
province or provinces (including the Civil Code of Quebec and the regulations respecting the
register of personal and movable real rights promulgated thereunder) as all such legislation now
exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified, supplemented or
replaced, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto.

“Registrable Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property in respect of which ownership,
title, security interests, charges or encumbrances are capable of registration, recording or
notation with any Governmental Authority pursuant to applicable laws.

“Restricted Asset” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(1).

“Secured Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each
co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, any Receiver
or Delegate, the Lenders and any Secured Hedge Provider (to the extent such Secured Hedge Provider
executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a Secured Hedge Provider
Joinder).

“Securities” means securities as defined in the Securities Transfer Act, 2006 (Ontario) but
excludes any ULC Shares.

“Security Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.

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“ULC Shares” means shares in any unlimited company or unlimited liability corporation at any time
owned or otherwise held by any Obligor.

Section 1.2 Interpretation.

	(1)	 	Terms defined in the PPSA and the Securities Transfer Act, 2006 (Ontario) (“STA”) and used
but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the same meanings. For greater certainty,
the terms “account”, “chattel paper”, “document of title”, “equipment”, “intangible”,
“investment property”, “money”, “personal property” and “proceeds” have the meanings given to
them in the PPSA; and the terms “certificated security”, “control”, “deliver”, “entitlement
holder”, “financial asset”, “securities account”, “securities intermediary”, “security
entitlement” and “uncertificated security” have the meanings given to them in the STA.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement.

	(2)	 	Any reference in any Loan Document to Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement and any right
of the Obligors to create or suffer to exist Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement are not
intended to and do not and will not subordinate the Security Interest to any such Lien or give
priority to any Person over the Secured Parties.
	 
	(3)	 	In this Agreement the words “including”, “includes” and “include” mean “including (or
includes or include) without limitation”. The expressions “Article”, “Section” and other
subdivision followed by a number mean and refer to the specified Article, Section or other
subdivision of this Agreement.
	 
	(4)	 	Any reference in this Agreement to gender includes all genders. Words importing the singular
number only include the plural and vice versa.
	 
	(5)	 	The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the
insertion of headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect its interpretation.
	 
	(6)	 	The schedules attached to this Agreement form an integral part of it for all purposes of it.
	 
	(7)	 	Any reference to this Agreement, any Loan Document or any Security Document refers to this
Agreement or such Loan Document or Security Document as the same may have been or may from
time to time be amended, modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or supplemented and
includes all schedules attached to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any
reference in this Agreement to a statute refers to such statute and all rules and regulations
made under it as the same may have been or may from time to time be amended or re-enacted.

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ARTICLE 2

SECURITY

Section 2.1 Grant of Security.

     Subject to Section 2.4, each Obligor grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a security interest in, and assigns, mortgages, charges, hypothecates and pledges
to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of the property and
undertaking of such Obligor whether now owned or hereafter acquired and all of the property and
undertaking in which such Obligor now has or hereafter acquires any interest (collectively, the
“Collateral”) including all of such Obligor’s:

	 	(a)	 	present and after-acquired personal property;

	 	(b)	 	inventory including goods held for sale, lease or resale, goods furnished or
to be furnished to third parties under contracts of lease, consignment or service,
goods which are raw materials or work in process, goods used in or procured for
packing and materials used or consumed in the businesses of the Obligors;
	 
	 	(c)	 	equipment, machinery, furniture, fixtures, plant, vehicles and other goods of
every kind and description and all licences and other rights and all related records,
files, charts, plans, drawings, specifications, manuals and documents;
	 
	 	(d)	 	accounts due or accruing and all related agreements, books, accounts,
invoices, letters, documents and papers recording, evidencing or relating to them;
	 
	 	(e)	 	money, documents of title, chattel paper, financial assets and investment
property;
	 
	 	(f)	 	securities accounts, including the securities accounts listed in Schedule
“A”, and all of the credit balances, securities entitlements, other financial assets
and items or property (or their value) standing to the credit from time to time in
such securities accounts;
	 
	 	(g)	 	Instruments and Securities, including the Instruments and Securities listed
in Schedule “A”;
	 
	 	(h)	 	intangibles including all security interests, goodwill, choses in action,
contracts, contract rights, licenses and other contractual benefits;
	 
	 	(i)	 	Intellectual Property including the Registrable Intellectual Property listed
in the Perfection Certificate;

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	 	(j)	 	all substitutions and replacements of and increases, additions and, where
applicable, accessions to the property described in Section 2.1(a) through Section
2.1(i) inclusive; and

	 	(k)	 	all proceeds in any form derived directly or indirectly from any dealing with
all or any part of the property described in Section 2.1(a) through Section 2.1(j)
inclusive, including the proceeds of such proceeds.

Section 2.2 Secured Obligations.

     The security interests, assignments, mortgages, charges, hypothecations and pledges granted by
each Obligor under this Agreement (collectively, the “Security Interest”) secure the payment and
performance of the following (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”):

	 	(a)	 	the Obligations of such Obligor; and

	 	(b)	 	all expenses, costs and charges incurred by or on behalf of the Secured
Parties in connection with this Agreement, the Security Interest or the Collateral,
including all legal fees, court costs, receiver’s or agent’s remuneration and other
expenses of taking possession of, repairing, protecting, insuring, preparing for
disposition, realizing, collecting, selling, transferring, delivering or obtaining
payment for the Collateral, and of taking, defending or participating in any action or
proceeding in connection with any of the foregoing matters or otherwise in connection
with the Secured Parties’ interest in any Collateral, whether or not directly relating
to the enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (collectively, the
“Expenses”).

Section 2.3 Attachment.

	(1)	 	Each Obligor acknowledges that (i) value has been given, (ii) it has rights in the applicable
Collateral (other than after-acquired Collateral), (iii) it has not agreed to postpone the
time of attachment of the Security Interest, and (iv) it has received a copy of this
Agreement.

	(2)	 	Each Obligor delivers to and deposits with the Collateral Agent any and all certificates
evidencing the Securities listed in Schedule “A”, to the extent such Securities are
certificated, together with, in each case, a stock power duly endorsed in blank for transfer
and grants control over such Securities to the Collateral Agent, as applicable. Each Obligor
also delivers to and deposits with the Collateral Agent the Instruments listed in Schedule
“A”, as applicable.

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	(3)	 	If any Obligor (i) acquires any Securities, (ii) acquires any other financial assets that
have not been credited to a securities account specified in Schedule “A”, (iii) acquires any
Instruments, or (iv) establishes or maintains a securities account that is not specified in
Schedule “A”, such Obligor will notify the Collateral Agent in writing and provide the
Collateral Agent with a revised Schedule “A” recording the acquisition or establishment of and
particulars relating to such Securities, financial assets, Instruments or securities account
within 15 days after such acquisition. Upon request by the Collateral Agent, such Obligor
will promptly (but in any event within 30 days after receipt by such Obligor or such longer
period as may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) deliver to and
deposit with the Collateral Agent, or take all action that the Collateral Agent deems
advisable to cause the Collateral Agent to have control over, such Securities or other
investment property that are now or become Collateral other than (i) Instruments evidencing
amounts payable of less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Obligors or evidencing any
rights to goods having a value of less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Obligors and
(ii) Securities or Instruments representing or evidencing Equity Interests in an Excluded
Collateral Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party, as security for the Secured Obligations. The
applicable Obligor will also promptly inform the Collateral Agent in writing of the
acquisition by it of any ULC Shares.
	 
	(4)	 	At the request of the Collateral Agent, each of the Obligors, as applicable will (i) cause
the transfer of any Securities or Instruments (other than Securities or Instruments
representing or evidencing Equity Interests in an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary which is not
a Loan Party) to the Collateral Agent to be registered wherever such registration may be
required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, (ii) duly endorse any
such Securities or Instruments for transfer in blank or register them in the name of the
Collateral Agent or its nominee or otherwise as the Collateral Agent may reasonably direct,
(iii) immediately deliver to the Collateral Agent any and all consents or other documents
which may be necessary to effect the transfer of any such Securities or Instruments to the
Collateral Agent or any third party and (iv) deliver to or otherwise cause the Collateral
Agent to have control over such Securities or Instruments.
	 
	(5)	 	Each Obligor will promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of the acquisition by it of
any Registrable Intellectual Property and will provide the Collateral Agent with a revised
Perfection Certificate recording the acquisition and particulars of such additional
Intellectual Property.

Section 2.4 Scope of Security Interest.

	(1)	 	To the extent that an assignment of amounts payable and other proceeds arising under or in
connection with, or the grant of a security interest in any

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	 	 	agreement, licence, lease, permit or quota of any Obligor would constitute a default under
or a breach of or would result in the termination or loss of rights in respect of such
agreement, licence, lease, permit or quota (each, a “Restricted Asset”), the Security
Interest with respect to each Restricted Asset will constitute a trust created in favour of
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which the
applicable Obligor holds as trustee all proceeds arising under or in connection with the
Restricted Asset in trust for the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
on the following basis:

	 	(a)	 	subject to the Credit Agreement, until the Security Interest is enforceable
the Obligor is entitled to receive all such proceeds; and

	 	(b)	 	whenever the Security Interest is enforceable, (i) all rights of such Obligor
to receive such proceeds cease and all such proceeds will be immediately paid over to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (ii) such Obligor
will take all actions requested by the Collateral Agent to collect and enforce payment
and other rights arising under the Restricted Asset.

	 	 	Upon request by the Collateral Agent, the Obligors will use all commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain the consent of each other party to any and all Restricted Assets to the assignment of
such Restricted Asset to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement. The Obligors
will also use all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all agreements entered into on
and after the date of this Agreement expressly permit assignments of the benefits of such
agreements as collateral security to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

	(2)	 	The Security Interest with respect to trade-marks and other Intellectual Property established
under the laws of the United States including any state, territory or political subdivision
thereof, constitutes a lien on and security interest in, and a charge, hypothecation and
pledge of, such Collateral in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, but does not constitute an assignment or mortgage of such Collateral to the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party.

	(3)	 	Until the Security Interest is enforceable, the grant of the Security Interest in the
Intellectual Property does not affect in any way the Obligors’ rights to commercially exploit
the Intellectual Property, defend it, enforce such Obligor’s rights in it or with respect to
it against third parties in any court or claim and be entitled to receive any damages with
respect to any infringement of it.
	 
	(4)	 	The Security Interest does not extend to consumer goods or ULC Shares.

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	(5)	 	The Security Interest does not extend or apply to the last day of the term of any lease or
sublease of real property or any agreement for a lease or sublease of real property, now held
or hereafter acquired by any of the Obligors, but the Obligors will stand possessed of any
such last day upon trust to assign and dispose of it as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
direct.
	 
	(6)	 	The Security Interest does not extend to Excluded Property.

Section 2.5 Grant of Licence to Use Intellectual Property.

     Each Obligor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive licence
(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Obligor) to use, or
sublicense any Intellectual Property in which such Obligor has rights wherever the same may be
located, provided that the quality of products in connection with which any trade-mark is used will
not be materially inferior to the quality of such products prior to such Event of Default. Such
licence includes access to (i) all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or
stored, and (ii) all software and computer programs used for compilation or print-out. The license
granted under this Section is to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights and remedies
under Article 3 and for no other purpose.

Section 2.6 Care and Custody of Collateral.

	(1)	 	The Secured Parties have no obligation to keep Collateral in their possession identifiable.

	(2)	 	The Collateral Agent may upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, (i) notify any Person obligated on an Instrument, Security or account to make
payments to the Collateral Agent, whether or not the Obligors were previously making
collections on such accounts, chattel paper, instruments, and (ii) assume control of any
proceeds arising from the Collateral.
	 
	(3)	 	The Collateral Agent has no obligation to collect dividends, distributions or interest
payable on, or exercise any option or right in connection with, any Securities or Instruments.
The Collateral Agent has no obligation to protect or preserve any Securities or Instruments
from depreciating in value or becoming worthless and is released from all responsibility for
any loss of value. In the physical keeping of any Securities, the Collateral Agent is only
obliged to exercise the same degree of care as it would exercise with respect to its own
Securities kept at the same place.
	 
	(4)	 	The Collateral Agent may, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, sell, transfer, use or otherwise deal with any investment property included in the
Collateral over which the Collateral

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	 	 	Agent has control, on such conditions and in
such manner as the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion may determine.

Section 2.7 Rights of the Obligor.

	(1)	 	Until the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, each Obligor, as applicable,
is entitled to vote the Securities and other financial assets that are part of the Collateral
and to receive dividends and distributions on such Securities and financial assets, as may be
permitted by the Credit Agreement. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, all rights of the Obligors to vote (under any proxy given by the Collateral Agent
(or its nominee) or otherwise) or to receive distributions or dividends cease and all such
rights become vested solely and absolutely in the Collateral Agent.

	(2)	 	Any distributions or dividends received by any of the Obligors contrary to Section 2.7(1) or
any other moneys or property received by any of the Obligors after the Security Interest is
enforceable will be received as trustee for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and
shall be immediately paid over to the Collateral Agent.

Section 2.8 Expenses.

	(1)	 	All Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial
fees) including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with,
this Agreement, the execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement shall, for
greater certainty be for the account of the applicable Obligor and all shall be paid in
accordance with Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement.

	(2)	 	Each of the Obligors is liable for and will pay on demand by the Collateral Agent any and all
expenses.

ARTICLE 3

ENFORCEMENT

Section 3.1 Enforcement.

     The Security Interest becomes and is enforceable against each of the Obligors upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

Section 3.2 Remedies.

     Whenever the Security Interest is enforceable, the Collateral Agent may realize upon the
Collateral and enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties by:

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	 	(a)	 	entry onto any premises where Collateral consisting of tangible personal
property may be located;
	 
	 	(b)	 	entry into possession of the Collateral by any method permitted by law;
	 
	 	(c)	 	sale, grant of options to purchase, or lease of all or any part of the
Collateral;
	 
	 	(d)	 	holding, storing and keeping idle or operating all or any part of the
Collateral;
	 
	 	(e)	 	exercising and enforcing all rights and remedies of a holder of the
Collateral as if the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof (including, if
necessary, causing the Collateral to be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent
or its nominee if not already done);
	 
	 	(f)	 	collection of any proceeds arising in respect of the Collateral;
	 
	 	(g)	 	collection, realization or sale of, or other dealing with, accounts;
	 
	 	(h)	 	license or sublicense, whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, of any
Intellectual Property for such term and on such conditions and in such manner as the
Collateral Agent in its sole judgment determines (taking into account such provisions
as may be necessary to protect and preserve such Intellectual Property);
	 
	 	(i)	 	instruction or order to any issuer or securities intermediary pursuant to any
control the Collateral Agent has over the Collateral;
	 
	 	(j)	 	instruction to any bank which has entered into a control agreement with the
Collateral Agent to transfer all moneys, Securities and Instruments held by such
depositary bank to an account maintained with or by the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(k)	 	application of any moneys constituting Collateral or proceeds thereof in
accordance with Section 5.11;
	 
	 	(l)	 	appointment by instrument in writing of a receiver (which term as used in
this Agreement includes a receiver and manager) or agent of all or any part of the
Collateral and removal or replacement from time to time of any receiver or agent;
	 
	 	(m)	 	institution of proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a receiver of all or any part of the Collateral;

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	 	(n)	 	institution of proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for sale or
foreclosure of all or any part of the Collateral;

	 	(o)	 	filing of proofs of claim and other documents to establish claims to the
Collateral in any proceeding relating to the Obligors; and

	 	(p)	 	any other remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted under the PPSA or
otherwise by law or equity.

Section 3.3 Additional Rights.

     In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 3.2 and elsewhere in this Agreement, whenever
the Security Interest is enforceable, the Collateral Agent may:

	 	(a)	 	require any of the Obligors, at such Obligor’s expense, to assemble the
Collateral at a place or places designated by notice in writing and each of the
Obligors agree to so assemble the Collateral immediately upon receipt of such notice;
	 
	 	(b)	 	require the Obligors, by notice in writing, to disclose to the Collateral
Agent the location or locations of the Collateral and the Obligors agree to promptly
make such disclosure when so required;
	 
	 	(c)	 	repair, process, modify, complete or otherwise deal with the Collateral and
prepare for the disposition of the Collateral, whether on the premises of the Obligors
or otherwise;
	 
	 	(d)	 	redeem any prior security interest against any Collateral, procure the
transfer of such security interest to itself, or settle and pass the accounts of the
prior mortgagee, chargee or encumbrancer (any accounts to be conclusive and binding on
the applicable Obligor);
	 
	 	(e)	 	pay any liability secured by any Lien against any Collateral (the Obligors
will immediately on demand reimburse the Collateral Agent for all such payments);
	 
	 	(f)	 	carry on all or any part of the business of the Obligors and, to the
exclusion of all others including the Obligors, enter upon, occupy and use all or any
of the premises, buildings, and other property of or used by any of the Obligor for
such time as the Collateral Agent sees fit, free of charge, and the Collateral Agent
and the Secured Parties are not liable to the Obligors for any act, omission or
negligence in so doing or for any rent, charges, depreciation or damages incurred in
connection with or resulting from such action;

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	 	(g)	 	borrow for the purpose of carrying on any of the businesses of the Obligors
or for the maintenance, preservation or protection of the Collateral and grant a
security interest in the Collateral, whether or not in priority to the Security
Interest, to secure repayment;
	 
	 	(h)	 	commence, continue or defend any judicial or administrative proceedings for
the purpose of protecting, seizing, collecting, realizing or obtaining possession or
payment of the Collateral, and give good and valid receipts and discharges in respect
of the Collateral and compromise or give time for the payment or performance of all or
any part of the accounts or any other obligation of any third party to the Obligors;
and
	 
	 	(i)	 	at any public sale, and to the extent permitted by law on any private sale,
bid for and purchase any or all of the Collateral offered for sale and upon compliance
with the terms of such sale, hold, retain and dispose of such Collateral without any
further accountability to the Obligors or any other Person with respect to such
holding, retention or disposition, except as required by law. In any such sale to the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent may, for the purpose of making payment for all
or any part of the Collateral so purchased, use any claim for Secured Obligations then
due and payable to it as a credit against the purchase price.

Section 3.4 Exercise of Remedies.

     The remedies under Section 3.2 and Section 3.3 may be exercised from time to time separately
or in combination and are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights of the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties however arising or created. The Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties are not bound to exercise any right or remedy, and the exercise of rights and
remedies is without prejudice to the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in
respect of the Secured Obligations including the right to claim for any deficiency.

Section 3.5 Receiver’s Powers.

	(1)	 	Any receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent is vested with the rights and remedies which
could have been exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Obligors or the Collateral
and such other powers and discretions as are granted in the instrument of appointment and any
supplemental instruments. The identity of the receiver, its replacement and its remuneration
are within the sole and unfettered discretion of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	(2)	 	Any receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent will act as agent for the Collateral Agent for
the purposes of taking possession of the Collateral, but otherwise and for all other purposes
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	 	 	the Obligors. The receiver may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of Collateral as agent
for the Obligors or as agent for the Collateral Agent as the Collateral Agent may determine
in its discretion. The Obligors agree to ratify and confirm all actions of the receiver
acting as agent for the Obligors, and to release and indemnify the receiver in respect of
all such actions.
	 
	(3)	 	The Collateral Agent, in appointing or refraining from appointing any receiver, does not
incur liability to the receiver, the Obligors or otherwise and is not responsible for any
misconduct or negligence of such receiver.

Section 3.6 Appointment of Attorney.

     Each of the Obligors hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and any
officer of the Collateral Agent) the true and lawful attorney of the Obligors. As the attorney of
each of the Obligors, the Collateral Agent has the power to exercise for and in the name of the
Obligors, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, with full power
of substitution, any of the Obligors’ right (including the right of disposal), title and interest
in and to the Collateral including the execution, endorsement, delivery and transfer of the
Collateral to the Collateral Agent, its nominees or transferees, and the Collateral Agent and its
nominees or transferees are hereby empowered to exercise all rights and powers and to perform all
acts of ownership with respect to the Collateral to the same extent as the Obligors might do. This
power of attorney is irrevocable, is coupled with an interest, has been given for valuable
consideration (the receipt and adequacy of which is acknowledged) and survives, and does not
terminate upon, the bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up or insolvency of any of the Obligors. This
power of attorney extends to and is binding upon each of the Obligors’ successors and permitted
assigns. Each of the Obligors authorizes the Collateral Agent to delegate in writing to another
Person any power and authority of the Collateral Agent under this power of attorney as may be
necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, and to revoke or suspend such
delegation.

Section 3.7 Dealing with the Collateral.

	(1)	 	The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are not obliged to exhaust their recourse
against the Obligors or any other Person or against any other security they may hold in
respect of the Secured Obligations before realizing upon or otherwise dealing with the
Collateral in such manner as the Collateral Agent may consider desirable.
	 
	(2)	 	The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties may grant extensions or other indulgences, take
and give up securities, accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal
with the Obligors and with other Persons, sureties or securities as they may see fit without
prejudice to the Secured

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	 	 	Obligations, the liability of the Obligors or the rights of the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral.
	 
	(3)	 	Except as otherwise provided by law or this Agreement, the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties are not (i) liable or accountable for any failure to collect, realize or obtain
payment in respect of the Collateral, (ii) bound to institute proceedings for the purpose of
collecting, enforcing, realizing or obtaining payment of the Collateral or for the purpose of
preserving any rights of any Persons in respect of the Collateral, (iii) responsible for any
loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with the Collateral or by the retention of or
failure to sell or otherwise deal with the Collateral, or (iv) bound to protect the Collateral
from depreciating in value or becoming worthless.

Section 3.8 Standards of Sale.

     Without prejudice to the ability of the Collateral Agent to dispose of the Collateral in any
manner which is commercially reasonable, each Obligor acknowledges that:

	 	(a)	 	the Collateral may be disposed of in whole or in part;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral may be disposed of by public auction, public tender or private
contract, with or without advertising and without any other formality;
	 
	 	(c)	 	any assignee of such Collateral may be the Collateral Agent, a Secured Party
or a customer of any such Person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any sale conducted by the Collateral Agent will be at such time and place, on
such notice and in accordance with such procedures as the Collateral Agent, in its
sole discretion, may deem advantageous;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Collateral may be disposed of in any manner and on any terms necessary to
avoid violation of applicable law (including compliance with such procedures as may
restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require that the
prospective bidders and purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict the
prospective bidders and purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they
are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale of the Collateral) or in order to obtain any required approval
of the disposition (or of the resulting purchase) by any governmental or regulatory
authority or official;

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	 	(f)	 	a disposition of the Collateral may be on such terms and conditions as to
credit or otherwise as the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem
advantageous; and
	 
	 	(g)	 	the Collateral Agent may establish an upset or reserve bid or price in
respect of the Collateral.

Section 3.9 Dealings by Third Parties.

	(1)	 	No Person dealing with the Collateral Agent, any of the Secured Parties or an agent or
receiver is required to determine (i) whether the Security Interest has become enforceable,
(ii) whether the powers which such Person is purporting to exercise have become exercisable,
(iii) whether any money remains due to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties by the
Obligors, (iv) the necessity or expediency of the stipulations and conditions subject to which
any sale or lease is made, (v) the propriety or regularity of any sale or other dealing by the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party with the Collateral, or (vi) how any money paid to the
Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties have been applied.

	(2)	 	Any bona fide purchaser of all or any part of the Collateral from the Collateral Agent or any
receiver or agent will hold the Collateral absolutely, free from any claim or right of
whatever kind, including any equity of redemption, of any of the Obligors, which each such
Obligor specifically waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) as against any such
purchaser together with all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which such Obligor has or
may have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter adopted.

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

Section 4.1 General Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

        Each of the Obligors represents and warrants and covenants and agrees, acknowledging and
confirming that the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party is relying on such representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements, that:

	 	(a)	 	Continuous Perfection. The Perfection Certificate sets out each of the
Obligor’s place of business or, if more than one, each Obligor’s chief executive
office. Other than in the case of Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, such place of
business or chief executive office, as the case may be, has been located at such
address for the 60 days immediately preceding the date of this Agreement. The
Perfection Certificate also sets out the address at which the books and records of
the Obligor are located, the address at which senior management of the Obligor are

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	 	 	 	located and conduct their deliberations and make their decisions with respect to
the business of each Obligor and the address from which the invoices and accounts
of each Obligor are issued.

	 	(b)	 	Additional Security Perfection and Protection of Security Interest. Each of
the Obligors will grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, security interests, assignments, mortgages, charges, hypothecations and
pledges in such property and undertaking of such Obligor that is not subject to a
valid and perfected first ranking security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens),
other than Excluded Securities Accounts in respect of which a securities intermediary
may have a prior ranking interest, constituted by the Security Documents, in each
relevant jurisdiction as determined by the Collateral Agent. Each of the Obligors
will perform all acts, execute and deliver all agreements, documents and instruments
and take such other steps as are requested by the Collateral Agent at any time to
register, file, signify, publish, perfect, maintain, protect, and enforce the Security
Interest including: (i) executing, recording and filing of financing or other
statements, and paying all taxes, fees and other charges payable, (ii) placing
notations on its books of account to disclose the Security Interest, (iii) delivering
or using its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, as applicable,
acknowledgements, confirmations and subordinations that may be necessary to ensure
that the Security Documents constitute a valid and perfected first ranking security
interest (subject only to Permitted Liens), other than Excluded Securities Accounts in
respect of which a securities intermediary may have a prior ranking interest, (iv)
executing and delivering any certificates, endorsements, instructions, agreements,
documents and instruments that may be required under the STA, and (v) delivering
opinions of counsel in respect of matters contemplated by this paragraph. The
documents and opinions contemplated by this paragraph must be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Confirmation of Registrable Intellectual Property. The Perfection
Certificate lists all Registrable Intellectual Property that is owned by each of the
Obligors on the date of this Agreement. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent, the
Obligors shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a Confirmation of Security Interest in
the form of Schedule “C” in respect of all Registrable Intellectual Property now
owned, and subsequently when acquired after the date hereof, confirming the assignment
for security of such Registrable Intellectual Property to the Collateral Agent and
shall within 30 days or such longer period as may

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	 	 	 	be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion make all filings,
registrations and recordings as are necessary or appropriate to perfect the
Security Interest granted to the Collateral Agent in the Registrable Intellectual
Property.

	 	(d)	 	Location of Property. None of the Obligors other than the Borrower and
4260848 Canada Inc., in its capacity as general partner of Novelis No. 1 Limited
Partnership has any tangible property located outside of Ontario. The Borrower does
not hold any tangible property outside of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and
Alberta. 4260848 Canada Inc., in its capacity as general partner of Novelis No. 1
Limited Partnership does not hold any tangible property outside of Quebec and Ontario.

	 	(e)	 	Control Agreements. Other than as contemplated by Section 4.1(b), none of
the Obligors will grant control to any party other than the Collateral Agent and,
subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, in respect of any investment
property.

ARTICLE 5

GENERAL

Section 5.1 Notices.

     Any notices, directions or other communications provided for in this Agreement must be in
writing and given in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.2 Discharge.

     The Security Interest will be discharged upon the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations.
Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations and at the request and expense of the Obligors,
the Collateral Agent will execute and deliver to each of the Obligors such releases, discharges,
financing statements and other documents or instruments as the Obligors may reasonably require and
the Collateral Agent will redeliver to the Obligors, or as the Obligors may otherwise direct the
Collateral Agent, any Collateral in its possession.

Section 5.3 No Merger, Survival of Representations and Warranties.

     This Agreement does not operate by way of merger of any of the Secured Obligations and no
judgment recovered by the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured Parties will operate by way of
merger of, or in any way affect, the Security Interest, which is in addition to, and not in
substitution for, any other security now or hereafter held by the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties in respect of the Secured Obligations. The representations, warranties and covenants of
the Obligors in this Agreement survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any
advances under the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding any investigation made by

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or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties these covenants, representations
and warranties continue in full force and effect.

Section 5.4 Further Assurances.

     Each of the Obligors will do all acts and things and execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered, all agreements, documents and instruments that the Collateral Agent may
require and take all further steps relating to the Collateral or any other property or assets of
the Obligors that the Collateral Agent may require for (i) protecting the Collateral, (ii)
perfecting the Security Interest, and (iii) exercising all powers, authorities and discretions
conferred upon the Collateral Agent. After the Security Interest becomes enforceable, the Obligors
will do all acts and things and execute and deliver all documents and instruments that the
Collateral Agent may require for facilitating the sale or other disposition of the Collateral in
connection with its realization.

Section 5.5 Supplemental Security.

     This Agreement is in addition to, without prejudice to and supplemental to all other security
now held or which may hereafter be held by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties.

Section 5.6 Successors and Assigns.

     This Agreement is binding on each of the Obligors and their successors and permitted assigns,
and enures to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective
successors and assigns. This Agreement may be assigned by the Collateral Agent without the consent
of, or notice to, the Obligors, to such Person as the Collateral Agent may determine and, in such
event, such Person will be entitled to all of the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent as
set forth in this Agreement or otherwise. In any action brought by an assignee to enforce any such
right or remedy, the Obligors will not assert against the assignee any claim or defence which the
Obligors now have or may have against the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured Parties. No
Obligor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent which may be unreasonably withheld.

Section 5.7 Amalgamation.

     Each Obligor acknowledges and agrees that in the event it amalgamates with any other
corporation or corporations, it is the intention of the parties that the Security Interest (i)
subject to Section 2.4, extends to: (A) all of the property and undertaking that any of the
amalgamating corporations then owns, (B) all of the property and undertaking that the amalgamated
corporation thereafter acquires, (C) all of the property and undertaking in which any of the
amalgamating corporations then has any interest and (D) all of the property and undertaking in
which the amalgamated corporation thereafter acquires any interest; and (ii) secures

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the payment and performance of all Obligations, at any time or from time to time due or accruing
due and owing by or otherwise payable by each of the amalgamating corporations and the amalgamated
corporation to the Secured Parties in any currency, however or wherever incurred, and whether
incurred alone or jointly with another or others and whether as principal, guarantor or surety and
whether incurred prior to, at the time of or subsequent to the amalgamation. The Security Interest
attaches to the additional collateral at the time of amalgamation and to any collateral thereafter
owned or acquired by the amalgamated corporation when such becomes owned or is acquired. Upon any
such amalgamation, the defined term “Obligors” shall also include, collectively, each of the
amalgamating corporations and the amalgamated corporation, the defined term “Collateral” means all
of the property and undertaking and interests described in (i) above, and the defined term “Secured
Obligations” includes the obligations described in (ii) above.

Section 5.8 Severability.

     If any court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal exists or is taken, determines any
provision of this Agreement to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be severed
from this Agreement and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Section 5.9 Amendment.

     This Agreement may only be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by written agreement
executed by the Collateral Agent and the Obligors.

Section 5.10 Waivers, etc.

	(1)	 	No consent or waiver by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in respect of this
Agreement is binding unless made in writing and signed by an authorized officer of the
Collateral Agent. Any consent or waiver given under this Agreement is effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement constitutes a waiver of any other provision.

	(2)	 	A failure or delay on the part of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in exercising a
right under this Agreement does not operate as a waiver of, or impair, any right of the
Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties however arising. A single or partial exercise of a
right on the part of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties does not preclude any other
or further exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right by the Collateral Agent
or the Secured Parties.

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Section 5.11 Application of Proceeds of Security.

     All monies collected by the Collateral Agent upon the enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s or
the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies under the Security
Documents and the Liens created by them including any sale or other disposition of the
Collateral, together with all other monies received by the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties
under the Security Documents, will be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement. To the extent
any other Loan Document requires proceeds of collateral under such Loan Document to be applied in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent or holder under such other
Loan Document shall apply such proceeds in accordance with this Section.

Section 5.12 Conflict.

	(1)	 	Subject to Subsection (2) below, in the event of any conflict between the terms and
provisions contained in this Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit
Agreement, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such
documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in
concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be
resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control and
govern.

	(2)	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES
HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY
CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS
AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 11.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES
BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

Section 5.13 Governing Law.

     This Agreement will be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Obligors have executed this Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AV METALS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	4260848 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	4260856 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

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	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its
general partner, 4260848 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE “A”

INSTRUMENTS AND SECURITIES

SECURITIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Record Owner	 	 	 	 	 	No. of Shares or	 	No. of Shares or	 	 	 	 	 	No. Shares Covered
	 	 	 	 	(Beneficial Owner,	 	 	 	 	 	Interests	 	Interests	 	 	 	 	 	by Warrants;
	Issuer	 	Type of Organization	 	if different)	 	Certificate No.	 	Owned	 	Outstanding	 	Percentage Ownership	 	Options
	NORTH AMERICA

	Novelis Inc.

	 	Canadian Corporation
	 	AV Metals Inc.
	 	 	C-1	 	 	1,000 common shares
	 	1,000 common shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis No. 1
Limited Partnership

	 	Québec Limited

Partnership
	 	Novelis Inc.
(Limited Partner)

4260848 Canada Inc.
(General Partner)
	 	 	N/A	 	 	N/A
	 	 	N/A	 	 	 	99.99

0.01	%

%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4260848 Canada Inc.

	 	Canadian Corporation
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	C-1	 	 	100 common shares
	 	100 common shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4260856 Canada Inc.

	 	Canadian Corporation
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	C-1	 	 	100 common shares
	 	100 common shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Cast House
Technology Ltd.

	 	Ontario Corporation
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	6	 	 	200 common shares
	 	200 common shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Corporation

	 	Texas Corporation
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	7	 	 	4,945 common shares
	 	4,945 common shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Brand LLC

	 	Delaware Limited

Liability Company
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	1	 	 	1 share
	 	1 share
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis South 

America Holdings 

LLC

	 	Delaware Limited

Liability Company
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	1	 	 	1 share
	 	1 share
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EUROPE

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Laminés 

France SAS

	 	French Société par

Action Simplifiée
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	N/A	 	 	200,000 shares
	 	200,000 shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis PAE SAS

	 	French Société par

Action Simplifiée
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	N/A	 	 	8,000 shares
	 	8,000 shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Record Owner	 	 	 	 	 	No. of Shares or	 	No. of Shares or	 	 	 	 	 	No. Shares Covered
	 	 	 	 	(Beneficial Owner,	 	 	 	 	 	Interests	 	Interests	 	 	 	 	 	by Warrants;
	Issuer	 	Type of Organization	 	if different)	 	Certificate No.	 	Owned	 	Outstanding	 	Percentage Ownership	 	Options
	Novelis Foil France 

SAS

	 	French Société par

Action Simplifiée
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	N/A	 	 	5,502,500 shares
	 	5,502,500 shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Europe 

Holdings Limited

	 	UK private company

limited by shares
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	10

12	 	 	165,631,965 ordinary
shares

144,928,900

preferred shares
	 	165,631,965
ordinary shares

144,928,900
preferred shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Aluminium 

Beteiligungs GmbH

	 	German GmbH
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	N/A	 	 	25,000 common shares
	 	25,000 common shares
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Madeira, 

Unipessoal, Lda

	 	Portuguese Limited

Liability

Commercial Company
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	 	N/A	 	 	1 quota
	 	1 quota
	 	 	100	%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SOUTH AMERICA

	Novelis do Brasil
Ltda.

	 	Brazilian Limited

Liability Quota

Company
	 	Novelis Inc.
Novelis South
America Holdings
LLC
	 	 	N/A	 	 	120,130,999 quotas

1 quota
	 	120,131,000 quotas
	 	 	99.999

0.001	%

%	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ASIA

	Aluminium Company
of Malaysia Berhad

	 	Malaysian Public

Company limited by

shares listed on

the Malaysian Stock

Exchange
	 	Novelis Inc.
Miscellaneous
Shareholders
	 	 	N/A	 	 	78,234,054 ordinary

shares

54,027,794 shares
	 	134,330,848
ordinary
shares(including
2,079,000 treasury
shares)
	 	 	59.15

40.85	%

%	 	None

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	 	 	 	 	Record Owner	 	 	 	 	 	No. of Shares or	 	No. of Shares or	 	 	 	 	 	No. Shares Covered
	 	 	 	 	(Beneficial Owner,	 	 	 	 	 	Interests	 	Interests	 	 	 	 	 	by Warrants;
	Issuer	 	Type of Organization	 	if different)	 	Certificate No.	 	Owned	 	Outstanding	 	Percentage Ownership	 	Options
	Novelis Korea 

Limited

	 	Korean Company,

Limited
	 	4260856 Canada Inc. 

4260848 Canada Inc.
	 	Ahje00006~9

Saje000017~23

Maje000030~35

Daje000032~34

Gaje000065

Ahje00003~5

Saje000016

Maje000023~29

Daje000027~31

Gaje000060~64

	 	47,631 shares

31,755 shares
	 	136,640 shares
(including 19,735
Treasury Stock)
	 	40.74%
(except Treasury
Stock)

27.16% (except
Treasury Stock)
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis (India)
Infotech Ltd.

	 	Indian Limited

Liability Company
	 	Novelis Inc.
Mr. A. R. Das
Ms. Ananya Maitra
Mr. Kishan Ladsaria
Mr. Raj Mundra
Mr. Indrajit Pathak
Mr. Shrikant
Turalkar
	 	 	1 & 8

2

3

6

7

5

4	 	 	49,940

10 shares

10 shares

10 shares

10 shares

10 shares

10 shares
	 	 	50,000	 	 	 	99.88

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02	%

%

%

%

%

%

%	 	None

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INSTRUMENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank Name/	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Company	 	Description	 	Noteholder	 	Issue Date	 	Due date	 	Amount
	Novelis Aluminum AL 

Holding Company

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	7/10/2008
	 	2/ 3/2015
	 	EUR 87,291,599

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Luxembourg
S.A.

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	2/3/2005
	 	2/3/2015
	 	EUR 15,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Aluminum AL 

Holding Company

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	1/7/2005
	 	1/7/2015
	 	EUR 293,834,842

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis AG

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	11/4/2009
	 	1/13/2015
	 	EUR 121,421,203

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Brand LLC

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis No. 1
Limited Partnership
	 	9/28/2010
	 	7/6/2014
	 	$	106,440,401	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	8/4/2008
	 	8/4/2013
	 	$	30,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	8/4/2008
	 	8/4/2013
	 	$	30,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	8/4/2008
	 	8/4/2013
	 	$	20,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	3/11/2008
	 	3/11/2013
	 	$	5,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	1/5/2008
	 	1/5/2013
	 	$	15,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	5/31/2007
	 	5/31/2012
	 	$	80,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	7/6/2007
	 	5/31/2012
	 	$	5,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	7/6/2007
	 	5/31/2012
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	7/6/2007
	 	5/31/2012
	 	$	25,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brazil Ltda

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	12/29/2009
	 	9/15/2013
	 	$	15,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Corp.

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	8/12/2010
	 	8/12/2011
	 	$	120,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Corp.

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	5/20/2010
	 	5/20/2011
	 	$	50,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Corp.

	 	Loan
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 	7/9/2010
	 	7/8/2011
	 	$	226,000,000	 

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TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

1. Novelis do Brasil Ltda.

     Nil.

2. Novelis Europe Holdings Ltd. (UK)

     There are no restrictions on transfer where the transfer is to a bank or a financial
institution.

3. Novelis Laminés France SAS, Novelis PAE SAS, Novelis Foil France SAS

     Nil.

4. 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc., Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., Novelis
Inc.

4260848 Canada Inc.: The shares of the Corporation shall not be transferred without the
consent of either (i) the directors evidenced by a resolution passed or signed by them and recorded
in the books of the Corporation or (ii) the holders of a majority in number of the outstanding
voting shares of the Corporation.

4260856 Canada Inc.: The shares of the Corporation shall not be transferred without the consent of
either (i) the directors evidenced by a resolution passed or signed by them and recorded in the
books of the Corporation or (ii) the holders of a majority in number of the outstanding voting
shares of the Corporation.

Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd.: The issue or transfer of shares of the Corporation
shall require the express sanction of the Board of Directors signified by a resolution passed by
the Board.

Novelis Inc.: No restrictions on transfer.

5. Novelis Corporation, Novelis Finances USA LLC, Novelis South America Holdings LLC

     Nil.

SECURITIES ACCOUNTS

     Nil.

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SCHEDULE “B”

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

 

 

SCHEDULE “C”

FORM OF CONFIRMATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

WHEREAS:

[Name of Relevant Obligor] (the “Debtor”), a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws
of l with offices at [address], is the owner of the
[trade-marks/patents/copyrights/industrial designs] set forth in Exhibit “A” hereto, the
registrations and applications for the [trade-marks/patents/copyrights/industrial designs]
identified therein and the underlying goodwill associated with such
[trade-marks/patents/copyrights/industrial designs] (collectively, the “[Trade-Marks/
Patents/Copyrights/Industrial Designs]”); and

l, as agent for certain secured creditors (the “Collateral Agent”), with offices at
[address], has entered into an agreement with the Debtor, as reflected by a separate document
entitled the “Security Agreement” dated as of the [l] day of l, 2010 by which the
Debtor granted to the Collateral Agent, a security interest in certain property, including the
[Trade-Marks/Patents/Copyrights/Industrial Designs], in consideration of the provision of certain
credit facilities to certain companies which are the wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Debtor;

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged and in accordance with the terms and obligations set forth in the Security Agreement,
the Debtor confirms the grant to the Collateral Agent of a security interest in and to the
[Trade-Marks/Patents/Copyrights/Industrial Designs].

DATED at _________________ on this [l] day of [l], [l].

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF RELEVANT OBLIGOR]

Per:

	 	Authorized Signing Officer	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT “A”

TRADE-MARKS/PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS/INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

 

 

AV METALS INC.

NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

4260848 CANADA INC.

4260856 CANADA INC.

NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

as Guarantors

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

GUARANTEE

December 17, 2010

 

Stikeman Elliott llp

Term Guarantee

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 1.1

	 	Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2

	 	Interpretation
	 	 	3	 

ARTICLE 2

GUARANTEE

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 2.1

	 	Guarantee
	 	 	4	 
	Section 2.2

	 	Indemnity
	 	 	4	 
	Section 2.3

	 	Primary Obligation
	 	 	4	 
	Section 2.4

	 	Absolute Liability
	 	 	4	 

ARTICLE 3

ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 3.1

	 	Remedies
	 	 	6	 
	Section 3.2

	 	Amount of Obligations
	 	 	6	 
	Section 3.3

	 	Payment on Demand
	 	 	7	 
	Section 3.4

	 	Costs and Expenses
	 	 	7	 
	Section 3.5

	 	Assignment and Postponement
	 	 	7	 
	Section 3.6

	 	Suspension of Guarantor Rights
	 	 	9	 
	Section 3.7

	 	No Prejudice to Secured Parties or Collateral Agent
	 	 	9	 
	Section 3.8

	 	No Subrogation
	 	 	9	 
	Section 3.9

	 	No Set-off
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.10

	 	Successors of the Borrower
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.11

	 	Continuing Guarantee and Continuing Obligations
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.12

	 	Supplemental Security
	 	 	11	 
	Section 3.13

	 	Security for Guarantee
	 	 	11	 
	Section 3.14

	 	Right of Set-off
	 	 	11	 
	Section 3.15

	 	Interest Act (Canada)
	 	 	11	 
	Section 3.16

	 	Taxes
	 	 	11	 
	Section 3.17

	 	Judgment Currency
	 	 	12	 

ARTICLE 4

GENERAL

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 4.1

	 	Notices, etc.
	 	 	12	 
	Section 4.2

	 	No Merger, Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	12	 
	Section 4.3

	 	Further Assurances
	 	 	13	 
	Section 4.4

	 	Successors and Assigns
	 	 	13	 
	Section 4.5

	 	Amendment
	 	 	13	 
	Section 4.6

	 	Waivers, etc.
	 	 	13	 

( i )

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Section 4.7

	 	Severability
	 	 	14	 
	Section 4.8

	 	Collateral Agent
	 	 	14	 
	Section 4.9

	 	Application of Proceeds
	 	 	14	 
	Section 4.10

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	14	 

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE “A” GUARANTOR SECURITY DOCUMENTS

( ii )

 

GUARANTEE

     Guarantee dated as of December 17, 2010 made by each of AV Metals Inc., Novelis Cast House
Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc. and Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, by
its general partner 4260848 Canada Inc., to and in favour of Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral
Agent, and the other Secured Parties.

RECITALS:

	 	(a)	 	The Agents and the Lenders have agreed to make certain credit facilities
available to the Borrower on the terms and conditions contained in the Credit
Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	It is a condition precedent to the extension of credit to the Borrower under
the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors execute and deliver this Guarantee; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Guarantors consider it in their best interests to provide this Guarantee.

     In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are acknowledged, each of the Guarantors agree as follows.

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Defined Terms.

As used in this Guarantee the following terms have the following meanings:

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. acting as administrative agent for the
Secured Parties and any successor administrative agent appointed under the Credit
Agreement, and its successors and assigns.

“Agents” mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Borrower” means Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated and existing under the laws of
Canada, and its successors and permitted assigns.

“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. acting as collateral agent for the Secured
Parties and any successor collateral agent appointed under the Credit Agreement, and its
successors and assigns.

 

 

“Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 among, inter
alia, the Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, renewed,
replaced, restated, supplemented or refinanced from time to time and includes any agreement
extending the maturity of, refinancing or restructuring all or any portion of, the
indebtedness under such agreement or any successor agreements, whether or not with the same
Agents or Lenders.

“Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations” has the meaning given to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

“Guarantee” means this guarantee.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, Holdings, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., a
corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of Ontario, 4260848 Canada Inc., a
corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of Canada, 4260856 Canada Inc., a
corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of Canada, and Novelis No. 1 Limited
Partnership, a partnership formed and existing under the laws of Quebec, by its general
partner 4260848 Canada Inc., and each of their successors and permitted assigns and
“Guarantor” shall mean any one of them.

“Guarantor Security Documents” means, collectively, the agreements described in Schedule
“A” and any other security held by the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any one
of them, from time to time for the Guarantors’ obligations under this Guarantee.

“Holdings” means AV Metals Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of
Canada, and its successors and permitted assigns.

“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean that certain intercreditor agreement dated as of the
date hereof, by and among, inter alia, the Companies party thereto, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, and such other persons as may become party thereto from time to
time pursuant to the terms thereof, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

“Lenders” means the financial institutions and other lenders listed on the signature pages
of the Credit Agreement, any Person who may become a Lender pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.

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“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the other Subsidiary
Guarantors, and any other Person that, from time to time, provides credit support for the
Obligations.

“Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each
co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, any
Receiver or Delegate, the Lenders and any Secured Hedge Provider (to the extent such
Secured Hedge Provider executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent a Secured Hedge Provider Joinder).

Section 1.2 Interpretation.

	(1)	 	Capitalized terms used in this Guarantee but not defined have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement.
	 
	(2)	 	In this Guarantee the words “including”, “includes” and “include” mean “including (or
includes or include) without limitation”. The phrase “the aggregate of”, “the total of”, “the
sum of”, or a phrase of similar meaning means “the aggregate (or total or sum), without
duplication, of”. The expression “Article”, “Section” or other subdivision followed by a
number mean and refer to the specified Article, Section or other subdivision of this
Guarantee.
	 
	(3)	 	Any reference in this Guarantee to gender includes all genders. Words importing the singular
number only include the plural and vice versa.
	 
	(4)	 	The division of this Guarantee into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the
insertion of headings are for convenient reference only and are not to affect its
interpretation.
	 
	(5)	 	The schedules attached to this Guarantee form an integral part of it for all purposes of it.
	 
	(6)	 	Any reference to this Guarantee, any Loan Document or any Guarantor Security Document refers
to this Guarantee or such Loan Document or Guarantor Security Document as the same may have
been or may from time to time be amended, modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or
supplemented and includes all schedules to it. Except as otherwise provided in this
Guarantee, any reference in this Guarantee to a statute refers to such statute and all rules
and regulations made under it as the same may have been or may from time to time be amended or
re-enacted.

- 3 -

 

	(7)	 	All references in this Guarantee to dollars, unless otherwise specifically indicated, are
expressed in Canadian currency.

ARTICLE 2

GUARANTEE

Section 2.1 Guarantee.

     Each of the Guarantors irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Secured Parties the
due and punctual payment, and the due performance, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors agrees that the Obligations will be paid to
the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties strictly in accordance with their terms and conditions.

Section 2.2 Indemnity.

     If any or all of the Obligations are not duly performed by the Borrower and are not performed
by the Guarantors under Section 2.1 for any reason whatsoever, each of the Guarantors will, as a
separate and distinct obligation, indemnify and save harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties from and against all losses resulting from the failure of the Borrower to duly perform such
Obligations.

Section 2.3 Primary Obligation

     If any or all of the Obligations are not duly performed by the Borrower and are not performed
by the Guarantors under Section 2.1 or the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are not
indemnified under Section 2.2, in each case, for any reason whatsoever, such Obligations will, as a
separate and distinct obligation, be performed by each Guarantor as primary obligor.

Section 2.4 Absolute Liability.

     Each of the Guarantors agrees that the liability of each of the Guarantors under Section 2.1
and Section 2.3 and, for greater certainty, under Section 2.2, is absolute and unconditional
irrespective of:

	 	(a)	 	the lack of validity or enforceability of any terms of any of the Loan
Documents;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any contest by the Borrower or any other Person as to the amount of the
Obligations, the validity or enforceability of any terms of the Loan Documents or the
perfection or priority of any security granted to the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties;
	 
	 	(c)	 	any defence, counter claim or right of set-off available to the Borrower;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any release, compounding or other variance of the liability of the Borrower
or any other Person liable in any manner under or in respect

- 4 -

 

	 	 	 	of the Obligations or the extinguishment of all or any part of the Obligations by
operation of law;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any change in the time or times for, or place or manner or terms of payment
or performance of the Obligations or any consent, waiver, renewal, alteration,
extension, compromise, arrangement, concession, release, discharge or other
indulgences which the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent may grant to the
Borrower or any other Person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment or supplement to, or alteration or renewal of, or restatement,
replacement, refinancing or modification or variation of (including any increase in
the amounts available thereunder or the inclusion of an additional borrower
thereunder), or other action or inaction under, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or any other related document or instrument, or the Obligations;
	 
	 	(g)	 	any discontinuance, termination, reduction, renewal, increase, abstention
from renewing or other variation of any credit or credit facilities to, or the terms
or conditions of any transaction with, the Borrower or any other Person;
	 
	 	(h)	 	any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets,
capital structure or constitution of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any other Loan
Party or any reorganization (whether by way of reconstruction, consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale, lease or otherwise) of the Borrower, the
Guarantors or any other Loan Party or their respective businesses;
	 
	 	(i)	 	any dealings with the security which the Secured Parties or the Collateral
Agent hold or may hold pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents,
including the taking, giving up or exchange of securities, their variation or
realization, the accepting of compositions and the granting of releases and
discharges;
	 
	 	(j)	 	any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or other
circumstance relating to the Borrower, the Guarantors, any other Loan Party or any
other Person, including any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition,
adjustment, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other like proceeding involving or
affecting the Borrower, the Guarantors, any other Loan Party or any other Person or
any action taken with respect to this Guarantee by any trustee or receiver, or by any
court, in any such proceeding, whether or not the Guarantors shall have notice or
knowledge of any of the foregoing;

- 5 -

 

	 	(k)	 	the assignment of all or any part of the benefits of this Guarantee;
	 
	 	(l)	 	any impossibility, impracticability, frustration of purpose, force majeure or
illegality of any Loan Document, or the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules,
regulations or ordinances of any jurisdiction or by any present or future action of
(i) any Governmental Authority that amends, varies, reduces or otherwise affects, or
purports to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the Obligations or the
obligations of the Guarantors under this Guarantee, or (ii) any court order that
amends, varies, reduces or otherwise affects any of the Obligations;
	 
	 	(m)	 	any taking or failure to take security, any loss of, or loss of value of, any
security, or any invalidity, non-perfection or unenforceability of any security held
by the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent, or any exercise or enforcement of, or
failure to exercise or enforce, security, or irregularity or defect in the manner or
procedure by which the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties realize on such
security;
	 
	 	(n)	 	any application of any sums received to the Obligations, or any part thereof,
and any change in such application; and
	 
	 	(o)	 	any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defence available
to, or a discharge of, the Borrower, the Guarantors or any other Person in respect of
the Obligations or this Guarantee.

ARTICLE 3

ENFORCEMENT

Section 3.1 Remedies.

     The Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent are not bound to exhaust their recourse against
the Borrower or any other Person or realize on any security they may hold in respect of the
Obligations before being entitled to (i) enforce payment and performance under this Guarantee, or
(ii) pursue any other remedy against the Guarantors, or any of them, and each of the Guarantors
renounces all benefits of discussion and division.

Section 3.2 Amount of Obligations.

     Any account settled or stated by or between the Collateral Agent and any of the Loan Parties,
or if any such account has not been settled or stated immediately before demand for payment under
this Guarantee, any account stated by the Collateral Agent shall, in the absence of manifest
mathematical error, be accepted by each of the Guarantors as conclusive evidence of the amount of
the Obligations

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which is due by such Loan Party to the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent or remains
unpaid by such Loan Party to the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent.

Section 3.3 Payment on Demand.

     Each of the Guarantors will pay and perform the Obligations and pay all other amounts payable
by it to the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent under this Guarantee, and the obligation to do
so arises, immediately after demand for such payment or performance is made in writing to such
Guarantor. The liabilities of each of the Guarantors bear interest from the date of such demand at
the rate or rates of interest then applicable to the Obligations under and calculated in the manner
provided in the Loan Documents (including any adjustment to give effect to the provisions of the
Interest Act (Canada)).

Section 3.4 Costs and Expenses.

     All Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees courts, costs,
receivers or agent’s remuneration and notarial fees) including withholding taxes, relating to,
resulting from, or otherwise connected with, this Guarantee, the execution, amendment and/or the
enforcement of this Guarantee shall, for greater certainty, be for the account of the applicable
Guarantor and shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement.

Section 3.5 Assignment and Postponement.

	(1)	 	All obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the Borrower to the Guarantors, or any of
them, of any nature whatsoever and all security therefor (the “Intercorporate Indebtedness”)
are assigned and transferred to the Collateral Agent as continuing and collateral security for
the applicable Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee and postponed to the payment in
full of all Obligations. Until the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, the
Guarantors may receive payments in respect of the Intercorporate Indebtedness as permitted
under the Credit Agreement. The Guarantors will not assign all or any part of the
Intercorporate Indebtedness to any Person other than the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties.
	 
	(2)	 	Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, all Intercorporate
Indebtedness will be held in trust for the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent and will
be collected, enforced or proved subject to, and for the purpose of, this Guarantee. In such
event, any payments received by any Guarantor in respect of Intercorporate Indebtedness will
be held in trust for the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent and segregated from other
funds and property held by such Guarantor and immediately paid to the Collateral Agent on
account of the Obligations.
	 
	(3)	 	Intercorporate Indebtedness shall not be released or withdrawn by any Guarantor without the
prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. Such

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	 	 	Guarantor will not allow a limitation period to expire on the Intercorporate Indebtedness
or ask for or obtain any security or negotiable paper for, or other evidence of, the
Intercorporate Indebtedness except for the purpose of delivering the same to the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	(4)	 	In the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy or other proceeding involving the liquidation,
arrangement, compromise, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Borrower or its
debts, each of the Guarantors will, upon the request of the Collateral Agent, make and present
a proof of claim or commence such other proceedings against the Borrower on account of the
Intercorporate Indebtedness as may be reasonably necessary to establish such Guarantor’s
entitlement to payment of any Intercorporate Indebtedness. Such proof of claim or other
proceeding must be made or commenced prior to the earlier of (i) the day which is 30 days
after notice requesting such action is delivered by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent to
such Guarantor and (ii) the day which is 10 days preceding the date when such proof of claim
or other proceeding is required by applicable law to be made or commenced. Such proof of
claim or other proceeding must be in form and substance acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	(5)	 	If any Guarantor fails to make and file such proof of claim or commence such other proceeding
in accordance with this Section 3.5, the Collateral Agent is irrevocably authorized, empowered
and directed and appointed the true and lawful attorney of such Guarantor (but is not
obliged): (i) to make and present for and on behalf of such Guarantor proofs of claims or
other such proceedings against the Borrower on account of the Intercorporate Indebtedness,
(ii) to demand, sue for, receive and collect any and all dividends or other payments or
disbursements made in respect of the Intercorporate Indebtedness in whatever form the same may
be paid or issued and to apply the same on account of the Obligations, and (iii) to demand,
sue for, collect and receive each such payment and distribution and give acquittance therefor
and to file claims and take such other actions, in its own name or in the name of such
Guarantor or otherwise, as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to enforce its
rights under this Guarantee.
	 
	(6)	 	Each of the Guarantors will execute all subordinations, postponements, assignments and other
agreements as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to more effectively subordinate and
postpone the Intercorporate Indebtedness to the payment and performance of the Obligations.
	 
	(7)	 	The provisions of this Section 3.5 survive the termination of this Guarantee and remain in
full force and effect until the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations.

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Section 3.6 Suspension of Guarantor Rights.

     Prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations, no Guarantor will
exercise any rights which it may at any time have by reason of the performance of any of its
obligations under this Guarantee (i) to be indemnified by the Borrower, (ii) to claim contribution
from any other guarantor of the debts, liabilities or obligations of the Borrower, or (iii) subject
to Section 3.8, to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or
otherwise) of any rights of the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent under any of the Loan
Documents.

Section 3.7 No Prejudice to Secured Parties or Collateral Agent.

     The Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent are not prejudiced in any way in the right to
enforce any provision of this Guarantee by any act or failure to act on the part of the Borrower,
the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties may, at
any time and from time to time, in such manner as any of them may determine is expedient, without
any consent of, or notice to, the Guarantors and without impairing or releasing the obligations of
the Guarantors (i) change the manner, place, time or terms of payment or performance of the
Obligations, (ii) renew or alter the Obligations, (iii) amend, vary, modify, supplement or replace
any Loan Document or any other related document or instrument, (iv) discontinue, reduce, renew,
increase, abstain from renewing or otherwise vary any credit or credit facilities to, any
transaction with, the Borrower or any other Person, (v) release, compound or vary the liability of
the Borrower or any other Person liable in any manner under or in respect of the Obligations, (vi)
take or abstain from taking securities or collateral from any other Person, or from perfecting
securities or collateral of any other Person, (vii) exercise or enforce or refrain from exercising
or enforcing any right or security against the Borrower, the Guarantors or any other Person, (viii)
accept compromises or arrangement from any Person, (ix) apply any sums from time to time received
to the Obligations, or any part thereof, and change any such application in whole or in part from
time to time, (x) otherwise deal with, or waiver or modify their right to deal with, any Person and
security. In their dealings with the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties need
not enquire into the authority or power of any Person purporting to act for or on behalf of the
Borrower.

Section 3.8 No Subrogation

     Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives any claim, remedy or other right which it may now
have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower that arises from the existence, payment, performance
or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee, including any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification or any right to participate in any claim
or remedy of the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent against the Borrower or any collateral
which the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent now have or hereafter acquire,

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whether or not such claim, remedy or other right is reduced to judgment or is liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured,
and whether or not such claim, remedy or other right arises in equity or under contract, statute or
common law. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that the Borrower is an intended third party
beneficiary of such Guarantor’s waiver contained in this Section 3.8. If any amount is paid to any
of the Guarantors in violation of this Section 3.8 and, at such time, the Secured Parties’ and the
Collateral Agent’s claims against the Borrower in respect of the Obligations have not been paid in
full, any amount paid to any of the Guarantors is deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for
the benefit of, and held in trust for, the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent, and will
immediately be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited and applied to such Obligations. Each
of the Guarantors acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
transactions contemplated by this Guarantee and that the waiver in this Section 3.8 is knowingly
made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 3.9 No Set-off.

     To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Guarantors makes all payments under this
Guarantee without regard to any defence, counter-claim or right of set-off available to it.

Section 3.10 Successors of the Borrower.

     This Guarantee will not be revoked by any change in the constitution of any of the Borrower.
This Guarantee and the Guarantor Security Documents extend to any person, firm or corporation
acquiring, or from time to time carrying on, the business of any of the Borrower.

Section 3.11 Continuing Guarantee and Continuing Obligations.

     The obligation of each of the Guarantors under Section 2.1 is a continuing guarantee, and the
obligations of each of the Guarantors under Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 are continuing obligations.
Each of Section 2.1, Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 extends to all present and future Obligations,
applies to and secures the ultimate balance of the Obligations due or remaining due to the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and is binding as a continuing obligation of each of the
Guarantors until the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties release such Guarantor. This
Guarantee will continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any
payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Secured Parties
or the Collateral Agent upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or
otherwise, all as though the payment had not been made.

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Section 3.12 Supplemental Security.

     This Guarantee is in addition and without prejudice to and supplemental to all other
guarantees, indemnities, obligations and security now held or which may hereafter be held by the
Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent.

Section 3.13 Security for Guarantee.

     Each of the Guarantors acknowledges that this Guarantee is intended to secure payment and
performance of the Obligations and that the payment and performance of the Obligations and the
other obligations of each of the Guarantors under this Guarantee are secured pursuant to the terms
and provisions of the Guarantor Security Documents.

Section 3.14 Right of Set-off.

     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent
and each of the Secured Parties are authorized by each of the Guarantors at any time and from time
to time and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness
at any time owing by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties to or for the credit or the
account of any of the Guarantors against any and all of the obligations of such Guarantor now or
hereafter existing irrespective of whether or not (i) the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent
have made any demand under this Guarantee, or (ii) any of the obligations comprising the
Obligations are contingent or unmatured. The rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties under this Section 3.14 are in addition and without prejudice to and supplemental to other
rights and remedies which the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties may have.

Section 3.15 Interest Act (Canada).

     Each of the Guarantors acknowledges that certain of the rates of interest applicable to the
Obligations may be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may be and
paid for the actual number of days elapsed. For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever
any interest is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may
be, such rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate is
equivalent to (i) the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may be,
(ii) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for such
interest is payable (or compounded) ends, and (iii) divided by 360 or 365, as the case may be.

Section 3.16 Taxes.

     The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes) and 2.15 of the Credit Agreement are
hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandi, and shall apply to this Guarantee, the Guarantors, the
Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent as if set forth herein.

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Section 3.17 Judgment Currency.

	(1)	 	If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert all or any
part of the Obligations or any other amount due to a Secured Party or the Collateral Agent in
respect of any Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee in any currency (the “Original
Currency”) into another currency (the “Other Currency”), each of the Guarantors, to the
fullest extent that it may effectively do so, agrees that the rate of exchange used shall be
that at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Secured Party or Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency on the
Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is paid or satisfied.
	 
	(2)	 	The obligations of each of the Guarantors in respect of any sum due in the Original Currency
from it to any Secured Party or the Collateral Agent shall, notwithstanding any judgment in
any Other Currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following
receipt by such Secured Party or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged
to be so due in such Other Currency such Secured Party or Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, may, in accordance with its normal banking procedures, purchase the Original Currency with
such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum
originally due to the Secured Party in the Original Currency, each of the Guarantors agrees,
as separate obligations and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Secured Party
or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the Original
Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to the Secured Party or Collateral Agent,
as the case may be, in the Original Currency, the Secured Party or Collateral Agent, as the
case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the applicable Guarantor.

ARTICLE 4

GENERAL

Section 4.1 Notices, etc.

Any notice, direction or other communication (each a “Notice”) given regarding the matters
contemplated by this Guarantee must be in writing in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

Section 4.2 No Merger, Survival of Representations and Warranties.

     The representations, warranties and covenants of each of the Guarantors in this Guarantee
survive the execution and delivery of this Guarantee and each advance under the Credit Agreement.
Notwithstanding any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties, the representations, warranties and covenants in this Guarantee continue in full force and
effect.

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Section 4.3 Further Assurances.

	(1)	 	Each of the Guarantors will do all acts and things and execute and deliver, or cause to be
executed and delivered, all documents and instruments that the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request to give full effect to this Guarantee and to perfect and preserve the rights and
powers of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties under this Guarantee, including any
acknowledgements and confirmations of this Guarantee and the Guarantor Security Documents.
	 
	(2)	 	Each of the Guarantors acknowledges and confirms that it has established its own adequate
means of obtaining from the Borrower on a continuing basis all information desired by such
Guarantor concerning the financial condition of the Borrower and that it will look to the
Borrower and not to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties, in order to keep adequately
informed of changes in the Borrower’s financial condition.

Section 4.4 Successors and Assigns.

     This Guarantee is binding upon each of the Guarantors, their respective successors and
permitted assigns, and enures to the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent and their
respective successors and assigns. This Guarantee may be assigned by the Collateral Agent without
the consent of, or notice to, the Guarantors, to such Person as the Collateral Agent may determine
and, in such event, such Person will be entitled to all of the rights and remedies of the
Collateral Agent as set forth in this Guarantee or otherwise. In any action brought by an assignee
to enforce any such right or remedy, no Guarantor will assert against the assignee any claim or
defence which such Guarantor now has or may have against the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured
Parties. No Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this
Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent which may be unreasonably
withheld.

Section 4.5 Amendment.

     This Guarantee may only be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by written agreement
executed by the Collateral Agent and the Guarantors.

Section 4.6 Waivers, etc.

	(1)	 	No consent or waiver by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in respect of this
Guarantee is binding unless made in writing and signed by an authorized officer of the
Collateral Agent (with the consent of the Required Secured Parties). Any consent or waiver
given under this Guarantee is effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Guarantee constitutes a
waiver of any other provision.
	 
	(2)	 	A failure or delay on the part of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in exercising a
right under this Guarantee does not operate as a waiver of, or

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	 	 	impair, any right of the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties however
arising. A single or partial exercise
of a right on the part of the
Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties does not preclude any other or
further exercise of that right or the
exercise of any other right by the
Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties.

Section 4.7 Severability.

     If any court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal exists or is taken, determines
that any provision of this Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be
severed from this Guarantee and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Section 4.8 Collateral Agent.

     By accepting the benefits of this Guarantee, the Secured Parties agree that this Guarantee may
be enforced only by the action of the Collateral Agent and that no other Secured Party shall have
any right individually to seek to enforce this Guarantee or to realize upon the security to be
granted hereby, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Credit Agreement.

Section 4.9 Application of Proceeds.

     All monies collected by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party under this Guarantee will be
applied as provided in the Credit Agreement. To the extent any other Loan Document requires
proceeds of collateral under such Loan Document to be applied in accordance with the provisions of
this Guarantee, the Collateral Agent or holder under such other Loan Document shall apply such
proceeds in accordance with this Section.

Section 4.10 Governing Law.

     This Guarantee will be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Guarantors have executed this Guarantee.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AV METALS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	4260848 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	4260856 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, by its general
partner, 4260848 Canada Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE “A”

GUARANTOR SECURITY DOCUMENTS

A general security agreement dated the date hereof by the Guarantors to and in favour of the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

BOND PLEDGE AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made as of the 17thday of December, 2010.

	 	 	 
	BY:

	 	NOVELIS INC.
	 
	 	 
	IN FAVOUR OF:

	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its
capacity as
 collateral agent for the
benefit of the Secured
 Parties

     WHEREAS Novelis Inc. (the “Corporation”) has created and executed a Bond No. 2010-1 (the
“Bond”) in favour of the Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement (as defined below), payable on
demand in the principal amount of Three Billion Seven Hundred Fifty Million dollars in the lawful
currency of Canada (Cdn$3,750,000,000);

     AND WHEREAS the Corporation has agreed to pledge the Bond to the Collateral Agent (as defined
below) for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as a general and continuing collateral security for
the due and punctual payment, performance and fulfillment of the Secured Obligations (as defined
below).

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH THAT in consideration of the foregoing, and for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
agree as follows:

	1.	 	The following words or expressions whenever used in this Agreement (and in the preamble above
which forms an integral part of this Agreement) shall have the following meanings:

	 	1.1	 	“Bond” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble;
	 
	 	1.2	 	“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent under the
Credit Agreement, on behalf and for the benefit of all present and future Secured
Parties, and includes such other person as shall have subsequently been appointed as
the successor Collateral Agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the
Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	1.3	 	“Corporation” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble;
	 
	 	1.4	 	“Credit Agreement” means that certain credit agreement to be dated on or about
the date hereof, among, inter alios, Novelis Inc., as borrower, AV Metals Inc., the
other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified,
extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented or refinanced from time to time and
includes any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing or restructuring all or
any portion of, the indebtedness under such

 

 

	 	 	 	agreement or any successor agreements, whether or not with the same Agents or
Lenders.

	 	1.5	 	“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit
Agreement;
	 
	 	1.6	 	“Secured Parties” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit
Agreement; and
	 
	 	1.7	 	“Secured Obligations” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit
Agreement (but shall exclude obligations under the Bond).

	2.	 	This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the following:

	 	2.1	 	words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words
denoting any gender include all genders;
	 
	 	2.2	 	the division of this Agreement into articles and sections and the insertion of
headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement; and
	 
	 	2.3	 	the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation” and “includes”
shall mean “includes without limitation”.

	3.	 	As a general and continuing collateral security for the due and punctual payment, performance
and fulfillment of the Secured Obligations and for the due and punctual payment of the
expenses and charges, if any, incurred by the Collateral Agent to obtain payment of the
Secured Obligations or to conserve the Bond, the Corporation pledges the Bond by delivering
same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent of Three
Billion Seven Hundred Fifty Million dollars in the lawful currency of Canada
(Cdn$3,750,000,000), with interest thereon at the rate of Twenty-Five Percent (25%) per annum
from the date hereof. The Corporation hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion.
To the extent the Secured Obligations consist, inter alios, of obligations of a Loan Party
other than the Corporation, the Corporation hereby obligates itself in respect of such Secured
Obligations to the extent necessary to constitute the pledge contemplated hereunder.

	4.	 	
 The Collateral Agent may, forthwith and from time to time but only upon the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default, exercise and enforce all the rights and remedies available to
it under the Bond (subject to Section 7 hereof), as fully and effectually as if the Collateral
Agent were the absolute owner of the Bond, provided however that the Collateral Agent shall not be
bound to deal with the Bond or exercise any right or remedy as aforesaid and shall not be liable
for any loss which may be occasioned by any failure to do so. The rights of the Collateral Agent
herein stipulated with respect to the Bond shall be in addition to and not exclusive of all other
rights and

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	 	 	remedies which the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties have or may otherwise enforce or
exercise.

	5.	 	If any immaterial provision of this Agreement is, or becomes, illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be severed from this agreement and be ineffective to the
extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability. The remaining provisions hereof
shall be unaffected by such provision and shall continue to be valid and enforceable.

	6.	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Secured Parties shall be obliged to exhaust their
recourses against the Corporation or any other person or persons or against any other security
any of them may hold in respect of the Secured Obligations before realizing upon or otherwise
dealing with the Bond in such manner as they may consider desirable.

	7.	 	The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it shall not demand payment under the Bond unless an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Furthermore, the Collateral Agent also hereby
agrees that it shall only have the right to demand payment from the Corporation under the Bond
of an aggregate amount which may not in any manner whatsoever be in excess of the aggregate
amount owing by the Corporation to the Secured Parties pursuant to or in connection with the
Secured Obligations.

	8.	 	The Collateral Agent may grant extensions or other indulgences, take and give up securities,
accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Corporation and
with other parties, sureties or securities as it may deem fit without prejudice to the Secured
Obligations or the rights of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in respect of the
Bond. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties: (i) shall not be liable or accountable for
any failure to collect, realize or obtain payment in respect of the Bond save in respect of
the gross negligence or intentional fault of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party; (ii)
shall not be bound to institute proceedings for the purpose of collecting, enforcing,
realizing or obtaining payment of the Bond or for the purpose of preserving any rights of any
of them or any other parties, the Corporation or any parties in respect thereof; and (iii)
shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with the Bond or
by the retention of or failure to sell or otherwise deal therewith, or be bound to protect the
Bond from depreciating in value or becoming worthless.
	 
	9.	 	If the Collateral Agent shall at any time resign or be replaced, and another person be appointed
as a successor collateral agent under and in accordance with the provisions of the Credit
Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall assign the Bond to the successor collateral agent, and the
successor collateral agent shall become vested with all rights, powers, privileges, obligations and
duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from
its duties and obligations hereunder except as may be otherwise set forth in the Credit Agreement.

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	10.	 	This security is in addition to and not in substitution for any other security now or
hereafter held by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties.

	11.	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.

	12.	 	This Agreement shall be deemed to be a Security Document under the Credit Agreement.

	13.	 	The Corporation agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and
against any and all claims, losses and liabilities arising out of or resulting from this
Agreement (including enforcement of this Agreement), except claims, losses or liabilities
resulting from the Collateral Agent ‘s gross negligence or intentional fault.

	14.	 	Taxes and Other Taxes (as these terms are defined in the Credit Agreement), charges, costs,
and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees), including withholding taxes (a “Tax
Payment”), relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with, this Agreement, the
execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement, shall for greater certainty, be
for the account of the Corporation and shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.15 of the
Credit Agreement.

	15.	 	This Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the
Province of Québec and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to any
conflicts of law or rules thereof. The Corporation hereby irrevocably attorns and submits to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Québec with respect to any
matter arising under or relating to this Agreement.
	 
	16.	 	IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL,
IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND GOVERN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE
PLEDGE GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, TO BE DATED ON OR
ABOUT THE DATE HEREOF (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE
MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC., NOVELIS
CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC,
ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC,

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	 	 	NOVELIS UK LTD, NOVELIS AG, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”), THE SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS REVOLVING CREDIT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND REVOLVING CREDIT COLLATERAL AGENT (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS TERM LOAN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND TERM LOAN COLLATERAL
AGENT (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT
OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND
THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 11.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES
BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

	17.	 	The Secured Parties, by the Collateral Agent, and the other parties hereto hereby expressly
waive the provisions and protection of Section 32 of the Act Respecting the Special Powers of
Legal Persons and specifically authorize the Collateral Agent and any partnership or legal
person whereof the Collateral Agent is a member or officer, to act as a holder of the Bond.

	18.	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the
same instrument.

	19.	 	The parties hereby acknowledge and confirm that they have required that this Agreement be
drawn up in English and are satisfied therewith. Les parties aux présentes confirment et
reconnaissent avoir requis que la présente convention soit rédigée en anglais et s’en
déclarent satisfaites.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	Per:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	Per:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND TEN, THIS l DAY OF DECEMBER.

BEFORE [Kevin Leonard], the undersigned Notary for the Province of Québec, practicing at Montréal.

APPEARED:

NOVELIS INC. (hereinafter referred to as the “Grantor”), a legal person constituted under the laws
of Canada, having a place of business at 191 Evans Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 1J5 and which is
herein represented by Brigitte Gauthier, its authorized representative, who is duly authorized in
virtue of a resolution of its board of directors dated l, a certified copy or duplicate of
which is annexed hereto after having been signed for identification by the said representative and
by the undersigned Notary.

DEED OF HYPOTHEC

Minute No.

AND:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (hereinafter referred to as the “Trustee”), as holder of an irrevocable power
of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) of the present and future holders of the Bond (as hereinafter
defined), which Trustee is duly organized and which is herein represented by Ma Ry Tran, its
authorized representative, who is duly authorized as she so declares.

WHICH PARTIES HAVE DECLARED AND AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1. DEFINITIONS

     Unless it is otherwise apparent from or inconsistent with the context, certain words and
expressions in this Deed the initial letter of which is capitalized and which are not otherwise
defined in the text itself, have the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule I, or if not defined in
such text or Schedule I, then such words and expressions shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
the Credit Agreement.

2. OBLIGATIONS SECURED

     The Grantor hereby acknowledges it will be issuing on or about December 17, 2010, Bond No.
2010-1 in the aggregate amount of Three Billion Seven Hundred Fifty Million dollars in the lawful
currency of Canada (Cdn$3,750,000,000) (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Bond”), in favour of Bank of America, N.A., in its
capacity as collateral agent under and pursuant to the Credit Agreement (the “Collateral Agent”)
for the benefit of all present and future Secured Parties, and agreed to secure by way of the
present hypothec its obligations towards the Collateral Agent, under the Bond.

 

 

     In this Deed, the word “Obligations” means the payment by the Grantor to the Collateral Agent
of the principal amount of the Bond, interest thereon and all other amounts from time to time owing
thereunder or pursuant thereto and the performance by the Grantor of all of its obligations under
the Bond and hereunder.

3. HYPOTHEC

     As security for the full and final payment of the Obligations and of the expenses, if any,
incurred by the Trustee to obtain payment of the Obligations or to conserve the Mortgaged Property,
the Grantor hereby hypothecates to and in favour of the Trustee as holder of an irrevocable power
of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) for all present and future holders of the Bond, to the extent of
Three Billion Seven Hundred Fifty Million dollars in the lawful currency of Canada
(Cdn$3,750,000,000), with interest thereon at the rate of Twenty-Five Percent (25%) per annum from
the date hereof, all present and future immovable and movable property of the Grantor, corporeal or
incorporeal, wherever situate including, without limitation:

	(a)	 	The immovable property described in Schedule II hereof, together with all present and future
works, constructions and appurtenances related thereto;
	 
	(b)	 	All present and future immovables which the Grantor is or may hereafter become the owner from
time to time, together with all present and future works, constructions and appurtenances
related thereto;
	 
	(c)	 	All present and future corporeal and incorporeal property which, with respect to the
immovables hereinabove charged, are covered by any of Articles 901 through 904 of the Civil
Code;
	 
	(d)	 	All present and future corporeal movable property which ensures the utility of the immovables
hereinabove charged;
	 
	(e)	 	All rents which are or may become payable in virtue of any and all present and future leases
upon the immovables hereinabove charged, and all indemnities paid in virtue of the insurance
contracts covering such rents; and
	 
	(f)	 	All present and future movable property of the Grantor, tangible or intangible, wherever
situate including, without limitation:

	 	(i)	 	all of its Claims, present and future;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all of its Property in Stock, present and future;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	all of its Equipment, present and future;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	all of its Intellectual Property, present and future;

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	 	(v)	 	all of its Contractual Rights, present and future; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	all Securities, present and future.

     If any of the Mortgaged Property may not be assigned, subleased, charged or encumbered without
the leave, license, consent or approval of the applicable counterparty, a governmental authority or
any other person, the hypothec created hereby on any such property shall be under the suspensive
condition of obtaining such leave, license, consent or approval.

     Any and all Mortgaged Property, which is acquired, transformed or manufactured after the date
of this Deed shall be charged by the hypothecs created hereunder, (i) whether or not such property
has been acquired in replacement of other Mortgaged Property which may have been alienated by the
Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) whether or not such property results from a
transformation, mixture of or combination of any Mortgaged Property, and (iii) in the case of
Securities, whether or not they have been issued pursuant to the purchase, redemption, conversion
or cancellation or any other transformation of the charged Securities and without the Trustee being
required to register any notice whatsoever, the property charged under the hypothecs created
hereunder being the universality of the Grantor’s present and future movable and immovable
property.

	4.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	 	 	The Grantor hereby represents and warrants that:

4.1 It does not hold title to any claim secured by a registered hypothec which is not described in
Schedule III.

4.2 Since July 4, 2007, there has been (i) no external alterations, additions or improvements made
to the immovable property described in Schedule II hereof and (ii) no changes in the location of
the exterior walls of such immovable property.

	5.	 	COVENANTS OF THE GRANTOR
	 
	 	 	The Grantor hereby undertakes and covenants in favour of the Trustee to:

5.1 Notify the Trustee in writing of:

	(a)	 	any change in the representations and warranties made hereinabove at Article 4; and
	 
	(b)	 	the existence of any security, hypothec, prior claims or property right retained or assigned
securing Claims and, in such cases, to provide the
Trustee, upon demand, with satisfactory proof that such security

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	 	 	or hypothec has been
registered or published in accordance with applicable law in order for the rights of the
Trustee to be set up against third persons.

5.2 To refrain from mixing or combining the Corporeal Movable Property with other movable property
belonging to a third party, or from transforming the same, except in the normal course of the
Grantor’s Enterprise or unless consented to in writing by the Trustee.

5.3 To ensure that its right of ownership in any Mortgaged Property in the hands or possession of
any third party remains enforceable against third parties and, accordingly, that such right has
been registered or published, if registration or publication is required by law for the purpose of
enforcement against third parties.

6. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE RENTS

6.1 The Trustee authorizes the Grantor to manage and collect the Rents in the ordinary course of
business. Such authorization may nevertheless be withdrawn at any time after the occurrence of an
Event of Default which is continuing, as provided by law, whereupon the Trustee shall be free to do
any of the following, without any interference or consent on the part of the Grantor and without
being bound (to the fullest extent permitted by law) by the rules respecting the administration of
the property of others:

	(a)	 	collect the Rents, give acquittances therefore and apply such sums (net of all collection
costs and the reasonable remuneration of the Trustee at the customary rates) in such manner as
it shall deem appropriate; and
	 
	(b)	 	renew or modify the leases or consent to the termination thereof, execute new leases, take
and give up security and generally exercise, but without any obligation to do so and at its
entire discretion, all rights of the Grantor with respect to the Rents, it being understood
that the Trustee is relieved of any obligation to inform the Grantor of any irregularity in
the payment of any Rent and it shall incur no liability for any loss or damage which may
result from the exercise of its rights except in the case of its own intentional or gross
fault.

6.2 Any amount received by the Grantor with respect to the Rents after a withdrawal of
authorization as aforesaid shall be deemed so received for the benefit of the Trustee and shall
forthwith be remitted to the latter without demand or notice.

6.3 The Grantor shall deliver to the Trustee upon request a copy of all leases affecting the
Mortgaged Property and other information respecting the Rents on a timely basis.

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7. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE CLAIMS

7.1 The Trustee authorizes the Grantor to manage and collect the Claims in the ordinary course of
business. Such authorization may nevertheless be withdrawn at any time after the occurrence of an
Event of Default which is continuing, as provided by law, whereupon the Trustee shall be free to do
any of the following, without any interference or consent on the part of the Grantor and without
being bound (to the full extent permitted by law) by the rules respecting the administration of the
property of others:

	(a)	 	collect the Claims and apply such proceeds (net of all collection costs and the reasonable
remuneration of the Trustee at the customary rates) to the Obligations in such manner as it
shall deem appropriate;
	 
	(b)	 	give valid acquittances for any sums paid by third party debtors at any time after as well as
before the creation of this security, and unilaterally cause, with or without consideration,
the cancellation or reduction of any Encumbrance securing the Claims or any part thereof; and
	 
	(c)	 	renegotiate, terminate or operate novation of the Claims in whole or in part upon such terms
and conditions as it shall deem reasonable, take and give up security and generally exercise,
but without any obligation to do so and at its entire discretion, all rights of the Grantor
with respect to the Claims, it being understood that the Trustee is relieved of any obligation
to inform the Grantor of any irregularity in the payment of any Claim and it shall incur no
liability for any loss or damage which may result from the exercise of its rights except in
the case of its own intentional or gross fault.

7.2 Any amount received by the Grantor with respect to the Claims after a withdrawal of
authorization as aforesaid shall be deemed so received for the benefit of the Trustee and shall
forthwith be remitted to the latter without demand or notice.

7.3 If any of the Claims are themselves secured by a Conventional Security or any other right
susceptible of publication under the law, the Trustee shall have the right to accomplish, at the
expense of the Grantor, all the formalities required to perfect against the third party debtors the
hypothecary rights of the Trustee upon such Claims and accessories thereof.

8. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE HYPOTHEC ON SECURITIES

8.1 If the Grantor now or hereafter acquires Mortgaged Property consisting of certificated
securities, as such term is understood in the Transfer Act, it shall notify the Trustee thereof in
writing and promptly deliver to the Trustee any and all certificates representing such Mortgaged
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materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Trustee with control (as such term is defined in
the Transfer Act) over all Pledged Certificated Securities in the manner provided under Section 55
of the Transfer Act and at the request of the Trustee following the occurrence of an Event of
Default which is continuing, will cause all Pledged Certificated Securities to be registered in the
name of the Trustee or its nominee.

8.2 If the Grantor now or hereafter acquires any Mortgaged Property consisting of uncertificated
securities, as such term is understood in the Transfer Act, it shall notify the Trustee thereof in
writing and, at the request of the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee any and all such documents,
agreements and other materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Trustee with
control over all such Mortgaged Property in the manner provided under Section 56 of the Transfer
Act.

8.3 If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property or
financial asset (as such term is defined in the Transfer Act) now or hereafter acquired by the
Grantor are held by the Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity
intermediary or other intermediary, the Grantor shall notify the Trustee thereof in writing and, at
the request of the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee any and all such documents, agreements and other
materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Trustee with control over all such
Mortgaged Property in the manner provided under Section 113 of the Transfer Act.

8.4 The Grantor shall not cause or permit any person other than the Trustee and the Revolving Loan
Collateral Agent (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) to have control (as
understood in the Transfer Act) of any of the securities forming part of the Mortgaged Property
other than control (as understood in the Transfer Act) in favour of any depositary bank or
securities intermediary which has subordinated its encumbrance to the encumbrance of the Trustee
pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee.

8.5 Until the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Grantor shall be entitled
to exercise all rights attached to such securities, investment property and financial assets owned
by it, including any right to vote and any right of conversion or redemption, provided such rights
are not exercised in a manner which would impair the value of such securities.

8.6 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and if permitted or not
otherwise prohibited under the Civil Code, the Trustee may, if it has control (as understood under
the Transfer Act) of securities and securities entitlements or if they are of a type, dealt in or
traded on securities exchanges or financial markets, sell such securities or security entitlements
or otherwise dispose of them without having to give a prior notice, obtain their surrender or
observe the time limits prescribed by Title Three of Book Six of the Civil Code.

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8.7 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Trustee and each of its
officers are hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered to complete the blanks in any transfer
form or power of attorney of any Pledged Certificated Securities with such names and dates and in
such manner as the Trustee or any such officer may deem advisable, and to deal with and deliver the
same in the manner herein provided. Such rights of the Trustee shall survive and have effect
notwithstanding the dissolution of the Grantor or the appointment of any trustee or receiver to its
assets.

8.8 The Trustee may, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, transfer any
Securities or any part thereof into its own name or that of a third party appointed by it so that,
the Trustee or its nominee(s) may appear as the sole registered holder thereof, in which case:

	(a)	 	All voting rights and any other right attached to such Securities may be exercised by the
Trustee (without any obligation of the Trustee to do so) or on behalf of the Trustee.
	 
	(b)	 	The Trustee shall collect revenues, dividends and capital distributions and the Grantor shall
cease to have any right thereto and the Trustee may either hold same as Mortgaged Property or
apply them in reduction of the Obligations.
	 
	(c)	 	The Trustee may give the Grantor a proxy, revocable at any time, authorizing it to exercise,
in whole or in part, all voting rights and any other rights attached to such Securities.

8.9 For the purpose of this Article 8, the Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints any officer or
employee of the Trustee as its attorney with full power of substitution and authority to execute
such documents necessary to render effective the rights granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Article 8.

9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     The hypothecary rights hereby constituted shall become enforceable upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default.

10. EXERCISE OF HYPOTHECARY RIGHTS

10.1 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Trustee may request, in
accordance with what is provided by law, from the Grantor the voluntary surrender of the Mortgaged
Property and the Grantor hereby undertakes to do so. To that end, the Grantor covenants not to
oppose the measures initiated by the Trustee for the purpose of taking possession of the assets
surrendered by the Grantor, but to facilitate the same. The Grantor shall also execute any deed or
document which may be necessary or useful to evidence such surrender or to give it full effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantor shall not be prevented from contesting before a court
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that, as a result, the
Trustee does not have the right to avail itself of the rights and recourses contemplated in this
Article 10.

10.2 The Trustee shall not be bound to exercise the same hypothecary rights against all of the
Mortgaged Property. Whatever hypothecary rights the Trustee elects to exercise, the following
provisions shall apply:

	(a)	 	The Trustee shall have the right, at the expense of the Grantor and in order to conserve or
realize upon the Mortgaged Property:

	 	(i)	 	to continue or terminate the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property,
including, without limitation, the processing and the sale of the Property in Stock;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to dispose of the Mortgaged Property which may perish or deteriorate
rapidly;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to use any information obtained by reason of the exercise of its rights;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	to perform any obligation or covenant of the Grantor; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	to exercise any right with respect to the Mortgaged Property.

	(b)	 	The Trustee shall not be bound to make an inventory, to take out insurance or to furnish any
security.
	 
	(c)	 	The Trustee may acquire directly or indirectly any of the Mortgaged Property.
	 
	(d)	 	The Trustee may from time to time in the course of the exercise of its rights, renounce, with
or without consideration, any right of the Grantor.
	 
	(e)	 	The Trustee shall not be bound to make the Mortgaged Property productive or to conserve the
same.
	 
	(f)	 	Should the Trustee at any time abandon the exercise of its rights, hypothecary or otherwise,
against the Mortgaged Property, the Trustee may elect, at its option, to return to the Grantor
without any representation or warranty, any Mortgaged Property which the Grantor had
surrendered to the Trustee, or the remainder thereof if any, the whole without prejudice to
its other rights and recourses.
	 
	(g)	 	The Trustee shall be deemed to have acted in the best interest of the Grantor and its
successors if the Trustee has acted in accordance with its standard methods of assessing and
managing financial risks in the ordinary course of its business.

10.3 Where the Trustee exercises a right of taking in payment and the Grantor, inasmuch as it has
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the Mortgaged Property upon which such recourse
was exercised, the Grantor acknowledges that the Trustee shall not be bound to abandon the right of
taking in payment unless the Trustee has obtained, before the end of the period allowed for
surrender, (i) a satisfactory security guaranteeing that the sale will be made at a sufficiently
high price to enable the Trustee’s claim to be paid in full, (ii) the full reimbursement of all
costs thus incurred by it, and (iii) an advance of the funds needed for the sale of the said
properties.

10.4 If the Trustee itself sells any Mortgaged Property, it shall not be required to obtain any
prior appraisal thereof.

10.5 The sale by the Trustee of any Mortgaged Property may be concluded by the Trustee without
legal warranty or, at its option, without any warranty whatsoever.

10.6 The Trustee hereby irrevocably renounces to all rights or recourses of a hypothecary creditor
including, the right to follow contemplated in Article 2700 of the Civil Code, with respect to any
property which is Excluded Property and/or otherwise becomes Excluded Property during the term of
this Deed.

11. REDUCTION AND CANCELLATION

     The Trustee may unilaterally at its entire discretion consent to the reduction or cancellation
of the security hereby constituted. However, the Trustee shall not be bound to consent to any such
reduction or cancellation unless and until it has received the full and final payment of all
amounts hereby secured and there is no outstanding commitment on the part of any Secured Party to
advance further sums or extend further credits to the Grantor.

     If the Collateral Agent is authorized under the Credit Agreement to release, in whole or in
part, the security hereby constituted, then the Trustee is authorized to release such security
under this Deed.

     Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations (as such term is defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), the Trustee shall grant an acquittance and consent to the reduction or
cancellation of the hypothecary rights hereby constituted and, concurrently, shall return the
Pledged Certificated Securities to the Grantor, together with all other relevant share transfer
powers, endorsements or other documents in connection with the Pledged Certificated Securities.

12. GENERAL PROVISIONS

12.1 This Deed does not operate novation and the hypothec hereby constituted shall be in addition
to any other guarantee or security which the Trustee and/or the Secured Parties may have from time
to time.

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12.2 This Deed need not be signed for acceptance by any of the Bondholders in order to be binding
on the Grantor. Such acceptance by the Bondholders shall be presumed and cannot be disputed by the
Grantor.

12.3 Any notices, directions or other communications provided for in this Deed must be in writing
and given in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

12.4 Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Trustee may waive any covenant in its
favour herein contained and any Event of Default and may also grant extensions, take and give up
security, accept arrangements and otherwise deal with the Grantor or with any other party as the
Trustee may see fit, the whole without prejudice to the Obligations or to any other right of the
Trustee and of the Secured Parties. No failure or delay on the part of the Trustee in exercising
any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any waiver be effective unless the
same be in writing.

12.5 The Grantor shall be “en demeure” by the mere lapse of time, or may be put “en demeure” by any
other method provided by law.

12.6 This hypothec is a continuous security which will subsist notwithstanding any fluctuation of
the amounts hereby secured. The Grantor shall be deemed to obligate itself again as provided in
Article 2797 of the Civil Code with respect to any future obligation hereby secured.

12.7 The Trustee shall have the right, at the expense of the Grantor, to perform all acts and
things and to execute all documents as may be necessary to ensure that this hypothec remains
effective and opposable to third parties, including the execution and filing of any document
required for the renewal hereof.

12.8 If the term “Grantor” includes more than one person, each of them shall be jointly liable for
the performance of the obligations herein stipulated.

12.9 Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any amount received by the Trustee in the
exercise of its rights hereunder or under any law may, at its option, be retained by it as part of
the Mortgaged Property, or may be applied by it towards the partial payment of the Obligations, as
the Trustee shall alone determine notwithstanding the rules governing the application of payments.

12.10 The Trustee is not bound by any degree of care beyond a reasonable diligence in the exercise
of its rights or in the performance of its duties, and it shall not be liable for any loss or
damage resulting therefrom except as a result of its own intentional or gross fault.

12.11 The Trustee may delegate to any other person, including, without limitation, to any of the
Secured Parties, the exercise of its rights or the performance of its duties hereunder and may
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mandataries with any information that the Trustee may possess with respect
to the Grantor or the Mortgaged Property.

12.12 The property or sums of money received or held by the Trustee by reason of these presents may
be invested by the Trustee in such manner as it shall deem appropriate without regard to rules
governing the administration of the property of others.

12.13 Neither the execution of this Deed nor the fact that the Trustee or the Secured Parties may
have already granted any part of the credits the repayment of which are hereby secured, shall be
deemed to oblige the Trustee or the Secured Parties either to keep such credits available or to
grant further credits.

12.14 The Grantor shall continue to be bound by all the obligations expressed herein
notwithstanding any transfer of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.

12.15 Except as may be otherwise apparent from the context, the word “Grantor” shall be interpreted
as referring to the Grantor itself and to all subsequent owners of the Mortgaged Property as well
as to any other person or persons having assumed the Grantor’s liabilities to the Trustee.

12.16 Unless there is something in the context inconsistent therewith, words importing the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa, and words importing the neuter gender shall include the
masculine and feminine genders and vice versa.

12.17 IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL,
IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND GOVERN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE
HYPOTHEC GRANTED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF THE BOND, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE TRUSTEE HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, TO BE DATED ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED,
AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM
TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC., NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE
CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS
SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC,
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UK LTD, NOVELIS AG, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”), THE SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO
TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS REVOLVING CREDIT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND REVOLVING
CREDIT COLLATERAL AGENT (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., AS TERM LOAN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND TERM LOAN COLLATERAL AGENT (AS SUCH TERMS ARE
DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES
THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 11.19
THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

12.18 The Grantor acknowledges that it has read this Deed, that it has received adequate
explanation of the nature and scope of its obligations hereunder and that it is satisfied
therewith.

12.19 This Deed shall be binding upon the Grantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to
the benefit of the Trustee and its successors and assigns, as holder of an irrevocable power of
attorney (fondé de pouvoir) for all present and future holders of the Bond.

12.20 This Deed of Hypothec shall be deemed to be a “Security Document” under the Credit Agreement.

12.21 The Trustee and the concerned Secured Parties may also at any time upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, outside the purview of this hypothec, operate compensation between any of the
claims owing by the Trustee and/or the concerned Secured Parties to the Grantor and the Obligations
hereby secured. In case of the bankruptcy of the Grantor, such compensation shall be deemed to have
occurred immediately prior to such bankruptcy. For greater certainty, the Trustee, by its signature
hereof, also accepts the benefit of this provision on behalf and for all concerned Secured Parties.

12.22 The Grantor agrees to indemnify the Trustee as holder of an irrevocable power of attorney
(fondé de pouvoir) of the present and future holders of the Bond from and against any and all
claims, losses and liabilities
arising out of or resulting from this Deed (including enforcement of the hypothecs contained
herein), except claims, losses or liabilities resulting from the Trustee’s intentional or gross
fault. This obligation of the Grantor shall survive even after the cancellation of this hypothec if
the cause of action originated prior to such cancellation.

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     All Taxes and Other Taxes (as these terms are defined in the Credit Agreement), charges,
costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees) including withholding taxes (a “Tax
Payment”), relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with this Deed, the execution,
amendment and/or the enforcement of this Deed, shall for greater certainty, be for the account of
the Grantor and shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement.

     Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantor will upon demand pay to the Trustee, as holder of
an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) of the present and future holders of the Bond,
the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursement of
its counsel and any experts, which the Trustee may incur in connection with (i) the administration
of the Deed, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from,
or other realization upon, any of the Mortgaged Property, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any
of the rights of the Trustee hereunder, or (iv) the failure by the Grantor to perform or observe
any of the provisions hereof.

12.23 This Deed shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of
Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

12.24 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of An Act Respecting Special Powers of Legal
Persons (Québec), the Trustee may acquire and be the holder of the Bond. The parties hereto hereby
acknowledge that the Bond constitutes a title of indebtedness as such term is used in Article 2692
of the Civil Code. The Grantor also hereby appoints and constitutes the Trustee as the holder of an
irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) of all present and future holders of the Bond.

12.25 The parties hereto confirm their express wish that this Deed and all documents related
thereto be drawn up in English. Les parties aux présentes confirment leur volonté expresse de voir
le présent Acte et tous les documents s’y rattachant être rédigés en anglais.

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SCHEDULE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

“Civil Code” or the abbreviation “C.c.Q” means the Civil Code of Québec.

“Claims” means, regardless of the debtors or the situs thereof, any and all claims, customer
accounts, book debts, accounts receivable and any other amounts or property now or hereafter owing
to the Grantor, either absolutely or conditionally, including all claims and indemnities payable
under insurance policies covering the same, all deposits and credit balances with financial
institutions, suppliers or others, all judgments, rights and accessories thereto, all Encumbrances
in support thereof and all books, papers, invoices, notes and data files evidencing, recording or
supporting the same.

“Contractual Rights” means any and all rights, title and interest of the Grantor in all contracts,
leases, bids, offers, supply agreements and all other agreements of any nature and description
relating to the Mortgaged Property or relating to the Enterprise and undertaking of the Grantor.

“Conventional Security” means a conventional hypothec, a security interest, a resolutory right, a
right of redemption, a reservation of ownership, a trust and any security device or other real
right, whether or not capable of registration, granted by agreement for the purpose of securing the
performance of an obligation.

“Corporeal Movable Property” means any of the Mortgaged Property which is movable in nature and
corporeal.

“Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement to be dated on or about December 17, 2010, among,
inter alios, Novelis Inc., as borrower, AV Metals Inc., the other guarantors party thereto, the
lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as
the same may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented or
refinanced from time to time and includes any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing or
restructuring all or any portion of, the indebtedness under such agreement or any successor
agreements, whether or not with the same Agents or Lenders.

“Encumbrance” means a legal cause of preference, a dismemberment of the right of ownership, a
special mode of ownership, a restriction on the right to dispose and a Conventional Security.

“Enterprise” means the carrying on of an organized economic activity, whether or not it is
commercial in nature, consisting of producing, administering or alienating property, or providing a
service.

“Equipment” means corporeal movable property such as machinery, equipment, vehicles, rolling stock,
furniture and fixtures, and all licenses and

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other rights and records, files, charts, plans, drawings, specifications, manuals, documents and
warranties relating thereto.

“Event of Default” means the failure on the part of the Grantor to pay or perform any of the
Obligations on demand or otherwise when due and payable or to be performed, as the case may be.

“Intellectual Property” means all of the Grantor’s trade names, trade marks, copyrights, designs,
processes, know how, goodwill, licenses, franchises, permits, quotas, patents and other rights of
intellectual and industrial property of any nature and description, and all pending applications
pertaining thereto.

“Mortgaged Property” means any and all property, rights and interest, present and future, intended
to be charged by the hypothec created under Article 3 hereof, all substitutions and replacements
thereof, all increases, additions and accessions thereto, all rights attaching thereto and all
proceeds in any form derived directly or indirectly from any dealing with any of the foregoing or
the proceeds therefrom.

“Property in Stock” means, regardless of the situs thereof at any particular time, (a) all
inventory of raw materials, goods in process, finished products and stock in trade of any nature
and description, whether or not the same is held for let or hire, leasing, resale or otherwise, (b)
all goods and materials used in or procured for the packaging thereof, (c) any such property held
by third parties under let or hire, leasing, conditional sale, franchise, license, consignment or
other like contractual arrangements with its lawful owner, (d) any such property sold by the
Grantor and later taken back for any reason, and (e) all amounts and proceeds paid or payable to or
for the account of the Grantor as a result of the sale, lease or other dealings with any of the
foregoing.

“Rents” means the rents, present and future, and the insurance indemnities referred to in paragraph
(e) of Article 3.

“Secured Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

“Securities” means all securities, financial assets or security entitlements (as such terms are
defined or contemplated in the Transfer Act, as well as the renewals, substitutions and additions
to which they are subject and the securities and other property received or issued pursuant to any
transformation of such securities, along with all income derived and all rights arising therefrom,
and all present and future shares in the capital stock of a legal person, now or hereafter owned by
the Grantor, all present and future bonds, debentures, bills of exchange, promissory notes,
negotiable instruments and other evidences of indebtedness, and all present and future options,
warrants, investment certificates, mutual funds units, all interests or units of the Grantor in any
partnership, or any rights in respect of any of the foregoing, and any other instrument or title
generally called or included as a
security, and also including, without limitation, all Securities issued or

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received in substitution, renewal, addition or replacement of Securities, or issued or received on the
purchase, redemption, conversion, cancellation or other transformation of Securities or issued or
received by way of dividend or otherwise to holders of Securities, and all present and future
instruments, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, documents or other evidences of title of the
Grantor.

“Transfer Act” means An Act Respecting the Transfer of Securities and the Establishment of Security
Entitlements (Quebec), as amended, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.

SCHEDULE II

IMMOVABLE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

An immovable known and designated as follows:

	a)	 	lot number TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO (2 290 982) of
the Cadastre of Québec, Registration Division of Chicoutimi;
	 
	b)	 	lot number THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX (3 418 146)
of the Cadastre of Québec, Registration Division of Chicoutimi;

With the building thereon erected bearing civic number 2040 Fay Street, in the City of Saguenay
(borough of Jonquière), Province of Québec, G7S 2N4.

SCHEDULE III

CLAIMS SECURED BY HYPOTHEC

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WHEREOF ACT:

DONE AND PASSED at Montreal, in the Province of Québec on the date hereinabove first mentioned and
recorded in the office of the undersigned Notary under minute number __________________________

.

AND after the Grantor and the Trustee had declared to the said Notary that they had taken
cognizance of these presents and had exempted the said Notary from reading them or causing same to
be read, the said duly authorized representatives of the Grantor and the Trustee have signed in the
presence of the undersigned Notary.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	Per:  	 	 
	 	 	Brigitte Gauthier 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	Per:  	 	 
	 	 	Ma Ry Tran 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	[Kevin Leonard], Notary 	 
	 

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SE Draft dated

December 15, 2010

DEED OF HYPOTHEC

IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND TEN, THIS • DAY OF DECEMBER.

BEFORE [Kevin Leonard], the undersigned Notary for the Province of Québec, practicing at Montréal.

APPEARED:

NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (hereinafter referred to as the “Grantor”), a limited partnership
formed under the laws of the Province of Québec, with an office at 2040 Fay Street, Jonquière,
Québec, G7S 4K6, herein acting and represented by its general partner 4260848 CANADA INC., herein
acting and represented by Brigitte Gauthier, its authorized representative, who is duly authorized
in virtue of a resolution adopted by such general partner dated •, 2010, a certified copy or
duplicate of which is annexed hereto after having been signed for identification by the said
representative and by the undersigned Notary.

Minute No.

AND:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (hereinafter referred to as the “Trustee”), as holder of an irrevocable power
of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) of the present and future holders of the Bond (as hereinafter
defined), which Trustee is duly organized and which is herein represented by Ma Ry Tran, its
authorized representative, who is duly authorized as she so declares.

WHICH PARTIES HAVE DECLARED AND AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS

     Unless it is otherwise apparent from or inconsistent with the context, certain words and
expressions in this Deed the initial letter of which is capitalized and which are not otherwise
defined in the text itself, have the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule I, or if not defined in
such text or Schedule I, then such words and expressions shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
the Credit Agreement.

	2.	 	OBLIGATIONS SECURED

     Novelis Inc. will be issuing on or about December 17, 2010, Bond No. 2010-1 in the aggregate
amount of Three Billion Seven Hundred Fifty Million dollars in the lawful currency of Canada
(Cdn$3,750,000,000) (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Bond”), in favour of Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent
under and pursuant to the Credit Agreement (the “Collateral Agent”) for the benefit of all present
and future Secured Parties,

 

 

and the Grantor has agreed to secure by way of the present hypothec the obligations of Novelis
Inc. towards the Collateral Agent, under the Bond.

     In this Deed, the word “Obligations” means the payment by Novelis Inc. to the Collateral Agent
of the principal amount of the Bond, interest thereon and all other amounts from time to time owing
thereunder or pursuant thereto and the performance by Novelis Inc. of its obligations under the
Bond and the performance of the Grantor’s obligations hereunder.

	3.	 	HYPOTHEC

     As security for the full and final payment of the Obligations and of the expenses, if any,
incurred by the Trustee to obtain payment of the Obligations or to conserve the Mortgaged Property,
the Grantor hereby hypothecates to and in favour of the Trustee as holder of an irrevocable power
of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) for all present and future holders of the Bond, to the extent of
Three Billion Seven Hundred Fifty Million dollars in the lawful currency of Canada
(Cdn$3,750,000,000), with interest thereon at the rate of Twenty-Five Percent (25%) per annum from
the date hereof, all present and future immovable and movable property of the Grantor, corporeal or
incorporeal, wherever situate including, without limitation:

	(a)	 	The immovable property described in Schedule II hereof, together with all present and future
works, constructions and appurtenances related thereto;
	 
	(b)	 	All present and future immovables which the Grantor is or may hereafter become the owner from
time to time, together with all present and future works, constructions and appurtenances
related thereto;
	 
	(c)	 	All present and future corporeal and incorporeal property which, with respect to the
immovables hereinabove charged, are covered by any of Articles 901 through 904 of the Civil
Code;
	 
	(d)	 	All present and future corporeal movable property which ensures the utility of the immovables
hereinabove charged;
	 
	(e)	 	All rents which are or may become payable in virtue of any and all present and future leases
upon the immovables hereinabove charged, and all indemnities paid in virtue of the insurance
contracts covering such rents; and
	 
	(f)	 	All present and future movable property of the Grantor, tangible or intangible, wherever
situate including, without limitation:

	 	(i)	 	all of its Claims, present and future;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all of its Property in Stock, present and future;

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	 	(iii)	 	all of its Equipment, present and future;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	all of its Intellectual Property, present and future;
	 
	 	(v)	 	all of its Contractual Rights, present and future; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	all Securities, present and future.

     If any of the Mortgaged Property may not be assigned, subleased, charged or encumbered without
the leave, license, consent or approval of the applicable counterparty, a governmental authority or
any other person, the hypothec created hereby on any such property shall be under the suspensive
condition of obtaining such leave, license, consent or approval.

     Any and all Mortgaged Property, which is acquired, transformed or manufactured after the date
of this Deed shall be charged by the hypothecs created hereunder, (i) whether or not such property
has been acquired in replacement of other Mortgaged Property which may have been alienated by the
Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) whether or not such property results from a
transformation, mixture of or combination of any Mortgaged Property, and (iii) in the case of
Securities, whether or not they have been issued pursuant to the purchase, redemption, conversion
or cancellation or any other transformation of the charged Securities and without the Trustee being
required to register any notice whatsoever, the property charged under the hypothecs created
hereunder being the universality of the Grantor’s present and future movable and immovable
property.

	4.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     The Grantor hereby represents and warrants that:

4.1 It does not hold title to any claim secured by a registered hypothec which is not described in
Schedule III.

	5.	 	COVENANTS OF THE GRANTOR

     The Grantor hereby undertakes and covenants in favour of the Trustee to:

5.1 Notify the Trustee in writing of:

	(a)	 	any change in the representations and warranties made hereinabove at Article 4; and
	 
	(b)	 	the existence of any security, hypothec, prior claims or property right retained or assigned
securing Claims and, in such cases, to provide the Trustee, upon demand, with satisfactory
proof that such security or hypothec has been registered or published in accordance with

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	 	 	applicable law in order for the rights of the Trustee to be set up against third persons.

5.2 To refrain from mixing or combining the Corporeal Movable Property with other movable property
belonging to a third party, or from transforming the same, except in the normal course of the
Grantor’s Enterprise or unless consented to in writing by the Trustee.

5.3 To ensure that its right of ownership in any Mortgaged Property in the hands or possession of
any third party remains enforceable against third parties and, accordingly, that such right has
been registered or published, if registration or publication is required by law for the purpose of
enforcement against third parties.

5.4 The parties however acknowledge that the transfer to the Grantor of and its right of ownership
or other in the Intellectual Property listed in Schedule IV may not yet be recorded in the relevant
intellectual property offices.

	6.	 	SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE RENTS

6.1 The Trustee authorizes the Grantor to manage and collect the Rents in the ordinary course of
business. Such authorization may nevertheless be withdrawn at any time after the occurrence of an
Event of Default which is continuing, as provided by law, whereupon the Trustee shall be free to do
any of the following, without any interference or consent on the part of the Grantor and without
being bound (to the fullest extent permitted by law) by the rules respecting the administration of
the property of others:

	(a)	 	collect the Rents, give acquittances therefore and apply such sums (net of all collection
costs and the reasonable remuneration of the Trustee at the customary rates) in such manner as
it shall deem appropriate; and
	 
	(b)	 	renew or modify the leases or consent to the termination thereof, execute new leases, take
and give up security and generally exercise, but without any obligation to do so and at its
entire discretion, all rights of the Grantor with respect to the Rents, it being understood
that the Trustee is relieved of any obligation to inform the Grantor of any irregularity in
the payment of any Rent and it shall incur no liability for any loss or damage which may
result from the exercise of its rights except in the case of its own intentional or gross
fault.

6.2 Any amount received by the Grantor with respect to the Rents after a withdrawal of
authorization as aforesaid shall be deemed so received for the benefit of the Trustee and shall
forthwith be remitted to the latter without demand or notice.

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6.3 The Grantor shall deliver to the Trustee upon request a copy of all leases affecting the
Mortgaged Property and other information respecting the Rents on a timely basis.

	7.	 	SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE CLAIMS

7.1 The Trustee authorizes the Grantor to manage and collect the Claims in the ordinary course of
business. Such authorization may nevertheless be withdrawn at any time after the occurrence of an
Event of Default which is continuing, as provided by law, whereupon the Trustee shall be free to do
any of the following, without any interference or consent on the part of the Grantor and without
being bound (to the full extent permitted by law) by the rules respecting the administration of the
property of others:

	(a)	 	collect the Claims and apply such proceeds (net of all collection costs and the reasonable
remuneration of the Trustee at the customary rates) to the Obligations in such manner as it
shall deem appropriate;
	 
	(b)	 	give valid acquittances for any sums paid by third party debtors at any time after as well as
before the creation of this security, and unilaterally cause, with or without consideration,
the cancellation or reduction of any Encumbrance securing the Claims or any part thereof; and
	 
	(c)	 	renegotiate, terminate or operate novation of the Claims in whole or in part upon such terms
and conditions as it shall deem reasonable, take and give up security and generally exercise,
but without any obligation to do so and at its entire discretion, all rights of the Grantor
with respect to the Claims, it being understood that the Trustee is relieved of any obligation
to inform the Grantor of any irregularity in the payment of any Claim and it shall incur no
liability for any loss or damage which may result from the exercise of its rights except in
the case of its own intentional or gross fault.

7.2 Any amount received by the Grantor with respect to the Claims after a withdrawal of
authorization as aforesaid shall be deemed so received for the benefit of the Trustee and shall
forthwith be remitted to the latter without demand or notice.

7.3 If any of the Claims are themselves secured by a Conventional Security or any other right
susceptible of publication under the law, the Trustee shall have the right to accomplish, at the
expense of the Grantor, all the formalities required to perfect against the third party debtors the
hypothecary rights of the Trustee upon such Claims and accessories thereof.

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	8.	 	SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE HYPOTHEC ON SECURITIES

8.1 If the Grantor now or hereafter acquires Mortgaged Property consisting of certificated
securities, as such term is understood in the Transfer Act, it shall notify the Trustee thereof in
writing and promptly deliver to the Trustee any and all certificates representing such Mortgaged
Property (collectively, the “Pledged Certificated Securities”) and other materials as may be
required from time to time to provide the Trustee with control (as such term is defined in the
Transfer Act) over all Pledged Certificated Securities in the manner provided under Section 55 of
the Transfer Act and at the request of the Trustee following the occurrence of an Event of Default
which is continuing, will cause all Pledged Certificated Securities to be registered in the name of
the Trustee or its nominee.

8.2 If the Grantor now or hereafter acquires any Mortgaged Property consisting of uncertificated
securities, as such term is understood in the Transfer Act, it shall notify the Trustee thereof in
writing and, at the request of the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee any and all such documents,
agreements and other materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Trustee with
control over all such Mortgaged Property in the manner provided under Section 56 of the Transfer
Act.

8.3 If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property or
financial asset (as such term is defined in the Transfer Act) now or hereafter acquired by the
Grantor are held by the Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity
intermediary or other intermediary, the Grantor shall notify the Trustee thereof in writing and, at
the request of the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee any and all such documents, agreements and other
materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Trustee with control over all such
Mortgaged Property in the manner provided under Section 113 of the Transfer Act.

8.4 The Grantor shall not cause or permit any person other than the Trustee and the Revolving Loan
Collateral Agent (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) to have control (as
understood in the Transfer Act) of any of the securities forming part of the Mortgaged Property
other than control (as understood in the Transfer Act) in favour of any depositary bank or
securities intermediary which has subordinated its encumbrance to the encumbrance of the Trustee
pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee.

8.5 Until the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Grantor shall be entitled
to exercise all rights attached to such securities, investment property and financial assets owned
by it, including any right to vote and any right of conversion or redemption, provided such rights
are not exercised in a manner which would impair the value of such securities.

8.6 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and if permitted or not
otherwise prohibited under the Civil Code, the Trustee

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may, if it has control (as understood under
the Transfer Act) of securities and securities entitlements or if they are of a type, dealt in or
traded on securities exchanges or financial markets, sell such securities or security entitlements
or otherwise dispose of them without having to give a prior notice, obtain their surrender or
observe the time limits prescribed by Title Three of Book Six of the Civil Code.

8.7 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Trustee and each of its
officers are hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered to complete the blanks in any transfer
form or power of attorney of any Pledged Certificated Securities with such names and dates and in
such manner as the Trustee or any such officer may deem advisable, and to deal with and deliver the
same in the manner herein provided. Such rights of the Trustee shall survive and have effect
notwithstanding the dissolution of the Grantor or the appointment of any trustee or receiver to its
assets.

8.8 The Trustee may, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, transfer any
Securities or any part thereof into its own name or that of a third party appointed by it so that,
the Trustee or its nominee(s) may appear as the sole registered holder thereof, in which case:

	(a)	 	all voting rights and any other right attached to such Securities may be exercised by the
Trustee (without any obligation of the Trustee to do so) or on behalf of the Trustee;
	 
	(b)	 	the Trustee shall collect revenues, dividends and capital distributions and the Grantor shall
cease to have any right thereto and the Trustee may either hold same as Mortgaged Property or
apply them in reduction of the Obligations;
	 
	(c)	 	the Trustee may give the Grantor a proxy, revocable at any time, authorizing it to exercise,
in whole or in part, all voting rights and any other rights attached to such Securities.

8.9 For the purpose of this Article 8, the Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints any officer or
employee of the Trustee as its attorney with full power of substitution and authority to execute
such documents necessary to render effective the rights granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Article 8.

	9.	 	EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     The hypothecary rights hereby constituted shall become enforceable upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default.

	10.	 	EXERCISE OF HYPOTHECARY RIGHTS

10.1 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Trustee may request, in
accordance with what is provided by law, from the Grantor the voluntary surrender of the Mortgaged
Property and the Grantor

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hereby undertakes to do so. To that end, the Grantor covenants not to
oppose the measures initiated by the Trustee for the purpose of taking possession of the assets
surrendered by the Grantor, but to facilitate the same. The Grantor shall also execute any deed or
document which may be necessary or useful to evidence such surrender or to give it full effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantor shall not be prevented from contesting before a court of
competent jurisdiction the existence of an Event of Default and asserting that, as a result, the
Trustee does not have the right to avail itself of the rights and recourses contemplated in this
Article 10.

10.2 The Trustee shall not be bound to exercise the same hypothecary rights against all of the
Mortgaged Property. Whatever hypothecary rights the Trustee elects to exercise, the following
provisions shall apply:

	(a)	 	The Trustee shall have the right, at the expense of the Grantor and in order to conserve or
realize upon the Mortgaged Property:

	 	(i)	 	to continue or terminate the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property,
including, without limitation, the processing and the sale of the Property in Stock;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to dispose of the Mortgaged Property which may perish or deteriorate
rapidly;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to use any information obtained by reason of the exercise of its rights;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	to perform any obligation or covenant of the Grantor; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	to exercise any right with respect to the Mortgaged Property.

	(b)	 	The Trustee shall not be bound to make an inventory, to take out insurance or to furnish any
security.
	 
	(c)	 	The Trustee may acquire directly or indirectly any of the Mortgaged Property.
	 
	(d)	 	The Trustee may from time to time in the course of the exercise of its rights, renounce, with
or without consideration, any right of the Grantor.
	 
	(e)	 	The Trustee shall not be bound to make the Mortgaged Property productive or to conserve the
same.
	 
	(f)	 	Should the Trustee at any time abandon the exercise of its rights, hypothecary or otherwise,
against the Mortgaged Property, the Trustee may elect, at its option, to return to the Grantor
without any representation or warranty, any Mortgaged Property which the Grantor had
surrendered to the Trustee, or the remainder thereof if any, the whole without prejudice to
its other rights and recourses.

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	(g)	 	The Trustee shall be deemed to have acted in the best interest of the Grantor and its
successors if the Trustee has acted in accordance with its standard methods of assessing and
managing financial risks in the ordinary course of its business.

10.3 Where the Trustee exercises a right of taking in payment and the Grantor, inasmuch as it has
the right to do so, requires that the Trustee sell the Mortgaged Property upon which such recourse
was exercised, the Grantor acknowledges that the Trustee shall not be bound to abandon the right of
taking in payment unless the Trustee has obtained, before the end of the period allowed for
surrender, (i) a satisfactory security guaranteeing that the sale will be made at a sufficiently
high price to enable the Trustee’s claim to be paid in full, (ii) the full reimbursement of all
costs thus incurred by it, and (iii) an advance of the funds needed for the sale of the said
properties.

10.4 If the Trustee itself sells any Mortgaged Property, it shall not be required to obtain any
prior appraisal thereof.

10.5 The sale by the Trustee of any Mortgaged Property may be concluded by the Trustee without
legal warranty or, at its option, without any warranty whatsoever.

10.6 The Trustee hereby irrevocably renounces to all rights or recourses of a hypothecary creditor
including, the right to follow contemplated in Article 2700 of the Civil Code, with respect to any
property which is Excluded Property and/or otherwise becomes Excluded Property during the term of
this Deed.

	11.	 	REDUCTION AND CANCELLATION

     The Trustee may unilaterally at its entire discretion consent to the reduction or cancellation
of the security hereby constituted. However, the Trustee shall not be bound to consent to any such
reduction or cancellation unless and until it has received the full and final payment of all
amounts hereby secured and there is no outstanding commitment on the part of any Secured Party to
advance further sums or extend further credits to the Grantor.

     If the Collateral Agent is authorized under the Credit Agreement to release, in whole or in
part, the security hereby constituted, then the Trustee is authorized to release such security
under this Deed.

     Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations (as such term is defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), the Trustee shall grant an acquittance and consent to the reduction or
cancellation of the hypothecary rights hereby constituted and, concurrently, shall return the
Pledged Certificated Securities to the Grantor, together with all other relevant share transfer
powers, endorsements or other documents in connection with the Pledged Certificated Securities.

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	12.	 	GENERAL PROVISIONS

12.1 This Deed does not operate novation and the hypothec hereby constituted shall be in addition
to any other guarantee or security which the Trustee and/or the Secured Parties may have from time
to time.

12.2 This Deed need not be signed for acceptance by any of the Bondholders in order to be binding
on the Grantor. Such acceptance by the Bondholders shall be presumed and cannot be disputed by the
Grantor.

12.3 Any notices, directions or other communications provided for in this Deed must be in writing
and given in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

12.4 Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Trustee may waive any covenant in its
favour herein contained and any Event of Default and may also grant extensions, take and give up
security, accept arrangements and otherwise deal with the Grantor or with any other party as the
Trustee may see fit, the whole without prejudice to the Obligations or to any other right of the
Trustee and of the Secured Parties. No failure or delay on the part of the Trustee in exercising
any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any waiver be effective unless the
same be in writing.

12.5 The Grantor shall be “en demeure” by the mere lapse of time, or may be put “en demeure” by any
other method provided by law.

12.6 This hypothec is a continuous security which will subsist notwithstanding any fluctuation of
the amounts hereby secured. The Grantor shall be deemed to obligate itself again as provided in
Article 2797 of the Civil Code with respect to any future obligation hereby secured.

12.7 The Trustee shall have the right, at the expense of the Grantor, to perform all acts and
things and to execute all documents as may be necessary to ensure that this hypothec remains
effective and opposable to third parties, including the execution and filing of any document
required for the renewal hereof.

12.8 If the term “Grantor” includes more than one person, each of them shall be jointly liable for
the performance of the obligations herein stipulated.

12.9 Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any amount received by the Trustee in the
exercise of its rights hereunder or under any
law may, at its option, be retained by it as part of the Mortgaged Property, or may be applied by
it towards the partial payment of the Obligations, as the Trustee shall alone determine
notwithstanding the rules governing the application of payments.

12.10 The Trustee is not bound by any degree of care beyond a reasonable diligence in the exercise
of its rights or in the performance of its duties, and it

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shall not be liable for any loss or
damage resulting therefrom except as a result of its own intentional or gross fault.

12.11 The Trustee may delegate to any other person, including, without limitation, to any of the
Secured Parties, the exercise of its rights or the performance of its duties hereunder and may
provide such agents or mandataries with any information that the Trustee may possess with respect
to the Grantor or the Mortgaged Property.

12.12 The property or sums of money received or held by the Trustee by reason of these presents may
be invested by the Trustee in such manner as it shall deem appropriate without regard to rules
governing the administration of the property of others.

12.13 Neither the execution of this Deed nor the fact that the Trustee or the Secured Parties may
have already granted any part of the credits the repayment of which are hereby secured, shall be
deemed to oblige the Trustee or the Secured Parties either to keep such credits available or to
grant further credits.

12.14 The Grantor shall continue to be bound by all the obligations expressed herein
notwithstanding any transfer of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.

12.15 Except as may be otherwise apparent from the context, the word “Grantor” shall be interpreted
as referring to the Grantor itself and to all subsequent owners of the Mortgaged Property as well
as to any other person or persons having assumed the Grantor’s liabilities to the Trustee.

12.16 Unless there is something in the context inconsistent therewith, words importing the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa, and words importing the neuter gender shall include the
masculine and feminine genders and vice versa.

12.17 IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL,
IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND GOVERN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE HYPOTHEC GRANTED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF THE BOND, PURSUANT
TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE TRUSTEE HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, TO BE DATED ON OR ABOUT

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DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED,
RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE
“INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC., NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION,
NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS UK
LTD, NOVELIS AG, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”), THE SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY
THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS REVOLVING CREDIT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND REVOLVING CREDIT
COLLATERAL AGENT (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
AS TERM LOAN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND TERM LOAN COLLATERAL AGENT (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR
BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION, NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 11.19 THEREOF, SHALL
GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

12.18 The Grantor acknowledges that it has read this Deed, that it has received adequate
explanation of the nature and scope of its obligations hereunder and that it is satisfied
therewith.

12.19 This Deed shall be binding upon the Grantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to
the benefit of the Trustee and its successors and assigns, as holder of an irrevocable power of
attorney (fondé de pouvoir) for all present and future holders of the Bond.

12.20 This Deed of Hypothec shall be deemed to be a “Security Document” under the Credit Agreement.

12.21 The Trustee and the concerned Secured Parties may also at any time upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, outside the purview of this hypothec, operate compensation between any of the
claims owing by the Trustee and/or the concerned Secured Parties to the Grantor and the
Obligations hereby secured. In case of the bankruptcy of the Grantor, such compensation shall be
deemed to have occurred immediately prior to such bankruptcy. For greater certainty, the Trustee,
by its signature hereof, also accepts the benefit of this provision on behalf and for all concerned
Secured Parties.

12.22 The Grantor agrees to indemnify the Trustee as holder of an irrevocable power of attorney
(fondé de pouvoir) of the present and future

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holders of the Bond from and against any and all
claims, losses and liabilities arising out of or resulting from this Deed (including enforcement of
the hypothecs contained herein), except claims, losses or liabilities resulting from the Trustee’s
intentional or gross fault. This obligation of the Grantor shall survive even after the
cancellation of this hypothec if the cause of action originated prior to such cancellation.

     All Taxes and Other Taxes (as these terms are defined in the Credit Agreement), charges,
costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees) including withholding taxes (a “Tax
Payment”), relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with this Deed, the execution,
amendment and/or the enforcement of this Deed, shall for greater certainty, be for the account of
the Grantor and shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement.

     Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantor will upon demand pay to the Trustee, as holder of
an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) of the present and future holders of the Bond,
the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursement of
its counsel and any experts, which the Trustee may incur in connection with (i) the administration
of the Deed, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from,
or other realization upon, any of the Mortgaged Property, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any
of the rights of the Trustee hereunder, or (iv) the failure by the Grantor to perform or observe
any of the provisions hereof.

12.23 This Deed shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of
Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

12.24 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of An Act Respecting Special Powers of Legal
Persons (Québec), the Trustee may acquire and be the holder of the Bond. The parties hereto hereby
acknowledge that the Bond constitutes a title of indebtedness as such term is used in Article 2692
of the Civil Code. The Grantor also hereby appoints and constitutes the Trustee as the holder of an
irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) of all present and future holders of the Bond.

12.25 The parties hereto confirm their express wish that this Deed and all documents related
thereto be drawn up in English. Les parties aux présentes
confirment leur volonté expresse de voir le présent Acte et tous les documents s’y rattachant être
rédigés en anglais.

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SCHEDULE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

“Civil Code” or the abbreviation “C.c.Q” means the Civil Code of Québec.

“Claims” means, regardless of the debtors or the situs thereof, any and all claims, customer
accounts, book debts, accounts receivable and any other amounts or property now or hereafter owing
to the Grantor, either absolutely or conditionally, including all claims and indemnities payable
under insurance policies covering the same, all deposits and credit balances with financial
institutions, suppliers or others, all judgments, rights and accessories thereto, all Encumbrances
in support thereof and all books, papers, invoices, notes and data files evidencing, recording or
supporting the same.

“Contractual Rights” means any and all rights, title and interest of the Grantor in all contracts,
leases, bids, offers, supply agreements and all other agreements of any nature and description
relating to the Mortgaged Property or relating to the Enterprise and undertaking of the Grantor.

“Conventional Security” means a conventional hypothec, a security interest, a resolutory right, a
right of redemption, a reservation of ownership, a trust and any security device or other real
right, whether or not capable of registration, granted by agreement for the purpose of securing the
performance of an obligation.

“Corporeal Movable Property” means any of the Mortgaged Property which is movable in nature and
corporeal.

“Credit Agreement” means that certain credit agreement to be dated on or about December 17, 2010,
among, inter alios, Novelis Inc., as borrower, AV Metals Inc., the other guarantors party thereto,
the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
as the same may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented or
refinanced from time to time and includes any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing or
restructuring all or any portion of, the indebtedness under such agreement or any successor
agreements, whether or not with the same Agents or Lenders.

“Encumbrance” means a legal cause of preference, a dismemberment of the right of ownership, a
special mode of ownership, a restriction on the right to dispose and a Conventional Security.

“Enterprise” means the carrying on of an organized economic activity, whether or not it is
commercial in nature, consisting of producing, administering or alienating property, or providing a
service.

“Equipment” means corporeal movable property such as machinery, equipment, vehicles, rolling stock,
furniture and fixtures, and all licenses and

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other rights and records, files, charts, plans, drawings, specifications, manuals, documents and
warranties relating thereto.

“Event of Default” means the failure on the part of the Grantor to pay or perform any of the
Obligations on demand or otherwise when due and payable or to be performed, as the case may be.

“Intellectual Property” means all of the Grantor’s trade names, trade marks, copyrights, designs,
processes, know how, goodwill, licenses, franchises, permits, quotas, patents and other rights of
intellectual and industrial property of any nature and description, and all pending applications
pertaining thereto, including without limitation, the Intellectual Property listed in Schedule IV
hereof.

“Mortgaged Property” means any and all property, rights and interest, present and future, intended
to be charged by the hypothec created under Article 3 hereof, all substitutions and replacements
thereof, all increases, additions and accessions thereto, all rights attaching thereto and all
proceeds in any form derived directly or indirectly from any dealing with any of the foregoing or
the proceeds therefrom.

“Property in Stock” means, regardless of the situs thereof at any particular time, (a) all
inventory of raw materials, goods in process, finished products and stock in trade of any nature
and description, whether or not the same is held for let or hire, leasing, resale or otherwise, (b)
all goods and materials used in or procured for the packaging thereof, (c) any such property held
by third parties under let or hire, leasing, conditional sale, franchise, license, consignment or
other like contractual arrangements with its lawful owner, (d) any such property sold by the
Grantor and later taken back for any reason, and (e) all amounts and proceeds paid or payable to or
for the account of the Grantor as a result of the sale, lease or other dealings with any of the
foregoing.

“Rents” means the rents, present and future, and the insurance indemnities referred to in paragraph
(e) of Article 3.

“Secured Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

“Securities” means all securities, financial assets or security entitlements (as such terms are
defined or contemplated in the Transfer Act, as well as the renewals, substitutions and additions
to which they are subject and the securities and other property received or issued pursuant to any
transformation of such securities, along with all income derived and all rights arising therefrom,
and all present and future shares in the capital stock of a legal person, now or hereafter owned by
the Grantor, all present and future bonds, debentures, bills of exchange, promissory notes,
negotiable instruments and other evidences of indebtedness, and all present and future options,
warrants, investment certificates, mutual funds units, all interests or
units of the Grantor in any partnership, or any rights in respect of any of the

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foregoing, and any
other instrument or title generally called or included as a security, and also including, without
limitation, all Securities issued or received in substitution, renewal, addition or replacement of
Securities, or issued or received on the purchase, redemption, conversion, cancellation or other
transformation of Securities or issued or received by way of dividend or otherwise to holders of
Securities, and all present and future instruments, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, documents
or other evidences of title of the Grantor.

“Transfer Act” means An Act Respecting the Transfer of Securities and the Establishment of Security
Entitlements (Quebec), as amended, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.

SCHEDULE II

IMMOVABLE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

NIL

SCHEDULE III

CLAIMS SECURED BY HYPOTHEC

NIL

SCHEDULE IV

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

NIL

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WHEREOF ACT:

DONE AND PASSED at Montreal, in the Province of Québec on the date hereinabove first mentioned and
recorded in the office of the undersigned Notary under minute number __________________________
____________________.

AND after the Grantor and the Trustee had declared to the said Notary that they had taken
cognizance of these presents and had exempted the said Notary from reading them or causing same to
be read, the said duly authorized representatives of the Grantor and the Trustee have signed in the
presence of the undersigned Notary.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP, by its general partner 

4260848 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	per:  	 	 
	 	 	Brigitte Gauthier       	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 

 	 
	 	per:  	 	 
	 	 	Ma Ry Tran       	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	
 	 
	 	[Kevin Leonard], Notary 	 
	 	 	 
	 

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No. 2010-1

NOVELIS INC.

BOND

			
	December 17, 2010
	 	Cdn. $3.750,000,000

The undersigned, Novelis Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of Canada (the
“Corporation”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Bank of America, N.A.,
as collateral agent under the Credit Agreement (the “Collateral Agent”) or its permitted assigns,
for the benefit of all present and future Secured Parties, as such term is defined in the Credit
Agreement, upon demand, at such address or addresses, in the Province of Quebec, as the Collateral
Agent may designate at any time and from time to time by notice in writing to the Corporation, upon
presentation and surrender thereat of this Bond, the sum of Three Billion Seven Hundred Fifty
Million dollars in the lawful currency of Canada (Cdn$3,750,000,000), and to pay interest thereon,
as well after as before maturity and both before and after default, from the date of this Bond, at
the same place, in like money at a rate of twenty-five percent (25%) per annum, together with
interest on overdue interest (computed monthly) at the same rate from its due date to the date of
payment. This Bond is issued in connection with the Credit Agreement (as defined below), is secured
by a Deed of Hypothec, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
made by the Corporation in favour of Bank of America, N.A., as holder of an irrevocable power of
attorney (fondé de pouvoir) for all the present and future holders of this Bond, is subject to a
Bond Pledge Agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
executed as of the date hereof by the Corporation and by the Collateral Agent and is governed by
the laws of the Province of Quebec.

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Credit Agreement.

“Credit Agreement” means that certain credit agreement to be dated on or about the date hereof,
among, inter alios, Novelis Inc., as borrower, AV Metals Inc., the other guarantors party thereto,
the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
as the same may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented or
refinanced from time to time and includes any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing or
restructuring all or any portion of, the indebtedness under such agreement or any successor
agreements, whether or not with the same Agents or Lenders.

This Bond may be transferred by the Collateral Agent by endorsement and delivery thereof only to a
successor collateral agent appointed under and in accordance with the provisions of the Credit
Agreement.

This Bond shall be deemed to be a “Security Document” under the Credit Agreement.

The Corporation, by its signature, and the Collateral Agent and any transferee of this Bond, by
their acceptance of this Bond, acknowledge that they have expressly required it to be drawn up in
the English language. Novelis Inc., par sa signature, et Bank of America, N.A. et tout cessionnaire
de la présente obligation, par leur acceptation de la présente obligation, reconnaissent avoir
expressément exigé que celle-ci soit rédigée en anglais.

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	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	Per:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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NOVELIS INC.

as Obligor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Holder

 

DEMAND DEBENTURE

December 17, 2010

 

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DEMAND DEBENTURE

NOVELIS INC.

Section 1 Acknowledgement and Promise to Pay.

       For value received, the Obligor acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay ON DEMAND, to
or to the order of the Holder the principal sum of FIVE BILLION Dollars ($5,000,000,000) in lawful
currency of Canada in accordance with the terms of this Debenture. The principal amount
outstanding from time to time bears interest both before and after demand and judgment to the date
of repayment in full at the rate of twenty-five per cent (25%) per annum. Interest at such rate
accrues daily and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365
days or 366 days, as the case may be, and is payable monthly, in arrears, on the first Business Day
of each and every month commencing the month immediately following this date. Overdue interest
bears interest at the same rate, calculated in the same manner. The Obligor promises to pay the
principal amount, interest and other amounts owing under this Debenture at the offices of the
Holder at which any notice may be given to the Holder in connection with this Debenture or at such
other place as the Holder may designate by notice in writing to the Obligor.

Section 2 Defined Terms.

       Terms defined in the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and used but not otherwise
defined in this Debenture have the same meanings. As used in this Debenture, the following terms
have the following meanings:

	 	 	“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York,
Chicago and Toronto.
	 
	 	 	“Charged Premises” means the property and undertaking subject to the Security.
	 
	 	 	“Debenture” means this demand debenture and all schedules attached to it, as it may be
amended, modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time.
	 
	 	 	“Expenses” means all expenses, costs and charges incurred by or on behalf of the Holder in
connection with this Debenture, the Security or the Charged Premises, including all legal
fees, court costs, receiver’s or agent’s remuneration and other expenses of taking
possession of, repairing, protecting, insuring, preparing for disposition, realizing,
collecting, selling, transferring, delivering or obtaining payment for the Charged
Premises, and of taking, defending or participating in any action or proceeding in
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	 	 	the Holder’s interest in any Charged Premises, whether or not directly relating to the
enforcement of this Debenture. All such sums, together with interest at the rate set forth
in this Debenture until paid, shall be added to the indebtedness secured by this Debenture
and shall also be secured, together with all other indebtedness, by this Debenture.
	 
	 	 	“Holder” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors and assigns, and any subsequent
holder or holders of this Debenture.
	 
	 	 	“Lien” means (i) any mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, assignment
by way of security, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), hire purchase agreement,
conditional sale agreement, deposit arrangement, title retention agreement or arrangement,
or any other assignment, arrangement or condition that in substance secures payment or
performance of an obligation, (ii) any trust arrangement, (iii) any arrangement which
creates a right of set-off out of the ordinary course of business, or (iv) any agreement to
grant any such rights or interests.
	 
	 	 	“Obligor” means Novelis Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing under the federal
laws of Canada, and its successors and permitted assigns.
	 
	 	 	“Person” means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, unlimited liability company, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity or
governmental entity, and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning.
	 
	 	 	“Security” means the grants, mortgages, charges and security interests constituted by this
Debenture.

Section 3 Interpretation.

	(1)	 	In this Debenture the words “including”, “includes” and “include” mean “including (or
includes or include) without limitation”. The expressions “Article”, “Section” and other
subdivision followed by a number mean and refer to the specified Article, Section or other
subdivision of this Debenture.

	(2)	 	Any reference in this Debenture to gender includes all genders. Words importing the
singular number only include the plural and vice versa. Except as otherwise provided in this
Debenture, any reference to this Debenture is a reference to this Debenture as amended,
modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or supplemented and includes all schedules to
it. Except as otherwise provided in this Debenture, any reference in this Debenture to a
statute is a reference to such statute and all rules and regulations made under it as they may
have been or may from time to time be amended or re-enacted.

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	(3)	 	The division of this Debenture into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the
insertion of headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect its interpretation.
The schedules attached to this Debenture form an integral part of it for all purposes of it.

Section 4 Grant of Security — Fixed Charge.

       Subject to Section 7, as security for the due payment of the principal amount, interest and
other amounts owing under this Debenture, the Obligor grants, assigns, conveys, transfers,
mortgages, pledges and charges, as and by way of a fixed and specific mortgage, charge and pledge,
to and in favour of the Holder and otherwise grants to the Holder a security interest in, all of
the Obligor’s right, title and interest in and to:

	 	(a)	 	all real and immoveable property, both freehold and leasehold, and other
interests in such property wheresoever situate, now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Obligor (collectively, the “Lands”) including the real property and leased property
described in Schedule 4(a); all rights, leases, licences, easements, rights-of-way,
profits a prendre and interests in real property with respect to the Lands (and all
renewals, extensions and amendments or substitutions thereof); all facilities relating
to or required for use in connection with the Lands; and all buildings, erections,
structures, improvements, underground facilities, power, fuel and water supply,
storage, waste disposal, roads and other transportation facilities and fixed plant,
machinery and equipment presently situated on or under the Lands or which may at any
time hereafter be constructed or brought or placed on or under the Lands or used in
connection with the Lands;

	 	(b)	 	all equipment, machinery, furniture, goods, chattels, fixtures, vehicles,
milling, processing, service, storage and other related infrastructures and other
tangible personal property of every kind and description now owned or hereafter
acquired, wherever situate, used or acquired for use in connection with the property
referred to in Section 4(a);

	 	(c)	 	all inventory including goods held for sale, lease or resale, goods
furnished or to be furnished to third parties under contracts of lease, consignment or
service, goods which are raw materials or work in process, goods used in or procured
for packing and materials used or consumed in the business of the Obligor, now owned
or hereafter acquired, produced at or used in connection with the property referred to
in Section 4(a);

	 	(d)	 	all studies, plans, blueprints, designs, records, files, charts,
drawings, specifications, manuals, bills of lading and other documents of title,

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	 	 	 	whether negotiable or otherwise, now owned or hereafter acquired, to the extent
they relate to the Lands;

	 	(e)	 	all rents, revenues, income, the proceeds of any insurance or
expropriation payable or due in respect of any damage to or taking of all or any part
of the Charged Premises, the proceeds of any business interruption insurance and any
property in any form derived directly or indirectly from any dealings with all or any
part of the Charged Premises or that indemnifies or compensates for the loss,
destruction or damage to all or any part of the Charged Premises;

	 	(f)	 	to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all authorizations,
orders, permits, approvals, grants, licences, consents, rights, franchises,
privileges, certificates, judgments, writs, injunctions, awards, determinations,
directions, decrees, demands or the like issued or granted by law or by rule or
regulation of any governmental or public department, commission, board, office, agency
or other body now or hereafter issued or granted to it;

	 	(g)	 	all substitutions and replacements of and increases, additions and, where
applicable, accessions to the property described in Section 4(a) through Section 4(f)
inclusive; and

	 	(h)	 	all proceeds in any form derived directly or indirectly from any dealing
with all or any part of the property described in Section 4(a) through Section 4(g)
inclusive, or the proceeds of such proceeds.

Section 5 Grant of Security — Floating Charge.

     Subject to Section 7, as security for the due payment of the principal, interest and other
amounts owing under this Debenture, the Obligor grants, mortgages and charges, as and by of a
floating charge, to and in favour of the Holder and otherwise grants to the Holder a security
interest in, all of its property and undertaking now owned or hereafter acquired and all of the
property and undertaking in which the Obligor now has or hereafter acquires any interest, of every
nature and kind and wherever situate, except such of its property and undertaking as are validly
subject to the fixed and specific mortgages, charges, pledges and security interests granted
pursuant to Section 4. Until the Security is enforceable, the floating charge in no way hinders or
prevents the Obligor from disposing of or dealing with the subject matter of the floating charge in
the ordinary course of business and for purposes of carrying on the same; provided that such action
is not in breach of any specific provision of, or covenant in, this Debenture.

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Section 6 Effectiveness and Attachment.

	(1)	 	The Security is effective whether or not any monies or liabilities so secured are
advanced or incurred before or after or at the same time as this Debenture is issued. The
Security will remain effective until such time as this Debenture is discharged as provided in
Section 20, irrespective of whether, at any prior time, there may have been no indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations (direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the
Obligor to the Holder outstanding.

	(2)	 	The Obligor acknowledges that (i) value has been given, (ii) it has rights in the Charged
Premises (other than after-acquired Charged Premises), (iii) it has not agreed to postpone the
time of attachment of the Security and (iv) it has received a copy of this Debenture.

Section 7 Scope of Security.

	(1)	 	To the extent that an assignment of amounts payable and other proceeds arising under or
in connection with, or the grant of a security interest in any agreement, lease, licence,
permit or quota of the Obligor would constitute a default under or breach of or would result
in the termination of such agreement, lease, licence, permit or quota (each, a “Restricted
Asset”), the Security with respect to each Restricted Asset will constitute a trust created in
favour of the Holder, pursuant to which the Obligor holds as trustee all proceeds arising
under or in connection with the Restricted Asset in trust for the Holder, on the following
basis:

	 	(a)	 	until the Security is enforceable, the Obligor is entitled to receive all
such proceeds; and

	 	(b)	 	whenever the Security is enforceable, (i) all rights of the Obligor to
receive such proceeds cease and all such proceeds will be immediately paid over to the
Holder and (ii) the Obligor will take all actions requested by the Holder to collect
and enforce payment and other rights arising under the Restricted Asset.

	(2)	 	Upon the request of the Holder, the Obligor will use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the consent of each other party to any and all Restricted Assets to the assignment of
such Restricted Asset to the Holder in accordance with this Debenture. The Obligor will also
use all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all agreements entered into on and
after the date of this Debenture expressly permit assignments of the benefits of such
agreements as collateral security to the Holder in accordance with the terms of this
Debenture.

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	(3)	 	The Security does not extend to consumer goods at any time owned by or otherwise held by
the Obligor.

	(4)	 	The Security does not extend or apply to the last day of the term of any lease or
sublease of real property or agreement for a lease or sublease of real property, now held or
hereafter acquired by the Obligor, but the Obligor will stand possessed of any such last day
upon trust to assign and dispose of it as the Holder may direct.

Section 8 Protective Disbursements.

     If the Obligor fails to perform any of its covenants in this Debenture, then the Holder may,
in its absolute discretion, perform any covenant capable of being performed by it and, if the
covenant requires the payment or expenditure of money, the Holder may make the payment but is under
no obligation to do so. All sums paid or expended by the Holder are immediately payable by the
Obligor, bear interest at the rate set forth in this Debenture and are secured by this Debenture,
having the benefit of the Security in priority to the indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture. No
such performance or payment will relieve the Obligor from any default under this Debenture or the
consequences of such default.

Section 9 Covenants.

     The Obligor will not sell, assign, convey, exchange, lease, charge, mortgage, pledge, release
or abandon or otherwise dispose of any Charged Premises or any interest therein except as permitted
by the Holder in writing. The Obligor will not create or suffer to exist any Lien on the Charged
Premises, except as permitted by the Holder in writing and shall discharge any such Lien which is
not so permitted forthwith. The Obligor will immediately upon demand by the Holder, create and
grant as and by way of a fixed and specific mortgage and charge to and in favour of the Holder,
further security over any of the Charged Premises referred to in Section 5.

Section 10 Enforcement.

     The Security becomes and is enforceable against the Obligor if and when the Obligor fails to
repay the principal amount, interest and other amounts owing under this Debenture on demand or
otherwise when the same become due and payable or if and when the Obligor breaches any other
agreement or covenant it has given to the Holder (after the expiry of any applicable notice and/or
cure periods given to the Obligor under such other agreement or covenant).

Section 11 Remedies.

     Whenever the Security is enforceable, the Holder may realize upon the Charged Premises and
enforce its rights by:

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	 	(a)	 	entry into possession of the Charged Premises by any method permitted by
law;

	 	(b)	 	sale, grant of options to purchase, or lease of all or any part of the
Charged Premises;

	 	(c)	 	holding, storing and keeping idle or operating all or any part of the
Charged Premises;

	 	(d)	 	collection of any proceeds arising in respect of the Charged Premises;

	 	(e)	 	institution of proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a receiver (which term as used in this Debenture includes a receiver
and manager) of all or any part of the Charged Premises;

	 	(f)	 	institution of proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for
sale or foreclosure of all or any part of the Charged Premises;

	 	(g)	 	filing of proofs of claim and other documents to establish claims to the
Charged Premises in any proceeding relating to the Obligor;

	 	(h)	 	appointment by instrument in writing of a receiver or agent of all or any
part of the Charged Premises and removal or replacement from time to time of any such
receiver or agent; and

	 	(i)	 	any other remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted in this Debenture
or otherwise by law or equity.

Section 12 Additional Rights.

     In addition to the rights of the Holder set forth in Section 11, whenever the Security is
enforceable, the Holder may:

	 	(a)	 	require the Obligor, at the Obligor’s expense, to assemble the Charged
Premises, to the extent reasonably practicable, at a place or places designated by
notice in writing and the Obligor agrees to so assemble the Charged Premises
immediately upon receipt of such notice;

	 	(b)	 	require the Obligor, by notice in writing, to disclose to the Holder the
location or locations of the Charged Premises and the Obligor agrees to make such
disclosure when so required;

	 	(c)	 	repair, process, modify, complete or otherwise deal with the Charged
Premises, and prepare for the disposition of the Charged Premises, whether on the
premises of the Obligor or otherwise;

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	 	(d)	 	redeem any prior security interest against any Charged Premises, procure
the transfer of such security interest to itself, or settle and pass the accounts of
the prior mortgagee, chargee or encumbrancer (any accounts to be conclusive and
binding on Obligor);

	 	(e)	 	pay any liability secured by any Lien against any Charged Premises (the
Obligor will immediately on demand reimburse the Holder for all such payments);

	 	(f)	 	carry on all or any part of the business of the Obligor and, to the
exclusion of all others including the Obligor, enter upon, occupy and use all or any
of the premises, buildings and other property of or used by the Obligor for such time
as the Holder sees fit, free of charge, and the Holder is not liable to the Obligor
for any act, omission or negligence in so doing or for any rent, charges, depreciation
or damages incurred in connection with or resulting from such action;

	 	(g)	 	borrow for the purpose of carrying on the business of the Obligor or for
the maintenance, preservation or protection of the Charged Premises and mortgage,
charge or grant a security interest in the Charged Premises, whether or not in
priority to the Security, to secure repayment;

	 	(h)	 	commence, continue or defend any judicial or administrative proceedings
for the purpose of protecting, seizing, collecting, realizing or obtaining possession
or payment of the Charged Premises, and give good and valid receipts and discharges
and compromise or give time for the payment or performance of all or any part of any
other obligation of any third party to the Obligor; and

	 	(i)	 	at any public sale, and to the extent permitted by law on any private
sale, bid for and purchase any or all of the Charged Premises offered for sale and
upon compliance with the terms of such sale, hold, retain and dispose of such Charged
Premises without any further accountability to the Obligor or any other Person with
respect to such holding, retention or disposition, except as required by law. In any
such sale to the Holder, the Holder may, for the purpose of making payment for all or
any part of the Charged Premises so purchased, use any claim for the principal,
interest and other amounts owing under this Debenture then due and payable to it as a
credit against the purchase price.

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Section 13 Exercise of Remedies.

     The remedies under Section 11 and Section 12 may be exercised from time to time separately or
in combination and are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights of the Holder
however arising or created. The Holder is not bound to exercise any right or remedy and the
exercise of any right or remedy is without prejudice to any other rights of the Holder including
the right to claim for any deficiency. The taking of any action or proceeding or refraining from
so doing, or any other dealings with any other security for the monies secured by this Debenture
shall not release or affect the Security.

Section 14 Receiver’s Powers.

	(1)	 	Any receiver appointed by the Holder is vested with the rights and remedies which could
have been exercised by the Holder in respect of the Obligor or the Charged Premises and such
other powers and discretions as are granted in the instrument of appointment and any
supplemental instruments. The identity of the receiver, any replacement and any remuneration
are within the sole and unfettered discretion of the Holder.

	(2)	 	Any receiver appointed by the Holder will act as agent for the Holder for the purposes of
taking possession of the Charged Premises, but otherwise and for all other purposes (except as
provided below), as agent for the Obligor. The receiver may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose
of the Charged Premises as agent for the Obligor or as agent for the Holder as the Holder may
determine in its discretion. The Obligor agrees to ratify and confirm all actions of the
receiver acting as agent for the Obligor, and to release and indemnify the receiver in respect
of all such actions.

	(3)	 	The Holder, in appointing or refraining from appointing any receiver, does not incur
liability to the receiver, the Obligor or otherwise and is not responsible for any misconduct
or negligence of such receiver.

	(4)	 	All moneys from time to time received by the receiver may be applied as follows (i)
first, in discharge of all operating expenses and other outgoings affecting the Charged
Premises, (ii) second, in keeping in good standing all charges and liens on the Charged
Premises having priority over the Security, (iii) third, in payment of the remuneration and
disbursements of the receiver, (iv) fourth, in payment to the Holder of the moneys payable
hereunder, and (v) the balance, if any, shall be paid to the Obligor or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

Section 15 Appointment of Attorney.

     The Obligor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Holder (and any officer of the
Holder) the true and lawful attorney of the Obligor. As the attorney of

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the Obligor, the Holder has the power, upon this Debenture becoming enforceable, to exercise
for and in the name of the Obligor with full power of substitution, any of the Obligor’s right
(including the right of disposal), title and interest in and to the Charged Premises including the
execution, endorsement, delivery and transfer of the Charged Premises to the Holder, its nominees
or transferees, and upon this Debenture becoming enforceable, the Holder and its nominees or
transferees are hereby empowered to exercise all rights and powers and to perform all acts of
ownership with respect to the Charged Premises to the same extent as the Obligor might do. This
power of attorney is irrevocable, is coupled with an interest, has been given for valuable
consideration (the receipt and adequacy of which is acknowledged) and survives, and does not
terminate upon, the bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up or insolvency of the Obligor. This power
of attorney extends to and is binding upon the Obligor’s successors and permitted assigns. The
Obligor authorizes the Holder to delegate in writing to another Person any power and authority of
the Holder under this power of attorney as may be necessary or desirable in the opinion of the
Holder, and to revoke or suspend such delegation.

Section 16 Dealing with the Charged Premises.

	(1)	 	The Holder is not obliged to exhaust its recourse against the Obligor or any other Person
or against any other security it may hold before realizing upon or otherwise dealing with the
Charged Premises in such manner as it may consider desirable.

	(2)	 	The Holder may grant extensions or other indulgences, take and give up securities, accept
compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Obligor and with other
Persons, sureties or securities as it may see fit without prejudice to the obligations and
liability of the Obligor or the rights of the Holder in respect of the Charged Premises.

	(3)	 	The Holder is not (i) liable or accountable for any failure to collect, realize or obtain
payment in respect of the Charged Premises, (ii) bound to institute proceedings for the
purpose of collecting, enforcing, realizing or obtaining payment of the Charged Premises or
for the purpose of preserving any rights of any Persons in respect of the Charged Premises,
(iii) responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with the Charged
Premises or by the retention of or failure to sell or otherwise deal with the Charged
Premises, or (iv) bound to protect the Charged Premises from depreciating in value or becoming
worthless.

	(4)	 	The Holder has no obligation to keep the Charged Premises in its possession identifiable.

	(5)	 	The Holder may, after the Security is enforceable, (i) notify any Person obligated on an
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	 	 	to make payments to the Holder, whether or not the Obligor was previously making
collections on such accounts, chattel paper, instruments, and (ii) assume control of any
proceeds arising from the Charged Premises.

Section 17 Standards of Sale.

     Without prejudice to the ability of the Holder to dispose of the Charged Premises in any
manner which is commercially reasonable, the Obligor acknowledges that:

	 	(a)	 	the Charged Premises may be disposed of in whole or in part;

	 	(b)	 	the Charged Premises may be disposed of by public auction, public tender
or private contract, with or without advertising and without any other formality;

	 	(c)	 	any assignee of the Charged Premises may be a customer of the Holder;

	 	(d)	 	any sale conducted by the Holder will be at such time and place, on such
notice and in accordance with such procedures as the Holder, in its sole discretion,
may deem advantageous;

	 	(e)	 	the Charged Premises may be disposed of in any manner and on any terms
necessary to avoid violation of applicable law (including compliance with such
procedures as may restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require
that the prospective bidders and purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict
the prospective bidders and purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that
they are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale of the Charged Premises) or in order to obtain any required
approval of the disposition (or of the resulting purchase) by any governmental or
regulatory authority or official;

	 	(f)	 	a disposition of the Charged Premises may be on such terms and conditions
as to credit or otherwise as the Holder, in its sole discretion, deems advantageous;
and

	 	(g)	 	the Holder may establish an upset or reserve bid or price in respect of
the Charged Premises.

Section 18 Dealings by Third Parties.

     No Person dealing with the Holder or its agent or a receiver is required to determine (i)
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which the Holder or its agent or a receiver is purporting to exercise have become exercisable,
(iii) whether any money remains due upon the Security, (iv) the necessity or expediency of the
stipulations and conditions subject to which any sale or lease is made, (v) the propriety or
regularity of any sale or any other dealing by the Holder or its agent or a receiver with the
Charged Premises, or (vi) how any money paid to the Holder has been applied. Any bona fide
purchaser of all or any part of the Charged Premises from the Holder or any receiver or agent will
hold the Charged Premises absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatever kind, including any
equity of redemption, of the Obligor, which it specifically waives (to the fullest extent permitted
by law) as against any such purchaser and all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which the
Obligor has or may have under any rule of law now existing or hereafter adopted.

Section 19 No Right of Set-Off.

     The principal, interest and other amounts and liabilities secured by this Debenture will be
paid by the Obligor when due without regard to any equities existing between the Obligor and any
other party including the Holder and without regard to any right of set-off or cross-claim or of
any other claim or demand of the Obligor against the Holder or otherwise.

Section 20 Discharge.

     The Security will not be discharged except by a written release or discharge signed by the
Holder. The Obligor will be entitled to require a discharge by notice to the Holder upon, but only
upon, (i) full and indefeasible payment of all principal, interest and other amounts secured, (ii)
performance of all obligations of the Obligor to the Holder and (iii) the Holder having no
obligations to the Obligor. Upon discharge of the Security and at the request and expense of the
Obligor, the Holder will execute and deliver to the Obligor such financing change statements and
other documents or instruments as the Obligor may reasonably require to effect the discharge of the
Security.

Section 21 Notices.

     Any notice, direction or other communication (each a “Notice”) given under this Debenture must
be in writing, sent by personal delivery, courier or facsimile (but not by electronic mail) and
addressed:

	 	(a)	 	to the Obligor at:
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis Inc.

3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000

Atlanta GA 30326

Attention:           General Counsel

Facsimile:           (404) 760-0137

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	 	(b)	 	to the Holder at:
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco CA 94103

Attention:           Bridgett Manduk

Facsimile:           (415) 436-1097

A Notice is deemed to be delivered and received (i) if sent by personal delivery, on the date of
delivery if it is a Business Day and the delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time in place
of receipt) and otherwise on the next Business Day, (ii) if sent by same-day service courier, on
the date of delivery if sent on a Business Day and delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time
in place of receipt) and otherwise on the next Business Day, (iii) if sent by overnight courier, on
the next Business Day, or (iv) if sent by facsimile, on the Business Day following the date of
confirmation of transmission by the originating facsimile. The Obligor or the Holder may change
its address for notice from time to time by providing a Notice in accordance with the foregoing.
Any subsequent Notice must be sent to the Obligor or the Holder at its changed address. Any
element of an address that is not specifically changed in a Notice will be assumed not to be
changed.

Section 22 No Merger.

     This Debenture does not operate by way of merger of any of the principal, interest and other
amounts owing under this Debenture and no judgment recovered by the Holder will operate by way of
merger of, or in any way affect, the Security, which is in addition to, and not in substitution
for, any other security now or hereafter held by the Holder in respect of the principal, interest
and other amounts owing under this Debenture.

Section 23 Further Assurances.

     The Obligor will do all acts and things and execute and deliver or cause to be executed and
delivered all deeds, transfers, assignments, documents and instruments that the Holder may require
for (i) protecting the Charged Premises, (ii) perfecting the Security, and (iii) exercising all
powers, authorities and discretions conferred upon the Holder under this Debenture. After the
Security becomes enforceable the Obligor will do all acts and things and execute and deliver all
deeds, transfers, assignments and instruments that the Holder may require for facilitating the sale
of the Charged Premises in connection with its realization.

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Section 24 Successors and Assigns.

     This Debenture is binding upon the Obligor, its successors and assigns, and enures to the
benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns. This Debenture may be assigned by the Holder
without the consent of, or notice to, the Obligor, to such Person as the Holder may determine and,
in such event, such assignee will be entitled to all of the rights and remedies of the Holder as
set forth in this Debenture or otherwise. In any action brought by an assignee to enforce any such
right or remedy, the Obligor will not assert against the assignee any claim or defence which the
Obligor now has or may have against the Holder. The Obligor may not assign, transfer or delegate
any of its rights or obligations under this Debenture without the prior written consent of the
Holder which may be unreasonably withheld.

Section 25 Amendment.

     This Debenture may only be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by written agreement
executed by the Holder and the Obligor.

Section 26 Severability.

     If any court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal exists or is taken, determines any
provision of this Debenture to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be severed
from this Debenture and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Section 27 Waivers, etc.

     No consent or waiver by the Holder is binding unless made in writing and signed by an
authorized officer of the Holder. Any consent or waiver given under this Debenture is effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No waiver of any of
the provisions of this Debenture constitutes a waiver of any other provision. A failure or delay
on the part of the Holder in exercising a right under this Debenture does not operate as a waiver
of, or impair, any right of the Holder however arising. A single or partial exercise of a right on
the part of the Holder does not preclude any other or further exercise of that right or the
exercise of any other right by the Holder. The Holder of this Debenture is required to present and
surrender this Debenture against payment.

Section 28 Governing Law.

     This Debenture will be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

Section 29 Negotiable Instrument.

     This Debenture is a negotiable instrument and all holders from time to time are invited by the
Obligor to treat it accordingly.

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Section 30 Land Registration Reform Act.

     With respect to any property situate in the Province of Ontario, the implied covenants deemed
to be included in a charge under subsection 7(1) of the Land Registration Reform Act (Ontario)
shall be and are hereby expressly excluded by the covenants of the Obligor herein.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Obligor has executed this Debenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 4(a)

THE LANDS

PT LTS 20, 21 & 22, CON 2 KINGSTON, PTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 16, 17 & 23, 13R19110, EXCEPT PTS 1-4,
13R19333; T/W ROW OVER PT LTS 20 & 21, CON 2, PTS 14 & 15, 13R18669 AS IN FC49960; S/T FR574251,
TKU12826, TKU12913, TKW14285, TKW14286, TKW14455, TKW14456; T/W FR500518, FR524287, FR574252; S/T
ROW IN FAVOUR OF THE OWNERS OF PT LTS 20, 21 &22, CON 2, PTS 10-15, 13R19110 OVER PT LT 20, CON 2,
PT 16, 13R19110 AS IN FC54292; T/W ROW OVER PT LT 21, CON 2, PT 15, 13R19110 AS IN FC54292; T/W ROW
OVER PT LT 21 & 22, CON 2, PT 13, 13R19110 AS IN FC54292; S/T EASEMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE CORPORATION
OF THE CITY OF KINGSTON OVER PT LTS 20 & 21, CON 2, PTS 8 & 23, 13R19110 AS IN FC54289; S/T
EASEMENT IN FAVOUR OF KINGSTON HYDRO CORPORATION OVER PT LTS 20, 21 & 22, CON 2, PTS 2, 3 & 4,
13R19110 AS IN FC65207; S/T TKU12245 ; KINGSTON ; THE COUNTY OF FRONTENAC, being all of PIN:
36074-0401 (LT) and being the lands and premises municipally known as 945 Princess Street & 1
Lappan’s Lane, Kingston, Ontario

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 NOVELIS INC.

as Obligor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

DEBENTURE DELIVERY AGREEMENT

December 17, 2010

 

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DEBENTURE DELIVERY AGREEMENT

     Debenture delivery agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 made by Novelis Inc. to and in
favour of Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under
the Credit Agreement.

     RECITALS:

	 	(a)	 	The Collateral Agent and the Lenders have agreed to make certain credit
facilities available to the Obligor on the terms and conditions contained in the
Credit Agreement; and

	 	(b)	 	It is a condition precedent to the extension of credit to the Obligor
under the Credit Agreement that the Obligor execute and deliver this Agreement
together with the Debenture in favour of the Collateral Agent as security for the
payment and performance of the Obligor’s obligations under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which they are a party.

     In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are acknowledged, the Obligor agrees as follows.

Section 1 Definitions.

     As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

	 	 	“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. acting as administrative agent for the
Secured Parties and any successor administrative agent appointed under the Credit
Agreement, and its successors and assigns.

	 	 	“Agents” means collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and “Agent”
shall mean either of them.

	 	 	“Agreement” means this debenture delivery agreement.

	 	 	“Charged Premises” has the meaning specified in the Debenture.

	 	 	“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., acting as collateral agent for the Secured
Parties and any successor collateral agent appointed under the Credit Agreement and its
successors and permitted assigns.

	 	 	“Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 among, inter
alia, the Obligor, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified,
extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented or refinanced from time to time and
includes any

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	 	 	agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing or restructuring all or any portion of,
the indebtedness under such agreement or any successor agreements, whether or not with the
same Agents or Lenders.

	 	 	“Debenture” means the demand debenture of the Obligor in favour of the Collateral Agent
dated as of December 17, 2010 in the principal amount of $5,000,000,000, as same may be
amended, modified, renewed, replaced, restated or supplemented from time to time.

	 	 	“Expenses” means all expenses, costs and charges incurred by or on behalf of the Secured
Parties in connection with this Agreement, the Debenture or the Charged Premises, including
all legal fees, court costs, receiver’s or agent’s remuneration and other expenses of
taking possession of, repairing, protecting, insuring, preparing for disposition,
realizing, collecting, selling, transferring, delivering or obtaining payment for the
Charged Premises, and of taking, defending or participating in any action or proceeding in
connection with any of the foregoing matters or otherwise in connection with the Secured
Parties’ interest in any Charged Premises, whether or not directly relating to the
enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

	 	 	“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean that certain intercreditor agreement dated as of the
date hereof by and among, inter alia, the Obligor, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and
such other persons as may become party thereto from time to time pursuant to the terms
thereof, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
	 
	 	 	“Lenders” has the meaning given thereto in the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Obligor” means Novelis Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing under the federal
laws of Canada, and its successors and permitted assigns.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Secured Obligations, as defined in the Credit Agreement, of
the Obligor and all Expenses of the Obligor.

       Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed
thereto in the Credit Agreement.

Section 2 Delivery.

       The Obligor delivers to and deposits with the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, the Debenture, as general and continuing collateral security for the payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations.

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Section 3 Conditions of Delivery.

     Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party, nor any subsequent holder of the Debenture
may, at any time, claim any greater amount in respect of the principal amount of the Debenture than
the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations outstanding at that time. Payment to the Secured
Parties of interest for any period in respect of the Secured Obligations is deemed to be payment in
satisfaction of the interest payment for the same period under the Debenture.

Section 4 Demand.

     The Collateral Agent may demand payment under, and enforce the security constituted by the
Debenture upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

Section 5 Remedies.

     If the security constituted by the Debenture is enforceable, the Collateral Agent may at any
time (i) realize upon or otherwise dispose of the Debenture by sale, transfer or delivery, or (ii)
exercise and enforce all rights and remedies of a holder of the Debenture as if the Collateral
Agent were the absolute owner of the Debenture, in either case without demand, notice,
advertisement or other formality or control by the Obligor. Such remedies may be exercised
separately or in combination and are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights of
the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent, however arising or created.

Section 6 Application of Proceeds.

     All monies collected by the Collateral Agent upon the enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s or
the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies under the Debenture, including any sale or other
disposition of the Debenture or all or any portion of the Charged Premises, together with all
monies received by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement will be applied as provided in the
Credit Agreement and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent will
remit to the Obligor or as the Obligor or any court of competent jurisdiction otherwise directs,
the amount of any proceeds received by it upon any realization or other disposition of the
Debenture or from the exercise of the rights and remedies as the holder of the Debenture which are
in excess of the Secured Obligations.

Section 7 Dealing with the Debenture.

	(1)	 	The Collateral Agent has no obligation to exhaust its recourse against the Obligor or any
other person or against any other security they may hold in respect of the Secured Obligations
before realizing upon or otherwise dealing with the Debenture in such manner as the Collateral
Agent may consider desirable.

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	(2)	 	The Collateral Agent may grant extensions or other indulgences, take and give up
securities, accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the
Obligor and with other persons, sureties or securities as it may see fit without prejudice to
the Secured Obligations, the liability of the Obligor or the rights of the Collateral Agent or
the other Secured Parties in respect of the Debenture.
	 
	(3)	 	The Collateral Agent will not be (i) liable or accountable for any failure to collect,
realize or obtain payment in respect of the Debenture, (ii) bound to institute proceedings for
the purpose of collecting, enforcing, realizing or obtaining payment of the Debenture or for
the purpose of preserving any rights of the Secured Parties, the Obligor or any other Person,
(iii) responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with the Debenture or
by the retention of or failure to sell or otherwise deal with the Debenture, or (iv) bound to
protect the Debenture from depreciating in value or becoming worthless.
	 
	(4)	 	Any sale, transfer, negotiation or delivery of the Debenture by the Collateral Agent
before the security constituted by the Debenture is enforceable will be made subject to the
terms of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. Whenever the security constituted by the
Debenture is enforceable, the Collateral Agent may sell, transfer, negotiate or deliver the
Debenture without restriction.
	 
	(5)	 	If the Collateral Agent is authorized to release, in whole or in part, any of the Charged
Premises under the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release the Charged
Premises under the Debenture and this Agreement.

Section 8 Taxes, Charges and Expenses.

	(1)	 	All Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and Expenses (including legal fees and
notarial fees) including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise
connected with, this Agreement and/or the Debenture, the execution, amendment and/or the
enforcement of this Agreement and/or the Debenture shall, for greater certainty be for the
account of the Obligor and all shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Credit
Agreement.
	 
	(2)	 	The Obligor is liable for and will pay on demand by the Collateral Agent any and all
Expenses.

Section 9 Additional Security; No Merger.

     The Debenture and this Agreement are in addition to, without prejudice to and supplemental to
all other security now held or which may hereafter be held by the Secured Parties in respect of the
Secured Obligations. The Debenture and this

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Agreement do not operate by way of merger of any of the Secured Obligations and no judgment
recovered by the Secured Parties shall operate by way of merger of, or in any way affect, the
security constituted by the Debenture.

Section 10 Discharge.

     The security constituted by the Debenture will be discharged upon, but only upon, the
Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement). Upon discharge of the security constituted by the Debenture and at the request and
expense of the Obligor, the Collateral Agent will execute and deliver to the Obligor such releases,
discharges, financing change statements and other documents or instruments as the Obligor may
reasonably require, and the Collateral Agent will redeliver the Debenture to the Obligor.

Section 11 Notices.

     Any notices, directions or other communications provided for in this Agreement must be in
writing and given in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

Section 12 Further Assurances.

     The Obligor will do all acts and things and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, all documents and instruments that the Collateral Agent may require for (i) protecting
the Debenture, (ii) perfecting the security constituted by the Debenture, and (iii) exercising all
powers, authorities and discretions conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and/or
the Credit Agreement. After the security constituted by the Debenture becomes enforceable, the
Obligor will do all acts and things and execute and deliver all documents and instruments that the
Collateral Agent may require for facilitating the sale of the Debenture in connection with its
realization.

Section 13 Successors and Assigns.

     This Agreement is binding on the Obligor, its successors and assigns, and enures to the
benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns.
This Agreement may be assigned by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of the
Loan Documents and, in such event, such assignee will be entitled to all of the rights and remedies
of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise. In any action brought by an
assignee to enforce any such right or remedy, the Obligor will not assert against the assignee any
claim or defence which the Obligor now has or may have against the Collateral Agent or any of the
Secured Parties. The Obligor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent which may be
unreasonably withheld.

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Section 14 Interpretation.

	(1)	 	In this Agreement the words “including”, “includes” and “include” mean “including (or
includes or include) without limitation”. The expressions “Article”, “Section” and other
subdivision followed by a number mean and refer to the specified Article, Section or other
subdivision of this Agreement.
	 
	(2)	 	Any reference in this Agreement to gender includes all genders. Words importing the
singular number only include the plural and vice versa.
	 
	(3)	 	The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the
insertion of headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect its interpretation.
	 
	(4)	 	Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any reference to this Agreement, the
Debenture or any other Loan Document, is a reference to this Agreement, the Debenture or such
Loan Document as the same may have been or may from time to time be amended, modified,
extended, renewed, restated, replaced or supplemented and includes all schedules to it.

Section 15 Amendment.

     This Agreement may only be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by written agreement
executed by the Collateral Agent (with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Obligor.

Section 16 Severability.

     If any court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal exists or is taken determines any
provision of this Agreement to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be severed
from this Agreement and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Section 17 Governing Law.

     This Agreement will be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

Section 18 Agreement Paramount.

	(1)	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in the
Debenture or this Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreement, it
is the intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall
be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control and govern.

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	(2)	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY: (i) THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST
GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE DEBENTURE AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT
AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS
OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT OR THE DEBENTURE, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL; AND (ii) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 11.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF
REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Obligor has executed this Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signing Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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Exhibit M
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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS ITALIA SPA

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	5	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 	 	7	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 	 	7	 
	5. ACCOUNTS
	 	 	8	 
	6. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 	 	9	 
	7. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 	 	10	 
	8. RECEIVER
	 	 	11	 
	9. POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 	 	12	 
	10. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	14	 
	11. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	14	 
	12. DELEGATION
	 	 	15	 
	13. FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	15	 
	14. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	15	 
	15. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	16	 
	16. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	18	 
	17. RELEASE
	 	 	20	 
	18. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	20	 
	19. NOTICES
	 	 	20	 
	20. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	21	 
	21. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	22	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Security Assets
	 	 	24	 
	PART 1             Security Accounts
	 	 	24	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Forms of Letter for Security Accounts
	 	 	25	 
	PART 1             Notice to Account Bank
	 	 	25	 
	PART 2             Acknowledgement of Account Bank
	 	 	28	 
	PART 3             Letter for Operation of Security Accounts
	 	 	30	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS ITALIA SPA a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Italy, having
its registered office at Bresso (Milano), Via Vittorio Veneto 106 which is registered with the
register of Companies of Milan and tax code under no. 04598460964 (the Chargor); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions

	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):

	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.

	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.

	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.

	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.

	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.

	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the security agreement dated on or about the date
of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.

	 	 	Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

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	 	 	(a) any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets); and

	 	 	(b) in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of any
such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.

	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.

	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.

	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.

	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

		Territory means England and Wales.
	 
	1.2	 	Construction

	 	 	In this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement, contract,
deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver, novation,
modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and amended
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;
	 
	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event of
Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the by
the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);
	 
	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included shall
be construed accordingly;

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	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.
	 
	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision
of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it
may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice
versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated

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	 	 	 	in this Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of
any freehold or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition
in accordance with section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1989.
	 
	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will
not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a
party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is not
required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.

	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
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	 	 	RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of
all the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with the
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent immediately;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the Chargor
must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral Agent a
copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

	2.2	 	Credit balances

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each Security Account and the debt represented by that account,
other than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.

	2.3	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets purported
to be charged under Clause 2.2 that are not effectively charged by way of fixed charge
or assigned under this Deed.

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	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the Chargor
convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a fixed charge
as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in danger
of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment, execution or
other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to take
any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is
likely to result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph
(a) of Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a fixed
charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

	 	 	 	under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral Agent
receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating charge
for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above in
relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or abandonment
of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of any other
asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or any other
Loan Document.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

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	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is not
liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration or
otherwise; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights provided
for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security Assets have
been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the Security as
against any third party; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held by
the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to
be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of the Security
Accounts; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Security Accounts,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

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	5.	 	ACCOUNTS

	5.1	 	Accounts

	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.

	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account in
replacement of a Security Account with a new Account Bank after the proposed new
Account Bank agrees with the Collateral Agent and the Chargor, in a manner
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the role of the Account Bank under
this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to the
credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may require
to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances (including the
execution of bank mandate forms); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney
to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.

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	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise transfer
any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security Account
except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at
any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security Account
in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause 5.5 or as
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days of the date
of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant
Account Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to paragraph
(c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	6.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	6.1	 	Timing

	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

	6.2	 	Enforcement

	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.

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	7.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	7.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under section
103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages (including under
section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended
so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept
surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and
without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	7.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	7.3	 	Privileges

	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).

	7.4	 	Protection of third parties

	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;
	 
	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	7.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

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	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	7.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.

	8.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	8.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at
any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a result
of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as defined
in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	8.2	 	Removal

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

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	8.3	 	Remuneration

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.

	8.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by
a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	8.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	9.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER

	9.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this Clause
in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under the
Insolvency Act 1986; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions conferred
on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the Insolvency
Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	9.2	 	Possession

	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	9.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.

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	9.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	9.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	9.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

	9.7	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.

	9.8	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.

	9.9	 	Receipts

	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.

	9.10	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.

	9.11	 	Delegation

	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	9.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.

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	9.13	 	Protection of assets

	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.

	9.14	 	Other powers

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers
or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	10.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to
apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by
applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party

	11.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The provisions of sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15, 7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of
the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Deed mutatis mutandis so that references in
those sections to “the Loan Party” or similar references will be read as “the
Chargor”. The Chargor hereby agrees to be bound by such provisions.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 16.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

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	12.	 	DELEGATION

	12.1	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

	12.2	 	Terms

	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

	12.3	 	Liability

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

	13.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	14.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The

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	 	 	Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.

	15.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	15.1	 	Continuing security

	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

	15.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	15.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement
in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	15.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or

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	 	 	claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency, administration,
winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or any other person
before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	15.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the
Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	15.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party
or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	15.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and

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	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	15.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

	15.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.

	16.	 	MISCELLANEOUS

	16.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor covenants with the Collateral Agent as trustee for the Secured
Parties that it shall on demand of the Collateral Agent discharge all obligations
which any Loan Party may at any time have to the Collateral Agent (whether for its own
account or as trustee for the Secured Parties) or any other Secured Party under or
pursuant to the Loan Documents (including this Deed) including any liability in
respect of any further advances made under the Loan Documents, whether present or
future, actual or contingent (and whether incurred solely or jointly and whether as
principal or as surety or in some other capacity) and the Chargor shall pay to the
Collateral Agent when due and payable every sum at any time owing, due or incurred by
any Loan Party to the Security Agent (whether for its own account or as trustee for
the Secured Parties) or any other Secured Party in respect of any such liabilities,
provided that neither such covenant nor this Security shall extend to or include any
liability or sum which would, but for this proviso, cause such covenant or security to
be unlawful or prohibited by any applicable law.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or any other Loan Document,
it is expressly agreed and understood that:

	 	(i)	 	the sole recourse of the Collateral Agent (and any Receiver
or other person) to the Chargor under this Deed is to the Chargor’s interest
in the assets the subject of Security pursuant to clauses 2.2 to 2.3 of this
Deed; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the liability of the Chargor to the Collateral Agent,
Receiver and any Secured Party pursuant to or in connection with the Loan
Documents shall be:

	 	(1)	 	limited in aggregate to an amount equal to
that recovered as a result of enforcement of this Deed with respect
to the assets the subject of Security pursuant to clauses 2.2 to 2.3
of this Deed; and

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	 	(2)	 	satisfied only from the proceeds of sale or
other disposal or realisation of the assets the subject of Security
pursuant to clauses 2.2 to 2.3 of this Deed.

	16.2	 	Interest

	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.

	16.3	 	Tacking

	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).

	16.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	16.5	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	16.6	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.

	16.7	 	Perpetuity period

	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.

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	16.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this
Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the
purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after this Security
has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in
or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken
into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm
of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method
of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable
method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	17.	 	RELEASE

	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.

	18.	 	COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

	19.	 	NOTICES

	19.1	 	Communications in Writing

	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

	19.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to
a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in Clause
21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax number
or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral Agent (or
the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by the
Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 19.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:

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Via Vittorio Veneto 106

Bresso (MI)

Italy

Attention: dott. Cesare Galè

with a copy to

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht (Zürich)

Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	19.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received
by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of
the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details
(or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for
this purpose).

	19.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	19.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	20.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

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	21.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	21.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.

	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle
any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral Agent
invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New
York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include
any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	21.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for service
of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Deed
and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment
	 
	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.
	 
	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	21.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;

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	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	21.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury

	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 — SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Bank	 	Security Account number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London
	 	 	 	Novelis Italia SpA (USD)

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

To:          [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has charged
(by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan Security
Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America,
N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan Security
Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in
respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b) 	(i)	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by you from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	 	(ii)	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any Net
Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	(i)	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent;
and
	 
	 	 	(ii)	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	(i)	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 	 	(ii)	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net
Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To:          Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the
Notice;
	 
	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in
any Security Account;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;
	 
	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has
occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time
unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as
instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and
	 
	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us unless
otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To:          [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred to
in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor; and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

	 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent

Receipt acknowledged

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 

	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed
	 	)	 	 
	 
	by duly appointed attorney
	 	)	 	                                        Attorney
	 
	For and on behalf of
	 	)	 	                                        Attorney
	 
	NOVELIS ITALIA SPA
	 	)	 	 

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:
 

         Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page
	1. INTERPRETATION

	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY

	 	 	5	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL

	 	 	7	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	7	 
	5. ACCOUNTS

	 	 	8	 
	6. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	 	 	9	 
	7. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

	 	 	9	 
	8. RECEIVER

	 	 	11	 
	9. POWERS OF RECEIVER

	 	 	12	 
	10. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	 	14	 
	11. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	 	14	 
	12. DELEGATION

	 	 	15	 
	13. FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	15	 
	14. POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	15	 
	15. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	 	 	16	 
	16. MISCELLANEOUS

	 	 	18	 
	17. RELEASE

	 	 	20	 
	18. COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	20	 
	19. NOTICES

	 	 	20	 
	20. GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	21	 
	21. ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	22	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Security Assets

	 	 	24	 
	PART 1 Security Accounts

	 	 	24	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Forms of Letter for Security Accounts

	 	 	25	 
	PART 1 Notice to Account Bank

	 	 	25	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Account Bank

	 	 	28	 
	PART 3 Letter for Operation of Security Accounts

	 	 	30	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE SAS A French “Société par actions simplifiée” with a share capital of
EUR 8,198,725 Registered office: Le Moulin à Papier 27 250 Rugles, France Registered with the
Trade and Companies Registry of Evreux under number 414 870 121(the Chargor); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Credit Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	Definitions

	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):

	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.

	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.

	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.

	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.

	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.

	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the security agreement dated on or about the date
of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.

	 	 	Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

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	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets); and

	 	(b)	 	in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of
any such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.
	 
	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Territory means England and Wales.

	1.2	 	Construction

	 	 	In this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement,
contract, deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);

	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver,
novation, modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and
amended shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues
and rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual
or contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent,
exemption, licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission
or waiver;

	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event
of Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the
by the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);

	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;

	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included
shall be construed accordingly;

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	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;

	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any
undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or
any two or more of the foregoing; and

	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request
or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of
law compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body,
agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);

	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;

	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;

	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or
provision of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of
law, as it may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;

	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and

	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and
vice versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment
obligation) remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit
of each Secured Party.

	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated

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	 	 	 	in this Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of
any freehold or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition
in accordance with section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1989.

	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security
Assets if the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a
Secured Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside
on the liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid
will not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.

	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or
any type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and

	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is
not a party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999.

	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is
not required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.

	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE

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	 	 	RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY

	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;

	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance
of all the Secured Obligations; and

	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with
the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent
immediately;

	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the
Chargor must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and

	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral
Agent a copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted
in Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

	2.2	 	Credit balances

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each Security Account and the debt represented by that account,
other than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.

	2.3	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets
purported to be charged under Clause 2.2 that are not effectively charged by way of
fixed charge or assigned under this Deed.

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	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the
Chargor convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a
fixed charge as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;

	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in
danger of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment,
execution or other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or

	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to
take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is
likely to result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph
(a) of Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a
fixed charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or

	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

        under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral
Agent receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or

	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or

	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating
charge for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above
in relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or
abandonment of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of
any other asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or
any other Loan Document.

	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance
with paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

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	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL

	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is
not liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration
or otherwise; and

	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;

	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to
be created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or

	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations
and recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights
provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security
Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the
Security as against any third party; and

	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held
by the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in
this Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated
by the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.

	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed
to be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of the Security
Accounts; or

	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Security Accounts,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

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	5.	 	ACCOUNTS

	5.1	 	Accounts

	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.

	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account
in replacement of a Security Account with a new Account Bank after the proposed new
Account Bank agrees with the Collateral Agent and the Chargor, in a manner
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the role of the Account Bank under
this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to
the credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.

	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may
require to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the
preceding provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances
(including the execution of bank mandate forms); and

	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its
attorney to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.

	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.

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	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise
transfer any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security
Account except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn
at any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.

	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security
Account in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause
5.5 or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each
relevant Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of
Part 2 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days
of the date of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).

	6.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	6.1	 	Timing

	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

	6.2	 	Enforcement

	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.

	7.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

	7.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.

	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations
are deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.

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	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under
section 103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages
(including under section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.

	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are
extended so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases,
accept surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit
and without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	7.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or

	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	7.3	 	Privileges

	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).

	7.4	 	Protection of third parties

	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting
to exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;

	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	7.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral
Agent may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or

	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to
itself; and/or

	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

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	7.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.

	7.7	 	Limitation

	 	(a)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Chargor under this Deed shall not
include any obligation or liability which if incurred would constitute the provision
of financial assistance within the meaning of article L.225-216 of the French Code de
commerce and/or would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of
article L.241-3 or L.242-6 of the French Code de commerce or any other laws or
regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts.

	 	(b)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Chargor under this Deed for the
obligations of any Loan Party which is not a subsidiary of the Chargor shall be
limited at any time to an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts borrowed under
the Credit Agreement by a Borrower to the extent directly or indirectly on-lent to the
Chargor under inter-company loan agreements or otherwise provided to the Chargor
and/or its subsidiaries and outstanding, it being specified that any monies received
or recovered by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver pursuant to this Deed shall
reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of the inter-company loans due by the Chargor
under the inter-company loan arrangements referred to above or otherwise provided to
the Chargor and/or its subsidiaries

	8.	 	RECEIVER

	8.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or
more persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or

	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing
at any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or
in writing under its hand.

	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of
a mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a
result of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.

	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as
defined in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

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	8.2	 	Removal

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

	8.3	 	Remuneration

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.

	8.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes
and accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed
by a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.

	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to
any other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	8.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	9.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER

	9.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the
rights, powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under
the Insolvency Act 1986; and

	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions
conferred on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the
Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	9.2	 	Possession

	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.

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	9.3	 	Carry on business

	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.

	9.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents,
accountants, servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such
terms as to remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	9.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	9.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any
Security Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and
on any terms which he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash,
debentures or other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any
such consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any
period which he thinks fit.

	9.7	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.

	9.8	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.

	9.9	 	Receipts

	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.

	9.10	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.

	9.11	 	Delegation

	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.

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	9.12	 	Lending

	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.

	9.13	 	Protection of assets

	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.

	9.14	 	Other powers

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary
for realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights,
powers or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by
law;

	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities
and things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and

	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	10.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral
Agent or any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any
part of the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured
Parties from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed
to apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted
by applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover
any shortfall from a Loan Party

	11.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The provisions of sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15, 7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of
the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Deed mutatis mutandis so that references in
those sections to “the Loan Party” or similar references will be read as “the
Chargor”. The Chargor hereby agrees to be bound by such provisions.

	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 16.2 (Interest).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

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	12.	 	DELEGATION

	12.1	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

	12.2	 	Terms

	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

	12.3	 	Liability

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

	13.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by
or pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);

	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;

	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable
by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or

	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;

	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and

	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	14.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The

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	 	 	Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.

	15.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	15.1	 	Continuing security

	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

	15.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or
any security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.

	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	15.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;

	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or
arrangement;

	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;

	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other
requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of
any security;

	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;

	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other
document or security; or

	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	15.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
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	 	 	claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency, administration,
winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or any other person
before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	15.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights
held or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or

	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and

	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the Chargor‘s liability under this Deed.

	15.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the
Loan Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or

	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);

	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity
in respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;

	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan
Party or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or
agent on its behalf); or

	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	15.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and

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	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	15.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

	15.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.

	16.	 	MISCELLANEOUS

	16.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor covenants with the Collateral Agent as trustee for the
Secured Parties that it shall on demand of the Collateral Agent discharge all
obligations which any Loan Party may at any time have to the Collateral Agent (whether
for its own account or as trustee for the Secured Parties) or any other Secured Party
under or pursuant to the Loan Documents (including this Deed) including any liability
in respect of any further advances made under the Loan Documents, whether present or
future, actual or contingent (and whether incurred solely or jointly and whether as
principal or as surety or in some other capacity) and the Chargor shall pay to the
Collateral Agent when due and payable every sum at any time owing, due or incurred by
any Loan Party to the Security Agent (whether for its own account or as trustee for
the Secured Parties) or any other Secured Party in respect of any such liabilities,
provided that neither such covenant nor this Security shall extend to or include any
liability or sum which would, but for this proviso, cause such covenant or security to
be unlawful or prohibited by any applicable law.

	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or any other Loan
Document, it is expressly agreed and understood that:

	 	(i)	 	the sole recourse of the Collateral Agent (and any
Receiver or other person) to the Chargor under this Deed is to the Chargor’s
interest in the assets the subject of Security pursuant to clauses 2.2 to 2.3
of this Deed; and

	 	(ii)	 	the liability of the Chargor to the Collateral Agent,
Receiver and any Secured Party pursuant to or in connection with the Loan
Documents shall be:

	 	(1)	 	limited in aggregate to an amount equal
to that recovered as a result of enforcement of this Deed with
respect to the assets the subject of Security pursuant to clauses 2.2
to 2.3 of this Deed; and

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	 	(2)	 	satisfied only from the proceeds of
sale or other disposal or realisation of the assets the subject of
Security pursuant to clauses 2.2 to 2.3 of this Deed.

	16.2	 	Interest

	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.

	16.3	 	Tacking

	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).

	16.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset,
any Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.

	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be
credited or be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate
to reduce any Secured Obligation.

	16.5	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and

	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	16.6	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.

	16.7	 	Perpetuity period

	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.

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	16.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed
constitute “financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor
under this Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case
for the purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2)
Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after
this Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial
collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial
collateral appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the
credit of each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted
interest, at the time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of
any other asset, such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines
having taken into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or
accountancy firm of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree
that the method of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially
reasonable method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	17.	 	RELEASE

	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.

	18.	 	COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

	19.	 	NOTICES

	19.1	 	Communications in Writing

	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

	19.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be
given to a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in
Clause 21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax
number or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral
Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by
the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.

	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 19.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:

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Novelis Foil France SAS

Le Moulin à Papier

27 250 Rugles

France

Attention: Plant Manager

with a copy to

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	19.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the
relevant address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in
the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral
Agent under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually
received by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the
attention of the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s
communication details (or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent
shall specify for this purpose).

	19.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	19.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in
English.

	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must
be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	20.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

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	21.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	21.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.

	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to
settle any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral
Agent invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the
New York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and

	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed
include any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	21.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for
service of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with
this Deed and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment

	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for
any reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.

	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by
law.

	21.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured
Party against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on
its behalf;

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	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any
process in connection with those proceedings; and

	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	21.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury

	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 — SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Bank	 	Security Account number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London

	 	 	 	 	 	Novelis Foil France SAS (GBP)
	 
	DB London

	 	 	 	 	 	Novelis Foil France SAS (USD)

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

To:          [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has
charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for
the Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan
Security Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of
America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan
Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its
rights in respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	(i)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction
relating to any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) received by you from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	 	(ii)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Net Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	(i) 	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent; and
	 
	 	 	(ii)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	(i) 	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 	 	(ii)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any
Net Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the
Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit
of the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to
any Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order
of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit
of each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with
the Notice;

	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party
in any Security Account;

	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;

	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating
to any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has
occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by
law;

	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash
Proceeds Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time unless otherwise required by law;

	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account,
as instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and

	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a
Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us
unless otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred
to in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved
to any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor;
and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or
pooling facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account
against credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security
Accounts are included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent

Receipt acknowledged

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	by duly appointed attorney

	 	 	)	 	 	Attorney
	For and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.

	 	 	)	 	 	 

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:

 

			
	 	 	Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

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EXECUTION
COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

___________________________________________

SECURITY AGREEMENT

___________________________________________

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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	CONTENTS	 	 	 
	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	5	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 	 	7	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 	 	8	 
	5. ACCOUNTS
	 	 	8	 
	6. CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 	 	10	 
	7. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 	 	12	 
	8. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 	 	12	 
	9. ADMINISTRATOR
	 	 	13	 
	10. RECEIVER
	 	 	14	 
	11. POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 	 	15	 
	12. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	16	 
	13. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	17	 
	14. DELEGATION
	 	 	17	 
	15. FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	17	 
	16. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	18	 
	17. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	18	 
	18. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	20	 
	19. RELEASE
	 	 	22	 
	20. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	22	 
	21. NOTICES
	 	 	22	 
	22. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	23	 
	23. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	24	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Security Assets
	 	 	26	 
	PART 1 Security Accounts
	 	 	26	 
	PART 2 Cash Management Documents
	 	 	26	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Forms of Letter for Security Accounts
	 	 	27	 
	PART 1 Notice to Account Bank
	 	 	27	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Account Bank
	 	 	30	 
	PART 3 Letter for Operation of Security Accounts
	 	 	32	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Forms of Letter for Cash Management Documents
	 	 	34	 
	PART 1 Notice to Counterparty
	 	 	34	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Counterparty
	 	 	36	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A. a limited liability company organized under the laws of Luxembourg,
having its registered office address at Zone Industrielle Riedgen, L-3451, Dudelange and is
registered in the commercial and companies register under number B19358(the Chargor); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions

	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):

	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.

	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.

	 	 	Cash Management Document means any agreement specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security
Assets) and any other agreement between two or more members of the Group to which the
Chargor is a party that provides for any cash pooling, set-off or netting arrangement,
including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.

	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.

	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.

	 	 	Realisation Notice means the written notice (Androhung) given by the Collateral Agent to
the Chargor in advance of its intention to realise any of the Security Assets.

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	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.

	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the security agreement dated on or about the date
of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.

	 	 	Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	(i)any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets);

	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and

	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of any
such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.
	 
	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Territory means England and Wales.
	 
	1.2	 	Construction
	 
	 	 	In this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement, contract,
deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);

	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver, novation,
modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and amended
shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

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	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;

	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event of
Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the by
the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);

	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;

	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included shall
be construed accordingly;

	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;

	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and

	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);

	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;

	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;

	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision
of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it
may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

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	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;

	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and

	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice
versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.
	 
	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will
not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a
party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is not
required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.

	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL.

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	 	 	EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.
	 
	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of
all the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with the
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent immediately;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the Chargor
must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral Agent a
copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

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	2.2	 	Credit balances

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each account with any person established in the Territory,
including each of its Security Accounts, and the debt represented by that account, other
than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.

	2.3	 	Book debts etc.

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts that are payable in the Territory;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it that are payable in the Territory; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature enjoyed or
held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	2.4	 	Cash Management Documents

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all of its rights in respect of its Cash Management Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 2.1(b), to
the extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable or
capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which the Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.
	 
	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this Clause
and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, the Chargor
charges by way of fixed charge all of its rights under the Cash Management Documents.

	2.5	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets purported
to be charged under Clauses 2.2 to 2.4 that are not effectively charged by way of
fixed charge or assigned under this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the Chargor
convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a fixed charge
as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in danger
of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment, execution or
other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to take
any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is
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	 	 	 	result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph
(a) of Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a fixed
charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

	 	 	under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 

	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral Agent
receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating charge
for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above in
relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or abandonment
of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of any other
asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or any other
Loan Document.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is not
liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration or
otherwise; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

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	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights provided
for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security Assets have
been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the Security as
against any third party; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held by
the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to
be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets;
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	5.1	 	Accounts
	 
	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account with
a new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral
Agent and the Chargor, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the
role of the Account Bank under this Deed.

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	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to the
credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may require
to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances (including the
execution of bank mandate forms); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney
to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise transfer
any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security Account
except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at
any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security Account
in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause 5.5 or as
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Book debts and receipts

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary
investment;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

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	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into a Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, the Chargor must, except to the extent that
the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation referred to under Clause 5.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant Account,
into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	5.5	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days of the date
of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant
Account Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to paragraph
(c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	6.	 	CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 
	6.1	 	Representations
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Cash Management Documents is its legally binding, valid, and
enforceable obligation;
	 
	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations under
any of its Cash Management Documents;

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	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no prohibition
on assignment in any of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any term
of any of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.2	 	Preservation
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless permitted by
the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Cash Management
Documents; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or enforceability of any
of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.3	 	Other undertaking
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform its obligations in all material respects under each
of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its Cash
Management Documents and any information and documentation relating to any of its Cash
Management Documents if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	6.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, the
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Cash Management Documents,
but only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor) any of the Chargor’s rights under its Cash
Management Documents.

	6.5	 	Notices of assignment
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of Part 1
of Schedule 3 (Forms of letter for Cash Management Documents), on each of the other
parties to each of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Forms of
letter for Cash Management Documents) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any
Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

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	7.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	7.1	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.
	 
	7.2	 	Enforcement
	 
	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.
	 
	8.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	8.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under section
103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages (including under
section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended
so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept
surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and
without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	8.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	8.3	 	Privileges
	 
	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).
	 
	8.4	 	Protection of third parties
	 
	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

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	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	8.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	8.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.
	 
	9.	 	ADMINISTRATOR
	 
	9.1	 	Appointment of Administrator

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the Insolvency Act 1986, at any time and from time to time after
this Security becomes enforceable in accordance with Clause 7.1, or if the Chargor so
requests the Collateral Agent in writing from time to time, the Collateral Agent may
appoint any one or more qualified persons to be an Administrator of the Chargor, to
act together or independently of the other or others appointed (to the extent
applicable).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any such appointment may be made pursuant to an application to court under
paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Administration application) or
by filing specified documents with the court under paragraphs 14 — 21 of Schedule B1
of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Appointment of administrator by holder of floating
charge).
	 
	 	(c)	 	In this Clause qualified person means a person who, under the Insolvency Act
1986, is qualified to act as an Administrator of any company with respect to which he
is appointed.

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	10.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	10.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at
any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a result
of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as defined
in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	10.2	 	Removal
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.
	 
	10.3	 	Remuneration
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.
	 
	10.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by
a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	10.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security

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	 	 	becomes enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.
	 
	11.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	11.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this Clause
in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under the
Insolvency Act 1986; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions conferred
on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the Insolvency
Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	11.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	11.3	 	Carry on business

A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
	 
	11.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	11.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	11.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

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	11.7	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.
	 
	11.8	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	11.9	 	Receipts

	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	11.10	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.
	 
	11.11	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	11.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.
	 
	11.13	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.
	 
	11.14	 	Other powers

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers
or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	12.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to
apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent

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	 	 	 	permitted by applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party

	13.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 19.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

	14.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	14.1	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.
	 
	14.2	 	Terms

	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

	14.3	 	Liability

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

	15.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or

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	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.
	 
	16.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.
	 
	17.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 
	17.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.
	 
	17.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	17.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;

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	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement
in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	17.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	17.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the Chargor‘s liability under this Deed.

	17.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);

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	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party
or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.
	 
	17.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	17.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	17.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	18.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Credit Agreement.
	 
	18.2	 	Interest

	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the

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	 	 	date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.

	18.3	 	Tacking

	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).
	 
	18.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	18.5	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.
	 
	18.6	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.
	 
	18.7	 	Perpetuity period
	 
	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.

	 
	18.8	 	Financial Collateral 

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this
Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the
purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after this Security
has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in
or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

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	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken
into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm
of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method
of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable
method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	19.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.
	 
	20.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	21.	 	NOTICES
	 
	21.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
	 
	21.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to
a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in Clause
21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax number
or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral Agent (or
the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by the
Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 21.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:
	 	 	 	Novelis Luxembourg SA
	 	 	 	Zone Industrielle de Riedgen
	 	 	 	L-3401 Dudelange
	 
	 	 	 	Luxembourg
	 
	 	 	 	Phone: +352 51 86 64 -1
	 	 	 	Fax: + 352 51 86 64 210
	 
	 	 	 	Attention: Plant Manager

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	 	 	 	cc:
	 	 	 	Novelis AG
	 	 	 	att. Legal Department
	 	 	 	Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 	 	 	CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH
	 	 	 	Switzerland
	 
	 	 	 	Phone: +41 44 386 2150
	 	 	 	Fax: +41 44 386 2309

	21.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received
by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of
the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details
(or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for
this purpose).

	21.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	21.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	22.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

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	23.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	23.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle
any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral Agent
invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New
York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include
any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	23.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for service
of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Deed
and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment
	 
	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.
	 
	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	23.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;

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	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	23.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury

	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 — SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Security Account	 	 
	Account Bank	 	number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London

	 	 	 	 	Novelis Luxembourg SA (GBP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DB London

	 	 	 	 	Novelis Luxembourg SA (USD)

PART 2 — CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

To: [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has charged
(by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan Security
Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America,
N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan Security
Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in
respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	(a)
	 	 	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	 
	(i) 	 comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by you from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	 	 	(ii)
	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any Net
Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	(i)
	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent;
and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(ii)
	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(d)
	 	(i)
	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(ii)
	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net
Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(e)
	 	 	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

	 	 	 

	 

(Authorised signatory)

	 	 

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated
[      ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the
Notice;
	 
	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in
any Security Account;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;
	 
	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined
in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent;
	 
	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time
unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as
instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and
	 
	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us unless
otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

	 	 	 

	 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

	 	 

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred to
in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor; and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

                                        

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

                                        

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral

Agent

Receipt acknowledged

                                        

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

FORMS OF LETTER FOR CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

To: [Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties referred
to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority
assignee all of its rights in respect of [insert details of Cash Management Document(s)] (the
Cash Management Document[s]); and

	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Cash
Management Document[s].

We confirm that:

	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Cash Management Document to perform all the
obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Cash Management Document;

	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any] Cash
Management Document; and

	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Cash Management Document.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Cash
Management Document and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Cash Management
Document to the Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the

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Term Loan Release
Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent to the contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by, and notices must be
given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Cash Management Document[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law,

Yours faithfully,

	 	 	 

	 

(Authorised signatory)

	 	 

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST an
assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in
respect of [insert details of the Cash Management Document(s)] (the Cash Management Document[s])
and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the
terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the
Cash Management Document[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;

	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Cash Management
Document[s];

	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to [the][those] Cash Management Document[s] which the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time
request;

	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] and to allow the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and

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	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

	 	 	 

	 

(Authorised signatory)

	 	 

[Counterparty]

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SIGNATORIES

Executed as a Deed by the Chargor

acting by its duly appointed attorney

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

By:                                        

Title:                                        

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:

	 	 	 

	 

Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

	 	 

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page
	1.  INTERPRETATION
	 	1
	2.  CREATION OF SECURITY
	 	5
	3.  REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 	7
	4.  RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 	8
	5.  ACCOUNTS
	 	8
	6.  CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 	10
	7.  WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 	11
	8.  ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 	12
	9.  ADMINISTRATOR
	 	13
	10. RECEIVER
	 	14
	11. POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 	15
	12. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	17
	13. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY
	 	17
	14. DELEGATION
	 	17
	15. FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	18
	16. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	18
	17. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 	18
	18. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	21
	19. RELEASE
	 	22
	20. COUNTERPARTS
	 	22
	21. NOTICES
	 	23
	22. GOVERNING LAW
	 	24
	23. ENFORCEMENT
	 	24
	SCHEDULE 1   Security Assets
	 	26
	PART 1
              Security Accounts
	 	26
	PART 2               Cash Management Documents
	 	26
	SCHEDULE 2   Forms of Letter for Security Accounts
	 	27
	PART 1               Notice to Account Bank
	 	27
	PART 2               Acknowledgement of Account Bank
	 	30
	PART 3               Letter for Operation of Security Accounts
	 	32
	SCHEDULE 3   Forms of Letter for Cash Management Documents
	 	34
	PART 1               Notice to Counterparty
	 	34
	PART 2               Acknowledgement of Counterparty
	 	36

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS PAE a French Société par actions simplifiée with a share capital of EUR 4,040,000
Registered office: 725 rue Aristide Bergès — 38340 VOREPPE, France, Registered with the Trade
and Companies Registry of Grenoble under number 421 528 555 (the Chargor); and
	 
	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.
	 
	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):
	 
	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.
	 
	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.
	 
	 	 	Cash Management Document means any agreement specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security
Assets) and any other agreement between two or more members of the Group to which the
Chargor is a party that provides for any cash pooling, set-off or netting arrangement,
including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.
	 
	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.
	 
	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Realisation Notice means the written notice (Androhung) given by the Collateral Agent to
the Chargor in advance of its intention to realise any of the Security Assets.

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	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.
	 
	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the security agreement dated on or about the date
of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets);
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of any
such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.
	 
	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Territory means England and Wales.
	 
	1.2	 	Construction
	 
	 	 	In this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement, contract,
deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver, novation,
modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and amended
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

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	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;
	 
	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event of
Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the by
the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);
	 
	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included shall
be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.
	 
	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision
of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it
may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

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	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice
versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.
	 
	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will
not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a
party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is not
required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed
	 
	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL.

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	 	 	EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY,
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE
EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.
	 
	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.
	 
	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of
all the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with the
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent immediately;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the Chargor
must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral Agent a
copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

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	2.2	 	Credit balances
	 
	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each account with any person established in the Territory,
including each of its Security Accounts, and the debt represented by that account, other
than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	2.3	 	Book debts etc.
	 
	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts that are payable in the Territory;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it that are payable in the Territory; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature enjoyed or
held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	2.4	 	Cash Management Documents

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all of its rights in respect of its Cash Management Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 2.1(b), to
the extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable or
capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which the Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.
	 
	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this Clause
and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, the Chargor
charges by way of fixed charge all of its rights under the Cash Management Documents.

	2.5	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets purported
to be charged under Clauses 2.2 to 2.4 that are not effectively charged by way of
fixed charge or assigned under this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the Chargor
convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a fixed charge
as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in danger
of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment, execution or
other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to take
any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is
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	 	 	 	result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph (a) of
Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a fixed
charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

	 	 	 	under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral Agent
receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating charge
for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above in
relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or abandonment
of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of any other
asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or any other
Loan Document.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is not
liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration or
otherwise; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

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	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights provided
for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security Assets have
been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the Security as
against any third party; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held by
the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to
be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets;
or

	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	5.1	 	Accounts
	 
	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account with
a new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral
Agent and the Chargor, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the
role of the Account Bank under this Deed.

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	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to the
credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may require
to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances (including the
execution of bank mandate forms); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney
to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise transfer
any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security Account
except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at
any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security Account
in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause 5.5 or as
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Book debts and receipts

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary
investment;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

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	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into a Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and

	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, the Chargor must, except to the extent that
the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation referred to under Clause 5.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant Account,
into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	5.5	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days of the date
of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant
Account Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to paragraph
(c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	6.	 	CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 
	6.1	 	Representations
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Cash Management Documents is its legally binding, valid, and
enforceable obligation;
	 
	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations under
any of its Cash Management Documents;
	 
	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no prohibition
on assignment in any of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any term
of any of its Cash Management Documents.

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	6.2	 	Preservation
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless permitted by
the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Cash Management
Documents; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or enforceability of any
of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.3	 	Other undertaking
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform its obligations in all material respects under each
of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its Cash
Management Documents and any information and documentation relating to any of its Cash
Management Documents if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	6.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, the
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Cash Management Documents,
but only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor) any of the Chargor’s rights under its Cash
Management Documents.

	6.5	 	Notices of assignment
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of Part 1
of Schedule 3 (Forms of letter for Cash Management Documents), on each of the other
parties to each of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Forms of
letter for Cash Management Documents) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any
Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

	7.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	7.1	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

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	7.2	 	Enforcement
	 
	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.

	8.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	8.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under section
103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages (including under
section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended
so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept
surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and
without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	8.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	8.3	 	Privileges
	 
	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).

	8.4	 	Protection of third parties
	 
	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;
	 
	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

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	8.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	8.6	 	Contingencies
	 
	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.
	 
	8.7	 	Limitation

	 	(a)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Chargor under this Deed shall not
include any obligation or liability which if incurred would constitute the provision
of financial assistance within the meaning of article L.225-216 of the French Code de
commerce and/or would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of
article L.241-3 or L.242-6 of the French Code de commerce or any other laws or
regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Chargor under this Deed for the
obligations of any Loan Party which is not a Subsidiary of the Chargor shall be
limited at any time to an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts borrowed under
the Credit Agreement by a Borrower to the extent directly or indirectly on-lent to the
Chargor under inter-company loan agreements or otherwise provided to the Chargor
and/or its subsidiaries and outstanding at the date a payment is to be made by the
Chargor under Article VII (Guarantee) of the Credit Agreement, it being specified that
any monies received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver pursuant to
this Deed shall reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of the inter-company loans due
by the Chargor under the inter-company loan arrangements referred to above or
otherwise provided to the Chargor and/or its subsidiaries.

	9.	 	ADMINISTRATOR
	 
	9.1	 	Appointment of Administrator

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the Insolvency Act 1986, at any time and from time to time after
this Security becomes enforceable in accordance with Clause 7.1, or if the Chargor so
requests the Collateral Agent in writing from time to time, the Collateral Agent may
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	 	 	 	the Chargor, to act together or independently of the other or others appointed (to
the extent applicable).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any such appointment may be made pursuant to an application to court under
paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Administration application) or
by filing specified documents with the court under paragraphs 14 — 21 of Schedule B1
of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Appointment of administrator by holder of floating
charge).
	 
	 	(c)	 	In this Clause qualified person means a person who, under the Insolvency Act
1986, is qualified to act as an Administrator of any company with respect to which he
is appointed.

	10.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	10.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at
any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a result
of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as defined
in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	10.2	 	Removal
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.
	 
	10.3	 	Remuneration
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.

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	10.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by
a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	10.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.
	 
	11.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	11.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this Clause
in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under the
Insolvency Act 1986; and

	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions conferred
on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the Insolvency
Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	11.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	11.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
	 
	11.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

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	11.5	 	Borrow money
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.
	 
	11.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

	11.7	 	Compromise
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.
	 
	11.8	 	Legal actions
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	11.9	 	Receipts
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	11.10	 	Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.
	 
	11.11	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	11.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.
	 
	11.13	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.
	 
	11.14	 	Other powers
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

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	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers
or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	12.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to
apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by
applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party

	13.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 19.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

	14.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	14.1	 	Power of Attorney
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.
	 
	14.2	 	Terms
	 
	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

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	14.3	 	Liability
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.
	 
	15.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	16.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.
	 
	17.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 
	17.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

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	17.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	17.3	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement
in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	17.4	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	17.5	 	Appropriations
	 
	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

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	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the
Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	17.6	 	Non-competition
	 
	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party
or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	17.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	17.8	 	Delivery of documents
	 
	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the

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	 	 	Term Loan Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery
shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	17.9	 	Security held by Chargor
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	18.1	 	Covenant to pay
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Credit Agreement.
	 
	18.2	 	Interest
	 
	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	18.3	 	Tacking
	 
	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).
	 
	18.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	18.5	 	Time deposits
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

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	 	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	18.6	 	Notice of assignment
	 
	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.
	 
	18.7	 	Perpetuity period
	 
	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.
	 
	18.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this
Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the
purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after this Security
has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in
or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken
into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm
of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method
of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable
method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	19.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.

	20.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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	21.	 	NOTICES
	 
	21.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
	 
	21.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to
a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in Clause
21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax number
or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral Agent (or
the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by the
Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 21.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:

	 	 	 	Novelis PAE SAS

725 rue Aristide Berges

38340 Voreppe

France

Attention: Plant Manager
	 
	 	 	 	with a copy to

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	21.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received
by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of
the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details
(or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for
this purpose).

	21.4	 	Notification of address and fax number
	 
	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

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	21.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	22.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.
	 
	23.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	23.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle
any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral Agent
invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New
York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include
any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	23.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for service
of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Deed
and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment

	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days

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	 	 	 	of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the
Collateral Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process
agent for this purpose.
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.
	 
	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	23.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;
	 
	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	23.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury
	 
	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 — SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Bank	 	Security Account number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London

	 	 		 	 	Novelis PAE SAS (GBP)
	DB London

	 	 		 	 	Novelis PAE SAS (USD)

PART 2 — CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

	To: [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has charged
(by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and
	 
	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan Security
Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America,
N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan Security
Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in
respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	   (i)   	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by you from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	 	(ii) 	 comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any Net
Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	(i) 	 hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent;
and
	 
	 		(ii) 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	(i) 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 		(ii) 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net
Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the
Notice;
	 
	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in
any Security Account;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;
	 
	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has
occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time
unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as
instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and
	 
	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us unless
otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;
	 
	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred to
in that notice (the Security Accounts); and
	 
	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;
	 
	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor; and
	 
	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A.
 as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A.
 as Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent

Receipt acknowledged

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

FORMS OF LETTER FOR CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

To: [Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties referred
to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority
assignee all of its rights in respect of [insert details of Cash Management Document(s)] (the
Cash Management Document[s]); and
	 
	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Cash
Management Document[s].

We confirm that:

	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Cash Management Document to perform all the
obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Cash Management Document;
	 
	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any] Cash
Management Document; and
	 
	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Cash Management Document.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Cash
Management Document and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Cash Management
Document to the Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the

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Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent to the contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by,
and notices must be given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice
from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the
Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Cash Management Document[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law,

Yours faithfully,

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST an
assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in
respect of [insert details of the Cash Management Document(s)] (the Cash Management Document[s])
and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the
terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the
Cash Management Document[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;
	 
	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Cash Management
Document[s];
	 
	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to [the][those] Cash Management Document[s] which the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time
request;
	 
	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] and to allow the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and

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	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

(Authorised signatory)

[Counterparty]

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed
	 	)  	 	______
Attorney
	 
	by duly appointed attorney
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	 
	For and on behalf of
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	 
	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.
	 	)	 	 	 	 

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	SIGNED as a deed by 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent
acting by authorised signatory:

Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS SWITZERLAND S.A.

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND
THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF
THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL
GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page
	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	5	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 	 	7	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 	 	8	 
	5. ACCOUNTS
	 	 	8	 
	6. CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 	 	10	 
	7. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 	 	12	 
	8. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 	 	12	 
	9. ADMINISTRATOR
	 	 	13	 
	10. RECEIVER
	 	 	14	 
	11. POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 	 	15	 
	12. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	17	 
	13. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	17	 
	14. DELEGATION
	 	 	17	 
	15. FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	18	 
	16. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	18	 
	17. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	18	 
	18. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	21	 
	19. RELEASE
	 	 	22	 
	20. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	22	 
	21. NOTICES
	 	 	22	 
	22. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	24	 
	23. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	24	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Security Assets
	 	 	26	 
	PART 1 Security Accounts
	 	 	26	 
	PART 2 Cash Management Documents
	 	 	26	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Forms of Letter for Security Accounts
	 	 	27	 
	PART 1 Notice to Account Bank
	 	 	27	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Account Bank
	 	 	30	 
	PART 3 Letter for Operation of Security Accounts
	 	 	32	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Forms of Letter for Cash Management Documents
	 	 	34	 
	PART 1 Notice to Counterparty
	 	 	34	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Counterparty
	 	 	36	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND S.A. a limited liability company organized under the laws of
Switzerland, having its registered office at in registered office in Sierre, Switzerland under
CH-626.3.009.511-7 (a Chargor); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Credit Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions

	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):

	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.

	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.

	 	 	Cash Management Document means any agreement specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security
Assets) and any other agreement between two or more members of the Group to which the
Chargor is a party that provides for any cash pooling, set-off or netting arrangement,
including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.

	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.

	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.

	 	 	Realisation Notice means the written notice (Androhung) given by the Collateral Agent to
the Chargor in advance of its intention to realise any of the Security Assets.

	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.

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Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the security agreement dated on or about the date
of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.

Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets);

	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and

	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of
any such account.

Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.

Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.

Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.

Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.

Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Territory means England and Wales.

	1.2	 	Construction

	 	 	In this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement,
contract, deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);

	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver,
novation, modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and
amended shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;

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	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event
of Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the
by the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);

	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;

	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included
shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;

	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and

	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);

	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;

	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;

	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or
provision of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of
law, as it may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;

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	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and

	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and
vice versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment
obligation) remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit
of each Secured Party.

	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.

	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security
Assets if the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a
Secured Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside
on the liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid
will not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.

	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or
any type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and

	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is
not a party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999.

	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is
not required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.

	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT,

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	 	 	INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY
COLLATERAL AGENT.

	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;

	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance
of all the Secured Obligations; and

	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with
the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent
immediately;

	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the
Chargor must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and

	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral
Agent a copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted
in Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

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	2.2	 	Credit balances

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each account with any person established in the Territory,
including each of its Security Accounts, and the debt represented by that account, other
than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.

	2.3	 	Book debts etc.

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts that are payable in the Territory;

	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it that are payable in the Territory;
and

	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature enjoyed
or held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	2.4	 	Cash Management Documents

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all of its rights in respect of its Cash Management Documents.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 2.1(b),
to the extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable
or capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which the Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.

	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this
Clause and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, the Chargor
charges by way of fixed charge all of its rights under the Cash Management Documents.

	2.5	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets
purported to be charged under Clauses 2.2 to 2.4 that are not effectively charged by
way of fixed charge or assigned under this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the
Chargor convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a
fixed charge as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;

	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in
danger of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment,
execution or other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or

	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to
take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is
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	 	 	 	result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph (a) of
Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a
fixed charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or

	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

     under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral Agent
receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or

	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or

	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating
charge for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above
in relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or
abandonment of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of
any other asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or
any other Loan Document.

	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is
not liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration
or otherwise; and

	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;

	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

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	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or

	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations
and recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights
provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security
Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the
Security as against any third party; and

	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held by
the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated
by the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.

	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed
to be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its
assets; or

	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	5.1	 	Accounts

	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.

	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account
with a new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral
Agent and the Chargor, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the
role of the Account Bank under this Deed.

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	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to
the credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.

	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may
require to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the
preceding provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances
(including the execution of bank mandate forms); and

	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its
attorney to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.

	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise
transfer any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security
Account except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at
any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.

	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security
Account in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause
5.5 or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Book debts and receipts

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary
investment;

	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and

	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

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	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into a Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and

	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, the Chargor must, except to the
extent that the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting
in and realisation referred to under Clause 5.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant
Account, into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	5.5	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each
relevant Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of
Part 2 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days
of the date of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank::

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant
Account Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavors to procure that each
relevant Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to
paragraph (c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	6.	 	CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 
	6.1	 	Representations

     The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Cash Management Documents is its legally binding, valid, and
enforceable obligation;

	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations
under any of its Cash Management Documents;

	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no
prohibition on assignment in any of its Cash Management Documents; and

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	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any
term of any of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.2	 	Preservation
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless permitted
by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Cash Management
Documents; or

	 	(b)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or enforceability of
any of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.3	 	Other undertaking
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform its obligations in all material respects under
each of its Cash Management Documents; and

	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its
Cash Management Documents and any information and documentation relating to any of its
Cash Management Documents if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	6.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below,
the Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Cash Management
Documents, but only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the
manner proposed would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor) any of the Chargor’s rights under its Cash
Management Documents.

	6.5	 	Notices of assignment
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of
Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Forms of letter for Cash Management Documents), on each of the
other parties to each of its Cash Management Documents; and

	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Forms of
letter for Cash Management Documents) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any
Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

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	7.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	7.1	 	Timing

	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

	7.2	 	Enforcement

	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.

	8.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	8.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.

	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under
section 103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages
(including under section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.

	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are
extended so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases,
accept surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit
and without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	8.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or

	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	8.3	 	Privileges

	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).

	8.4	 	Protection of third parties

	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

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	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting
to exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;

	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	8.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral
Agent may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or

	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to
itself; and/or

	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	8.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.

	8.7	 	Limitation

	 	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Chargor under this Deed are for the
exclusive benefit of the affiliates of the Chargor (except for the (direct or indirect)
subsidiaries of the Chargor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute
a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend
(“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in section 7 of the Credit
Agreement shall apply to any enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the
proceeds of such enforcement.

	9.	 	ADMINISTRATOR
	 
	9.1	 	Appointment of Administrator

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the Insolvency Act 1986, at any time and from time to time
after this Security becomes enforceable in accordance with Clause 7.1, or if the
Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing from time to time, the Collateral
Agent may appoint any one or more qualified persons to be an Administrator of the
Chargor, to act together or independently of the other or others appointed (to the
extent applicable).

	 	(b)	 	Any such appointment may be made pursuant to an application to court under
paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Administration application) or
by filing specified documents with the court under paragraphs 14

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	 	 	 	— 21 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Appointment of administrator by
holder of floating charge).

	 	(c)	 	In this Clause qualified person means a person who, under the Insolvency
Act 1986, is qualified to act as an Administrator of any company with respect to which
he is appointed.

	10.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	10.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or

	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing
at any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.

	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a
result of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.

	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as
defined in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	10.2	 	Removal

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

	10.3	 	Remuneration

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.

	10.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes
and accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed
by a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.

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	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	10.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	11.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	11.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the
rights, powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under
the Insolvency Act 1986; and

	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions
conferred on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the
Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	11.2	 	Possession

	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.

	11.3	 	Carry on business

	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.

	11.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents,
accountants, servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such
terms as to remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	11.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

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	11.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures
or other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

	11.7	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.

	11.8	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.

	11.9	 	Receipts

	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.

	11.10	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.

	11.11	 	Delegation

	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.

	11.12	 	Lending

	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.

	11.13	 	Protection of assets

	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.

	11.14	 	Other powers

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary
for realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights,
powers or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by
law;

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	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and

	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	12.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent
or any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part
of the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to
apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by
applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover
any shortfall from a Loan Party

	13.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such
demand until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 19.2
(Interest).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

	14.	 	DELEGATION

	14.1	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

	14.2	 	Terms

	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

	14.3	 	Liability

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

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	15.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by
or pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);

	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;

	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or

	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;

	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and

	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	16.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.

	17.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	17.1	 	Continuing security

	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

	17.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or
any security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or

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	 	 	 	otherwise without limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will
continue or be reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.

	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	17.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;

	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or
arrangement;

	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;

	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other
requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of
any security;

	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;

	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other
document or security; or

	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	17.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	17.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights
held or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or

	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
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	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the
Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	17.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the
Loan Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or

	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);

	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;

	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan
Party or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or
agent on its behalf); or

	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	17.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and

	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	17.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

	17.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

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	 	 	The Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.

	18.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	18.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Credit Agreement.

	18.2	 	Interest

	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.

	18.3	 	Tacking

	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).

	18.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.

	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited
or be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to
reduce any Secured Obligation.

	18.5	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and

	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	18.6	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.

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	18.7	 	Perpetuity period

	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.

	18.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed
constitute “financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor
under this Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case
for the purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2)
Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after
this Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial
collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial
collateral appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the
credit of each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted
interest, at the time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of
any other asset, such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines
having taken into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or
accountancy firm of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree
that the method of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially
reasonable method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	19.	 	RELEASE

	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.

	20.	 	COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

	21.	 	NOTICES
	 
	21.1	 	Communications in Writing

	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

	21.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given
to a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in
Clause 21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax
number or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral
Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by
the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.

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	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 21.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:

For Novelis Switzerland SA

Novelis Switzerland SA

Route des Laminoirs 15

CH 3960 Sierre

Attention : Plant Manager

with a copy to:

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	21.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the
relevant address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in
the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral
Agent under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually
received by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the
attention of the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s
communication details (or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent
shall specify for this purpose).

	21.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	21.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.

	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must
be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

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	22.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

	23.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	23.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.

	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to
settle any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral
Agent invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the
New York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and

	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed
include any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	23.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for
service of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with
this Deed and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment

	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for
any reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.

	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	23.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

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	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured
Party against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on
its behalf;

	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process
in connection with those proceedings; and

	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	23.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury

	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 — SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Bank	 	Security Account number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London
	 		 	Novelis Switzerland SA (GBP)
	 
	DB London
	 		 	Novelis Switzerland SA (USD)

PART 2 — CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

To: [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between
[     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has
charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for
the Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan
Security Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of
America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan
Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its
rights in respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	(i) comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction
relating to any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) received by you from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent; and

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	 	(ii)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Net Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	(i) 	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent; and

	 	(ii)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds
Account to the order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)	(i) 	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and

	 	(ii)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net
Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit
of the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order
of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit
of each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

      
                 
                                                   
(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between
[     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with
the Notice;

	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in
any Security Account;

	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;

	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating
to any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has
occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by
law;

	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time
unless otherwise required by law;

	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account,
as instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and

	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a
Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us
unless otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

          
                                         
                       

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between
[     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred
to in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor;
and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

                                                           
                     

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

                                                          
                      

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent

Receipt acknowledged

                                                           
                     

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

FORMS OF LETTER FOR CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

To: [Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between
[     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties referred
to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority
assignee all of its rights in respect of [insert details of Cash Management Document(s)] (the
Cash Management Document[s]); and

	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Cash
Management Document[s].

We confirm that:

	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Cash Management Document to perform all
the obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Cash Management Document;

	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will
at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any]
Cash Management Document; and

	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other
person will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of
[the] [any] Cash Management Document.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Cash
Management Document and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Cash Management
Document to the Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the

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Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent to the contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by,
and notices must be given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice
from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the
Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Cash Management Document[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law,

Yours faithfully,

                                                           
                     

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between
[     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST an
assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in
respect of [insert details of the Cash Management Document(s)] (the Cash Management Document[s])
and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the
terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the
Cash Management Document[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;

	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Cash
Management Document[s];

	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the
Chargor any information relating to [the][those] Cash Management Document[s] which the Term
Loan Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the
Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time
request;

	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] and to allow the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and

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	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Cash
Management Document[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the
Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

                                                           
                     

(Authorised signatory)

[Counterparty]

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	by duly appointed attorney
	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	For and on behalf of
	 	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND S.A. 
	 	 	 	 	 

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:

	 	 	 

	 
 

	 	 
	Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

	 	 

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS AG

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

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	CONTENTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	Clause 	 	Page 
	1. INTERPRETATION

	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY

	 	 	5	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL

	 	 	7	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	8	 
	5. ACCOUNTS

	 	 	8	 
	6. CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

	 	 	10	 
	7. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	 	 	12	 
	8. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

	 	 	12	 
	9. ADMINISTRATOR

	 	 	13	 
	10. RECEIVER

	 	 	14	 
	11. POWERS OF RECEIVER

	 	 	15	 
	12. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	 	17	 
	13. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	 	17	 
	14. DELEGATION

	 	 	17	 
	15. FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	18	 
	16. POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	18	 
	17. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	 	 	18	 
	18. MISCELLANEOUS

	 	 	21	 
	19. RELEASE

	 	 	22	 
	20. COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	22	 
	21. NOTICES

	 	 	22	 
	22. GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	23	 
	23. ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	23	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Security Assets

	 	 	26	 
	PART 1 Security Accounts

	 	 	26	 
	PART 2 Cash Management Documents

	 	 	26	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Forms of Letter for Security Accounts

	 	 	27	 
	PART 1 Notice to Account Bank

	 	 	27	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Account Bank

	 	 	30	 
	PART 3 Letter for Operation of Security Accounts

	 	 	32	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Forms of Letter for Cash Management Documents

	 	 	34	 
	PART 1 Notice to Counterparty

	 	 	34	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Counterparty

	 	 	36	 

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THIS DEED is dated ___ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS AG a limited liability company organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its
registered office at in Küsnacht ZH, Switzerland under CH-020.3.001.551-5 (a Chargor); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	Definitions

	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):

	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.

	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.

	 	 	Cash Management Document means any agreement specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security
Assets) and any other agreement between two or more members of the Group to which the
Chargor is a party that provides for any cash pooling, set-off or netting arrangement,
including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.

	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.

	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.

	 	 	Realisation Notice means the written notice (Androhung) given by the Collateral Agent to
the Chargor in advance of its intention to realise any of the Security Assets.

	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.

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	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the security agreement dated on or about the date
of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.

	 	 	Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets);
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of any
such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.

	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.

	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.

	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.

	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	 	Territory means England and Wales.
	 
	1.2	 	Construction

	 	 	In this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement, contract,
deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver, novation,
modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and amended
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;

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	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event of
Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the by
the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);
	 
	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included shall
be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.
	 
	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision
of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it
may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;

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	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice
versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.
	 
	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will
not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a
party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is not
required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.

	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
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	 	 	INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of
all the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with the
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent immediately;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the Chargor
must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral Agent a
copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

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	2.2	 	Credit balances

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each account with any person established in the Territory,
including each of its Security Accounts, and the debt represented by that account, other
than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.

	2.3	 	Book debts etc.

	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts that are payable in the Territory;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it that are payable in the Territory; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature enjoyed or
held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	2.4	 	Cash Management Documents

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all of its rights in respect of its Cash Management Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 2.1(b), to
the extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable or
capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which the Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.
	 
	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this Clause
and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, the Chargor
charges by way of fixed charge all of its rights under the Cash Management Documents.

	2.5	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets purported
to be charged under Clauses 2.2 to 2.4 that are not effectively charged by way of
fixed charge or assigned under this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the Chargor
convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a fixed charge
as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in danger
of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment, execution or
other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to take
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	 	 	 	result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph
(a) of Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a fixed
charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

              under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral Agent
receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating charge
for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above in
relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or abandonment
of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of any other
asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or any other
Loan Document.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL

	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is not
liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration or
otherwise; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

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	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights provided
for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security Assets have
been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the Security as
against any third party; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held by
the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to
be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets;
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	5.1	 	Accounts

	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.

	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account with
a new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral
Agent and the Chargor, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the
role of the Account Bank under this Deed.

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	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to the
credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may require
to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances (including the
execution of bank mandate forms); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney
to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise transfer
any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security Account
except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at
any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security Account
in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause 5.5 or as
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Book debts and receipts

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary
investment;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

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	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into a Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, the Chargor must, except to the extent that
the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation referred to under Clause
5.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant Account,
into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	5.5	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days of the date
of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant
Account Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to paragraph
(c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	6.	 	CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

	6.1	 	Representations

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Cash Management Documents is its legally binding, valid, and
enforceable obligation;
	 
	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations under
any of its Cash Management Documents;
	 
	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no prohibition
on assignment in any of its Cash Management Documents; and

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	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any term
of any of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.2	 	Preservation

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless permitted by
the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Cash Management
Documents; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or enforceability of any
of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.3	 	Other undertaking

	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform its obligations in all material respects under each
of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its Cash
Management Documents and any information and documentation relating to any of its Cash
Management Documents if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	6.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, the
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Cash Management Documents,
but only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor) any of the Chargor’s rights under its Cash
Management Documents.

	6.5	 	Notices of assignment

	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of Part 1
of Schedule 3 (Forms of letter for Cash Management Documents), on each of the other
parties to each of its Cash Management Documents; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Forms of
letter for Cash Management Documents) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any
Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

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	7.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	7.1	 	Timing

	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.
	 
	7.2	 	Enforcement

	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.

	8.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	8.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under section
103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages (including under
section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended
so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept
surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and
without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	8.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	8.3	 	Privileges

	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).

	8.4	 	Protection of third parties

	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

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	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	8.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	8.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.

	8.7	 	Limitation

	 	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Chargor under this Deed are for the
exclusive benefit of the affiliates of the Chargor (except for the (direct or indirect)
subsidiaries of the Chargor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute
a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend
(“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in section 7 of the Credit
Agreement shall apply to any enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the
proceeds of such enforcement.

	9.	 	ADMINISTRATOR
	 
	9.1	 	Appointment of Administrator

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the Insolvency Act 1986, at any time and from time to time after
this Security becomes enforceable in accordance with Clause 7.1, or if the Chargor so
requests the Collateral Agent in writing from time to time, the Collateral Agent may
appoint any one or more qualified persons to be an Administrator of the Chargor, to
act together or independently of the other or others appointed (to the extent
applicable).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any such appointment may be made pursuant to an application to court under
paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Administration application) or
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	 	 	 	- 21 of Schedule B1
of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Appointment of administrator by holder of floating
charge).
	 
	 	(c)	 	In this Clause qualified person means a person who, under the Insolvency Act
1986, is qualified to act as an Administrator of any company with respect to which he
is appointed.

	10.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	10.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at
any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a result
of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as defined
in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	10.2	 	Removal

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

	10.3	 	Remuneration

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.

	10.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by
a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.

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	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	10.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	11.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	11.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this Clause
in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under the
Insolvency Act 1986; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions conferred
on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the Insolvency
Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	11.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	11.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
	 
	11.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	11.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

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	11.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

	11.7	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.

	11.8	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	11.9	 	Receipts
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	11.10	 	Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.
	 
	11.11	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	11.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.
	 
	11.13	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.
	 
	11.14	 	Other powers
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers
or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;

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	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	12.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to
apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by
applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party

	13.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 19.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

	14.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	14.1	 	Power of Attorney
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.
	 
	14.2	 	Terms
	 
	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.
	 
	14.3	 	Liability
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

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	15.	 	 FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	16.	 	 POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.

	17.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 
	17.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.
	 
	17.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or

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	 	 	 	otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	17.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement
in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	17.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	17.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and

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	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	17.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party
or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	17.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	17.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

	17.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

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	 	 	The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	18.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Credit Agreement.
	 
	18.2	 	Interest
	 
	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	18.3	 	Tacking
	 
	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).
	 
	18.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	18.5	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	18.6	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.

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	18.7	 	Perpetuity period
	 
	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.
	 
	18.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this
Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the
purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after this Security
has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in
or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken
into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm
of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method
of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable
method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	19.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.
	 
	20.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	21.	 	NOTICES
	 
	21.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
	 
	21.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to
a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in Clause
21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax number
or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral Agent (or
the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by the
Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.

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	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 21.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Attention: Legal Department

	21.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received
by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of
the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details
(or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for
this purpose).

	21.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	21.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	22.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

	23.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	23.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
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	 	 	 	has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle
any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral Agent
invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New
York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include
any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	23.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for service
of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Deed
and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment
	 
	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.
	 
	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	23.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;
	 
	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

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	23.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury

	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 – SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Bank	 	Security Account number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London

	 	 		 	 	Novelis AG (GBP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DB London

	 	 		 	 	Novelis AG (GBP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DB London

	 	 		 	 	Novelis AG (USD)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DB London

	 	 		 	 	Novelis AG (USD)

PART 2 – CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

			
	To:	 	[Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has charged
(by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan Security
Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America,
N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan Security
Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in
respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	(b)	(i)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by you from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	(ii)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any Net
Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	(c)	(i)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent;
and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	(d)	(i)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net
Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the
Notice;
	 
	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in
any Security Account;
	 
	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;
	 
	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined
in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent;
	 
	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time
unless otherwise required by law;
	 
	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as
instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and
	 
	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us unless
otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS

			
	To:	 	[Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred to
in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor; and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,
 

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent

 
Receipt acknowledged
 

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

FORMS OF LETTER FOR CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

			
	To:	 	[Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties referred
to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority
assignee all of its rights in respect of [insert details of Cash Management Document(s)] (the
Cash Management Document[s]); and

	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Cash
Management Document[s].

We confirm that:

	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Cash Management Document to perform
all the obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Cash Management Document;

	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any] Cash
Management Document; and

	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Cash Management Document.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Cash
Management Document and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Cash Management
Document to the Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the

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Term Loan Release
Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent to the contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by, and notices must be
given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Cash Management Document[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law,

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST an
assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in
respect of [insert details of the Cash Management Document(s)] (the Cash Management Document[s])
and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the
terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the
Cash Management Document[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;

	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Cash Management
Document[s];

	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to [the][those] Cash Management Document[s] which the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time
request;

	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] and to allow the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and

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	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

[Counterparty]

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed
	 	)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	by duly appointed attorney
	 	)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	For and on behalf of
	 	)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS AG
	 	)	 	 

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:

 

Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	4	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 	 	7	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 	 	8	 
	5. ACCOUNTS
	 	 	8	 
	6. CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
	 	 	10	 
	7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
	 	 	11	 
	8. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 	 	13	 
	9. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 	 	13	 
	10. ADMINISTRATOR
	 	 	16	 
	11. RECEIVER
	 	 	16	 
	12. POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 	 	17	 
	13. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	19	 
	14. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	19	 
	15. DELEGATION
	 	 	19	 
	16. FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	20	 
	17. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	20	 
	18. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	20	 
	19. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	22	 
	20. RELEASE
	 	 	23	 
	21. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	24	 
	22. NOTICES
	 	 	24	 
	23. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	25	 
	24. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	25	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany,
having its business address at Hannoversche Strasse 1, 37075 Goettingen, Germany which is
registered in the commercial register at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Göttingen under HRB
772 (the Chargor); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Credit Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):
	 
	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.
	 
	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.
	 
	 	 	Cash Management Document means any agreement specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security
Assets) and any other agreement between two or more members of the Group to which the
Chargor is a party that provides for any cash pooling, set-off or netting arrangement,
including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.
	 
	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	 	Novelis Europe means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited a company registered in England and
Wales with registered number 05308334 and with its registered office at Latchford Locks
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN United Kingdom.
	 
	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Realisation Notice means the written notice (Androhung) given by the Collateral Agent to
the Chargor in advance of its intention to realise any of the Security Assets.
	 
	 	 	Receivables Purchase Agreement means the agreement between the Chargor and Novelis AG
pursuant to which certain receivables owned be the Chargor or to be created by the Chargor
under certain of its supply contracts have been sold and assigned to Novelis AG by way of a
true sale.
	 
	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.
	 
	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the guarantee and security agreement dated on or
about the date of this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

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	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Security Account means in relation to the Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets);

	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and

	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or sub-division or sub-account of
any such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.
	 
	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the security trust deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Territory means England and Wales.
	 
	 	 	UK Intellectual Property means all Intellectual Property owned now or in the future by the
Chargor which is established under the laws of the United Kingdom including any state
territory or political subdivision thereof (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Intellectual Property registered with any international or intergovernmental registry).
	 
	1.2	 	Construction

	 	 	 	In this Deed:
	 
	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement,
contract, deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);

	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver,
novation, modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and
amended shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues
and rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual
or contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent,
exemption, licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission
or waiver;

	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event
of Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the
by the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);

	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;

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	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included
shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;

	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any
undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or
any two or more of the foregoing; and

	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request
or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of
law compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body,
agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);

	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;

	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;

	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or
provision of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of
law, as it may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;

	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and

	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and
vice versa.

	 	(n)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment
obligation) remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit
of each Secured Party.

	 	(o)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.

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	 	(p)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security
Assets if the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a
Secured Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside
on the liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid
will not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.

	 	(q)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or
any type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and

	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is
not a party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999.

	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is
not required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.
	 
	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.

	 
	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.
	 
	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;

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	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance
of all the Secured Obligations; and

	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with
the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent
immediately;

	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the
Chargor must use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as
practicable; and

	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral
Agent a copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by
the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted
in Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

	2.2	 	Credit balances
	 
	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each account with any person established in the Territory,
including each of its Security Accounts, and the debt represented by that account, other
than any account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in
accordance with the terms set out in section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	2.3	 	Book debts etc.
	 
	 	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts that are payable in the Territory;

	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it that are payable in the Territory;
and

	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature
enjoyed or held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	2.4	 	Cash Management Documents

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all of its rights in respect of its Cash Management Documents.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 2.1(b),
to the extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable
or capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which the Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.

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	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this
Clause and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, the Chargor
charges by way of fixed charge all of its rights under the Cash Management Documents.

	2.5	 	Intellectual Property

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect
of the UK Intellectual Property including but not limited to the designs, patents and
trade marks specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) to this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, whilst an Event of
Default is continuing, to exercise its rights and remedies under Clause 8 (When
Security Becomes Enforceable) and Clause 9 (Enforcement of Security) at such time as
the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies,
and for no other purpose, the Chargor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an
irrevocable, non-exclusive license and, to the extent permitted under all relevant
licenses of Intellectual Property granting the Chargor rights in Intellectual
Property, a sublicense (in each case, exercisable without payment of royalties or
other compensation to the Chargor) to use, license or sublicense any of the
Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by or licensed to the Chargor,
wherever the same may be located; provided that the quality of any products in
connection with which the trademarks are used will not be materially inferior to the
quality of such products manufactured or sold by the Chargor prior to such Event of
Default. Such license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed
items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation
or printout thereof.

	2.6	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of those assets
purported to be charged under Clauses 2.2 to 2.5 that are not effectively charged by
way of fixed charge or assigned under this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may by notice to the
Chargor convert the floating charge created by the Chargor under this Deed into a
fixed charge as regards any of the Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;

	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in
danger of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment,
execution or other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or

	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to
take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is
likely to result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph
(a) of Clause 4 (Restrictions on Dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a
fixed charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or

	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

	 	 	 	under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of the Chargor’s assets that are subject to the floating
charge:

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	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral
Agent receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or

	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of the
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind the Chargor up (or not to wind the
Chargor up); or

	 	(iii)	 	upon the occurrence of any analogous event in any
jurisdiction.

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating
charge for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above
in relation to any asset of the Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or
abandonment of the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of
any other asset or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or
any other Loan Document.

	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance
with paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in relation to
the Security Assets specified in such notice.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create and is
not liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration
or otherwise; and

	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;

	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to
be created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or

	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations
and recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights
provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security
Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the
Security as against any third party;

	 	(e)	 	it is not aware of any circumstances relating to the validity,
subsistence or use of any of its UK Intellectual Property which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

	 	(f)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies all bank accounts held
by the Chargor in the Territory at the date of this Deed.

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in
this Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.

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	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated
by the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.

	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed
to be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.  	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets;
or

	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,
	 
	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.  	 	ACCOUNTS

	5.1	 	Accounts
	 
	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.

	5.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank in the Territory and
additional banks in the Territory may be appointed as Account Banks if the Chargor and
the Collateral Agent so agree.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 5.2(a), the Chargor may only open an account
with a new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral
Agent and the Chargor, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil the
role of the Account Bank under this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to
the credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and the Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably give all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.

	 	(d)	 	The Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may
require to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the
preceding provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances
(including the execution of bank mandate forms); and

	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its
attorney to take any such action if the Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the
Collateral Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights
attaching to any Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under
the Credit Agreement.

	 	(f)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by the Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

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	5.3	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor shall not be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise
transfer any credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security
Account except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn
at any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.

	 	(d)	 	The Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security
Account in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause
5.5 or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	5.4	 	Book debts and receipts

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary
investment;

	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and

	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into a Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and

	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, the Chargor must, except to the
extent that the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting
in and realisation referred to under Clause 5.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant
Account, into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	5.5	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each
relevant Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of
Part 2 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days
of the date of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to
the priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

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	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant
Account Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(acting reasonably); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each
relevant Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to
paragraph (c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	6.	 	CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

	6.1	 	Representations

	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Cash Management Documents is its legally binding, valid, and
enforceable obligation;

	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations
under any of its Cash Management Documents;

	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no
prohibition on assignment in any of its Cash Management Documents; and

	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any
term of any of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.2	 	Preservation

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless permitted
by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Cash Management
Documents; or

	 	(b)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or enforceability of
any of its Cash Management Documents.

	6.3	 	Other undertaking
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform its obligations in all material respects under
each of its Cash Management Documents; and

	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its
Cash Management Documents and any information and documentation relating to any of its
Cash Management Documents if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

6.4 Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below,
the Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Cash Management
Documents, but only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the
manner proposed would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor) any of the Chargor’s rights under its Cash
Management Documents.

	6.5	 	Notices of assignment

	 	 	The Chargor must:

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	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of
Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Forms of letter for Cash Management Documents), on each of the
other parties to each of its Cash Management Documents; and

	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Forms of
letter for Cash Management Documents) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any
Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

7.    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

7.1  Preservation

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must promptly, if requested to do so by the Collateral Agent,
sign or procure the signature of, and comply with all instructions of the Collateral
Agent in respect of, any document required to make entries in any public register of
the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office which either record the existence of
this Deed or the restrictions on disposal imposed by this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or
unless permitted by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive or terminate, any of its rights in
respect of its UK Intellectual Property; or

	 	(ii)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or
enforceability of any of its rights in respect of its UK Intellectual
Property.

	7.2	 	Negative Undertakings
	 
	 	 	At all times during the Security Period, the Chargor undertakes:

	 	(a)	 	not to dispose of, encumber, abandon, weaken the strength of (such as the
good reputation of a trademark) or allow the UK Intellectual Property or parts thereof
to lapse, including any lapse of rights due to non-use or allow the forfeiture,
revocation or invalidity of any rights to the UK Intellectual Property with respect to
third parties, except as reasonably required in the ordinary course of business and
upon giving prior notice thereof to the Collateral Agent, or as permitted under the
Credit Agreement or under this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	not to amend or to re-file specifications of the UK Intellectual Property
or parts thereof and not to grant further licenses or other rights with respect to the
UK Intellectual Property or parts thereof to third parties, except as reasonably
required in the ordinary course of business and upon giving prior notice thereof to
the Collateral Agent, or as permitted under the Credit Agreement or under this Deed;

	 	(c)	 	not to dispute the validity of the UK Intellectual Property or of new
applications for registration with regard to the UK Intellectual Property;

	7.3	 	Positive Undertakings
	 
	 	 	At all times during the Security Period, the Chargor undertakes:

	 	(a)	 	to inform the Collateral Agent immediately of any claims of which it
becomes aware in respect of the UK Intellectual Property or any part thereof or any
other measures which may materially impair or jeopardise the Collateral Agent’s and/or
and the Secured Parties rights relating thereto and to forward documents which the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request and that are necessary or expedient for a
defence against such claims. The Chargor shall further be obliged to inform as soon as
possible the claimants or other third parties asserting rights with respect to the
transferred rights and claims in writing of the Collateral Agent’s rights in respect
of the claims and the

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	 	 	 	existence of this Deed. All costs and expenses reasonably incurred for necessary
countermeasures of the Collateral Agent shall be borne by the Chargor;

	 	(b)	 	to promptly inform the Collateral Agent if it becomes aware that third
parties infringe any of the UK Intellectual Property or parts thereof, dispute the
validity of the UK Intellectual Property or parts thereof or allege that the UK
Intellectual Property or parts thereof violate the rights of third parties in a way
which materially impairs or jeopardises or can reasonably be expected to materially
impair or jeopardise the Collateral Agent’s and/or the Secured Parties’ rights
relating to the UK Intellectual Property and promptly assert all claims and to
litigate if, at the reasonable discretion of the Chargor, this is required for the
defense against the alleged claims in the ordinary course of business. All expenses
incurred in this respect are to be borne by the Chargor. All compensation claims
becoming due after the date of this Deed become part of the UK Intellectual Property.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unheeded and unwaived
the Collateral Agent may take over any judicial or extra judicial proceedings upon
reasonable request and at the Chargor’s expense to the extent necessary to preserve
legitimate interests of the Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	 	to make all statements and take all actions at its own expense which are
required and appropriate in the ordinary course of business in order to maintain the
registration of the material UK Intellectual Property, as shall be consistent with
commercially reasonable business judgment, including payment of renewal fees, and have
the UK Intellectual Property registered if not registered so far and to deliver to the
Collateral Agent at its reasonable request copies of respective documents evidencing
such actions;

	 	(d)	 	to establish, and, to the extent already existing, to continue, at its
own cost and expenses a permanent surveillance of reasonable extent for publications
of applications and/or registrations of intellectual property rights which may
infringe or otherwise legally collide with the UK Intellectual Property;

	 	(e)	 	to inform the Collateral Agent promptly of the occurrence of any event
which may result in any of the representations and warranties included in Clause 3
(Representations) of this Deed being untrue; and

	 	(f)	 	to notify the Collateral Agent without undue delay of any event or
circumstance which might be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity
or enforceability of this Deed.

	7.4	 	Further Assurance
	 
	 	 	If the Chargor shall at any time after the date of this Deed (a) obtain any ownership or
other rights in and/or to any additional UK Intellectual Property or (b) become entitled to
the benefit of any additional UK Intellectual Property or any renewal or extension thereof,
including any reissue, division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any UK
Intellectual Property, or any improvement on any UK Intellectual Property, the provisions
of this Deed shall automatically apply thereto and any such item described in (a) or (b)
above (other than any Excluded Property) shall automatically constitute UK Intellectual
Property for the purpose of this Deed as if such would have constituted UK Intellectual
Property at the time of execution hereof and such UK Intellectual Property (other than any
Excluded Property) shall be subject to the Security and Security Interests created by this
Deed without further action by any party. Concurrently with the delivery of each
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(d) of the Credit Agreement, the Chargor
shall provide to the Collateral Agent written notice of any of the foregoing UK
Intellectual Property owned by the Chargor

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	 	 	which is the subject of a registration or application and confirm the attachment of the
Security and Security Interests created by this Deed to any rights described in clauses (i)
and (ii) above by the delivery of an executed instrument or other statement(s) in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent as shall be reasonably necessary to
create, record, preserve, protect or perfect the Collateral Agent’s lien and security
interest in such Intellectual Property.
	 
	8.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	8.1	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.
	 
	8.2	 	Enforcement
	 
	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.
	 
	9.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	9.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.

	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations
are deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under
section 103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages
(including under section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.

	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are
extended so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases,
accept surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit
and without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	9.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or

	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	9.3	 	Privileges
	 
	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).

	9.4	 	Protection of third parties
	 
	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting
to exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;

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	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	9.5 	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral
Agent may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or

	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to
itself; and/or

	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	9.6	 	Contingencies
	 
	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.

9.7   Limitation

	 	(a)	 	Subject to Clause 9.7(b) through Clause 9.7(f) below, the Collateral
Agent shall not enforce the Security to the extent (i) the Security secures
obligations of one of the Chargor’s shareholders or of an affiliated company
(verbundenes Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than a Subsidiary of the Chargor or
the Chargor itself), and (ii) the enforcement of the Security for such obligations
would reduce, in violation of Section 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act
(GmbHG), the net assets (assets minus liabilities minus provisions and liability
reserves (Reinvermögen), in each case as calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as
consistently applied by the Chargor in preparing its unconsolidated balance sheets
(Jahresabschluß gemäß § 42 GmbHG, ff 242, 264 HGB)) of the Chargor to an amount that
is insufficient to maintain its registered share capital (Stammkapital) (or would
increase an existing shortage in its net assets below its registered share capital);
provided that for the purpose of determining the relevant registered share capital and
the net assets, as the case may be:

	 	(i)	 	the amount of any increase of the Chargor’s registered
share capital (Stammkapital) implemented after the date of this Deed that is
effected without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent shall be
deducted from the registered share capital of the Chargor;

	 	(ii)	 	any loans provided to the Chargor by a direct or
indirect shareholder or an affiliate thereof (other than a Subsidiary of the
Chargor) shall be disregarded and not accounted for as a liability to the
extent that such loans are subordinated pursuant to Section 39(1) Nr. 1
through Nr. 5 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) or
subordinated in any other way by law or contract;

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	 	(iii)	 	any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual
obligations and liabilities incurred by the Chargor in violation of the
provisions of any of the Loan Documents shall be disregarded and not
accounted for as liabilities;

	 	(iv)	 	any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a
book value that, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, is significantly
lower than their market value and that are not necessary for the business of
the Chargor (nicht betriebsnotwendig) shall be accounted for with their
market value; and

	 	(v)	 	the assets of the Chargor will be assessed at
liquidation values (Liquidationswerte) if, at the time the managing directors
prepare the balance sheet in accordance with paragraph (b) below and absent
the demand a positive going concern prognosis (positive
Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be established.

	 	(b)	 	The limitations set out in Clause 9.7(a) only apply:

	 	(i)	 	if and to the extent that the managing directors of the
Chargor have confirmed in writing to the Collateral Agent within ten (10)
Business Days of receipt of the Realisation Notice or the commencement of
enforcement under this Deed the value of the Security which cannot be
enforced without causing the net assets of the Chargor to fall below its
registered share capital, or increase an existing shortage in net assets
below its registered share capital (taking into account the adjustments set
out above) and such confirmation is supported by a current balance sheet and
other evidence satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and neither the
Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties raises any objections against
that confirmation within five (5) Business Days after its receipt; or

	 	(ii)	 	if, within twenty (20) Business Days after an objection
under paragraph 9(b)(ii) has been raised by the Collateral Agent or a Secured
Party, the Collateral Agent receives a written audit report (Auditor’s
Determination) prepared at the expense of the Chargor by a firm of auditors
of international standing and reputation that is appointed by the Chargor and
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, to the extent such report
identifies the amount by which the net assets of the Chargor are necessary to
maintain its registered share capital as at the date of the Realisation
Notice or the commencement of enforcement (taking into account the
adjustments set out above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable in
Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsgemäßer Buchführung) as consistently applied by
the Chargor in the preparation of its most recent annual balance sheet. The
Auditor’s Determination shall be binding for all Parties except for manifest
error.

	 	(c)	 	In any event, the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Secured
Parties, shall be entitled to enforce the Security up to those amounts that are
undisputed between them and the Chargor or determined in accordance with Clause 9.7(a)
and Clause 9.7(b). In respect of the exceeding amounts, the Secured Parties shall be
entitled to further pursue their claims (if any) and the Chargor shall be entitled to
provide evidence that the excess amounts are necessary to maintain its registered
share capital (calculated as at the date of the Realisation Notice or the commencement
of enforcement and taking into account the adjustments set out above). The Secured
Parties are entitled to pursue those parts of the

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	 	 	 	Security that are not enforced by operation of Clause 9.7(a) above at any
subsequent point in time. This Clause shall apply again as of the time such
additional enforcements are made.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Clause 9.7(a) shall not apply as to the amount of loans borrowed and
passed on (whether by way of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the Chargor
or any of its Subsidiaries as long as the respective shareholder loan is outstanding
or the respective equity contribution has not been dissolved or otherwise repaid but
excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any purchase price payment received by the
Chargor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The limitations provided for in Clause 9.7(a) above shall not apply where
(i) the Chargor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs- oder
Rückgewähranspruch) vis-à-vis the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement
(Beherrschungsvertrag) or a profit and loss pooling agreement
(Gewinnabführungsvertrag) is or will be in existence with the Chargor and the Chargor
has a fully valuable (vollwertig) compensation claim (Ausgleichsanspruch).
	 
	 	(f)	 	Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German
GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Limited Liability Company) to enter into
guarantees in support of obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the
limitations set forth in Clause 9.7(a) shall no longer apply. Should any such
guarantees become subject to legal restrictions that are less stringent than the
limitations set forth in Clause 9.7(a) above, such less stringent limitations shall
apply. Otherwise, Clause 9.7(a) shall remain unaffected by changes in applicable law.

	10.	 	ADMINISTRATOR

	10.1	 	Appointment of Administrator

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the Insolvency Act 1986, at any time and from time to time
after this Security becomes enforceable in accordance with Clause 7.1, or if the
Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing from time to time, the Collateral
Agent may appoint any one or more qualified persons to be an Administrator of the
Chargor, to act together or independently of the other or others appointed (to the
extent applicable).

	 	(b)	 	Any such appointment may be made pursuant to an application to court
under paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Administration
application) or by filing specified documents with the court under paragraphs 14 — 21
of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Appointment of administrator by holder of
floating charge).

	 	(c)	 	In this Clause qualified person means a person who, under the Insolvency
Act 1986, is qualified to act as an Administrator of any company with respect to which
he is appointed.

	11.	 	RECEIVER

	11.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or
more persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or

	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing
at any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or
in writing under its hand.

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	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of
a mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a
result of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.

	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as
defined in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	11.2	 	Removal
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

	11.3	 	Remuneration
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.

	11.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes
and accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed
by a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.

	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to
any other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	11.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	12. 	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER

	12.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the
rights, powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under
the Insolvency Act 1986; and

	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions
conferred on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the
Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

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	12.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in, and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	12.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
	 
	12.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents,
accountants, servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such
terms as to remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	12.5	 	Borrow money
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	12.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any
Security Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and
on any terms which he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash,
debentures or other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any
such consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any
period which he thinks fit.

	12.7	 	Compromise
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.
	 
	12.8	 	Legal actions
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	12.9	 	Receipts
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	12.10	 	Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.
	 
	12.11	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	12.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.
	 
	12.13	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.

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	12.14	 	Other powers
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary
for realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights,
powers or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by
law;

	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities
and things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and

	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	13.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral
Agent or any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any
part of the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured
Parties from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed
to apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted
by applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover
any shortfall from a Loan Party

	14.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such
demand until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 19.2
(Interest).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

	15.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	15.1	 	Power of Attorney
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.
	 
	15.2	 	Terms
	 
	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.
	 
	15.3	 	Liability
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

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	16. 	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the. Collateral Agent or a
Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any Security intended to be created by
or pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);

	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;

	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable
by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or

	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting Security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the Security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;

	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and

	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	17. 	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.

	18. 	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	18.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

	18.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or
any security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.

	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	18.3	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any

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	 	 	  of its obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;

	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or
arrangement;

	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;

	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other
requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of
any security;

	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;

	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other
document or security; or

	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	18.4	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.
	 
	18.5	 	Appropriations
	 
	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights
held or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or

	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and

	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	18.6	 	Non-competition
	 
	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the
Loan Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or

	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);

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	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity
in respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;

	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan
Party or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or
agent on its behalf); or

	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	18.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party; and

	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	18.8	 	Delivery of documents
	 
	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.9	 	Security held by Chargor
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	19.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	19.1	 	Covenant to pay
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Credit Agreement.
	 
	19.2	 	Interest
	 
	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	19.3	 	Tacking
	 
	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).

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	19.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset,
any Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.

	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be
credited or be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate
to reduce any Secured Obligation.

	19.5	 	Time deposits
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and

	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	19.6	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.

	19.7	 	Perpetuity period
	 
	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.

	19.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed
constitute “financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor
under this Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case
for the purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2)
Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after
this Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial
collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial
collateral appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the
credit of each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted
interest, at the time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of
any other asset, such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines
having taken into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or
accountancy firm of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree
that the method of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially
reasonable method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	20.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in

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	 	 	part) from this Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted
by the Chargor over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the
Chargor shall take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement, including serving any notice thereunder.

	21.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	22.	 	NOTICES
	 
	22.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
	 
	22.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be
given to a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in
Clause 21.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax
number or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral
Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by
the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.

	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 22.2(a) the address of the Chargor shall be:

Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Hannoversche Straße 1

37075 Göttingen, Germany

Attention: Roland Harings

with a copy to

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	22.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the
relevant address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in
the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral
Agent under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually
received by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the
attention of the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s
communication details (or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent
shall specify for this purpose).

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	22.4	 	Notification of address and fax number
	 
	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 22.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	22.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in
English.

	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must
be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or

	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	23. 	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	  	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

	24. 	 	ENFORCEMENT

	24.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.

	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to
settle any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral
Agent invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the
New York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
Clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and

	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed
include any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	24.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints Novelis Europe as its agent under this Deed for
service of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with
this Deed and will procure that Novelis Europe accepts such appointment

	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for
any reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.

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	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.

	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by
law.

	24.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured
Party against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on
its behalf;

	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any
process in connection with those proceedings; and

	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	24.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury
	 
	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1 — SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Security Account	 	 
	Account Bank	 	number(s)	 	Security Account name
	DB London
	 		 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH (GBP)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	DB London
	 		 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH (USD)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Commerzbank
Deutschland
	 		 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

PART 2 — CASH MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS

PART 3 — UK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

TRADEMARKS REGISTRATIONS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trademark	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Registration	 	Case	 	Sub
	Name	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	AL-PAC
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	4944625	 	4944625	 	TM2074	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	J57S & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	2934636	 	2934636	 	TM2922	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SEMIFLEX
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	3786027	 	3786027	 	TM2748	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	FF3 (DEVICE)
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001980812	 	1980812	 	TM2952	 	E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B73A & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	4801239	 	4801239	 	NTM0012	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	J73A & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	4801783	 	4801783	 	NTM0013	 	 

27

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trademark	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Registration	 	Case	 	Sub
	Name	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	FF3
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	1562933	 	1562933	 	TM2367	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CARADUCT
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	1805654	 	1805654	 	TM2227	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	B57S & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	4801965	 	4801965	 	NTM0011	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALUTRANS
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	2612646	 	2612646	 	TM2145	 	E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXINALL
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	6751481	 	6751481	 	NTM0043	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVALTUBE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	007585037	 	 	 	NTM0060	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SILPA
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	8496663	 	8496663	 	TM2757	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ANOTREAD & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	 	 	890738	 	NTM0025	 	1W
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ANOSIGN & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	 	 	882648	 	NTM0003	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ANOBOSS & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	 	 	890739	 	NTM0024	 	1W
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNICOLOR
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1482693	 	1482693	 	TM2753	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALUCON
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1333183	 	1333183	 	TM2110	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	FF2 & DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1423117	 	1423117	 	TM2366	 	 

28

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trademark	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Registration	 	Case	 	Sub
	Name	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	FALZONAL
& DEVICE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1425757	 	1425757	 	TM2361	 	1
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	AL-PAC
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1411445	 	1411445	 	TM2074	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OHLER
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1313068	 	1313068	 	TM2591	 	1
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OHLER
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1313067	 	1313067	 	TM2591	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	FALZONAL
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1393352	 	1393352	 	TM2361	 	 

TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trademark	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Case	 	Sub
	Name	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	LUMINAL

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 	European Community
	 	 	953003	 	 	NTM0041
	 	1W

PATENT — REGISTRATIONS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Patent	 	Case	 	Sub
	Invention Title	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	CIGARETTE PACKET
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0620166	 	IR4528	 	 

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	 	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Patent	 	Case	 	Sub
	Invention Title	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	METALLIZED PAPER
FOR THE INNER LINER
OF CIGARETTE
PACKETS
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0676503	 	IR4629	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DOUBLE METALLIZED
PAPER
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0703009	 	IR4710	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COIL CORE MADE OF A
FLEXIBLE TUBE
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0729911	 	IR4751	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DELAMINABLE PRINTED
CIRCUIT BOARD
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0851721	 	IR4887	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	VIBRATION DAMPENING
OF ROLL MILL ROLLS
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0855233	 	IR4991	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ANTIGLIDING
PROTECTIVE FOIL
STRIPABLE
PROTECTIVE FOIL FOR
METAL SHEET
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	0892124	 	IR4979	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COIL COATED BAND
MATERIAL, CONTAINER
MADE OF COATED BAND
MATERIAL AND
PROCESS FOR ITS
MANUFACTURING
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1028147	 	IR5287	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR
AIR-CONDITIONING
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1286102	 	IR5473	 	E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	PROCESS AND DEVICE
FOR PRODUCING
FLEXIBLE TUBES
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	1948422	 	NV0012	 	W

COUNTRIES — DESIGN MODELS

30

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Patent	 	Case	 	Sub
	Invention Title	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0001	 	NV0030	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0002	 	NV0030	 	2E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0003	 	NV0030	 	3E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0004	 	NV0030	 	4E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0005	 	NV0030	 	5E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0006	 	NV0030	 	6E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Semi-circular grill tray
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	000516836-0007	 	NV0030	 	7E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Container for food
products
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001218127-0001	 	NV0286	 	1E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Container for food
products
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001218127-0002	 	NV0286	 	2E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Container for food
products
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001218127-0003	 	NV0286	 	3E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Container for food
products
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001218127-0004	 	NV0286	 	4E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Container for food
products
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001218127-0005	 	NV0286	 	5E
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Container for food products
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	European Community	 	001218127-0006	 	NV0286	 	6E

31

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Owner	 	Country	 	Patent	 	Case	 	Sub
	Invention Title	 	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Case
	QUADRO HEXAGONAL
CONTAINER            
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH	 	United Kingdom	 	2069279	 	IR4980	 	 

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	 	 	FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS
	 
	 	 	PART 1
	 
	 	 	NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK
	 
	 	 	To: [Account Bank]
	 
	 	 	Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	[Date]
	 
	 	 	Dear Sirs,
	 
	 	 	Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)
	 
	 	 	This letter constitutes notice to you:
	 
	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has
charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for
the Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and
	 
	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan
Security Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of
America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan
Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its
rights in respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.
	 
	 	 	[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]
	 
	 	 	Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	(i)
	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction
relating to any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received
by you from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 

	 	 	 	(ii)
	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Net Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	(i)
	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent; and

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	 	 	 	(ii)
	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	 

	 	(d)
	 	(i)
	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 

	 	 	 	(ii)
	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any
Net Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the
Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and
	 
	 	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit
of the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

	 	 	Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to
any Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order
of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit
of each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

	 	 	We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.
	 
	 	 	The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.
	 
	 	 	This letter is governed by English law.
	 
	 	 	Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.
	 
	 	 	Yours faithfully,

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	 	(Authorised signatory) 	 
	 

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with
the Notice;

	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party
in any Security Account;

	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;

	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating
to any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined
in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent;

	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as

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defined in
the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent unless otherwise required by law;

	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash
Proceeds Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time unless otherwise required by law;

	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account,
as instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and

	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a
Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us
unless otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

					
	 	
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank] 	 
	 	 	 	 

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral

Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred
to in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved
to any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor;
and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or
pooling facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account
against credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security
Accounts are included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

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	 	(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	Yours faithfully,

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral 	 
	 	 	Agent 	 
	 
	 	Receipt acknowledged

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank] 	 
	 	 	 	 

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

Forms of Letter for Cash Management Documents

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

To: [Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term
Loan Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [
] between [ ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned
in favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties
referred to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first
priority assignee all of its rights in respect of [insert details of Cash Management
Document(s)] (the Cash Management Document[s]); and

	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Cash
Management Document[s].

We confirm that:

	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Cash Management Document to perform all
the obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Cash Management Document;

	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will
at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any]
Cash Management Document; and

	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other
person will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of
[the] [any] Cash Management Document.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Cash
Management Document and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Cash Management
Document to the Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release
Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent to the contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by, and notices must be
given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

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Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Cash Management Document[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please
send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [• ] and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent at [• ] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement
to the above and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law,

Yours faithfully,

					
	 	
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	(Authorised signatory) 	 
	 	 	 	 

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term
Loan Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [
] between [ ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [• ] of (1)
FIRST an assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights
in respect of [insert details of the Cash Management Document(s)] (the Cash Management Document[s])
and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the
terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the
Cash Management Document[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;

	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Cash
Management Document[s];

	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the
Chargor any information relating to [the][those] Cash Management Document[s] which the Term
Loan Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the
Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time
request;

	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Cash Management
Document[s] and to allow the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and

	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Cash
Management Document[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the
Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

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This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

					
	 	
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	(Authorised signatory) 	 
	 	 	 	 

[Counterparty]

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Executed as a deed by

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS
DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 
acting by

	 	 	)
)	 	 	Managing Director

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	        Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS INC.

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SHARE MORTGAGE

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page
	1. INTERPRETATION

	 	 	1	 
	2. CREATION OF SECURITY

	 	 	5	 
	3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	 	 	6	 
	4. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	7	 
	5. COVENANTS

	 	 	7	 
	6. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	 	 	10	 
	7. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

	 	 	11	 
	8. RECEIVER

	 	 	12	 
	9. POWERS OF RECEIVER

	 	 	13	 
	10. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	 	15	 
	11. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	 	15	 
	12. DELEGATION

	 	 	15	 
	13. FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	16	 
	14. POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	16	 
	15. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	 	 	17	 
	16. MISCELLANEOUS

	 	 	19	 
	17. RELEASE

	 	 	20	 
	18. COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	20	 
	19. NOTICES

	 	 	21	 
	20. GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	21	 
	21. ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	22	 
	SCHEDULE 1  Security Assets

	 	 	24	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS INC. a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the
Chargor); and
	 
	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.
	 
	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):
	 
	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.
	 
	 	 	Administrator means any administrator appointed in respect of the Chargor (whether by the
Collateral Agent, or a court or otherwise).
	 
	 	 	Charged Company means Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the
laws of England and Wales (registered number 05308334) with its registered office at
Latchford Lock Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN, NP10 9YD.
	 
	 	 	Charged Shares means all shares in the Charged Company from time to time issued to the
Chargor or held by any nominee on its behalf. 
	 
	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan agreement dated on or about the date of this Deed
between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the other
Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent.
	 
	 	 	Discharge Date means the date on which the Administrative Agent is satisfied that all of
the Secured Obligations have been irrevocably paid and discharged.
	 
	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.
	 
	 	 	Related Rights means in relation to any Charged Share:

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	 	(i)	 	the proceeds of sale of the whole or any part of that asset or any
monies and proceeds paid or payable in respect of that asset;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all rights under any licence, agreement for sale, option or lease in
respect of that asset; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	all rights, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies,
security indemnities or covenants for title in respect of that asset.

	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the share mortgage dated on or about the date of
this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.
	 
	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the Security Trust Deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	1.2	 	Construction
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement, contract,
deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver, novation,
modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and amended
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;

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	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event of
Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the
Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);
	 
	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included shall
be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.
	 
	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral
Agent and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision
of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it
may be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;

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	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be
construed as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1994; and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice
versa.

	 	(n)	 	The term:
	 
	 	 	 	certificated has the meaning given to it in the Uncertificated Securities
Regulations 2001; and
	 
	 	 	 	clearance system means a person whose business is or includes the provision of
clearance services or security accounts or any nominee or depository for that
person.
	 
	 	(o)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(p)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will
not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(r)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	 	(s)	 	A reference in a Charged Share includes:

	 	(i)	 	any dividend, interest or other distribution paid or
payable;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any right, money or property accruing, derived, incidental
or offered at any time by way of redemption, substitution, exchange, bonus or
preference, under option rights or otherwise;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any right against any clearance system;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any Related Rights; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	any right under any custodian or other agreement,

	 	 	 	in relation to that Charged Share.

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	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a
party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is not
required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.
	 
	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO
THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.
	 
	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of
all the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with the
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
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	 	 	 	rights, powers and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent
under this Deed or the Loan Documents (or any other document in connection
therewith) shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

	2.2	 	Charged Shares
	 
	 	 	The Chargor charges:

	 	(a)	 	by way of a first legal mortgage the Charged Shares; this includes any
Charged Shares specified in Schedule 1 (Security Assets); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	(to the extent that they are not the subject of a mortgage under
sub-paragraph (i) above) by way of a first fixed charge its interest in the Charged
Shares.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create (save that
the legal mortgage created in Clause 2.2(a)(i) will take effect in equity until such
time as the Collateral Agent exercises its discretion under Clause 5.1(b)) and is not
liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration or
otherwise;
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law); and

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other
rights provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the
Security Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect
the Security as against any third party.

	3.2	 	Charged Shares
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	the Charged Shares are duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid;

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	 	(b)	 	the Charged Shares are not subject to any Security Interest, any option to
purchase or similar right (in each case other than as permitted by the Credit
Agreement);
	 
	 	(c)	 	it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Charged Shares (save for any
Charged Shares transferred to the Collateral Agent or its nominee pursuant to this
Deed);
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Charged Company is a company incorporated with limited liability;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the constitutional documents of the Charged Company do not and could not
restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of this
Security; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	there are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of,
or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan
capital of the Charged Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or
conversion) (in each case other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement).

	3.3	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to
be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets;
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	COVENANTS
	 
	5.1	 	Certificated Charged Shares

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	deposit with the Collateral Agent, or as the Collateral
Agent may direct, any bearer instrument, share certificate or other document
of title or evidence of ownership in relation to any Charged Share;
immediately in respect of any Charged Share subject to this Security on the
date of this Deed and thereafter, immediately following the acquisition by,
or the issue to, the Chargor of any certificated Charged Share (unless the
same is required for registering any transfer, in which case the Chargor must
deposit the same immediately after such registration is completed); and

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	 	(ii)	 	immediately take any action and execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent any share transfer or other document which may be requested
by the Collateral Agent in order to enable the transferee to be registered as
the owner or otherwise obtain a legal title to that Charged Share; this
includes:

	 	(1)	 	delivering executed and (unless exempt from
stamp duty), pre-stamped share transfers in favour of the Collateral
Agent or any of its nominees as transferee or, if the Collateral
Agent so directs, with the transferee left blank; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	procuring that those share transfers are
registered by the Charged Company in which the Charged Shares are
held in the share register of the Charged Company and that share
certificates in the name of the transferee are delivered to the
Collateral Agent.

	 	(b)	 	The Collateral Agent may, at any time, complete the instruments of transfer
on behalf of the Chargor in favour of itself or such other person as it shall select.

	5.2	 	Changes to rights
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not (except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement) take or allow the taking of any action on its behalf which may
result in the rights attaching to any of the Charged Shares being altered or further shares
being issued.
	 
	5.3	 	Calls

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must pay all calls and other payments due and payable in respect
of any of the Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may (at its discretion)
pay those calls or other payments on behalf of the Chargor. The Chargor must
immediately on request reimburse the Collateral Agent for any payment made by the
Collateral Agent under this Subclause and, pending reimbursement, that payment will
constitute part of the Secured Obligations.

	5.4	 	Other obligations in respect of Charged Shares

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must comply with all requests for information which is within its
knowledge and which it is required to comply with by law (including section 793 of the
Companies Act 2006) or under the constitutional documents relating to any of the
Charged Shares. If the Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may elect to
provide any information which it may have on behalf of the Chargor.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must promptly supply a copy to the Collateral Agent of any
information referred to in paragraph (a) above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	It is acknowledged and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary
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	 	 	 	all of the conditions and obligations assumed by it in respect of any of the
Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(d)	 	No Secured Party will be required in any manner to:

	 	(i)	 	perform or fulfil any obligation of the Chargor;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	make any payment;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any
payment received by it or the Chargor;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	present or file any claim or take any other action to
collect or enforce the payment of any amount; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	take any action in connection with the taking up of any (or
any offer of any) stocks, shares, rights, monies or other property paid,
distributed, accruing or offered at any time by way of interest, dividend,
redemption, bonus, rights, preference, option, warrant or otherwise,

	 	 	in respect of any Charged Share.
	 
	5.5	 	Voting rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event
of Default is continuing, the Chargor may continue to exercise the voting rights,
powers and other rights in respect of the Charged Shares, provided that (x) it shall
promptly deliver copies of any minutes of shareholder meetings in respect of the
Charged Shares to the Collateral Agent if so requested by the Collateral Agent, and
(y) it shall not exercise such voting rights, powers and other rights in a manner
which would result in, or otherwise permit or agree to, (i) any variation of the
rights attaching to or conferred by any of the Charged Shares which the Collateral
Agent considers prejudicial to the interests of the Secured Parties or which conflict
or derogate from any Loan Documents or (ii) any increase in the issued share capital
of a Charged Company (save to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement), which in
the opinion of the Collateral Agent would prejudice the value of, or the ability of
the Collateral Agent to realise, the security created by this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event
of Default is continuing, if the relevant Charged Shares have been registered in the
name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, the Collateral Agent (or that nominee)
must exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in respect of the Charged
Shares in any manner which the Chargor may direct in writing. The Collateral Agent (or
that nominee) will execute any form of proxy or other document which the Chargor may
reasonably require for this purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, all dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable
in relation to any Charged Shares must be paid to the Chargor. To achieve this:

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	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent or its nominee will promptly execute
any dividend mandate necessary to ensure that payment is made direct to the
Chargor; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if payment is made directly to the Collateral Agent (or its
nominee) before the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or at a time
when an Event of Default is not continuing, the Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will promptly pay that amount to the Chargor.

	 	(d)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event
of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall use its reasonable endeavours to
promptly forward to the Chargor all material notices, correspondence and/or other
communication it receives in relation to the Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Following the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or for so long as
an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent or its nominee may exercise or
refrain from exercising:

	 	(i)	 	any voting rights; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any other powers or rights which maybe exercised by the
legal or beneficial owner of any Charged Share, any person who is the holder
of any Charged Share or otherwise

	 	 	 	in each case, in the name of the Chargor, the registered holder or otherwise and
without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and
irrespective of any direction given by the Chargor.

	 	(f)	 	To the extent that the Charged Shares remain registered in the names of the
Chargor, the Chargor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent or its nominee as its
proxy to exercise all voting rights in respect of those Charged Shares following the
service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or so long as an Event of Default is
continuing.
	 
	 	(g)	 	The Chargor must indemnify the Collateral Agent against any loss or liability
incurred by the Collateral Agent as a consequence of the Collateral Agent acting in
respect of the Charged Shares on the direction of the Chargor.

	5.6	 	Custodian arrangements
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	promptly give notice of this Deed to any custodian of any Charged Share in
any form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the custodian acknowledges that
notice in any form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.

	6.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	6.1	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

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	6.2	 	Enforcement
	 
	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may direct.
	 
	7.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	7.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under section
103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages (including under
section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended
so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept
surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and
without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	7.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	7.3	 	Privileges
	 
	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).
	 
	7.4	 	Protection of third parties
	 
	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;
	 
	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

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	7.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee,
chargee or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the
absence of manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	7.6	 	Contingencies
	 
	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.
	 
	8.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	8.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at
any time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a result
of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.

	8.2	 	Removal
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order
of the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it
and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

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	8.3	 	Remuneration
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.
	 
	8.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by
a mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	8.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.
	 
	9.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	9.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out below in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under the
Insolvency Act 1986; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions conferred
on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the Insolvency
Act 1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	9.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	9.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.

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	9.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	9.5	 	Borrow money
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.
	 
	9.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

	9.7	 	Compromise
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.
	 
	9.8	 	Legal actions
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	9.9	 	Receipts
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	9.10	 	Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.
	 
	9.11	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	9.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.

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	9.13	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its
business to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.
	 
	9.14	 	Other powers
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers
or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	10.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to
apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by
applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party.

	11.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 16.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Transaction Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at
any time may be subject.

	12.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	12.1	 	Power of Attorney
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

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	12.2	 	Terms
	 
	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.
	 
	12.3	 	Liability
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.
	 
	13.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
the Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the
Collateral Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the
making of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.
	 
	14.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.

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	15.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 
	15.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.
	 
	15.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	15.3	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement
in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	15.4	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

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	15.5	 	Appropriations
	 
	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the
Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	15.6	 	Non-competition
	 
	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party
or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise
any right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.
	 
	15.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party;
	 
	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

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	15.8	 	Delivery of documents
	 
	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	15.9	 	Security held by Chargor
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The
Chargor will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	16.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	16.1	 	Covenant to pay
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Credit Agreement.
	 
	16.2	 	Interest
	 
	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	16.3	 	Tacking
	 
	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).
	 
	16.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	16.5	 	Time deposits
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

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	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.
	 
	16.6	 	Notice of assignment
	 
	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.
	 
	16.7	 	Perpetuity period
	 
	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.
	 
	16.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this
Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the
purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after this Security
has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in
or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken into account
advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm of national
standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method of valuation
provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable method of
valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	17.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.
	 
	18.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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	19.	 	NOTICES
	 
	19.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
	 
	19.2	 	Addresses
	 
	 	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a party to
this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address as set forth in the Credit
Agreement or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the relevant
party may notify to the Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other
parties, if a change is made by the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’
notice.
	 
	19.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received
by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of
the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details
(or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for
this purpose).

	19.4	 	Notification of address and fax number
	 
	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 19.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.
	 
	19.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	20.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.

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	21.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	21.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle
any such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral Agent
invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New
York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. The Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include
any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	21.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints the Charged Company as its agent under this Deed for
service of process in any proceedings before the English courts in connection with
this Deed and will procure that the Charged Company accepts such appointment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of
such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral
Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this
purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any
process will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.
	 
	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	21.3	 	Waiver of immunity
	 
	 	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(a)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;

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	 	(b)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	21.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury
	 
	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

CHARGED SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Name of	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of Charged	 	nominee (if any)

 by whom shares	 	Class of shares	 	Number of
	Chargor	 	Company	 	are held	 	held	 	shares held
	Novelis Inc

	 	Novelis Europe

Holdings

Limited
	 	 	 	Ordinary
	 	 	165,631,965	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Inc

	 	Novelis Europe

Holdings

Limited
	 	 	 	Preferred
	 	 	144,928,900	 

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SIGNATORIES

	 	 	 	 	 

	Executed as a deed by
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS,
INC. acting by

                    

	 	)

)
	 	                     Authorised signatory

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent

acting by authorised signatory:

 	 
	 	  	
 	 
	 	 	Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent

and

THE COMPANIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1

as Original Chargors

 

SECURITY TRUST DEED

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1.

	 	Definitions And Interpretation
	 	 	1	 
	2.

	 	Trust For The Secured Parties
	 	 	4	 
	3.

	 	Application Of Proceeds
	 	 	4	 
	4.

	 	Collateral Agent’s Actions
	 	 	5	 
	5.

	 	Resignation Of Collateral Agent
	 	 	11	 
	6.

	 	Change Of Party
	 	 	11	 
	7.

	 	Delegation And Additional Collateral Agents
	 	 	12	 
	8.

	 	Taxes, Expenses And Indemnity
	 	 	13	 
	9.

	 	Amendments And Releases
	 	 	13	 
	10.

	 	Miscellaneous
	 	 	14	 
	11.

	 	Remedies And Waivers, Partial Invalidity
	 	 	14	 
	12.

	 	Notices 	 	 	14	 
	13.

	 	Winding-Up Of Trust And Perpetuity Period
	 	 	16	 
	14.

	 	Chargors
	 	 	16	 
	15.

	 	Counterparts
	 	 	17	 
	16.

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	17	 
	17.

	 	Enforcement
	 	 	17	 
	Schedule 1 Original Chargors

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	Schedule 2 Form Of Agent Accession Undertaking

	20	 
	Schedule 3 Schedule 3 Form Of Chargor Accession Undertaking

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN

	(1)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement defined below) (the Collateral Agent);
	 
	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the Secured Parties (each defined in the
Credit Agreement) (defined below) (the Administrative Agent); and
	 
	(3)	 	THE COMPANIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 as original chargors (the Original Chargors).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions

Terms defined in the Credit Agreement (defined below) shall, unless otherwise defined
in this Deed, have the same meaning when used in this Deed and in addition:

Additional Chargor means a member of the Group which enters into a Security Document after
the date of this Deed.

Agent Accession Undertaking means an undertaking in substantially the form set out in
Schedule 2.

Chargor means an Original Chargor and any Additional Chargor.

Chargor Accession Undertaking means an undertaking substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 3.

Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.

English Guarantee and Security Agreement means the English law guarantee and security
agreement dated on or about the date of this Deed between Novelis UK, Novelis Europe,
Novelis Services and the Collateral Agent.

English Security over Accounts Agreement means each of (a) the English law security over
accounts agreement between Novelis Luxembourg and the Collateral Agent; (b) the English law
security over accounts agreement between Novelis Switzerland and the Collateral Agent; (c)
the English law security over accounts agreement between Novelis Switzerland AG and the
Collateral Agent; (d) the English law security over accounts agreement between Novelis
Italia and the Collateral Agent; (e) the English law security over accounts agreement
between Novelis Foil France and the Collateral Agent; (f) the English law security over
accounts agreement between Novelis France and the Collateral Agent; (g) the English law
security over accounts agreement between Novelis Inc and the Collateral Agent; and (h) the
English law security over accounts agreement between Novelis US and the Collateral Agent.

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English Security over Accounts and IP Agreement means the English law security agreement
dated on or about the date of this Deed between Novelis Germany and the Collateral Agent.

English Security Documents means each of the English Guarantee and Security Agreement, the
English Security over Accounts and IP Agreement, the English Security over Accounts
Agreements and the English Share Mortgage.

English Share Mortgage means the English law share mortgage dated on or about the date of
this Deed between Novelis Inc and the Collateral Agent.

Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

Irish Guarantee and Security Agreement means the Irish law guarantee and security agreement
dated on or about the date of this Deed between Novelis Ireland and the Collateral Agent.

Irish Security Documents means each of the Irish Guarantee and Security Agreement and the
Irish Share Charges.

Irish Share Charge means each of (a) the Irish law share charge in respect of shares in
Novelis Ireland dated on or about the date of this Deed between Novelis UK and the
Collateral Agent and (b) the Irish law share charge in respect of shares in Novelis Ireland
dated on or about the date of this Deed between Novelis Europe and the Collateral Agent.

Outstanding Amount at any time in relation to a Secured Party means the aggregate of the
amounts which are owing, actually or contingently, at such time by any Chargor to that
Secured Party (other than to the Collateral Agent in its capacity as collateral agent) under
the Loan Documents, whether or not due.

Party means a party to this Deed.

Receiver means a receiver and manager or a receiver or, where permitted by law, an
administrative receiver of the whole or part of the Secured Property and that term will
include any appointee under a joint and/or several appointment, in each case, appointed
under any Security Document.

Secured Property means all the assets of the Chargors which from time to time are, or are
expressed to be, the subject of the Transaction Security.

Security Documents means (a) the English Security Documents, (b) the Irish Security
Documents and (c) any other document governed by English or Irish law that evidences or
creates any guarantee or any security over any asset of any Chargor to guarantee or secure
the Secured Obligations in favour of the Collateral Agent and/or is designated a “Security
Document” for the purposes of this Deed by the Collateral Agent and the Chargors.

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Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.

Transaction Security means any guarantee or Security Interest created or expressed to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents.

Trustee Acts means the Trustee Act 1925 the Trustee Act 2000 of England and Wales and the
Trustee Acts of Ireland.

	1.2	 	Construction

         In this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	the rules of interpretation contained in Clause 1.2
(Interpretation) of the Guarantee and Security Agreement shall apply to the
construction of this Deed, but as if references to the Credit Agreement were to
this Deed; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Parties intend that this document shall take effect as a deed
notwithstanding the fact that a Party may only execute this document under hand.

	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a Party
has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the Third Parties
Act) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any person who is not a
Party is not required to rescind or vary this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	The Collateral Agent

The Collateral Agent is entitled to all of the rights and benefits of Article 10 of the
Credit Agreement, and to the extent that Article 10 of the Credit Agreement is inconsistent
with the provisions of this Deed, the provisions of Article 10 of the Credit Agreement shall
prevail.

	1.5	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED
TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND
THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES
HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY
CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS
DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT,

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INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY
COLLATERAL AGENT.

WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS
AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	TRUST FOR THE SECURED PARTIES

	 	(a)	 	The Collateral Agent declares that it shall hold the Transaction Security on trust
for those entities which are from time to time Secured Parties, to the extent that such
Transaction Security purports to guarantee or secure the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each of the Parties agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have only those
duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in this Deed or any other
Loan Document (and no others shall be implied).

	3.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	3.1	 	Order of Application

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or any
Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of the
Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Deed to apply them at such times
as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by applicable law (subject to
the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, but
subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause shall not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from any Chargor.

	3.2	 	Investment of Proceeds

Prior to the application of the proceeds of the Transaction Security in accordance with
Clause 3.1 (Order of Application) the Collateral Agent may, at its discretion, hold all or
part of those proceeds in an interest bearing suspense or impersonal account(s) in the name
of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent with such financial institution
(including itself) for so long as the Collateral Agent shall think fit or as the Required
Lenders may direct (the interest being credited to the relevant account) pending the
application from time to time of those monies at the Collateral Agent’s discretion in
accordance with the provisions of this Clause 3.

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	3.3	 	Currency Conversion

	 	(a)	 	For the purpose of or pending the discharge of any of the Secured Obligations the
Collateral Agent may convert any moneys received or recovered by the Collateral Agent
from one currency to another, at the spot rate at which the Collateral Agent is able to
purchase the currency in which the Secured Obligations are due with the amount
received.

	 	(b)	 	The obligations of the Chargors to pay in the due currency shall only be
satisfied to the extent of the amount of the due currency purchased after deducting the
costs of conversion.

	3.4	 	Permitted Deductions

The Collateral Agent shall be entitled (a) to set aside by way of reserve amounts
required to meet, and (b) to make and pay, any deductions (on account of Taxes or
otherwise), which it is or may be required by any applicable law to make from any
distribution or payment made by it under this Deed, and to pay all Taxes which may be
assessed against it in respect of any of the Secured Property, or as a consequence of
performing its duties, or by virtue of its capacity as Collateral Agent under any of the
Loan Documents or otherwise (other than in connection with its remuneration for performing
its duties under this Deed).

	3.5	 	Discharge of Secured Obligations

	 	(a)	 	Any payment to be made to the Lenders in respect of the Secured Obligations by the
Collateral Agent may be made to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and
any payment so made shall be a good discharge to the extent of that payment, to the
Collateral Agent.

	 	(b)	 	The Collateral Agent is under no obligation to make payment to the
Administrative Agent under Clause 3.5(a) in the same currency as that in which the
relevant Lender’s Outstanding Amounts are denominated.

	3.6	 	Sums received by Chargors

If any of the Chargors receives any sum which, pursuant to any of the Loan Documents,
should have been paid to the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, the relevant
Chargor shall procure that such sum shall promptly be paid to the Collateral Agent for
application in accordance with this Clause and pending such payment Novelis Europe shall
procure that such sum shall be held by that Chargor on trust for the Collateral Agent.

	3.7	 	No Security Interest

No part of this Deed is intended to or shall create a registerable Security Interest.

	4.	 	COLLATERAL AGENT’S ACTIONS

	4.1	 	Collateral Agent’s Instructions

        The Collateral Agent shall:

	 	(a)	 	except as otherwise provided, act in accordance with any instructions given to
it by the Administrative Agent and shall be entitled to assume that (i) any
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	 	 	 	behalf of the Required Lenders or, as the case may be, the Lenders in accordance with
the terms of the Loan Documents and (ii) unless it has received actual notice of
revocation, that any such instructions or directions have not been revoked;

	 	(b)	 	if it receives any instructions or directions from the Administrative Agent to
take any action in relation to the Transaction Security, assume that all applicable
conditions under the Loan Documents for taking that action have been satisfied;
	 
	 	(c)	 	be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any direction, from
the Administrative Agent as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights, powers and discretions and the Collateral Agent may
refrain from acting unless and until those instructions or clarification are received
by it; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	be entitled to carry out all dealings with the Lenders through the
Administrative Agent and may give to the Administrative Agent any notice or other
communication required to be given by the Collateral Agent to the Lenders.

	4.2	 	Collateral Agent’s Actions

        Subject to the provisions of this Clause 4:

	 	(a)	 	the Collateral Agent may in the absence of any instructions to the contrary,
take such action in the exercise of any of its powers and duties under the Loan
Documents which in its absolute discretion it considers to be for the protection and
benefit of all the Secured Parties; and

	 	(b)	 	at any time after receipt by the Collateral Agent of notice from the
Administrative Agent directing the Collateral Agent to exercise all or any of its
rights, remedies, powers or discretions under any of the Loan Documents to enforce any
Transaction Security, the Collateral Agent may, and shall if so directed by the
Administrative Agent take any action as in its sole discretion it thinks fit to enforce
the Transaction Security.

	4.3	 	Collateral Agent’s Discretions

        The Collateral Agent may:

	 	(a)	 	assume, unless it has, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured
Parties, received actual notice to the contrary, that (a) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and no Chargor is in breach of or default under its obligations
under any of the Loan Documents and (b) any right, power, authority or discretion
vested by any Loan Document in any person has not been exercised;
	 
	 	(b)	 	engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants,
surveyors or other experts (whether obtained by the Collateral Agent or by any other
Secured Party) whose advice or services may at any time seem necessary, expedient or
desirable;
	 
	 	(c)	 	rely upon any communication or document believed by it to be genuine and, as to
any matters of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within the

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	 	 	 	knowledge of a Secured Party or a Chargor, upon a certificate signed by or on behalf
of that person; and

	 	(d)	 	refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the Administrative
Agent (including bringing any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in
connection with the Loan Documents) until it has received any indemnification and/or
security that it may in its absolute discretion require (whether by way of payment in
advance or otherwise) for all costs, losses and liabilities which it may incur in
bringing such action or proceedings.

	4.4	 	Collateral Agent’s Obligations

        The Collateral Agent shall promptly inform the Administrative Agent of:

	 	(a)	 	the contents of any notice or document received by it in its capacity as
Collateral Agent from any Chargor under any Loan Document; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the occurrence of any Event of Default or any default by a Chargor in the due
performance of or compliance with its obligations under any Loan Document of which the
Collateral Agent has received notice from any other party to this Deed.

	4.5	 	Excluded Secured Obligations

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in this Deed or a
Security Document, the Collateral Agent shall not:

	 	(a)	 	be bound to enquire as to (i) the occurrence or otherwise of any Default or
Event of Default or (ii) the performance, default or any breach by a Chargor of its
obligations under any of the Loan Documents;
	 
	 	(b)	 	be bound to account to any other Secured Party for any sum or the profit
element of any sum received by it for its own account;
	 
	 	(c)	 	be bound to disclose to any other person (including any Secured Party) (i) any
confidential information or (ii) any other information if disclosure would or might in
its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or be a breach of fiduciary duty;
	 
	 	(d)	 	be under any obligations other than those which are specifically provided for
in the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	have or be deemed to have any duty, obligation or responsibility to, or
relationship of trust or agency with, any Chargor.

	4.6	 	Exclusion of Collateral Agent’s Liability

Unless caused directly by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct the Collateral
Agent shall not accept responsibility or be liable for:

	 	(a)	 	the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information supplied by the
Collateral Agent or any other person in connection with the Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, or any other agreement,

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	 	 	 	arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, pursuant
to or in connection with the Loan Documents;

	 	(b)	 	the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Loan
Document or the Transaction Security or any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with
any Loan Document or the Transaction Security;
	 
	 	(c)	 	any losses to any person or any liability arising as a result of taking or
refraining from taking any action in relation to any of the Loan Documents or the
Transaction Security or otherwise;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the exercise of, or the failure to exercise, any judgment, discretion or power
given to it by or in connection with any of the Loan Documents, the Transaction
Security or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed
in anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with the Loan Documents or the
Transaction Security; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	any shortfall which arises on the enforcement of the Transaction Security.

	4.7	 	No Proceedings

No Party (other than the Collateral Agent) may take any proceedings against any
officer, employee or agent of the Collateral Agent in respect of any claim it might have
against the Collateral Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that
officer, employee or agent in relation to any Security Document and any officer, employee or
agent of the Collateral Agent may rely on this Clause subject to Clause 1.3 (Third Party
Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.

	4.8	 	Own Responsibility

It is understood and agreed by each Secured Party at all times that that Secured Party
has itself been and will continue to be solely responsible for making its own independent
appraisal of and investigation into all risks arising under or in connection with the Loan
Documents including but not limited to:

	 	(a)	 	the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and
nature of each of the Chargors;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy and enforceability of each of
the Loan Documents and the Transaction Security and any other agreement, arrangement or
document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, pursuant to or in
connection with the Loan Documents or the Transaction Security;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether that Secured Party has recourse, and the nature and extent of that
recourse, against any Chargor or any other person or any of their respective assets
under or in connection with the Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated in the
Loan Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or
executed in anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with the Loan Documents;

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	 	(d)	 	the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by any
person in connection with the Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated in the Loan
Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or
executed in anticipation of, pursuant to or in connection with the Loan Documents; and

	 	(e)	 	the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of any
part of the Secured Property, the priority of any of the Transaction Security or the
existence of any Security Interest affecting the Secured Property,

and each Secured Party warrants to the Collateral Agent that it has not relied on and will
not at any time rely on the Collateral Agent in respect of any of these matters.

	4.9	 	No responsibility to perfect Transaction Security

The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any failure to:

	 	(a)	 	require the deposit with it of any deed or document certifying, representing or
constituting the title of any Chargor to any of the Secured Property;
	 
	 	(b)	 	obtain any licence, consent or other authority for the execution, delivery,
legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Loan
Documents or the Transaction Security;
	 
	 	(c)	 	register, file or record or otherwise protect any of the Transaction Security
(or the priority of any of the Transaction Security) under any applicable laws in any
jurisdiction or to give notice to any person of the execution of any of the Loan
Documents or of the Transaction Security;
	 
	 	(d)	 	take, or to require any of the Chargors to take, any steps to perfect its title
to any of the Secured Property or to render the Transaction Security effective or to
secure the creation of any ancillary security under the laws of any jurisdiction; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	require any further assurances in relation to any Security Document.

	4.10	 	Insurance by Collateral Agent

	 	(a)	 	The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to insure any of the Secured
Property, to require any other person to maintain any insurance or to verify any
obligation to arrange or maintain insurance contained in the Loan Documents. The
Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any loss which may be suffered by any
person as a result of the lack of or inadequacy of any such insurance.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Where the Collateral Agent is named on any insurance policy as an insured
party, it shall not be responsible for any loss which may be suffered by reason of,
directly or indirectly, its failure to notify the insurers of any material fact
relating to the risk assumed by the insurers or any other information of any kind,
unless any Secured Party shall have requested it to do so in writing and the Collateral
Agent shall have failed to do so within fourteen days after receipt of that request.

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	4.11	 	Custodians and Nominees

The Collateral Agent may appoint and pay any person to act as a custodian or nominee on
any terms in relation to any assets of the trust as the Collateral Agent may determine,
including for the purpose of depositing with a custodian this Deed or any document relating
to the trust created under this Deed and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for
any loss, liability, expense, demand, cost, claim or proceedings incurred by reason of the
misconduct, omission or default on the part of any person appointed by it under this Deed or
be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any person.

	4.12	 	Acceptance of Title

The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to accept without enquiry, and shall not be
obliged to investigate, such right and title as each of the Chargors may have to any of the
Secured Property and shall not be liable for or bound to require the relevant Chargor to
remedy any defect in its right or title.

	4.13	 	Refrain from Illegality

The Collateral Agent may refrain from doing anything which in its opinion will or may
be contrary to any relevant law, directive or regulation of any jurisdiction which would or
might otherwise render it liable to any person, and the Collateral Agent may do anything
which is, in its opinion, necessary to comply with any law, directive or regulation.

	4.14	 	Business with the Chargors

The Collateral Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in
any kind of banking or other business with any of the Chargors.

	4.15	 	Powers Supplemental

The rights, powers and discretions conferred upon the Collateral Agent by this Deed
shall be supplemental to the Trustee Acts and in addition to any which may be vested in the
Collateral Agent by general law or otherwise.

	4.16	 	Collateral Agent Separate

In acting as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Bank of America, N.A. shall be
regarded as a separate entity from Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, Lender and
in any other capacity and any information received in such other capacity shall not be
regarded as having been given to Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as Collateral Agent
unless actually received by it in that capacity.

	4.17	 	Disapplication

Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Collateral Agent
in relation to the trusts constituted by this Deed. Where there are any inconsistencies
between the Trustee Acts and the provisions of this Deed, the provisions of this Deed shall,
to the extent allowed by law, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee
Act 2000, the provisions of this Deed shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the
purposes of that Act.

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	5.	 	RESIGNATION OF COLLATERAL AGENT

	5.1	 	Resignation of Collateral Agent

	 	(a)	 	The Collateral Agent may resign and a new Collateral Agent may be appointed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The retiring Collateral Agent shall (at its own cost except where it resigns
pursuant to paragraph (d) below) make available to the successor Collateral Agent such
documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Collateral Agent may
reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Collateral Agent
under the Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Loan Parties party hereto will (at their own cost) take such action and
execute such documents as is required by the retiring Collateral Agent so that the
Transaction Security provides for effective and perfected security in favour of any
successor Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Required Lenders may, by notice to the Collateral Agent, require it to
resign in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07 of the Credit Agreement. In
this event, the Collateral Agent shall resign in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.07 of the Credit Agreement.

6.   CHANGE OF PARTY

	6.1	 	Assignment

No Party may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its obligations under this
Deed except as expressly contemplated by this Deed or as may be required by law.

	6.2	 	Change of Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent

Without prejudice to section 10.07 of the Credit Agreement, any person which is
appointed as the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent after the date of this Deed,
in each case in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07 of the Credit Agreement,
shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (or, if appropriate the outgoing
Collateral Agent) and the Administrative Agent (or, if appropriate the outgoing
Administrative Agent) an Agent Accession Undertaking and, with effect from:

	 	(a)	 	the date of acceptance by both the Administrative Agent (or, if appropriate the
outgoing Administrative Agent) and the Collateral Agent (or, if appropriate the
outgoing Collateral Agent); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	subject to all necessary steps having been taken to transfer and/or, as the
case may be, retake (and duly perfect, as required) the Transaction Security
(including, without limitation, delivery (and/or filing, as applicable) of all
necessary corporate authorities, legal opinions, notices, acknowledgements,
certificates of discharge, transfer certificates, share certificates or any other
documents of title):

	 	(i)	 	the outgoing Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate) shall be discharged from further obligations under this Deed and
their respective rights against one another shall be cancelled (except in each
case for those rights which arose prior to such date, and in the case of the

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	 	 	 	Collateral Agent, its rights under Clause 4 (Collateral Agent’s Actions) and
Clause 8 (Taxes, Expenses and Indemnity); and

	 	(ii)	 	the replacement Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as
appropriate) shall assume the same obligations, and become entitled to the same
rights, as a Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate) under
this Deed as if it had been an original party to this Deed.

	6.3	 	Additional Chargor

The Chargors shall procure that any Additional Chargor shall execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent a Chargor Accession Undertaking and with effect from the date of acceptance
by the Collateral Agent, the Additional Chargor will become a party to this Deed.

	6.4	 	Credit Agreement

        The Parties acknowledge Section 10.15 of the Credit Agreement.

	7.	 	DELEGATION AND ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL AGENTS

	7.1	 	Delegation

	 	(a)	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any
other manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this
Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to
sub-delegate) which the Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or
responsible for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or
misconduct on the part of any Delegate.

	7.2	 	Additional Collateral Agents

	 	(a)	 	The Collateral Agent may at any time appoint (and subsequently remove) any person
to act as a separate Collateral Agent or as a co-Collateral Agent jointly with it (i)
if it considers that appointment to be in the interests of the Secured Parties or (ii)
for the purposes of conforming to any legal requirements, restrictions or conditions
which the Collateral Agent deems to be relevant or (iii) for obtaining or enforcing any
judgment in any jurisdiction, and the Collateral Agent shall give prior notice to
Novelis Europe and the Administrative Agent of any such appointment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any person so appointed (subject to the terms of this Deed) shall have the
rights, powers and discretions (not exceeding those conferred on the Collateral Agent
by this Deed) and the duties and obligations as are conferred or imposed by the
instrument of appointment.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The remuneration the Collateral Agent may pay to any person, and any costs and
expenses incurred by that person in performing its functions pursuant to that
appointment shall, for the purposes of this Deed, be treated as costs and expenses
incurred by the Collateral Agent.

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	8.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis reimburse,
any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.15, 7.10, 11.03 and
11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	And any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 10.3 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargors shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in relation
to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this Deed, the
Transaction Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time
may be subject.

9.    AMENDMENTS AND RELEASES

	9.1	 	Amendments

	 	(a)	 	Unless the provisions of any Loan Document expressly provide otherwise, the
Collateral Agent may, if authorised pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement,
amend the terms of, waive any of the requirements of, or grant consents under, this
Deed or any of the Security Documents, any such amendment, waiver or consent being
binding on all the parties to this Deed and the Collateral Agent shall be under no
liability whatsoever in this respect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No new or additional obligations may be imposed upon the Collateral Agent or
the Administrative Agent without the consent of the Collateral Agent or, as the case
may be, the Administrative Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any amendment or waiver which relates to the rights of the Collateral Agent or
the Administrative Agent shall not be effective without the consent of the Collateral
Agent or the Administrative Agent respectively.

	9.2	 	Releases

       Upon a disposal of any of the Secured Property:

	 	(a)	 	pursuant to the enforcement of the Transaction Security by a Receiver or the
Collateral Agent; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	if that disposal is permitted under the Loan Documents,

the Collateral Agent shall (at the sole cost of the Chargors) release that property from the
Transaction Security and is authorised to execute, without the need for any further
authority from the Secured Parties, any release of the Transaction Security or other claim
over that asset and to issue any certificates of non-crystallisation of floating charges
that may be required or desirable.

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	10.	 	MISCELLANEOUS

	10.1	 	Secured Parties’ Information

The Secured Parties shall provide to the Administrative Agent, for transmission to the
Collateral Agent, such information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably specify (through
the Administrative Agent) as being necessary or desirable to enable the Collateral Agent to
perform its functions as Collateral Agent. Each Secured Party (other than the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent) shall deal with the Collateral Agent
exclusively through the Administrative Agent and shall not deal directly with the Collateral
Agent.

	10.2	 	Chargors’ Waiver

Each of the Chargors hereby waives, to the extent permitted under applicable law, all
rights it may otherwise have to require that the Transaction Security be enforced in any
particular order or manner or at any particular time or that any sum received or recovered
from any person, or by virtue of the enforcement of any of the Transaction Security or any
other security, which is capable of being applied in or towards discharge of any of the
Secured Obligations is so applied.

	10.3	 	Interest

If a Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.

	11.	 	REMEDIES AND WAIVERS, PARTIAL INVALIDITY

	11.1	 	Remedies and Waivers

	 	(a)	 	No failure to exercise, or any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured
Party, any right or remedy under this Deed shall operate as a waiver of that right or
remedy, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any
further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

	 	(b)	 	The rights and remedies provided in this Deed are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights or remedies provided by law.

	11.2	 	Partial Invalidity

If, at any time, any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality,
validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Deed nor of such provision
under the laws of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

	12.	 	NOTICES

	12.1	 	Communications in Writing

Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

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	12.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a
party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in Clause
12.2(b) or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax number
or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral Agent (or
the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by the
Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 12.2(a), the address of each Chargor shall be:

Novelis Europe Holdings Limited

Latchford Locks Works

Thelwell Lane

Warrington

Cheshire

United Kingdom

Attention: David Sneddon

and with a copy to:

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	12.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or
in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received by
the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the
department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details (or
any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for this
purpose).

	12.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address
or fax number pursuant to Clause 12.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

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	12.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral Agent,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English
translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or
other official document.

	13.	 	WINDING-UP OF TRUST AND PERPETUITY PERIOD
	 
	13.1	 	Winding up of Trust
	 
	 	 	
If the Collateral Agent, with the approval of the Required Lenders, determines that (a)
all of the Secured Obligations and all other obligations secured by each Security Document
have been fully and finally discharged and (b) none of the Secured Parties is under any
commitment, obligation or liability (whether actual or contingent) to make advances or
provide other financial accommodation to any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents, the
trusts set out in this Deed shall be wound up. At that time the Collateral Agent shall, at
the request of and at the sole cost of the Chargors, release, without recourse or warranty,
all of the Transaction Security then held by it and the rights of the Collateral Agent under
each of the Security Documents, at which time each of the Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties and the Chargors shall be released from their
obligations under this Deed (save for those which arose prior to such winding-up).

	 
	13.2	 	Perpetuity Period
	 
	 	 	
The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years from the date of this
Deed.

	 
	14.	 	CHARGORS

	 	(a)	 	All communications under this Deed to or from a Secured Party must be sent through
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor irrevocably appoints Novelis Europe to act as its agent:

	 	(i)	 	to give and receive all communications under the Security
Documents or this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to supply all information concerning itself to any Secured Party;
and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to agree and sign all documents under or in connection with this
Deed without further reference to any Chargor; this includes any amendment or
waiver of this Deed which would otherwise have required the consent of the
Chargors.

	 	(c)	 	Novelis Europe hereby accepts the appointment under Clause 14(b).
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any communication given to Novelis Europe in connection with this Deed will be
deemed to have been given also to the other Chargors.

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	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may assume that any communication made by Novelis Europe
is made with the consent of each Chargor.

	15.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	
This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

	 
	16.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	
This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it
are governed by English law.

	 
	17.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	17.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in connection
with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral Agent) has the
right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case the New York
courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any proceedings
before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with immediate
effect.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any
such dispute in connection with this Deed, save that, if the Collateral Agent invokes
the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New York courts
are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute, even if the
jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. Each Chargor agrees not to
argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this clause on the
grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in connection
with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include any
dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	17.2	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;
	 
	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

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	17.3	 	Service of process
	 
	 	 	
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each
Chargor (other than a Chargor incorporated in England and Wales);

	 	(a)	 	irrevocably appoints Novelis Europe as its agent for service of process in
relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Deed; and
Novelis Europe hereby accepts such appointment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Chargor of the
process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any
reason to act as agent for service of process, each Chargor must immediately (and in
any event within 14 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms
acceptable to the Collateral Agent. Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint
another agent for this purpose.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Chargor expressly agrees and consents to the provisions of this Clause 17
and Clause 16 (Governing Law).

	17.4	 	Waiver of trial by jury
	 
	 	 	
EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

	 
	 	 	
THIS DEED has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

Original Chargors

	(1)	 	NOVELIS INC. a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (Novelis
Inc).
	 
	(2)	 	NOVELIS UK LTD (registered number 00279596) with its registered office at Latchford Lock
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (Novelis UK).
	 
	(3)	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED (registered number 06628654) with its registered office at
Latchford Lock Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (Novelis Services).
	 
	(4)	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED (registered number 05308334) with its registered office at
Latchford Lock Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (Novelis Europe).
	 
	(5)	 	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany,
having its business address at Hannoversche Strasse 1, 37075 Goettingen, Germany which is
registered in the commercial register at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Göttingen under HRB
772 (Novelis Germany).
	 
	(6)	 	NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY (registered number 316911) with its registered office at
25/28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (Novelis Ireland).
	 
	(7)	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A. a limited liability company organized under the laws of Luxembourg,
having its registered office address at Zone Industrielle Riedgen, L-3451, Dudelange and is
registered in the commercial and companies register under number B19358 (Novelis Luxembourg).
	 
	(8)	 	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND S.A. a limited liability company organized under the laws of Switzerland,
having its registered office at in registered office in Sierre, Switzerland under
CH-626.3.009.511-7 (Novelis Switzerland).
	 
	(9)	 	NOVELIS AG a limited liability company organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its
registered office at in Küsnacht ZH, Switzerland under CH-020.3.001.551-5 (Novelis Switzerland
AG).
	 
	(10)	 	NOVELIS ITALIA SPA a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Italy, having
its registered office at Bresso (Milano), Via Vittorio Veneto 106 which is registered with the
register of Companies of Milan and tax code under no. 04598460964 (Novelis Italia).
	 
	(11)	 	NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S. A French “Société par actions simplifiée” with a share capital of
EUR 8,198,725 Registered office: Le Moulin à Papier 27 250 Rugles, France Registered with the
Trade and Companies Registry of Evreux under number 414 870 121 (Novelis Foil France).
	 
	(12)	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. a French Société par actions simplifiée with a share capital of EUR
4,040,000 Registered office: 725 rue Aristide Bergès — 38340 VOREPPE, France, Registered with
the Trade and Companies Registry of Grenoble under number 421 528 555 (Novelis France).

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SCHEDULE 2

Form of Agent accession undertaking

				
		 	To:   	[Insert full name of current Collateral Agent][, for itself and
on behalf of the Finance Parties] (as such term is defined in the
Security Trust Deed (as defined below)); and
	 
				[Insert full name of current Administrative Agent][, for itself
and on behalf of the Finance Parties] (as such term is defined in
the Security Trust Deed (as defined below)).

THIS UNDERTAKING is made on [date] by [new Collateral Agent / Administrative Agent] (the Acceding
Agent) in relation to the Security Trust Deed (the Security Trust Deed) dated [•], between, inter
alios, [•] as current Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties named therein. Terms defined in the
Security Trust Deed shall bear the same meanings when used in this Undertaking.

In consideration of the Acceding Agent being accepted for the purposes of the Security Trust Deed,
the Acceding Agent hereby confirms that, as from [date], it intends to be party to the Security
Trust Deed as [the Collateral Agent]/[the Administrative Agent], undertakes to perform all the
obligations expressed in the Security Trust Deed to be assumed by [the Collateral Agent]/[the
Administrative Agent] and agrees that it shall be bound by all the provisions of the Security Trust
Deed, as if it had been an original party to the Security Trust Deed.

This Undertaking shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

THIS UNDERTAKING has been entered into on the date stated above.

Acceding [Collateral Agent]/[Administrative Agent ]

By:

Address for Notices:

Fax:

For attention of

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Accepted and agreed by:

 

For and on behalf of [Collateral Agent]

By:

Date:

 

For and on behalf of [Collateral Agent / Administrative Agent]

By:

Date:

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SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3

Form of Chargor Accession Undertaking

			
		 	To: [Agent] as Collateral Agent

			
		 	From: [The Company] and [Proposed Additional Chargor]

			
		 	Date: [    ]

Security Trust Deed

dated [    ], 2010 (the Security Trust Deed)

	 	 	We refer to the Security Trust Deed. This is a Chargor Accession Undertaking.

	1.	 	[Name of company] of [address/registered office] (the Additional Chargor) agrees to become a
party under the Security Trust Deed and to be bound by the terms of the Security Trust Deed as
an Additional Chargor.
	 
	2.	 	With effect from the date of this Deed:
	 
	(a)	 	the Additional Chargor will become a party to the Security Trust Deed as a Chargor;
	 
	(b)	 	the Additional Chargor will be bound by all the terms of the Security Trust Deed which are
expressed to be binding on a Chargor;
	 
	(c)	 	the Security Trust Deed will be read and construed for all purposes as if the Additional
Chargor had been an original party in the capacity of a Chargor;
	 
	(d)	 	any reference in the Security Trust Deed to “this Deed” and similar phrases will include this
Chargor Accession Undertaking; and
	 
	(e)	 	Novelis Europe, for itself and as agent for each of the Chargors, agrees to all matters
provided for in this Chargor Accession Undertaking.
	 
	3.	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.
	 
	4.	 	This Chargor Accession Undertaking has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date
stated at the beginning of this Chargor Accession Undertaking and is governed by English law.

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The Additional Chargor

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Executed as a deed by

	 	 	)	 	 	                                         Director
	[   ]

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	acting by

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	and

	 	 	)	 	 	                                         Director/Secretary
	Chargors
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Executed as a deed by

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	NOVELIS EUROPE

	 	 	)	 	 	                                        Director
	(for itself and as agent for each

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	of the Chargors party to

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	the Security Trust Deed

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	referred to in this Deed)

	 	 	)	 	 	                                         Director/Secretary
	acting by

	 	 	)	 	 	 

The Collateral Agent

[   ]

By:

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SIGNATORIES (SECURITY TRUST DEED)

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED as a Deed by

	 	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	NOVELIS UK LTD acting by its duly

	 	)	 	 	 
	appointed attorney in the presence of a witness:

	 	)	 	 	 
	

	 	)	 	 	 

	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Signature of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Name of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Address of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Occupation of witness

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	SIGNED as a Deed by

	 	 	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED 

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	acting by its duly appointed attorney in the presence

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	of a witness:

	 	 	)	 	 	 

	 	 	 

	______________________
	 	Signature of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Name of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Address of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Occupation of witness
	 	 	 

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	SIGNED as a Deed by

	 	 	)	 	 
	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED acting

	 	 	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	by its duly appointed attorney in the

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	presence of a witness:

	 	 	)	 	 	 

	 	 	 

	______________________
	 	Signature of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Name of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Address of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Occupation of witness

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Executed as a Deed by

	 	 	)	 	 	                                         Managing Director
	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 

acting by                                         

	 	 	

)	 	 	 

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	SIGNED and Delivered as a Deed by

	 	 	)	 	 
	duly appointed attorney for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY in the

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	presence of a witness:

	 	 	)	 	 	 

	 	 	 

	______________________
	 	Signature of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Name of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________
	 	Address of witness
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	______________________	 	 
	 	 	 
	_______________________
	 	Occupation of witness

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Executed as a Deed by

	 	 		 	 	
	NOVELIS, INC. acting by

	 	 	)	 	 	                                    Authorised signatory
	                                   	 	 	)	 	 	 

Executed as a Deed by the Chargor

acting by its duly appointed attorney

	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 
	Title:  	 	 

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	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed

	)	 	 	                                        
	by duly appointed attorney

	)	 	 
	For and on behalf of

	)	 	 	                                        
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND S.A.

	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed

	)	 	 	                                        
	by duly appointed attorney

	)	 	 
	For and on behalf of

	)	 	 	                                        
	NOVELIS AG

	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed

	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	by duly appointed attorney

	)	 	 
	For and on behalf of

	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	NOVELIS ITALIA SPA

	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed

	)	 	 
	by duly appointed attorney

	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	For and on behalf of

	)	 	 	 
	NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.

	)	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Signed, Sealed and Delivered as a Deed

	)	 	 
	by duly appointed attorney

	)	 	 	                                        Attorney
	For and on behalf of

	)	 	 	 
	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

	)	 	 	 

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	SIGNED as a deed by

	 	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

	 	 
	in its capacity as Collateral Agent 

acting by authorised signatory:

	 	  
	 
	 	 
	Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director
	 	 

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	SIGNED as a deed by

	 	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

	 	 
	in its capacity as Administrative Agent 

acting by authorised signatory:

	 	  
	 
	 	 
	Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

	 	 

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EXECUTION COPY

Dated __ December 2010

Between

NOVELIS UK LTD

NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED

NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

as Original Chargors

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC.,
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC,
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS
SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.,
NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”),
THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE
TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

40 Bank Street

Canary Wharf

London E14 5DS

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	Page	 
	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	2. GUARANTEE
	 	 	7	 
	3. CREATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	10	 
	4. REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 	 	15	 
	5. RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 	 	16	 
	6. LAND
	 	 	16	 
	7. INVESTMENTS
	 	 	20	 
	8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
	 	 	24	 
	9. ACCOUNTS
	 	 	25	 
	10. RELEVANT CONTRACTS
	 	 	28	 
	11. PLANT AND MACHINERY
	 	 	29	 
	12. WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 	 	30	 
	13. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 	 	31	 
	14. ADMINISTRATOR
	 	 	32	 
	15. RECEIVER
	 	 	32	 
	16. POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 	 	34	 
	17. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	 	 	36	 
	18. TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	36	 
	19. DELEGATION
	 	 	36	 
	20. FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	37	 
	21. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	37	 
	22. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 	 	37	 
	23. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	40	 
	24. LOAN PARTIES
	 	 	41	 
	25. RELEASE
	 	 	42	 
	26. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	42	 
	27. NOTICES
	 	 	42	 
	28. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	43	 
	29. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	43	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Security Assets
	 	 	45	 
	PART 1 Real Property
	 	 	45	 
	PART 2 Charged Shares
	 	 	46	 
	PART 3 Specific Plant and Machinery
	 	 	46	 
	PART 4 Security Contracts
	 	 	46	 
	PART 5 Specific Intellectual Property
	 	 	48	 
	PART 6 Security Accounts
	 	 	48	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Forms of Letter for Security Accounts
	 	 	51	 
	PART 1 Notice to Account Bank
	 	 	51	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Account Bank
	 	 	54	 
	PART 3 Letter for Operation of Security Accounts
	 	 	56	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Forms of Letter for Insurance Policies
	 	 	58	 
	PART 1 Form of Notice of Assignment
	 	 	58	 
	PART 2 Form of Letter of Undertaking
	 	 	61	 
	SCHEDULE 4 Forms of Letter for Primary Contracts
	 	 	63	 
	PART 1 Notice to Counterparty
	 	 	63	 

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	Clause	Page	 
	PART 2 Acknowledgement of Counterparty
	 	 	65	 
	SCHEDULE 5 Form of Deed of Accession
	 	 	67	 
	PART 1 Real Property
	 	 	69	 
	PART 2 Charged Shares
	 	 	69	 
	PART 3 Specific Plant and Machinery
	 	 	69	 
	PART 4 Security Contracts
	 	 	69	 
	PART 5 Specific Intellectual Property
	 	 	69	 
	PART 6 Security Accounts
	 	 	70	 

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THIS DEED is dated __ December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS UK LTD (registered number 00279596) with its registered office at Latchford Lock
Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (Novelis UK);
	 
	(2)	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED (registered number 06628654) with its registered office at Latchford
Lock Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (Novelis Services);
	 
	(3)	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED (registered number 05308334) with its registered office at
Latchford Lock Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (Novelis Europe and
together with Novelis UK and Novelis Services, the Original Chargors); and
	 
	(4)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	Each Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.
	 
	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
Party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):
	 
	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.
	 
	 	 	Act means the Law of Property Act 1925.
	 
	 	 	Acquisition Document means in relation to any Chargor, any agreement under which it
acquires or disposes of a business or part of a business (either by share or asset sale)
and under which the aggregate outstanding consideration payable to such Chargor and, as
applicable, other members of the Group at any time is in excess of £250,000.
	 
	 	 	Additional Chargor means a member of the Group which becomes a Chargor by executing a Deed
of Accession.
	 
	 	 	Administrator means any administrator appointed in respect of any Chargor (whether by the
Collateral Agent, or a court or otherwise).
	 
	 	 	Cash Management Document means in relation to any Chargor, any agreement between two or
more members of the Group to which it is a party that provides for any cash
pooling, set-off or netting arrangement, including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.
	 
	 	 	Chargor means an Original Chargor and any Additional Chargor.

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	 	 	Charged Shares means all shares in any member of the Group incorporated in England and
Wales from time to time issued to a Chargor or held by any nominee on its behalf.

	 
	 	 	Charged Company means each member of the Group from time to time whose shares are subject
to the Security under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the
other Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	Deed of Accession means a deed substantially in the form of Schedule 5 (Form of Deed of
Accession).
	 
	 	 	Excluded Leasehold Property means in relation to any Chargor, the leasehold property
specified in Part 1B of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its name.
	 
	 	 	Excluded Real Property means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	the freehold property specified in Part 1B of Schedule 1 (Security Assets)
opposite its name;
	 
	 	(b)	 	its Excluded Leasehold Property; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	any real property acquired by that Chargor after the date of this Deed which
that Chargor and the Collateral Agent have designated an Excluded Real Property.

	 	 	Fixtures means all fixtures and fittings (including trade fixtures and fittings) and fixed
plant and machinery included in a Chargor’s Mortgaged Property.
	 
	 	 	Group means Holdings, the Borrower and any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	 	Intercompany Document means in relation to any Chargor, any note or loan agreement with any
other member of the Group under which the aggregate outstanding amount payable to such
Chargor is in excess of £250,000.
	 
	 	 	Intercreditor Agreement means the intercreditor agreement dated on or about the date of
this Deed and entered into between, amongst others, Novelis Inc. and the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	Investments means:

	 	(a)	 	the Charged Shares; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	all other shares, stocks, debentures, bonds, warrants, coupons and other
securities and investments,

	 	 	which a Chargor purports to mortgage or charge under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Mortgaged Property means all freehold and leasehold property which a Chargor purports to
mortgage or charge under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Original Property means any freehold or leasehold property specified in Part 1A of Schedule
1 (Security Assets).

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	 	 	Party means a party to this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Plant and Machinery means any plant, machinery, computers, office equipment or vehicles
which a Chargor purports to mortgage or charge under this Deed.
	 
	 	 	Premises means all buildings and erections included in a Chargor’s Mortgaged Property.
	 
	 	 	Primary Contract means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any agreement specified in Part 4A of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite
its name or in part 4A of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became
party to this Deed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other agreement to which that Chargor is a party and which that Chargor
and the Collateral Agent have designated a Primary Contract;
	 
	 	(c)	 	any Acquisition Document;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any Cash Management Document;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any Hedging Agreement;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any Intercompany Document;
	 
	 	(g)	 	any letter of credit issued in its favour under which the aggregate
consideration payable at anytime is in excess of £250,000; and
	 
	 	(h)	 	any bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument held by it for an amount
in excess of £250,000.

	 	 	Receiver means an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each
case, appointed under this Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint
and/or several appointment.
	 
	 	 	Related Rights means in relation to any Investment:

	 	(a)	 	the proceeds of sale of the whole or any part of that asset or any monies and
proceeds paid or payable in respect of that asset;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all rights under any agreement for sale, option or lease in respect of that
asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	all rights, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies, security
indemnities or covenants for title in respect of that asset.

	 	 	Report on Title means any report or certificate on title on the Mortgaged Property provided
to the Collateral Agent, together with confirmation from the provider of that Report that
it can be relied upon by the Secured Parties.
	 
	 	 	Revolving Credit Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the guarantee and security agreement dated on or
about the date of this Deed between the Chargors and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

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	 	 	Secondary Contract means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any agreement specified in Part 4B of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite
its name or in part 4B of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became
party to this Deed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other agreement to which that Chargor is a party and which that Chargor
and the Collateral Agent have designated a Secondary Contract; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	any other agreement (other than a Primary Contract) entered into after the
date of this Deed under which the aggregate consideration payable at anytime is in
excess of £250,000.

	 	 	Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed
or any Deed of Accession.
	 
	 	 	Security Account means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 6 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its
name or in part 6 of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to
this Deed;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or subdivision or sub account of any
such account.

	 	 	Security Assets means any and all assets of each Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.

	 	 	Security Contracts means in relation to any Chargor, its Primary Contracts and its
Secondary Contracts.

	 	 	Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.

	 	 	Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.

	 	 	Security Trust Deed means the Security Trust Deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Original Chargors.
	 
	 	 	Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Territory means England and Wales.
	 
	1.2	 	Construction

	 	(a)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly
defined in this Deed, the same meaning in this Deed.

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	 	(b)	 	an agreement includes any legally binding arrangement, agreement, contract,
deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);
	 
	 	(c)	 	an amendment includes any amendment, supplement, variation, waiver, novation,
modification, replacement or restatement (however fundamental) and amend and amended
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(d)	 	assets includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings, revenues and
rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present or future, actual or
contingent, and any interest in any of the above;
	 
	 	(e)	 	a consent includes an authorisation, permit, approval, consent, exemption,
licence, order, filing, registration, recording, notarisation, permission or waiver;
	 
	 	(f)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that such Event of
Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived in writing by the by
the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);
	 
	 	(g)	 	a disposal includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease, licence or other
disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and dispose will be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(h)	 	including means including without limitation and includes and included shall
be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(i)	 	indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal,
guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or contingent) for the
payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(j)	 	losses includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims, proceedings,
costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and liabilities of any kind
and loss shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(k)	 	a person includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking
or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or
more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(l)	 	a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law
compliance with which is customary) of any governmental or supranational
body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or
organisation.
	 
	 	(m)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that
person’s permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time
being appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate)
in accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral Agent
and any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);

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	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are
references to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this
Deed and references to this Deed include its schedules;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision
of law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it may
be applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for
convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	references to “with full title guarantee” are to be construed
as provided for in the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994;
and
	 
	 	(vii)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice
versa.

	 	(n)	 	The term:
	 
	 	 	 	certificated has the meaning given to it in the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001; and
	 
	 	 	 	clearance system means a person whose business is or includes the provision of clearance services
or security accounts or any nominee or depository for that person.
	 
	 	(o)	 	Any covenant of a Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(p)	 	The terms of the other Loan Documents and of any side letters between any
Parties in relation to any Loan Document (as the case may be) are incorporated in this
Deed to the extent required to ensure that any purported disposition of any freehold
or leasehold property contained in this Deed is a valid disposition in accordance with
section 2(1) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured Party
under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or administration of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will
not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(r)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

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	1.3	 	Third Party Rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a person who is not a
party to this Deed may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any third party is not
required to rescind, vary, amend or terminate this Deed at any time.

	1.4	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed.
	 
	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE
EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES
HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND
THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SECTION 10.19 THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF
REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.
	 
	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.
	 
	2.	 	GUARANTEE
	 
	2.1	 	Guarantee
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:

	 	(a)	 	guarantees as principal obligor to each Secured Party due and punctual
performance by each Loan Party of all of the Secured Obligations now or in the future
due, owing or incurred by such Loan Party;
	 
	 	(b)	 	undertakes with each Secured Party that whenever another Loan Party does not
pay or discharge any Secured Obligation now or in the future due, owing or incurred by
that Loan Party, it shall immediately on the Collateral Agent’s written demand pay or
discharge such Secured Obligation as if it was the principal obligor; and

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	 	(c)	 	indemnifies each Secured Party immediately on written demand against any
cost, loss or liability suffered by the Collateral Agent or other Secured Party if any
obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal. The
amount of the cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the amount which the
Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have been entitled to
recover.

	2.2	 	Continuing Guarantee
	 
	 	 	This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums
payable by any Loan Party under the Loan Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment
or discharge in whole or in part.
	 
	2.3	 	Reinstatement
	 
	 	 	If any payment by a Loan Party or any discharge given by the Collateral Agent or other
Secured Party (whether in respect of the obligations of any Loan Party or any security for
those obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result of insolvency or any
similar event:

	 	(a)	 	the liability of each Chargor shall continue as if the payment, discharge,
avoidance or reduction had not occurred; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be entitled to
recover the value or amount of that security or payment from each Chargor, as if the
payment, discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred.

	2.4	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of each Chargor under this Clause will not be affected by an act, omission,
matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Clause (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any
Secured Party) including:

	 	(a)	 	any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Chargor or
other person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the release of any other Chargor or any other person under the terms of any
composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any Chargor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance
of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to
realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of a Chargor or any other person;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any amendment, novation, supplement, extension (whether of maturity or
otherwise) or restatement (in each case, however fundamental and of whatsoever nature)
or replacement of a Loan Document or any other document or security;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any
person under any Loan Document or any other document or security; or

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	 	(g)	 	any insolvency or similar proceedings.

	2.5	 	Demands

	 	(a)	 	The making of one demand under Clause 2.1 (Guarantee) shall not preclude the
Collateral Agent from making any further demands.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any delay of the Collateral Agent in making a demand under Clause 2.1
(Guarantee) shall not be treated as a waiver of its rights to make such demand.

	2.6	 	Chargor Intent

	 	 	Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 2.4 (Waiver of Defences), each Chargor
expressly confirms that it intends that this guarantee shall extend from time to time to
any (however fundamental) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to any of the
Loan Documents and/or any facility or amount made available under any of the Loan Documents
for the purposes of or in connection with any of the following: business acquisitions of
any nature; increasing working capital; enabling investor distributions to be made;
carrying out restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other
indebtedness; making facilities available to new borrowers; any other variation or
extension of the purposes for which any such facility or amount might be made available
from time to time; and any fees, costs and/or expenses associated with any of the
foregoing.
	 
	2.7	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce
any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that
Chargor under this Clause. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of
a Loan Document to the contrary.
	 
	2.8	 	Deferral of Chargors’ rights

	 	(a)	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under or
in connection with the Loan Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless
the Collateral Agent otherwise directs (in which case it shall take such action as it
is directed), no Chargor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of
performance by it of its obligations under the Loan Documents:

	 	(i)	 	to be indemnified by a Loan Party;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to claim any contribution from any other Chargor of any Loan
Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents; and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way
of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of any Secured Party under the Loan
Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in
connection with, the Loan Documents by any Secured Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Chargor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to
such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent
necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Secured Parties
by the Loan Parties under or in connection with the Loan Documents to be repaid in

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	 	 	 	full on trust for the Secured Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to
the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent may direct.

	2.9	 	Additional security
	 
	 	 	This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party.
	 
	2.10	 	Credit Agreement
	 
	 	 	The provisions of Sections 2.06(f), 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.23 and 7.10 of
the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandi, and shall apply to this
Deed, the Chargors, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent as if
set forth herein.
	 
	3.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	3.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of all
the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made with full title guarantee in accordance with the Law
of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994.

	 	(b)	 	If a Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the
assignment or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent
has not been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent immediately;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the Chargor
must, and each other Chargor must ensure that the Chargor will, use all
reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as practicable; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral Agent a
copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	Each Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and
benefits which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Clause or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under
this Deed (or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers
and discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or
the other Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held
by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) or in the schedule to any Deed of Accession (if any)

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	 	 	 	by which any Chargor became party to this Deed does not affect the validity or
enforceability of this Security.

	3.2	 	Land

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor charges:

	 	(i)	 	by way of a legal mortgage all estates or interests in any
freehold or leasehold property owned by it (save for the Excluded Real
Property) and all rights under any licence or other agreement or document
which gives that Chargor a right to occupy or use property; this includes any
specified in Part I of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its name or in
part 1 of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to
this Deed; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	(to the extent that they are not the subject of a mortgage
under sub-paragraph (i) above) by way of fixed charge all estates or interests
in any freehold or leasehold property owned by it (save for the Excluded Real
Property) and all rights under any licence or other agreement or document
which gives that Chargor a right to occupy or use property.

	 	(b)	 	A reference in this Deed to any freehold or leasehold property includes:

	 	(i)	 	all buildings, erections, fixtures and fittings (including
trade fixtures and fittings) and fixed plant and machinery on that property
owned by the relevant Chargor; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the benefit of any covenants for title given or entered into
by any predecessor in title of the relevant Chargor in respect of that
property and any moneys paid or payable in respect of those covenants.

	3.3	 	Investments

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor charges:

	 	(i)	 	by way of a first legal mortgage the Charged Shares; this
includes any Charged Shares specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security
Assets) opposite its name or in part 2 of the schedule to any Deed of
Accession by which it became party to this Deed; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	(to the extent that they are not the subject of a mortgage
under sub-paragraph (i) above) by way of a fixed charge its interest in all
shares, stocks, debentures, bonds, warrants, coupons or other securities and
investments (including all Cash Equivalents) owned by it or held by any
nominee on its behalf.

	 	(b)	 	A reference in this Deed to any share, stock, debenture, bond, warrant,
coupon or other security or investment includes:

	 	(i)	 	any dividend, interest or other distribution paid or payable;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any right, money or property accruing, derived, incidental or
offered at any time by way of redemption, substitution, exchange, bonus or
preference, under option rights or otherwise;

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	 	(iii)	 	any right against any clearance system;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any Related Rights; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	any right under any custodian or other agreement,

	 	 	 	in relation to that share, stock, debenture, bond, warrant, coupon or other security or investment.

	3.4	 	Plant and machinery
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all plant, machinery, computers, office
equipment or vehicles or interest specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets)
opposite its name or in part 3 of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became
party to this Deed and any and all other plant, machinery, computers, office equipment or
vehicles (or interest therein) owned by it.
	 
	3.5	 	Credit balances
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of each amount
standing to the credit of each account with any person, including its Security Accounts and
the debt represented by that account, other than any account the subject of a Security
Interest in favour of any other person in accordance with the terms set out in section
6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	3.6	 	Book debts etc.
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature enjoyed or
held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	3.7	 	Insurance Policies

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all amounts payable to it under or in connection with each of its
Insurance Policies and all of its rights in connection with those amounts.
	 
	 	(b)	 	To the extent that they are not effectively assigned under paragraph (a)
above, each Chargor charges by way of fixed charge all amounts and rights described in
paragraph (a) above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A reference in this Clause to any amounts excludes all amounts received or
receivable under or in connection with any third party liability insurance and
required to settle a liability of a Loan Party to a third party.

	3.8	 	Other contracts

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on
redemption, all of its rights in respect of its Primary Contracts.

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	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 3.1(b), to
the extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable or
capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which that Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.
	 
	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this Clause
and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, each Chargor
charges by way of fixed charge all of its rights under each Secondary Contract.

	3.9	 	Intellectual property

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of
any Intellectual Property; this includes any specified in Part 5 of Schedule 1
(Security Assets) opposite its name or in part 5 of the schedule to any Deed of
Accession by which it became party to this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, whilst an Event of Default is
continuing, to exercise its rights and remedies under Clause 12 (When Security Becomes
Enforceable) and Clause 13 (Enforcement of Security) at such time as the Collateral
Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose,
each Chargor hereby grants to the Collateral
Agent an irrevocable, non-exclusive license and, to the extent permitted under all
relevant licenses of Intellectual Property granting such Chargor rights in
Intellectual Property, a sublicense (in each case, exercisable without payment of
royalties or other compensation to such Chargor) to use, license or sublicense any of
the Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by or licensed to such
Chargor, wherever the same may be located; provided that the quality of any
products in connection with which the trademarks are used will not be materially
inferior to the quality of such products manufactured or sold by such Chargor prior to
such Event of Default. Such license shall include access to all media in which any of
the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof.

	3.10	 	Miscellaneous
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor charges by way of a fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	any beneficial interest, claim or entitlement it has to any assets of any
pension fund;
	 
	 	(b)	 	its goodwill;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the benefit of any authorisation (statutory or otherwise) held in connection
with its business or the use of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the right to recover and receive compensation which may be payable to it in
respect of any authorisation referred to in paragraph (c) above; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	its uncalled capital.

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	3.11	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor charges by way of a floating charge all of its assets whatsoever
and wheresoever not otherwise effectively mortgaged, charged or assigned under this
Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, the Collateral Agent may by notice
to a Chargor convert the floating charge created by that Chargor under this Deed into
a fixed charge as regards any of that Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in danger
of being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment, execution or
other legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	that Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to take
any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is likely
to result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph (a) of
Clause 5 (Restrictions on dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a fixed
charge solely by reason of:

	 	(i)	 	the obtaining of a moratorium; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium,

	 	 	 	under section 1A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

	 	(d)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of each Chargor’s assets:

	 	(i)	 	if an administrator is appointed or the Collateral Agent
receives notice of an intention to appoint an administrator; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of that
Chargor to consider a resolution to wind that Chargor up (or not to wind that
Chargor up).

	 	(e)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed is a qualifying floating charge
for the purpose of paragraph 14 of Schedule Bl to the Insolvency Act 1986.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above in
relation to any asset of a Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or abandonment of
the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of any other asset
or of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or any other Loan
Document.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (d) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the relevant Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in
relation to the Security Assets specified in such notice.

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	4.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL
	 
	4.1	 	Nature of security
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create (save that
the legal mortgage created in Clause 3.3(a)(i) will take effect in equity until such
time as the Collateral Agent exercises its discretion under Clause 7.2(b)) and is not
liable to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or administration or
otherwise;
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the guarantee and the Security
purported to be created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or
created under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents (save for any consent envisaged by Clause 3.1(b) and
which is being sought as required by such Clause), including all filings, notices,
registrations and recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the
voting or other rights provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in
respect of the Security Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods
required to perfect the Security as against any third party; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	Schedule 1 (Security Assets) properly identifies:

	 	(i)	 	in Part 1 thereof, all estates and interests in freehold or
leasehold property owned by the Chargors in the Territory at the date of this
Deed (other than Excluded Real Property);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in Part 2 thereof, all Charged Shares and other shares,
stocks, debentures, bonds, warrants, coupons and other securities and
investments owned by the Chargors in the Territory at the date of this Deed;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	in Part 4 thereof, all agreements or contracts to which any
the Chargor is party at the date of this Deed and which would fall within
paragraphs (b) — (h) inclusive of the definition of Primary Contracts;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	in Part 5 thereof , all Intellectual Property owned by the
Chargors at the date of this Deed in the Territory and which is material to
their business; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	in Part 6 thereof, all bank accounts held by the Chargors in
the Territory at the date of this Deed.

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	4.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by each Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by:

	 	(i)	 	each Chargor which becomes party to this Deed of Accession,
on the date on which that Chargor becomes a Chargor; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	each Chargor on each date during the Security Period.

	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to
be made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	5.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 
	 	 	No Chargor may:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets;
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.
	 
	6.	 	LAND
	 
	6.1	 	Information for Report on Title
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	the information supplied by it or on its behalf to the lawyers who prepared
any Report on Title relating to any of its Mortgaged Property for the purpose of that
Report on Title was true in all material respects at the date it was expressed to be
given; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the information referred to in paragraph (a) above was at the date it was
expressed to be given complete and did not omit any information which, if disclosed
would make that information untrue or misleading in any material respect;
	 
	 	(c)	 	each Excluded Leasehold Property is a rack rent lease granted to a Chargor at
a rent without a fine or premium from time to time.

	6.2	 	Title
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that except as disclosed in any
Report on Title relating to any of its Mortgaged Property:

	 	(a)	 	it is the legal and beneficial owner of its Mortgaged Property;

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	 	(b)	 	no breach of any law, regulation or covenant is outstanding which affects or
would be reasonably likely to affect materially the value, saleability or use of its
Mortgaged Property;
	 
	 	(c)	 	there are no covenants, agreements, stipulations, reservations, conditions,
interests, rights or other matters whatsoever affecting its Mortgaged Property which
conflict with its present use or adversely affect the value, saleability or use of any
of the Mortgaged Property, in each case to any material extent;
	 
	 	(d)	 	nothing has arisen or has been created or is subsisting which would be an
overriding interest or an unregistered interest which overrides first registration or
registered dispositions over its Mortgaged Property and which would be reasonably
likely to affect materially its value, saleability or use;
	 
	 	(e)	 	all facilities (including access) necessary for the enjoyment and use of its
Mortgaged Property (including those necessary for the carrying on of its business at
the Mortgaged Property) are enjoyed by that Mortgaged Property and none of those
facilities are on terms entitling any person to terminate or curtail its use or on
terms which conflict with or restrict its use, where the lack of those facilities
would be reasonably likely to affect materially its value, saleability or use;
	 
	 	(f)	 	it has received no notice of any adverse claims by any person in respect of
its Mortgaged Property which if adversely determined would or would be reasonably
likely to materially adversely affect the value, saleability or use of any of its
Mortgaged Property, nor has any acknowledgement of such been given to any person in
respect of its Mortgaged Property; and
	 
	 	(g)	 	its Mortgaged Property is held by it free from any Security Interest (other
than as permitted by the Credit Agreement) or any lease or licence which would be
reasonably likely to affect materially its value, saleability or use.

	6.3	 	Repair
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must keep:

	 	(a)	 	its Premises in good and substantial repair and condition; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	its Fixtures in a good state of repair and in good working order and
condition.

	6.4	 	Compliance with leases and covenants
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	perform all the material terms on its part contained in any lease, agreement
for lease, licence or other agreement or document which gives that Chargor a right to
occupy or use property comprised in its Mortgaged Property;
	 
	 	(b)	 	not do or allow to be done any act as a result of which any material lease
comprised in its Mortgaged Property may become liable to forfeiture or otherwise be
terminated; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	duly and punctually comply with all material covenants and stipulations
affecting the Mortgaged Property or the facilities (including access) necessary

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	 	 	 	for the enjoyment and use of the Mortgaged Property and indemnify each Secured Party in
respect of any breach of those covenants and stipulations.

	6.5	 	Acquisitions
	 
	 	 	If a Chargor acquires any freehold or leasehold property after the date of this Deed (save
for Excluded Real Property and any other real property constituting Excluded Property), it
must:

	 	(a)	 	notify the Collateral Agent immediately;
	 
	 	(b)	 	immediately on request by the Collateral Agent and at the cost of that Chargor, execute
and deliver to the Collateral Agent a legal mortgage in favour of the
Collateral Agent of that property in any form (consistent with, and no more
onerous than, this Deed) which the Collateral Agent may require;
	 
	 	(c)	 	if the title to that freehold or leasehold property is registered at the
Land Registry or required to be so registered, give the Land Registry written notice
of this Security; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	if applicable, ensure that this Security is correctly noted in the Register
of Title against that title at the Land Registry.

	6.6	 	Notices
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must, within 14 days after the receipt by it of any application, requirement,
order or notice served or given by any public or local or any other authority with respect
to its Mortgaged Property (or any part of it) which would or would be reasonably likely to
have a material adverse effect on the value, saleability or use of any of the Mortgaged
Property:

	 	(a)	 	deliver a copy to the Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	inform the Collateral Agent of the steps taken or proposed to be taken to
comply with the relevant requirement.

	6.7	 	Leases

	 	 	No Chargor may in respect of its Mortgaged Property (or any part of it), unless permitted
under the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	grant or agree to grant (whether in exercise or independently of any
statutory power) any lease or tenancy;
	 
	 	(b)	 	agree to any amendment or waiver or surrender of any lease or tenancy;
	 
	 	(c)	 	commence any forfeiture proceedings in respect of any lease or tenancy;
	 
	 	(d)	 	confer upon any person any contractual licence or right to occupy;
	 
	 	(e)	 	consent to any assignment of any tenant’s interest under any lease or
tenancy;
	 
	 	(f)	 	agree to any rent reviews in respect of any lease or tenancy; or

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	 	(g)	 	serve any notice on any former tenant under any lease or tenancy (or any
guarantor of that former tenant) which would entitle it to a new lease or tenancy.

	6.8	 	The Land Registry

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor consents to a restriction in the following terms being entered
into on the Register of Title relating to any Mortgaged Property registered at the
Land Registry:
	 
	 	 	 	“No disposition of the registered estate by the proprietor of the registered estate is to be
registered without a written consent signed by the proprietor for the time being of the security
agreement referred to in the charges register dated [ ] in
favour of [ ] (as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in that security
agreement) or its conveyancer.”
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor applies to the Chief Land Registrar for a notice in the
following terms to be entered on the Register of Title relating to any Mortgaged
Property registered at the Land Registry:
	 
	 	 	 	“The Lenders under a Credit Agreement dated [•] December 2010 between, amongst others, Novelis
Inc., as Parent Borrower, AV Metals Inc. as Holdings, the other Guarantors party thereto and Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent are under an obligation (subject to
the terms of that Term Loan Agreement) to [the Chargor] to make further advances and the security
agreement referred to in the charges register dated [ ] in favour of Bank of America, N.A. as
Collateral Agent (as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in that security
agreement) secures those further advances.”

	6.9	 	Deposit of title deeds
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must deposit with the Collateral Agent all deeds and documents of title
relating to its Mortgaged Property and all local land charges, land charges and Land
Registry search certificates and similar documents received by it or on its behalf.
	 
	6.10	 	Development
	 
	 	 	No Chargor may, unless expressly permitted under the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	make or permit others to make any application for planning permission in
respect of any part of the Mortgaged Property; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	carry out or permit to be carried out on any part of the Mortgaged Property
any development for which the permission of the local planning authority is required,

	 	 	except as part of carrying on its principal business where it would not or would not be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the value, saleability or use of the
Mortgaged Property or the carrying on of the principal business of that Chargor.
	 
	6.11	 	Investigation of title
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must grant the Collateral Agent or its lawyers on request all reasonable
facilities within the power of that Chargor to enable the Collateral Agent or its lawyers
(at the expense of that Chargor) after this Security has become enforceable to:

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	 	(a)	 	carry out investigations of title to the Mortgaged Property; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	make such enquiries in relation to any part of the Mortgaged Property as a
prudent mortgagee might carry out.

	6.12	 	Report on Title
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must, as soon as practicable after a request by the Collateral Agent at a time
when an Event of Default is continuing, supply the Collateral Agent with a Report on Title of that
Chargor to its Mortgaged Property concerning those items which may properly be sought to be covered by a prudent mortgagee in a lawyer’s report of this
nature.
	 
	6.13	 	Power to remedy
	 
	 	 	If a Chargor fails to perform any covenant or stipulation or any term of this Deed
affecting its Mortgaged Property, that Chargor must allow the Collateral Agent or its
agents and contractors:

	 	(a)	 	to enter any part of its Mortgaged Property;
	 
	 	(b)	 	to comply with or object to any notice served on that Chargor in respect of
its Mortgaged Property; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	to take any action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably consider necessary
or desirable to prevent or remedy any breach of any such covenant, stipulation or term
or to comply with or object to any such notice.

	 	 	That Chargor must immediately on request by the Collateral Agent pay the costs and expenses
of the Collateral Agent or its agents and contractors incurred in connection with any
action taken by it under this Subclause.
	 
	6.14	 	Unregistered Property
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor shall use reasonable endeavours to:

	 	(a)	 	to provide a completed and signed Land Registry application form to complete
the first registration of any unregistered real properties and registration of this
Security at the Land Registry; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	answer any requisitions raised by the Land Registry,

	 	 	including in each case, without limitation, instruction of solicitors in these regards and
providing statutory declarations in respect of any title requisitions raised by the Land
Registry.
	 
	7.	 	INVESTMENTS
	 
	7.1	 	Investments
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	its Investments are duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid;

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	 	(b)	 	its Investments are not subject to any Security Interest, any option to
purchase or similar right, in each case, other than as permitted by the Credit
Agreement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of its Investments (save for any
Investments acquired by or issued to that Chargor after the date of this Deed that are
held by any nominee on its behalf or any Investments transferred to the Collateral
Agent or its nominee pursuant to this Deed);
	 
	 	(d)	 	each Charged Company is a company incorporated with limited liability;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the constitutional documents of each Charged Company do not and could not
restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of this
Security; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	there are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of,
or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan
capital of any Charged Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or
conversion).

	7.2	 	Certificated Investments

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	deposit with the Collateral Agent, or as the Collateral Agent
may direct, any bearer instrument, share certificate or other document of
title or evidence of ownership in relation to any Investment, immediately in
respect of any Investment subject to this Security on the date of this Deed
and thereafter immediately following the acquisition by, or the issue to, that
Chargor of any certificated Investment (unless the same is required for
registering any transfer, in which case the relevant Chargor must deposit the
same immediately after such registration is completed); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	immediately take any action and execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent any share transfer or other document which may be requested
by the Collateral Agent in order to enable the transferee to be registered as
the owner or otherwise obtain a legal title to that Investment; this includes:

	 	(1)	 	delivering executed and (unless exempt from
stamp duty), pre-stamped share transfers in favour of the Collateral
Agent or any of its nominees as transferee or, if the Collateral
Agent so directs, with the transferee left blank; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	procuring that those share transfers are
registered by the Charged Company in which the Investments are held
in the share register of that Charged Company and that share
certificates in the name of the transferee are delivered to the
Collateral Agent.

	 	(b)	 	The Collateral Agent may, at any time, complete the instruments of transfer
on behalf of the Chargor in favour of itself or such other person as it shall select.

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	7.3	 	Changes to rights
	 
	 	 	No Chargor may (except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement) take or allow the taking of any action on its behalf which may
result in the rights attaching to any of its Investments being altered or further shares
being issued.
	 
	7.4	 	Calls

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must pay all calls and other payments due and payable in respect
of any of its Investments.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may (at its discretion) pay
those calls or other payments on behalf of that Chargor. That Chargor must immediately
on request reimburse the Collateral Agent for any payment made by the Collateral Agent
under this Subclause and, pending reimbursement, that payment will constitute part of
the Secured Obligations.

	7.5	 	Other obligations in respect of Investments

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must comply with all requests for information which is within
its knowledge and which it is required to comply with by law (including section 793 of
the Companies Act 2006) or under the constitutional documents relating to any of its
Investments. If a Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may elect to provide
any information which it may have on behalf of that Chargor.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor must promptly supply a copy to the Collateral Agent of any
information referred to in paragraph (a) above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	It is acknowledged and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Deed, each Chargor shall remain liable to observe and perform all of
the conditions and obligations assumed by it in respect of any of its Investments.
	 
	 	(d)	 	No Secured Party will be required in any manner to:

	 	(i)	 	perform or fulfil any obligation of a Chargor;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	make any payment;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any
payment received by it or a Chargor;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	present or file any claim or take any other action to collect
or enforce the payment of any amount; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	take any action in connection with the taking up of any (or
any offer of any) stocks, shares, rights, monies or other property paid,
distributed, accruing or offered at any time by way of interest, dividend,
redemption, bonus, rights, preference, option, warrant or otherwise,

	 	 	 	in respect of any Investment.

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	7.6	 	Voting rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of Default is
continuing, each Chargor may continue to exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in
respect of its Investments, provided that (x) it shall promptly deliver
copies of any minutes of shareholder meetings in respect of the Charged Shares to the Collateral
Agent if so requested by the Collateral Agent, and (y) it shall not exercise such voting rights, powers and other rights in a manner
which would result in, or otherwise permit or agree to, (i) any variation of the
rights attaching to or conferred by any of the Investments which the Collateral Agent
considers prejudicial to the interests of the Secured Parties or which conflict or
derogate from any Loan Documents or (ii) any increase in the issued share capital of a
Charged Company (save to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement), which in the
opinion of the Collateral Agent would prejudice the value of, or the ability of the
Collateral Agent to realise, the security created by this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event
of Default is continuing, if the relevant Investments have been registered in the name
of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, the Collateral Agent (or that nominee) must
exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in respect of the Investments in
any manner which the relevant Chargor may direct in writing. The Collateral Agent (or
that nominee) will execute any form of proxy or other document which the relevant
Chargor may reasonably require for this purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, all dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable
in relation to any Investments must be paid to the relevant Chargor. To achieve this:

	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent or its nominee will promptly execute any
dividend mandate necessary to ensure that payment is made direct to the
relevant Chargor; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if payment is made directly to the Collateral Agent (or its
nominee) before the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or at a time
when an Event of Default is not continuing, the Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will promptly pay that amount to the relevant Chargor.

	 	(d)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event
of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall use its reasonable endeavours to
promptly forward to the relevant Chargor all material notices, correspondence and/or
other communication it receives in relation to the Investments.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Following the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or so long as an
Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent or its nominee may exercise or
refrain from exercising:

	 	(i)	 	any voting rights; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any other powers or rights which maybe exercised by the legal
or beneficial owner of any Investment, any person who is the holder of any
Investment or otherwise,

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	 	 	 	in each case, in the name of the relevant Chargor, the registered holder or
otherwise and without any further consent or authority on the part of the relevant
Chargor and irrespective of any direction given by any Chargor.
	 
	 	(f)	 	To the extent that the Investments remain registered in the names of the
Chargors, each Chargor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent or its nominee as its
proxy to exercise all voting rights in respect of those Investments following the
service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or so long as an Event of Default is
continuing.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Each Chargor must indemnify the Collateral Agent against any loss or
liability incurred by the Collateral Agent as a consequence of the Collateral Agent
acting in respect of its Investments on the direction of that Chargor.

	7.7	 	Clearance systems

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must, if so requested by the Collateral Agent:

	 	(i)	 	instruct any clearance system to transfer any Investment held
by it for that Chargor or its nominee to an account of the Collateral Agent or
its nominee with that clearance system; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	take whatever action the Collateral Agent may request for the
dematerialisation or rematerialisation of any Investments held in a clearance
system.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the rest of this Subclause the Collateral Agent may, at
the expense of the relevant Chargor, take whatever action is required for the
dematerialisation or rematerialisation of the Investments as necessary.

	7.8	 	Custodian arrangements
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	promptly give notice of this Deed to any custodian of any Investment in any
form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the custodian acknowledges that
notice in any form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.

	8.	 	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
	 
	8.1	 	Representations
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that as at the date of this Deed
or, if later, the date it became a Party:

	 	(a)	 	all Intellectual Property which is material to its business is identified in
Part 5 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its name or in part 5 of the schedule
to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	it is not aware of any circumstances relating to the validity, subsistence or
use of any of its Intellectual Property which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

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	8.2	 	Preservation

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must promptly, if requested to do so by the Collateral Agent,
sign or procure the signature of, and comply with all instructions of the Collateral
Agent in respect of, any document required to make entries in any public register of
Intellectual Property (including the United Kingdom Trade Marks Register) which either
record the existence of this Deed or the restrictions on disposal imposed by this
Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive or terminate, any of its rights in respect of
its Intellectual Property where such amendment, waiver or termination would or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	take any action which would or could reasonably be expected
to jeopardise the existence or enforceability of any of its rights in respect
of its Intellectual Property, save as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	8.3	 	Further Assurance
	 
	 	 	If any Chargor shall at any time after the date of this Deed (a) obtain any ownership or
other rights in and/or to any additional Intellectual Property or (b) become entitled to
the benefit of any additional Intellectual Property or any renewal or extension thereof,
including any reissue, division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any Intellectual
Property, or any improvement on any Intellectual Property, the provisions of this Deed
shall automatically apply thereto and any such item described in (a) or (b) above (other
than any Excluded Property) shall automatically constitute Intellectual Property for the
purpose of this Deed as if such would have constituted Intellectual Property at the time of
execution hereof and such Intellectual Property (other than any Excluded Property) shall be
subject to the Security and Security Interests created by this Deed without further action
by any party. Concurrently with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.01(d) of the Credit Agreement, each Chargor shall provide to the Collateral Agent
written notice of any of the foregoing Intellectual Property owned by such Chargor which is
the subject of a registration or application and confirm the attachment of the Security and
Security Interests created by this Deed to any rights described in clauses (i) and (ii)
above by the delivery of an executed instrument or other statement(s) in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent as shall be reasonably necessary to create,
record, preserve, protect or perfect the Collateral Agent’s lien and security interest in
such Intellectual Property.
	 
	9.	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	9.1	 	Accounts
	 
	 	 	All Security Accounts must be maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the
Collateral Agent.
	 
	9.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank and additional banks may be
appointed as Account Banks if Novelis Europe and the Collateral Agent so agree.

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	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to Clause 9.2(a), a Chargor may only open an account with a
new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral Agent
and the relevant Chargors, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil
the role of the Account Bank under this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to the
credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account
Bank immediately upon the appointment taking effect and each Chargor and the
Collateral Agent hereby irrevocably gives all authorisations and instructions
necessary for any such transfer to be made.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may require
to facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Clause and any transfer of credit balances (including the
execution of bank mandate forms); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney to
take any such action if that Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	No Chargor shall, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the Collateral
Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights attaching to any
Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under the Credit
Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Each Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Cash Proceeds Account by such Chargor, notify each of the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation
(including all relevant account details).

	9.3	 	Book debts and receipts (non-Euro)
	 
	 	 	In respect of any amounts receiveable by a Chargor in a currency other than euros:

	 	(a)	 	each Chargor must immediately deposit and direct their respective Account Debtors to
directly remit all payments on Accounts and all payments
constituting proceeds of Inventory or other Collateral into a Security Account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	to the extent not deposited in or remitted to a Security Account under Clause
9.3(a), each Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary investment;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and (prior to payment into a Security
Account under Clause 9.3(c)) hold the proceeds of the getting in and realisation
subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, on
trust for the Collateral Agent; and

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	 	(c)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
the Chargor must, except to the extent that the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay
all the proceeds of the getting in and realisation under Clause 9.3(b) into a Security
Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	9.4	 	Book debts and receipts (Euro)
	 
	 	 	In respect of any amounts receiveable by a Chargor in euro:

	 	(a)	 	each Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary investment;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into the Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, each Chargor must, except to the extent that
the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation referred to under Clause 9.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant Account,
into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	9.5	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement)
withdraw amounts standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in
accordance with the Loan Documents.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Chargor shall be entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise transfer any
credit balance from time to time standing to the credit of any Security Account except
with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Each Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at
any time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security
Account in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause
9.5 or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	9.6	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for
Security Accounts); and

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	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days of the date
of this Deed or any Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in subparagraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account
Bank substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account
Bank).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Each Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent (acting
reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant Account
Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (acting
reasonably); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to paragraph
(c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	10.	 	RELEVANT CONTRACTS
	 
	10.1	 	Representations
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Security Contracts is its legally binding, valid, and enforceable
obligation;
	 
	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations under
any of its Security Contracts;
	 
	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no prohibition
on assignment in any of its Primary Contracts; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any term
of any of its Primary Contracts.

	10.2	 	Preservation 

	 	(a)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless
permitted by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its
Secondary Contracts; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or
enforceability of any of its Secondary Contracts,

	 	 	 	in each case to the extent that the same would have a Material Adverse Effect.

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	 	(b)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless
permitted by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Primary
Contracts; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or
enforceability of any of its Primary Contracts.

	10.3	 	Other undertaking
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform its obligations in all material respects under each
of its Security Contracts; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its
Security Contracts and any information and documentation relating to any of its
Security Contracts if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	10.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, each
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Security Contracts, but
only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the relevant Chargor and
irrespective of any direction given by the Chargor) any of that Chargor’s rights
under its Security Contracts.

	10.5	 	Notices of assignment
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of Part 1
of Schedule 4 (Forms of letter for Primary Contracts), on each of the other parties to
each of its Primary Contracts; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 4 (Forms of
letter for Primary Contracts) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any Deed of
Accession by which it became party to this Deed or, if later, the date of entry into
that Primary Contract (as appropriate).

	11.	 	PLANT AND MACHINERY
	 
	11.1	 	Maintenance
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must keep its Plant and Machinery in good repair and in good working order and
condition (subject to reasonable wear and tear).

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	11.2	 	Nameplates
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must take any action which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require to
evidence the interest of the Collateral Agent in its Plant and Machinery; this includes (if
so requested) fixing a nameplate on its Plant and Machinery in a prominent position stating
that:

	 	(a)	 	the Plant and Machinery is charged in favour of the Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Plant and Machinery must not be disposed of without the prior consent of
the Collateral Agent unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	11.3	 	INSURANCE POLICIES
	 
	11.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, each
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Insurance Policies, but
only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing:

	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent may exercise (without any further
consent or authority on the part of any Chargor and irrespective of any
direction given by any Chargor) any of the rights of any Chargor in connection
with any amounts payable to it under any of its Insurance Policies;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	each Chargor must take such steps (at its own cost) as the
Collateral Agent may require to enforce those rights; this includes initiating
and pursuing legal or arbitration proceedings in the name of that Chargor; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	each Chargor must hold any payment received by it under any
of its Insurance Policies on trust for the Collateral Agent.

	11.5	 	Notice
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately give notice of this Deed to each of the other parties to each of
the Insurance Policies by sending a notice substantially in the form of Part 1 of
Schedule 3 (Insurance Policies); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each such other party delivers
a letter of undertaking to the Collateral Agent in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3
(Insurance Policies) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or any Deed of Accession
by which it became party to this Deed or, if later, the date of entry into that
Primary Contract (as appropriate).

	12.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	12.1	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

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	12.2	 	Enforcement
	 
	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Required Lenders direct or the Administrative Agent may direct.
	 
	13.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	13.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under section 101 of the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be
immediately exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under section
103 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages (including under
section 93 of the Act) does not apply to this Security.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended
so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept
surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and
without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under
section 99 or 100 of the Act).

	13.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of entering into
possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(a)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on realisation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession might be
liable.

	13.3	 	Privileges
	 
	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges
and immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly
appointed under any law (including the Act).
	 
	13.4	 	Protection of third parties
	 
	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;
	 
	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;
	 
	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

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	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied.

	13.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security
Asset; and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee, chargee
or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the absence of
manifest error, conclusive and binding on each Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the
costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such
redemption and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	13.6	 	Contingencies
	 
	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but
at a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may
pay the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as
it considers appropriate.
	 
	14.	 	ADMINISTRATOR
	 
	14.1	 	Appointment of Administrator

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the Insolvency Act 1986, at any time and from time to time after
this Security becomes enforceable in accordance with Clause 12.1, or if any Chargor so
requests the Collateral Agent in writing from time to time, the Collateral Agent may
appoint any one or more qualified persons to be an Administrator of that Chargor, to
act together or independently of the other or others appointed (to the extent
applicable).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any such appointment may be made pursuant to an application to court under
paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Administration application) or
by filing specified documents with the court under paragraphs 14 — 21 of Schedule B1
of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Appointment of administrator by holder of floating
charge).
	 
	 	(c)	 	In this clause qualified person means a person who, under the Insolvency Act
1986, is qualified to act as an Administrator of any company with respect to which he
is appointed.

	15.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	15.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

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	 	(ii)	 	a Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at any
time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including under section 109(1) of the Act) does not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Collateral Agent is not entitled to appoint a Receiver solely as a result
of the obtaining of a moratorium (or anything done with a view to obtaining a
moratorium) under the Insolvency Act 2000 except with the leave of the court.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may not appoint an administrative receiver (as defined
in section 29(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986) over the Security Assets if the
Collateral Agent is prohibited from so doing by section 72A of the Insolvency Act 1986
and no exception to the prohibition on appointing an administrative receiver applies.

	15.2	 	Removal
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (subject to any requirement for an order of
the court in the case of an administrative receiver) remove any Receiver appointed by it and may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place
of any Receiver whose appointment may for any reason have terminated.
	 
	15.3	 	Remuneration
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law (including under section 109(6) of the Act) will not apply.
	 
	15.4	 	Agent of each Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the relevant Chargor for all
purposes and accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly
appointed by a mortgagee under the Act. The relevant Chargor is solely responsible for
the contracts, engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for
liabilities incurred by a Receiver.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to a Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	15.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

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	16.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	16.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out below in this
Clause 16 in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes:

	 	(i)	 	in the case of an administrative receiver, all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on an administrative receiver under the
Insolvency Act 1986; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	otherwise, all the rights, powers and discretions conferred
on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the Act and the Insolvency Act
1986.

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of
any other Receiver.

	16.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	16.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of any Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
	 
	16.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by any Chargor.

	16.5	 	Borrow money
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	16.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Fixtures may be severed and sold separately from the property containing them
without the consent of the relevant Chargor.

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	16.7	 	Leases
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may let any Security Asset for any term and at any rent (with or without a
premium) which he thinks fit and may accept a surrender of any lease or tenancy of any
Security Asset on any terms which he thinks fit (including the payment of money to a lessee
or tenant on a surrender).
	 
	16.8	 	Compromise
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of any Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.
	 
	16.9	 	Legal actions
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or
proceedings in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	16.10	 	Receipts
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	16.11	 	Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of any Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any
Security Asset.
	 
	16.12	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	16.13	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of any Chargor.
	 
	16.14	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	effect any repair or insurance and do any other act which any Chargor might
do in the ordinary conduct of its business to protect or improve any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(b)	 	commence and/or complete any building operation; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	apply for and maintain any planning permission, building regulation approval
or any other authorisation,

	 	 	in each case as he thinks fit.
	 
	16.15	 	Other powers
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

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	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers
or discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial
owner of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of any Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	17.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver
in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of the
Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time
in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust
Deed to apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent
permitted by applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party.

	18.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis
reimburse, any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15,
7.10, 11.03 and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 23.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargors shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
each Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in
relation to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this
Deed, the Transaction Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at
any time may be subject.

	19.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	19.1	 	Power of Attorney
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.
	 
	19.2	 	Terms
	 
	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

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	19.3	 	Liability
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
any Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.
	 
	20.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the Collateral Agent or a
Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party create a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by
the Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting security in favour of the Collateral Agent
(equivalent to the security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of
any Chargor located in any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the Collateral
Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the making
of any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.
	 
	21.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor has
failed to comply with an obligation under this Deed, each Chargor, by way of security,
irrevocably and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its
attorney to take any action which that Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. Each
Chargor ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its
appointment under this Clause.
	 
	22.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 
	22.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

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	22.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of any Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in
part on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or
must be restored on insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise without
limitation, the liability of each Chargor under this Deed will continue or be
reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Secured Party may concede or compromise any claim that any payment,
security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.

	22.3	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of each Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of
its obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any person;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement
in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document
or security; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	22.4	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency,
administration, winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or
any other person before claiming from that Chargor under this Deed.
	 
	22.5	 	Appropriations
	 
	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of any Chargor under this Deed:

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	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held
or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against
those amounts;
	 
	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether
against those amounts or otherwise; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any
Chargor or on account of that Chargor‘s liability under this Deed.

	22.6	 	Non-competition
	 
	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	no Chargor will, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or performance by
it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held,
received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of that Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party
or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent
on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment,
distribution or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise any
right of set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	Each Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received
by it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.
	 
	22.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by any Secured Party (in its capacity as such or
otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this Security.

	22.8	 	Delivery of documents
	 
	 	 	To the extent any Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously

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	 	 	delivered
such to the Term Loan Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents, such Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be
deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	22.9	 	Security held by Chargor
	 
	 	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security from
any other Loan Party in respect of that Chargor’s liability under this Deed. Each Chargor
will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	23.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	23.1	 	Covenant to pay
	 
	 	 	Each Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in
the Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the
Loan Documents.
	 
	23.2	 	Interest
	 
	 	 	If a Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated and compounded in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.06(f) of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	23.3	 	Tacking
	 
	 	 	Each Lender must perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including any
obligation to make available further advances).
	 
	23.4	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be
treated as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have
received notice of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	23.5	 	Time deposits 
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan
Document or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account a Chargor has with any
Secured Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

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	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.
	 
	23.6	 	Notice of assignment
	 
	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to each Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by that Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.
	 
	23.7	 	Perpetuity period
	 
	 	 	The perpetuity period for the trusts in this Deed is 125 years.
	 
	23.8	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of any Chargor under this
Deed constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the
purpose of and as defined in the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations
2003 (SI 2003 No. 3226)) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after this Security
has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial collateral in
or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken
into account advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm
of national standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method
of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable
method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	24.	 	LOAN PARTIES

	 	(a)	 	All communications under this Deed to or from a Secured Party must be sent
through the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor irrevocably appoints Novelis Europe to act as its agent:

	 	(i)	 	to give and receive all communications under the Security
Documents or this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to supply all information concerning itself to any Secured
Party; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to agree and sign all documents under or in connection with
this Deed without further reference to any Loan Party; this includes any
amendment or waiver of this Deed which would otherwise have required the
consent of the Loan Parties.

	 	(c)	 	Novelis Europe hereby accepts the appointment under Clause 24(b)

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	 	(d)	 	Any communication given to Novelis Europe in connection with this Deed will
be deemed to have been given also to the other Loan Parties that are party to this
Deed.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may assume that any communication made by Novelis Europe
is made with the consent of each Loan Party that is party to this Deed.

	25.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor, take whatever action is reasonably
necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part) from this
Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the Chargor
over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor shall
take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement, including
serving any notice thereunder.
	 
	26.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	27.	 	NOTICES
	 
	27.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.
	 
	27.2	 	Addresses

	 	(a)	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to
a party to this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address set out in Clause
27.2(b) below or as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any substitute address, fax
number or department or officer as the relevant party may notify to the Collateral
Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if a change is made by
the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of Clause 27.2(a) above, the address of each Chargor shall
be:

Novelis Europe Holdings Limited

Latchford Locks Works

Thelwell Lane

Warrington

Cheshire

United Kingdom

Attention: David Sneddon

with a copy to

Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH 8700 Küsnacht ZH

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Switzerland

Attention: Legal Department

	27.3	 	Delivery

	 	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another
under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received
by the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of
the department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details
(or any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for
this purpose).

	27.4	 	Notification of address and fax number
	 
	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 27.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.
	 
	27.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral
Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the
English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional,
statutory or other official document.

	28.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are
governed by English law.
	 
	29.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	29.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed, save that the Collateral Agent (and only the Collateral
Agent) has the right to have any dispute settled by the New York courts, in which case
the New York courts have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of that dispute, and any
proceedings before the English courts in respect of that dispute shall be stayed with
immediate effect.

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	 	(b)	 	The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle
any such dispute in connection with this Agreement, save that, if the Collateral Agent
invokes the jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of any dispute, the New
York courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle such dispute,
even if the jurisdiction of the English Courts has already been seised. Each Chargor
agrees not to argue to the contrary and waives objection to the provisions of this
clause on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include
any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	29.2	 	Waiver of immunity 

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:
	 
	 	(b)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by a Secured Party
against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its
behalf;
	 
	 	(c)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

	29.3	 	Waiver of trial by jury
	 
	 	 	EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS DEED OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS DEED. THIS DEED MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of
this Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1

REAL PROPERTY

A. Original Property

	 	 	 	 	 
	Legal Owner	 	Title No.	 	Description
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	WA915530
	 	Rogerstone Works, Rogerstone
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CYM94747
	 	Land at Rogerstone Works (Triangle)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CYM94951
	 	Land at Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CYM94762
	 	Land at Tregwilym Road being the former site of numbers
115, 117, 119 and 121, Rogerstone
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	WA989793
	 	127 Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	WA989794
	 	The Cottage, Fieldsview, Tregwilym Road Rogerstone
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CYM431473
	 	Land on west side of Tregwilym Road Rogerstone
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CH449717
	 	Latchford Works, Thelwall Lane, Warrington
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CH492388
	 	Land lying to the north west of Thelwall Lane, Warrington
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CH469667
	 	Land on the north side of Thelwall Lane, Latchford
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CH469669
	 	Land and buildings lying to the north of Thelwall Lane,
Warrington
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	SL186994
	 	Land at Bridgnorth Aluminium Stourbridge Road Bridgnorth

	B.	 	Excluded Real Property

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Legal Owner	 	Title No.	 	Description	 	Term
	A Banbury	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	Unregistered title
	 	Leasehold property
known as Fifth
Floor, Beaumont
House, Southam,
Road, Banbury,
Oxfordshire as
demised by a Lease
dated 8 August 2003
made between
Beryland Limited
(1) and British
Alcan Aluminium Plc
(2)
	 	31 July 2003 and
expiring on 30 July
2013

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	Legal Owner	 	Title No.	 	Description	 	Term
	B Latchford	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	CH469668
	 	Leasehold property
known as land on
the north side of
Thelwall Lane,
Warrington
	 	29th April, 1991 to
29th April 2021
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	C Walsall	 	 	 	 
	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	Unregistered Title
	 	Leasehold premises
at Unit 501, Axcess
10 Business Park
Bentley Road South
Walsall West
Midlands as demised
by a lease dated
28 April 2003 made
between Axa Sunlife
plc (1) Universal
Express Limited (2)
Brant Logistics
Services NV (3)
Axcess 10
Management Company
Limited (4)
	 	1 March 2002

 to 29
February 2012

PART 2

CHARGED SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 
	 	 	 	Name of	 	Name of nominee (if	 	Class of shares held	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Charged	 	any) by whom shares	 	 	 	 	 	Number of
	Chargor
	 	 	 	Company	 	are held	 		 	shares held
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	Europe	 	Novelis UK Ltd	 	 	 	Ordinary	 	 	167,997,356	 
	Holdings
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Limited
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	Europe	 	Novelis Services	 	 	 	Ordinary	 	 	10,000	 
	Holdings 

Limited
	 		 	Limited	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

PART 3

SPECIFIC PLANT AND MACHINERY

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Chargor
	 	Description

PART 4

SECURITY CONTRACTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	A. Primary Contracts	 	 
	 	 	Chargor	 	Description
	 

	 	Novelis UK Ltd

	 	 Cash management agreement dated 1
Feberuary 2007 between, inter alios, Novelis AG and Novelis UK Ltd

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	 	 	A. Primary Contracts	 	 
	 	 	Chargor	 	Description
	 

	 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 	ACMS agreement dated 15 January 2007 between, inter alios,
Commerzbank AG, Novelis AG and Novelis UK Ltd
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 	Cash management agreement dated 14 January 2010 between, inter
alios, Novelis AG and Novelis UK Ltd
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 	Sale and purchase agreement dated 5 November 2010 between Novelis UK
Ltd and Hindalco Industries Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 	Transactional Banking Services Agreement dated on or around 17
December 2010 between Novelis UK Ltd and Deutsche Bank AG
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 	Cash management agreement dated 1 Feberuary 2007
between, inter alios, Novelis AG and Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 	Cash management agreement dated 14 January 2010 between,
inter alios, Novelis AG and
Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 	Intercompany term promissory note dated 30
September 2010 issued to Novelis AG
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 	Transactional Banking Services Agreement dated on
or about 17 December 2010 between Novelis Europe Holdings Limited and Deutsche
Bank AG
	 

	 	Novelis Services Limited
	 	Cash management agreement dated 14 January 2010 between,
inter alios, Novelis AG and Novelis Services Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Services Limited
	 	Transactional Banking Services Agreement dated on or
around 17 December 2010 between Novelis Services and Deutsche Bank AG

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	 	 	A. Primary Contracts	 	 
	 	 	Chargor	 	Description
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Services Limited
	 	Intercompany term promissory note dated 1 October 2008
issued to Novelis Brand LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Services Limited
	 	License and sublicense agreements dated 1 October 2008
entered into between, inter alios, Novelis Services Limited and certain
subsidiaries of Novelis Inc.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Novelis Services Limited
	 	Supply of Industrial Technology and Technical Assistance
Agreements dated 27 June 2008 entered into between, inter alios, Novelis
Services Limited and Novelis Brasil
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	B. Secondary Contracts	 	 

PART 5

SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Owner Named on	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trademark	 	Register	 	Class	 	Registration No	 	CTM	 	Filing Date	 	Expiry Date
	THINKCANS & DEVICE

	 	Novelis UK Ltd

(Latchford)
	 	 	35	 	 	 	2392058	 	 	X
	 	16 May 2005
	 	 16 May 2015

PART 6

SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Bank	 	Account Numbers	 	Account Name
	HSBC Bank plc
	 		 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 
	 	 	 	 
	City of London
Corporate Office
	 		 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 		 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Canary Wharf
	 		 	Novelis UK Ltd.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	London
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	E14 5HQ
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Sort Code: 40-02-50
	 	 	 	 

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	Account Bank	 	Account Numbers	 	Account Name
	HSBC Bank plc
	 		 	Novelis UK Ltd.
	 
	 		 	 
	City of London
Corporate Office
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Canary Wharf
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	London
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	E14 5HQ
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Sort Code: 40-05-15
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Commerzbank AG,
	 		 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 
	 		 	 
	London Branch
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	60 Gracechurch Street
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	London EC3V 0HR
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Sort Code: 40-62-01
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Deutsche Bank AG,
London Branch
	 		 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Winchester House
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	1 Winchester Street
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	London EC2N 2DB
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	Deutsche Bank AG,
London Branch
	 		 	Novelis UK Ltd
	 
	 		 	 
	Winchester House
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	1 Winchester Street
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	London EC2N 2DB
	 		 	 

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	Account Bank	 	Account Numbers	 	Account Name
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 
	 
	 		 	 

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FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

To:       [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has charged
(by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a
Net Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account
designated or opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified
to you immediately following such designation or opening) and the debts represented by the
Security Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan Security
Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America,
N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan Security
Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in
respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you
by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)   (i) 	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by you from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	(ii)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any Net
Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)    (i) 	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent;
and

	 	(ii)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds Account to the
order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)    (i) 	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(ii)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net
Cash Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice
from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

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The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as
defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by English law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan
Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [     
] and others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
England and Wales (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net
Cash Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement)) and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the
terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing
to the credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the
Notice;

	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in
any Security Account;

	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and
agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any
right of retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our
customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;

	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account
requested from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral
Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving

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	 	 	 	Credit Release Date (as defined
in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent;

	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by law;

	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time
unless otherwise required by law;

	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as
instructed by the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or unless otherwise required by law; and

	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us unless
otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided under, the
Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;

	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred to
in that notice (the Security Accounts); and

	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor; and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by English law.

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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) for an on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent

Receipt acknowledged

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

FORMS OF LETTER FOR INSURANCE POLICIES

PART 1

FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT

(for attachment by way of endorsement to the insurance policies)

To: [Insurer]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties
referred to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first
priority assignee all amounts payable to it under or in connection with any contract of
insurance of whatever nature taken out with you by or on behalf of it or under which it has a
right to claim (each an Insurance) and all of its rights in connection with those amounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND, subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all amounts payable to it under or in connection
with any Insurance and all of its rights in connection with those amounts.

A reference in this letter to any amounts excludes all amounts received or receivable under or in
connection with any third party liability Insurance and required to settle a liability of a Loan
Party (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or a Loan Party (as defined in the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement) to a third party.

We confirm that:

	(i)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Insurance to perform all the obligations
assumed by it under [the] [that] Insurance;

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	(ii)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any]
Insurance; and

	(iii)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Insurance.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Insurance
and you should continue to give notices under [the] [each] Insurance to the Chargor, unless and
until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to the contrary. In this
event, unless the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent otherwise agrees in writing:

	(d)	 	all amounts payable to the Chargor under [the] [each] Insurance must be paid to the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that
the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

	(e)	 	any rights of the Chargor in connection with those amounts will be exercisable by, and
notices must be given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice
from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined
in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as
it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Insurance[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following
notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined
in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please note on the relevant contracts:

	(i)	 	FIRST the Term Loan Collateral Agent’s interest as loss payee and the Term Loan Collateral
Agent’s interest as first priority assignee of those amounts and rights; and

	(ii)	 	SECOND the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent’s interest as loss payee and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent’s interest as first priority assignee of those amounts and rights,

and send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] with
a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above and giving
the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

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The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

FORM OF LETTER OF UNDERTAKING

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [•] on behalf of [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•]
of (1) FIRST an assignment by the Chargor upon the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all
amounts payable to it under or in connection with any contract of insurance of whatever nature
taken out with us by or on behalf of it or under which it has a right to claim and all of its
rights in connection with those amounts and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, an assignment by the Chargor upon the terms of the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement of all amounts payable to it under or in connection with any contract of
insurance of whatever nature taken out with us by or on behalf of it or under which it has a right
to claim and all of its rights in connection with those amounts.

A reference in this letter to any amounts excludes all amounts received or receivable under or in
connection with any third party liability insurance and required to settle a liability of a Loan
Party to a third party.

In consideration of your agreeing to the Chargor continuing their insurance arrangements with us
we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;

	2.	 	confirm that we have not received notice of the interest of any third party in those amounts
and rights;

	3.	 	undertake to note on the relevant contracts FIRST the interest of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent as loss payee and as first priority assignee of those amounts and rights and SECOND the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent’s interest as loss payee and as first priority assignee of
those amounts and rights;

	4.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to those contracts which the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us
that the Term Loan Release Date (as

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	 	 	defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred,
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time request;

	5.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of any of those contracts and to allow
the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined in
the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party (as defined in
the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) to remedy that breach; and

	6.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate any of those contracts on request by
the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the S Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

for [Insurer]

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SCHEDULE 4

FORMS OF LETTER FOR PRIMARY CONTRACTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

To:       [Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [ ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral
Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the
Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all
of its rights in respect of [insert details of Primary Contract(s)] (the Primary Contract[s]);
and

	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the [Secured
Parties] referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Primary
Contract[s].

We confirm that:

	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Primary Contract to perform all the
obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Primary Contract;

	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any]
Primary Contract; and

	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Primary Contract.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Primary
Contract and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Primary Contract to the relevant
Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following
notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined
in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit

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Collateral Agent to the
contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by, and notices must be given to,
the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Primary Contract[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has
occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by English law,

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and others Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [     ] between [     ] and
others and Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST an
assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in
respect of [insert details of the Primary Contract(s)] (the Primary Contract[s]) and (2) SECOND
subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date
(as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the terms of the
Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the Primary
Contract[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;

	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Primary
Contract[s];

	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to [the][those] Primary Contract[s] which the Term Loan Collateral Agent
or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time request;

	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Primary
Contract[s] and to allow Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and

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	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Primary
Contract[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

[Counterparty]

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SCHEDULE 5

FORM OF DEED OF ACCESSION

THIS DEED is dated [     ]

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	[•] (registered number [•]) with its registered office at [•] (the Additional Chargor);

	(2)	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED for itself and as agent for each of the Chargors under and as
defined in the Security Agreement referred to below; and

	(3)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties under and as defined in
the Security Agreement referred to below (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

(A) The Additional Chargor is a subsidiary of Novelis Inc.

	(B)	 	The Chargors have entered into a guarantee and security agreement dated [•] with the
Collateral Agent (the Security Agreement).

	(C)	 	The Additional Chargor has agreed to enter into this Deed and to become a Chargor under the
Security Agreement and the Security Trust Deed.

	(D)	 	The Additional Chargor will also, by execution of a separate instruments, become a party to
the Intercreditor Agreement as a Loan Party and the Security Trust Deed as a Chargor.

	(E)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	Interpretation

	 	 	Terms defined in the Security Agreement have the same meaning in this Deed (including its
Recitals) unless given a different meaning in this Deed. This Deed is a Loan Document.

2. Accession

	 	(a)	 	With effect from the date of this Deed the Additional Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	will become a party to the Security Agreement as a Chargor;
and

	 	(ii)	 	will be bound by all the terms of the Security Agreement
which are expressed to be binding on a Chargor, including without limitation,
the guarantee contained in clause 2 of the Security Agreement.

	3.	 	Security

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	 	 	Without limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Deed and the Security
Agreement, the Additional Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	charges by way of a first legal mortgage all estates or interests in any
freehold or leasehold property owned by it (save for Excluded Real Property) and
specified in part 1A of the schedule to this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	charges by way of a first legal mortgage all shares owned by it and specified
in part 2 of the schedule to this Deed;

	 	(c)	 	charges by way of a fixed charge all plant, machinery, computers, office
equipment or vehicles specified in part 3 of the schedule to this Deed;

	 	(d)	 	assigns absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on redemption, all
of its rights in respect of the agreements specified in part 4 of the schedule to this
Deed;

	 	(e)	 	charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of any
Intellectual Property specified in part 5 of the schedule to this Deed; and

	 	(f)	 	charges by way of a fixed charge all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any Security Account specified in part 6 of the schedule to
this Deed.

	4.	 	Miscellaneous

	 	 	With effect from the date of this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	the Security Agreement will be read and construed for all purposes, and the
Additional Chargor will take all steps and actions (including serving any notices),
as if the Additional Chargor had been an original party in the capacity of Chargor
(but so that the security created on this accession will be created on the date of
this Deed);

	 	(b)	 	any reference in the Security Agreement to this Deed and similar phrases will
include this Deed and all references in the Security Agreement to Schedule 1 (or any
part of it) will include a reference to the schedule to this Deed (or relevant part of
it); and

	 	(c)	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, for itself and as agent for each of the
Chargors under the Security Agreement, agrees to all matters provided for in this
Deed.

	5.	 	Law

	 	 	This Deed is governed by English law.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE TO DEED OF ACCESSION

PART 1

REAL PROPERTY

A. Original Property

Freehold/Leasehold       Description

B. Excluded Real Property

Leasehold       Description

PART 2

SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of company in	 	Name of nominee (if	 	 	 	 
	which shares are	 	any) by whom shares	 	 	 	Number of shares
	held	 	are held	 	Class of shares held	 	held
	[            ]

	 	[           ]
	 	[            ]
	 	[            ]

PART 3

SPECIFIC PLANT AND MACHINERY

Description

PART 4

SECURITY CONTRACTS

     A. Primary Contracts

Description

[e.g. Hedging Documents]

[e.g. Acquisition Documents]

[e.g. Intercompany Loan Agreements]

     B. Secondary Contracts

PART 5

SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Description

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[PART 6

SECURITY ACCOUNTS

Account number       Sort code]

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SIGNATORIES (TO DEED OF ACCESSION)

The Additional Chargor

	 	 	 	 	 

	Executed as a Deed by
	 	)	 	                                     Director
	 	 	 	 	 
	[                 ] acting by a director in the presence of a witness:
	 	)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Signature of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Address of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Occupation of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Executed as a Deed by
	 	)	 	                                     Director
	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED (for itself and as agent for each of the Chargors party to
the Security Agreement referred to in this  Deed) acting by a director in the presence of
a witness:
	 	)	 	 
	
	 	)	 	 
	
	 		 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Signature of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Address of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Occupation of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	The Collateral Agent
	 	 	 	 

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent acting by authorised signatory:

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Authorised Signatory

 	 

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SIGNATORIES (GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT)

	 	 	 	 	 

	SIGNED as a Deed by
	 	)	 	                         Attorney
	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS UK LTD acting by its attorney in the
	 	)	 	 
	presence of a witness:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	) 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Signature of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Address of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Occupation of witness	 	 

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	SIGNED as a Deed by
	 	)	 	                  Attorney
	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED acting by its attorney in the presence of a witness:
	 	)

)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Signature of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Address of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Occupation of witness
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

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	SIGNED as a Deed by
	 	)	 	                  Attorney
	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED acting by its attorney in the presence of a witness:
	 	)

)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Signature of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Address of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Occupation of witness	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

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SIGNED as a deed by

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

in its capacity as Collateral Agent
acting by authorised signatory:

 

Christopher Kelly Wall, Managing Director

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     Exhibit M4

Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

Agreement

between

Novelis Technology AG

Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland

and

Bank of America N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

Assignment of Trade Receivables, Intercompany Receivables

and Bank Accounts

 

 

Assignment Agreement (Novelis Technology AG)

INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	2. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	7	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	10	 
	4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	10	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	12	 
	6. FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 	 	13	 
	7. POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	13	 
	8. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	13	 
	9. EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT
	 	 	13	 
	10. COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	14	 
	11. NOTICES
	 	 	14	 
	12. SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	15	 
	13. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	15	 
	14. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	15	 
	15. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	16	 
	16. LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	16	 
	SCHEDULE 1
	 	 	20	 
	SCHEDULE 2
	 	 	21	 
	SCHEDULE 3
	 	 	22	 
	SCHEDULE 4
	 	 	23	 
	SCHEDULE 5
	 	 	24	 
	SCHEDULE 6
	 	 	26	 

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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Technology AG, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having
its seat at Zentralstrasse 100, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, (the “Assignor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A. a national banking association organized under the laws
of the United States of America, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for
itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in
this Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	The Assignor and Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement
(defined below) (the “Term Loan Collateral Agent”) have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia
Novelis Inc. (as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto,
whereby the Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders
party thereto (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Assignor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or
about December 17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term
Loan Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation,
Novelis UK Limited and Novelis AG (each as Borrower) AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and
the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein)
(the “Revolving Credit Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain
revolving credit facilities by the Revolving Credit Lenders.
	 
	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,
the Assignor and other borrowers and guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor
Agreement governing the relationship and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties
and Revolving Secured Parties (as these terms are defined below) among each other in relation
to the collateral granted by the borrowers and guarantors (including Assignor) under or in
connection with the Credit Agreements (the “Intercreditor Agreement”).

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	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).
	 
	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties) (the “Revolving Guarantee”).
	 
	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Lenders under each of the Term
Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement require the Assignor to enter into this
assignment for security purposes in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	(G)	 	The Assignor has agreed to assign (i) the Assigned Receivables, (ii) the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and (iii) the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured
Obligations (as these terms are defined in Section 1 below) to the Collateral Agent, acting
for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as
defined in Section 1 below).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Bank Accounts” means all current or future rights, title,
interest and action (including any balances and accrued interest) the
Assignor may have or acquire in relation to any bank account which the
Assignor now has or may at any time have in the future vis-à-vis any
bank or other financial institution, including, but not limited to,
the bank accounts listed in Schedule 1, together with all rights and
benefits relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in
respect thereof (art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations);
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Intercompany Receivables” means all current or future
receivables owed by Affiliates to Assignor and arising in the course
of business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, incorporated
in a title or not, together with all rights and benefits relating
thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof
(art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations); Currently existing Assigned
Intercompany Receivables are listed in Schedule 2;
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Receivables” means all current or future receivables owed by customers or other
trade debtors (excluding any Affiliate) to the Assignor and arising in the course of
business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, together with all rights and
benefits relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof
(art. 170 Swiss Code of

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	 	 	Obligations) but excluding any Excluded Receivables; Currently existing Assigned Receivables
are listed in Schedule 3;
	 
	 	 	“Assignment” means the assignments by the Assignor of the Assigned Intercompany Receivables,
Assigned Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts to the Collateral Agent, acting for itself,
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to art. 164
et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for
normal business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in the Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Excluded Receivables” means any current or future receivables owed by customers or other
trade debtors (excluding any Affiliate) to the Assignor and arising in the course of
business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, together with all rights and benefits
relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof (art. 170
Swiss Code of Obligations) which have been transferred to Novelis AG pursuant to a
receivables purchase agreement between the Assignor and Novelis AG which has been approved
in writing by the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Affiliates” means the notice substantially in the form of
Schedule 4 to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Banks” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
5 to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Debtors” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
6 to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the Revolving
Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

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	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the Term Loan
Guarantee (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement).
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Credit Agreements.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	1.5	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

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	2.	 	ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 
	2.1	 	The Assignor agrees to assign by way of security to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself,
in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties) the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured
Obligations until the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations. The Assignor confirms that
it fully understands and accepts the definition of the term “Secured Obligations”.
	 
	2.2	 	For the purpose of effecting the Assignment, the Assignor hereby:
	 
	2.2.1	 	assigns by way of security to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	2.2.2	 	subject as set out in Section 2.11.2, transfers to the Collateral Agent all documents
evidencing the existing Assigned Receivables, the existing Assigned Intercompany Receivables
and the existing Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including
but not limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, Intercompany
note, exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) expressly accepts the Assignment provided for in Section 2.1. and
2.2.
	 
	2.4	 	The Assignor agrees and undertakes as follows:
	 
	2.4.1	 	Except for liens permitted under the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall refrain from
granting any pledge, encumbrance or other third party rights affecting the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts and shall
refrain from any other act or omission that would adversely affect the Collateral Agent’s and
Secured Parties’ rights under this Agreement or, except as permitted under the Credit
Agreements, any amounts that are or will become due under any of the Assigned Receivables, the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	2.4.2	 	without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Assignor shall not enter into
any kind of arrangement that would provide for the non-assignability of any of the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts or subject
the assignability to the consent of a party other than the Collateral Agent;
	 
	2.4.3	 	except as permitted by the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall not enter into any
arrangement by which the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and

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	 	 	the Assigned Bank Accounts would be assigned to a party other than the Collateral Agent
and/or Secured Parties;
	 
	2.4.4	 	the Assignor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days following the end
of each calendar quarter (the first time 10 Business Days following December 31, 2010), a list
of all its Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts
outstanding as of the end of the relevant calendar quarter and assigned substantially in the
same form as set forth in Schedule 1 to 3 as appropriate;
	 
	2.4.5	 	upon the Collateral Agent’s written request and in no event more than once per year, unless
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent, within 10 Business Days from being so requested by the Collateral Agent, an
up-dated list of all its Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned
Bank Accounts outstanding as of the day where the Collateral Agent’s request under this
paragraph was received substantially in the same form as set forth in Schedule 1 to 3
as appropriate.
	 
	2.5	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify the banks of the
assignment by way of security of the Assigned Bank Accounts by delivering to such banks a
Notice of Assignment to Banks substantially in the form of Schedule 5. The Assignor
shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Banks to the Collateral Agent.
For the purpose of this Agreement, the Assignor shall release the respective banks from the
banking secrecy to the extent required for the Collateral Agent to perform its rights and
obligations hereunder. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall be authorized to use its bank accounts and any balance
on its bank accounts freely without restriction for as long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, except in the circumstances set forth in Section 2.6 below.
	 
	2.6	 	Upon an Activation Notice (as this term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) being
sent in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall not
longer be authorized to use its bank accounts and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
transfer any balance out of such bank accounts and apply such monies in accordance with
Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement.
	 
	2.7	 	In the event where any bank would refuse to countersign the Notice of Assignment to Banks
listed in Schedule 5 and thereby would refuse to waive any first ranking security
interest and/or any right of set-off such bank may have in relation to the Assigned Bank
Accounts, the Assignor shall close the Assigned Bank Accounts and open new bank account(s)
(not subject to such first ranking security interest or right of set-off) with one or more
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	 	 	which would then be assigned by way of security to the Collateral Agent as per the terms of
this Agreement.
	 
	2.8	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify its respective
Affiliates of the assignment by way of security of the Assigned Intercompany Receivables by
delivering to such Affiliate a Notice of Assignment to Affiliates substantially in the form of
Schedule 4. The Assignor shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment
to Affiliates to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.9	 	Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor shall be authorized to collect any Assigned Receivables for as long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and until such time as notified by the Collateral
Agent, provided the proceeds of such Assigned Receivables are credited on the Assigned Bank
Accounts.
	 
	2.10	 	With respect to any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account arising
after the date hereof, the Assignor undertakes to:
	 
	2.10.1	 	notify immediately the appropriate debtor of Assigned Intercompany Receivables or Assigned
Bank Accounts by using the appropriate notification form; and
	 
	2.10.2	 	transfer to the Collateral Agent all documents evidencing such Assigned Intercompany
Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including but
not limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note,
exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	2.11	 	With respect to any Assigned Receivable arising after the date hereof, the Assignor
undertakes to:
	 
	2.11.1	 	instruct the debtor of such Assigned Receivable to discharge its obligations in relation
thereto exclusively on one of the Assigned Bank Accounts; and
	 
	2.11.2	 	upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreements
and upon giving appropriate prior notice, allow representatives of the Collateral Agent to
inspect, during normal business hours, all documents evidencing such Assigned Receivable
(whether incorporated in a title or not), including but not limited to any written agreement,
acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note, exchange of letters, fax or e-mail.
	 
	2.12	 	Within 5 calendar days after the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall notify its current and future
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	 	 	Assignment to Debtors substantially in the form of Schedule 6 but, where necessary
or appropriate, in the respective language of the addressee. The Assignor shall
simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Debtors to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.13	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor shall co-operate with the Collateral Agent and use its best
commercially reasonable endeavors in assisting the Collateral Agent in collecting the Assigned
Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts.
	 
	2.14	 	Before the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor undertakes that the Assigned Receivables and the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables be paid onto the Assigned Bank Accounts as set out in Schedule
1.
	 
	2.15	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the
Assigned Bank Accounts shall be paid to the Collateral Agent or as directed by the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX 
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement are for the
exclusive benefit of the Affiliates of such Assignor (except for the (direct or indirect)
Subsidiaries of such Assignor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute
a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend
(“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the Term Loan
Guarantee and the Revolving Guarantee entered into by the Assignor shall apply to any
enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the proceeds of such enforcement.
	 
	4.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 
	4.1	 	Provided the Assignor has not complied with the obligations set out in Section 2.5 and 2.8
within the time limits set forth therein, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, at any time
on or after the sixth Business Day after the Closing Date, to notify or to request the
Assignor to notify to the relevant debtor, the Assignment in respect of all or part of the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables or the Assigned Bank Accounts:
	 
	4.1.1	 	in the form of Schedule 4 to this Agreement with respect to Assigned Intercompany
Receivables;
	 
	4.1.2	 	in the form of Schedule 5 to this Agreement with respect to Assigned Bank Accounts.

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	4.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify, or request the Assignor to notify, the
Assignment in respect of all or part of the Assigned Bank Accounts and Assigned Intercompany
Receivables to the relevant debtors following the receipt of up-dated Schedule 1 or
Schedule 2 in accordance with Section 2.4.4.
	 
	4.3	 	The Collateral Agent has the right to request that the Assignor transfers to the Collateral
Agent all documents evidencing the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables
and the Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including but not
limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note,
exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	4.4	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to request immediately the Assignor
to notify the debtors of the Assigned Receivables of the Assignment, and, if the Collateral
Agent has not received evidence of such notification within five calendar days in accordance
with Section 2.12, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify on its own, the Assignment
in respect of all or part of the Assigned Receivables to the relevant debtors by a Notice of
Assignment to Debtors substantially in the form of Schedule 6 to this Agreement.
	 
	4.5	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or, with respect to the Assigned Receivables exclusively, 5 calendar days
after such notification:
	 
	4.5.1	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to collect any Assigned
Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account and to apply
the amounts collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	4.5.2	 	the Collateral Agent shall have the right to access the premises of the Assignor to the full
extent necessary during ordinary business hours, at the sole discretion of the Collateral
Agent, to ascertain the existence and particulars of the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	4.5.3	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to undertake on its own
initiative and cost any acts it deems appropriate to collect any overdue or bad claim under
the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts
and shall apply the amounts so collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in
accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; and
	 
	4.5.4	 	to the extent that collection of any Assigned Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany
Receivable and/or any Assigned Bank Account is not possible or is deemed unduly

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	 	 	burdensome in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, the latter shall be entitled
to sell such Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and/or Assigned Bank
Accounts by private sale (“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”), without regard to the
enforcement procedure provided for by the Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and
Bankruptcy, and apply the proceeds (less all costs and expenses) of such sale towards the
discharge of the Secured Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds in
accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall discharge its rights
under this Agreement with the same degree of care it would use in respect of its own
property.
	 
	4.6	 	Upon repayment and discharge in full of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, at the
costs of the Assignor, shall promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days from the full
discharge of the Secured Obligations, re-assign the remainder, if any, of the Assigned
Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and/or Assigned Bank Accounts to the Assignor.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in
part any assigned collateral under both the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release such collateral under this
Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted;
	 
	5.1.2	 	as long as this Agreement remains in force, the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts are and will continue to be (and any
Assigned Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account coming
into existence in the future will be) free and clear of any pledge, encumbrance or other third
party interests, with the exception of any liens permitted under the Credit Agreements;
	 
	5.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective transfer of the Assigned Receivables, the

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	 	 	Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts from Assignor to the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.
	 
	6.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Assignment provided for in
this Agreement.
	 
	7.	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Assignor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name, on its
behalf and as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents (including giving
notifications and instructions to customers of the Assignor) and do all things that are
necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Assignor under this Agreement,
provided that the Assignor does not carry out such obligation in due time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on the Collateral
Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a private realization
(“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”) but in any case only after the Collateral Agent has
notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
	 
	8.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of the
rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted to
and made in accordance with Section 12 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under
the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.
	 
	9.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT
	 
	9.1	 	The security constituted by the Assignments under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in
addition to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent and/or Secured
Parties may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies
provided by law.
	 
	9.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties to exercise, or delay
on its part in exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any
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		 	or partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of that
or any other rights.
	 
	9.3	 	The Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties shall not be liable by reason of taking any
action permitted by this Agreement.
	 
	10.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Assignment hereby constituted or the exercise of any
rights hereunder and the Assignor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any
such costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	11.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Assignor

Novelis Technology AG

Address: Zentralstrasse 100

               CH- 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Attn:       Legal Department

with a copy to:

Novelis AG

Address: Sternenfeldstrasse 19

               CH- 8700, Küsnacht

Attn:       Legal Department

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent

Bank of America, N.A.

Address  135 S. LaSalle, Suite 927, IL4-135-09-27

               Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attn:       Account Officer

Fax:         +1 312-453-5555

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		 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers or e-mail address as is notified in writing
from time to time by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be
effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.
	 
	12.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Agent hereunder will be automatically replaced by the successor Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent as party to this Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	14.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.

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	15.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	16.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	16.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.
	 
	16.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the
relevant Credit Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under any of the Credit
Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under any of the Credit Agreements
is submitted simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Agreement to such court. By
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Assignor hereby accepts for itself and in
respect of its property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of
them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such
respective jurisdictions.
	 
	16.4	 	The Assignor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)
(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process
Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America
as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf,
and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and
documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Assignor in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Assignor hereby irrevocably authorizes and
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	 	 	a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
	 
	16.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the
Revolving Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America N.A.

as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Technology AG,

as Assignor

Date:

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	David Sneddon
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Director
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Chairman

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF BANK ACCOUNTS

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Bank Accounts listed immediately below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of Depositary Bank	 	Branch Office	 	Account Number	 	Account Holder
	Credit Suisse

	 	Zürich
	 	
	 	Novelis Technology

AG

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SCHEDULE 2

LIST OF INTERCOMPANY RECEIVABLES

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Intercompany Receivables listed in the following document:

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

LIST OF TRADE RECEIVABLES

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Receivables listed immediately below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Debtors	 	Nature of Claims	 	Amount	 	Maturity	 	Guarantee	 	Security / Interest
	NO TRADE 

RECEIVABLES AS OF 

THE DATE OF THIS 

AGREEMENT
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 4

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO AFFILIATES

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

	 	 	 

	 

	 	Name of Intercompany
	 

	 	Debtor
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[Address of Debtor]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Re: Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

By the
present letter, you are hereby notified that we (the “Assignor”) and Bank of America N.A.
(the “Collateral Agent”) have entered into an
assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all its present and future receivables
against your company (the “Assigned Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of a
consortium lenders.

Therefore, we would be grateful if you could confirm that any payments in fulfillment of present
and future claims, which we may from time to time have against you, shall be paid exclusively to
the Collateral Agent in the event of a notice given to you by the Collateral Agent to that effect.

Such notice shall be made by registered mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following
address: [insert name and address of Intercompany Debtor] attn. [insert name of responsible
person[s]], Fax [...].

Please note that you remain fully liable towards the Collateral Agent for all payments made
directly to us after receipt of the aforementioned notice.

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 

	Very truly yours,

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 

	 	[name of the Intercompany Debtor]
	[Assignor]
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	[authorized signatories]

	 	[authorized signatories]

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SCHEDULE 5

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO BANKS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

	 	 	 

	 

	 	[Name of the Bank Account
Bank]
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[Address of the Bank]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

Reference
is made to the bank account no[s]. [...] (the “Bank Account[s]”) held by us (the
“Assignor”) with you in connection with which we have sent you a notification of assignment dated
[•], 2007.

You are
hereby notified that the Assignor and Bank of America N.A. (the “Collateral Agent”) have
entered as of December [•], 2010 into a new assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all the current and future amounts
standing to the credit of the Bank Account (the “Assigned
Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting
on behalf of a consortium of lenders.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
dispose of the Assigned Claims. The revocation of such authorization shall be made by registered
mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address: [insert name and address of
bank] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. By countersigning the present
letter, you hereby irrevocably agree that upon receipt of notice of such revocation, you may only
validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Claims by payment to the Collateral
Agent.

Please note that we hereby release you from any and all your obligations in relation to Swiss
Banking Secrecy with respect to the Collateral Agent to the extent required for the latter to
perform its rights and obligations under the Agreement.

The Collateral Agent has requested that you waive any first ranking security interest and/or any
right of set-off you may have in relation to the Assigned Claims. By countersigning this letter you
confirm that you accept to waive in favor of the Collateral Agent (and the lenders represented by
the Collateral Agent) any first ranking security interest and/or any right of set-off you may have
in relation to the Assigned Claims.

The Collateral Agent agrees with the foregoing by countersigning the present letter.

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We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 
	[Assignor]

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	[name of Bank]
	[authorized signatories]
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[authorized signatories]
	 
	 	 
	Agreed and Acknowledged by:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Bank of America N.A.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	[authorized signatories]
	 	 

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SCHEDULE 6

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO DEBTORS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

	 	 	 

	 

	 	[Name of the Debtor]
	 

	 	[Address of the Debtor]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

We refer to the [contract and other particulars identifying the Assigned Receivables in relation to
the relevant trade debtor of the relevant Assignor].

You are hereby notified that Novelis Technology AG (the “Assignor”) and Bank of America N.A. (the
“Collateral Agent”) have entered into an assignment agreement (the “Agreement”) whereby current and
future trade receivables owing by the customers to the Assignor (the “Assigned Receivables”) have
been assigned to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of a consortium of lenders, irrespective of
whether currently due and payable or becoming due and payable in the future.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
collect the Assigned Receivables at certain conditions. The revocation of such power of attorney
shall be made by registered mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address:
[insert name and address of debtor] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. Upon
revocation you may only validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Receivables
by payment to the Collateral Agent. [Assignor/Collateral Agent]

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 

	[Assignor]

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	[name of debtor]
	[authorized signatories]
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[authorized signatories]

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

GUARANTEE

granted by

Novelis Technology AG

Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland

to

Bank of America, N.A. 

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to

certain obligations of the Loan Parties under the Term Loan Agreement

dated as of or about 17 December 2010.

 

 

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 
	1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	 	 	3	 
	2. GUARANTEE

	 	 	4	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND
WITHHOLDING TAX

	 	 	7	 
	4. GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS

	 	 	9	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	 	 	9	 
	6. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS

	 	 	10	 
	7. COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	10	 
	8. NOTICES

	 	 	10	 
	9. SUCCESSOR AGENT

	 	 	11	 
	10. SEVERABILITY

	 	 	11	 
	11. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS

	 	 	12	 
	12. COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	12	 
	13. LAW AND JURISDICTION

	 	 	12	 

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This Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Technology AG, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having
its seat at Zentralstrasse 100, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland (the “Guarantor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the laws of
the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for itself, in
the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Term
Loan Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

PREAMBLE:

	(A)	 	The Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated
as of or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc.
(as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the
Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto
(as defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).

	(B)	 	The Collateral Agent and Secured Parties require the Guarantor to unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantee the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties (as
defined in the Term Loan Agreement) of their obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, as
further defined in this Guarantee.

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	In this Guarantee:

	 	 	“Business Day” means one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for normal
business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Guaranteed Obligations” means the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by
required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or
charges that would accrue after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United
States

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	 	 	 Code or any other Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is
filed under Title 11 of the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law) but for the
provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code (or other Debtor Relief Law) or that accrue after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed under Title 11 of
the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law, whether or not allowed) on the Loans
made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other
Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under
any Loan Document (including any Hedging Agreement entered into with a counterparty that is a
Secured Party), and the performance of all obligations under any of the foregoing, in each
case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein
collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Agreement.

	1.3	 	In this Guarantee, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b)
headings are for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this
Guarantee and (c) references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or
document as amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in
accordance with its terms.

	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.

	2.	 	GUARANTEE
	 
	2.1	 	In accordance with Article 111 of the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Guarantor, acting as
primary and independent obligor and not merely as a
surety (“Bürge”/“Caution” within the
meaning of Articles 492 ss. of the Swiss Code of Obligations), hereby unconditionally (subject to
Section 3 below) and absolutely guarantees, on a first demand basis, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties of the Guaranteed Obligations.

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	2.2	 	The Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges that the meaning of the term “Guaranteed
Obligations” used in this Guarantee (and consequently the extent of its undertaking under this
Guarantee) is defined by reference to the Term Loan Agreement, and the Guarantor
expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts such definition of the terms
“Guaranteed Obligations” used in this Guarantee.

	2.3	 	In the event where any Loan Party fails to pay or perform timely any Guaranteed Obligation,
(subject to Section 3 below) the Collateral Agent will be entitled to claim from the
Guarantor, on a first demand basis, damages for an amount equal to, as applicable, (i) such
Guaranteed Obligation, and (ii) any additional amount (including but not limited to the
Collateral Agent’s costs) to the extent necessary to put the Secured Parties in the position
in which they would have been, had such Guaranteed Obligation been timely paid or performed.

	2.4	 	The Collateral Agent will make any demand for damages under Section 2.3 above towards the
Guarantor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The Collateral Agent will
confirm in such demand that the Guaranteed Obligations have not been timely paid or performed
and to what extent. Subject to Section 3, the Guarantor so notified by the Collateral Agent
shall pay within 5 Business Days of that first demand.

	2.5	 	The Guarantor understands and agrees that the Guarantee is a continuing, absolute and
unconditional (subject to Section 3 below) guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the
validity or enforceability of the Term Loan Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right
of set-off with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent
or any applicable Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim which may at any
time be available to or be asserted by the Loan Parties against the Collateral Agent or any
applicable Secured Party (including, but not limited to, any right the Loan Parties may have
to first require the Collateral Agent to proceed against or enforce any other rights, security
or claim payment from a person before claiming payment from the Guarantor under this
Guarantee), or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever which constitutes, or might be construed
to constitute, a discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations.

	2.6	 	When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against the Guarantor, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a
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	 	 	it may have against the Loan Parties, or any other person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Collateral Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to
collect any payments from the Loan Parties or any other person or to realize upon any such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of set-off shall not relieve
the Guarantor of any applicable obligation or liability under this Guarantee, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of
law, of the Collateral Agent or any applicable Secured Party against the Guarantor.

	2.7	 	Subject to Section 3 below, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee will not be
discharged, suspended or in any way affected by:

	 	(i)	 	any failure or delay by the Collateral Agent to realize upon or seek to enforce
against the Loan Parties any liability or obligation arising under the Term Loan
Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any default, failure or delay in the performance by the Loan Parties of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any waiver of or consent to departure from the provisions of, or any amendment
to this Guarantee, the Term Loan Agreement or any applicable Loan Document, except when
made in writing and executed by the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any bankruptcy, receivership or any other insolvency proceeding related to any
Loan Party or its property or any merger, reorganization, dissolution, sale of assets,
or other winding up of any Loan Party; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a defense available to, or
a discharge of, the Guarantor in respect of its obligations under this Guarantee.

	2.8	 	This Guarantee will be valid and will remain in full force until such time as the Guaranteed
Obligations, as applicable have been paid and discharged in full, and no further Guaranteed
Obligations are capable of arising thereafter.
	 
	2.9	 	The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.23 and 7.10 of the Term Loan
Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandis, and shall apply to this Agreement, the parties hereto and the Secured Parties as if set forth herein.

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	 	 	right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of or about December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”) among
Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, Novelis
Corproration, a Texas corporation, Novelis Pae Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Novelis
Brand LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Novelis South America Holdings LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, Aluminium Upstream Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, Novelis UK Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws
of England and Wales with registered number 00279596, AV Metals Inc., a corporation formed
under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Guarantor and other guarantors party thereto,
Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term Loan
Collateral Agent and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become
bound thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in this paragraph,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement, including Section
11.19 thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX

	3.1	 	If and to the extent that (i) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement are for
the exclusive benefit of the Guarantor’s Affiliates (except the Guarantor’s (direct or
indirect) Subsidiaries) and (ii) complying with the obligations under this Agreement would
constitute a repayment of capital (“restitution des apports”/“Einlagerückgewähr”) or the
payment of a (constructive) dividend (“distribution de
dividende”/“Gewinnausschüttung”), the
following shall apply:

	 	(i)	 	The aggregate obligations under the Guarantee of the Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum
amount of the Guarantor’s profits and reserves available for distribution, in each case in
accordance with, without limitation, articles 671 para.1 to 3 and 675 para.2 of the Swiss Code of
Obligations (the “Available Amount”) at the time such company makes a payment under the Guarantee (provided such limitation is
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	 	(ii)	 	Immediately after having been requested to make a payment under the Guarantee
(the “Guarantee Payment”), the Guarantor will (a) provide the Collateral Agent, within
twenty (20) Business Days from being requested to make the Guarantee Payment, with (1)
an interim audited balance sheet prepared by the statutory auditors of the Guarantor,
(2) the determination of the Available Amount based on such interim audited balance
sheet as computed by the statutory auditors, and (3) a confirmation from the statutory
auditors that the Available Amount is the maximum amount which can be paid by the
Guarantor under the Guarantee without breaching the provisions of Swiss corporate law,
which are aimed at protecting the share capital and legal reserves, and (b) upon receipt
of the confirmation referred to in the preceding sentence under (3) and after having
taken all actions required pursuant to Section 3.2 below, pay (i) the Guarantee Payment
in full or (ii) the Available Amount, whichever is less (in any case, less, if required,
any withholding tax under the Swiss Federal Act on Withholding Tax of October 13, 1965
(the “Swiss Withholding Tax”)).

	 	(iii)	 	If so required under Swiss law (including double tax treaties to which
Switzerland is a party) at the time it is required to make a payment under this
Guarantee or the Security Documents, the Guarantor (1) may deduct the Swiss Withholding
Tax at the rate of 35% (or such other rate as may be in force at such time) from any
payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents, (2) may pay the Swiss
Withholding Tax to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, and (3) shall notify and
provide evidence to the Collateral Agent that the Swiss Withholding Tax has been paid to
the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, and the Guarantor shall not be required to make a
gross-up, indemnify or otherwise hold harmless the Secured Parties for the deduction of
the Swiss Withholding Tax. The Guarantor shall use its best efforts to ensure that any
person which is, as a result of a payment under this Guarantee, entitled to a full or
partial refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax, shall as soon as possible after the
deduction of the Swiss Withholding Tax (i) request a refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax
under any applicable law (including double tax treaties) and (ii) pay to the Secured
Parties upon receipt any amount so refunded. The Guaranteed Obligations will only be
considered as discharged to the extent of the effective payment received by the Secured
Parties under this Guarantee. This subsection (iii) is without prejudice to the gross-up
or indemnification obligations under the Term Loan Agreement.

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		 	other action, including the passing of any shareholders’ resolutions to approve any Guarantee
Payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents, which may be required as a matter of
Swiss mandatory law or standard business practice as existing at the time it is required to
make a Guarantee Payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents in order to allow for
a prompt payment of the Guarantee Payment or Available Amount, as applicable.

	4.	 	GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS

	4.1	 	The Guarantor agrees and undertakes:

	4.1.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Guarantee conferred herewith in favor of the applicable Secured Parties;

	4.1.2	 	not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets, unless otherwise permitted by the
applicable Loan Documents; and

	4.1.3	 	not to create or allow to subsist any security interest, except as permitted under the Term
Loan Agreement or as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law over or in respect of
its assets or permit to be done, anything which would foreseeably depreciate, jeopardize or
otherwise directly or indirectly prejudice the value to the applicable Secured Parties of the
Guarantor’s assets, unless otherwise permitted by the applicable Loan Documents.

	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Term Loan Agreement,
the Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that, as of the date hereof:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and authority
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	 	 	carry on its business as currently conducted; and
	 
	5.1.2	 	this Guarantee (i) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable
against it pursuant to its terms and (ii) creates a valid, effective and independent guarantee
within the meaning of article 111 of the Swiss Code of Obligations in favor of the Collateral
Agent and the applicable Secured Parties.
	 
	6.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except as otherwise
provided in the Term Loan Agreement. Nothing in this Guarantee shall be construed as limiting
the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under the Term Loan
Agreement, as the case may be in accordance with the relevant provisions of such agreement.
	 
	7.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Guarantors shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Guarantee or the exercise of any rights hereunder and the
Guarantor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such costs or expenses
reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	8.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Guarantee shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis Technology AG

	 	    Address:  	 	Zentralstrasse 100
	 	 	 	CH- 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall
	 
	 	    Attn: 	 	 Legal Department

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	 	 	 	with a copy to:     
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis AG

	 	    Address:  	 	Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 	 	 	CH- 8700 Küsnacht
	 
	 	    Attn:  	 	Legal Department
	 

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.

	 	    Address  	 	1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103
	 
	 	    Attn: 	 	 Bridget Manduk
	 
	 	    Fax: 	 	 +1 415 503 5011
	 
	 	    Phone: 	 	 +1 415 436 1097
	 

		 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers as is notified in writing from time to time by
one party to the other party under this Guarantee. Notices shall be effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Guarantee
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has been
confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and accurate
translation.
	 
	9.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the relevant
provisions of the Term Loan Agreement, the Collateral Agent hereunder will automatically be
replaced by the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent as party to this Guarantee, upon notice
to the Guarantor of the appointment of the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	10.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Guarantee is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that

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	 	 	jurisdiction of any other provision of this Guarantee or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Guarantee, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	11.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing signed
by the parties hereto, or as otherwise provided in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	12.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	13.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	13.1	 	This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	13.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Guarantee.
	 
	13.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guarantee
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the Term Loan
Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under the Term Loan Agreement is already
pending before such court or a claim under the Term Loan Agreement is submitted simultaneously with
a claim in respect to this Guarantee to such court. By execution and delivery of this Guarantee,
the Guarantor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, subject to the
aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of
forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any
such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions.

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	13.4	 	The Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)
(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process
Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America
as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf,
and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and
documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection
with, this Guarantee. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Guarantor in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes
and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. The Guarantor agrees that
a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties

Date:

					
	 	
 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Technology AG,

as Guarantor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
						
	By:

	 
	 	By:

	 	
		 

	 		 	
		Name: David Sneddon

	 		Name: Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci	
		Title: Director

	 		Title: Chairman	

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

Agreement

between

Novelis AG

Küsnacht, Switzerland

and

Bank of America N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

Assignment of Trade Receivables, Intercompany Receivables

and Bank Accounts

 

 

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. INTERPRETATION

	 	 	4	 
	2. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS

	 	 	6	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX

	 	 	10	 
	4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT

	 	 	10	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	 	 	12	 
	6. FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR

	 	 	12	 
	7. POWERS OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	13	 
	8. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS

	 	 	13	 
	9. EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT

	 	 	13	 
	10. COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	14	 
	11. NOTICES

	 	 	14	 
	12. SUCCESSOR AGENT

	 	 	15	 
	13. SEVERABILITY

	 	 	15	 
	14. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS

	 	 	15	 
	15. COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	15	 
	16. LAW AND JURISDICTION

	 	 	15	 
	SCHEDULE 1

	 	 	19	 
	SCHEDULE 2

	 	 	20	 
	SCHEDULE 3

	 	 	21	 
	SCHEDULE 4

	 	 	22	 
	SCHEDULE 5

	 	 	23	 
	SCHEDULE 6

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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis AG, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having its seat at
Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland (the “Assignor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America N.A. a national banking association organized under the laws of the
United States of America, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for itself
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in this
Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	The Assignor and Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement
(defined below) (the “Term Loan Collateral Agent”) have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia
Novelis Inc. (as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto,
whereby the Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders
party thereto (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Assignor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or
about December 17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term
Loan Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation,
Novelis UK Limited and the Assignor (each as Borrower) AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor)
and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined
therein) (the “Revolving Credit Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available
certain revolving credit facilities by the Revolving Credit Lenders.
	 
	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,
the Assignor and other borrowers and guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor
Agreement governing the relationship and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties
and Revolving Secured Parties (as these terms are defined below) among each other in relation
to the collateral granted by the borrowers and guarantors (including Assignor) under or in
connection with the Credit Agreements (the “Intercreditor Agreement”).
	 
	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).

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	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties) (the “Revolving Guarantee”).
	 
	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Lenders under each of the Term
Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement require the Assignor to enter into this
assignment for security purposes in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	(G)	 	The Assignor has agreed to assign (i) the Assigned Receivables, (ii) the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and (iii) the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured
Obligations (as these terms are defined in Section 1 below) to the Collateral Agent, acting
for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as
defined in Section 1 below).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Bank Accounts” means all current or future rights, title,
interest and action (including any balances and accrued interest) the
Assignor may have or acquire in relation to any bank account which the
Assignor now has or may at any time have in the future vis-à-vis any
bank or other financial institution, including, but not limited to,
the bank accounts listed in Schedule 1, together with all rights and
benefits relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in
respect thereof (art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations);
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Intercompany Receivables” means all current or future
receivables owed by Affiliates to Assignor and arising in the course
of business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, incorporated
in a title or not, together with all rights and benefits relating
thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof
(art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations); Currently existing Assigned
Intercompany Receivables are listed in Schedule 2;
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Receivables” means all current or future receivables owed by customers or other
trade debtors (excluding any Affiliate) to the Assignor and arising in the course of
business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, together with all rights and
benefits relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof
(art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations) but excluding any receivables purchased pursuant
the Receivables Purchase Agreement entered into between Novelis Deutschland GmbH as
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	 	 	purchaser on or around the date hereof ; Currently existing Assigned Receivables are listed
in Schedule 3;
	 
	 	 	“Assignment” means the assignments by the Assignor of the Assigned Intercompany Receivables,
Assigned Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts to the Collateral Agent, acting for itself,
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to art. 164
et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for
normal business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Affiliates” means the notice substantially in the form of
Schedule 4 to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Banks” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
5 to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Debtors” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
6 to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the Revolving
Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the Term Loan
Guarantee (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
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	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Credit Agreements.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	1.5	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.	 	ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 
	2.1	 	The Assignor agrees to assign by way of security to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself,
in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties) the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured
Obligations until the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations. The Assignor confirms that
it fully understands and accepts the definition of the term “Secured Obligations”.
	 
	2.2	 	For the purpose of effecting the Assignment, the Assignor hereby:

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	2.2.1	 	assigns by way of security to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	2.2.2	 	subject as set out in Section 2.11.2, transfers to the Collateral Agent all documents
evidencing the existing Assigned Receivables, the existing Assigned Intercompany Receivables
and the existing Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including
but not limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, Intercompany
note, exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Secured Parties) expressly accepts the Assignment provided for in Section
2.1. and 2.2.
	 
	2.4	 	The Assignor agrees and undertakes as follows:
	 
	2.4.1	 	Except for liens permitted under the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall refrain from
granting any pledge, encumbrance or other third party rights affecting the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts and shall
refrain from any other act or omission that would adversely affect the Collateral Agent’s and
Secured Parties’ rights under this Agreement or, except as permitted under the Credit
Agreements, any amounts that are or will become due under any of the Assigned Receivables, the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	2.4.2	 	without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Assignor shall not enter into
any kind of arrangement that would provide for the non-assignability of any of the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts or subject
the assignability to the consent of a party other than the Collateral Agent;
	 
	2.4.3	 	except as permitted by the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall not enter into any
arrangement by which the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the
Assigned Bank Accounts would be assigned to a party other than the Collateral Agent and/or
Secured Parties;
	 
	2.4.4	 	the Assignor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days following the end
of each calendar quarter (the first time 10 Business Days following December 31, 2010 ), a
list of all its Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned Bank
Accounts outstanding as of the end of the relevant calendar quarter and assigned substantially
in the same form as set forth in Schedule 1 to 3 as appropriate;
	 
	2.4.5	 	upon the Collateral Agent’s written request and in no event more than once per year, unless
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall deliver to the
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	 	 	Agent, within 10 Business Days from being so requested by the Collateral Agent, an up-dated
list of all its Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned Bank
Accounts outstanding as of the day where the Collateral Agent’s request under this paragraph
was received substantially in the same form as set forth in Schedule 1 to 3 as
appropriate.
	 
	2.5	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify the banks of the
assignment by way of security of the Assigned Bank Accounts by delivering to such banks a
Notice of Assignment to Banks substantially in the form of Schedule 5. The Assignor
shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Banks to the Collateral Agent.
For the purpose of this Agreement, the Assignor shall release the respective banks from the
banking secrecy to the extent required for the Collateral Agent to perform its rights and
obligations hereunder. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall be authorized to use its bank accounts and any balance
on its bank accounts freely without restriction for as long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, except in the circumstances set forth in Section 2.6 below.
	 
	2.6	 	Upon an Activation Notice (as this term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) being
sent in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall not
longer be authorized to use its bank accounts and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
transfer any balance out of such bank accounts and apply such monies in accordance with
Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement.
	 
	2.7	 	In the event where any bank would refuse to countersign the Notice of Assignment to Banks
listed in Schedule 5 and thereby would refuse to waive any first ranking security
interest and/or any right of set-off such bank may have in relation to the Assigned Bank
Accounts, the Assignor shall close the Assigned Bank Accounts and open new bank account(s)
(not subject to such first ranking security interest or right of set-off) with one or more
banking institutions, which would then be assigned by way of security to the Collateral Agent
as per the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	2.8	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify its respective
Affiliates of the assignment by way of security of the Assigned Intercompany Receivables by
delivering to such Affiliate a Notice of Assignment to Affiliates substantially in the form of
Schedule 4. The Assignor shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment
to Affiliates to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.9	 	Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor shall be authorized to collect any Assigned Receivables for as long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and until such time as notified by the Collateral
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	 	 	provided the proceeds of such Assigned Receivables are credited on the Assigned Bank
Accounts.
	 
	2.10	 	With respect to any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account arising
after the date hereof, the Assignor undertakes to:
	 
	2.10.1	 	notify immediately the appropriate debtor of Assigned Intercompany Receivables or Assigned
Bank Accounts by using the appropriate notification form; and
	 
	2.10.2	 	transfer to the Collateral Agent all documents evidencing such Assigned Intercompany
Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including but
not limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note,
exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	2.11	 	With respect to any Assigned Receivable arising after the date hereof, the Assignor
undertakes to:
	 
	2.11.1	 	instruct the debtor of such Assigned Receivable to discharge its obligations in relation
thereto exclusively on one of the Assigned Bank Accounts; and
	 
	2.11.2	 	upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreements
and upon giving appropriate prior notice, allow representatives of the Collateral Agent to
inspect, during normal business hours, all documents evidencing such Assigned Receivable
(whether incorporated in a title or not), including but not limited to any written agreement,
acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note, exchange of letters, fax or e-mail.
	 
	2.12	 	Within 5 calendar days after the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall notify its current and future
debtors of Assigned Receivables of the Assignment by delivering to such debtors a Notice of
Assignment to Debtors substantially in the form of Schedule 6 but, where necessary or
appropriate, in the respective language of the addressee. The Assignor shall simultaneously
send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Debtors to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.13	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor shall co-operate with the Collateral Agent and use its best
commercially reasonable endeavors in assisting the Collateral Agent in collecting the Assigned
Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts.
	 
	2.14	 	Before the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor undertakes that the Assigned Receivables and the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables be paid onto the Assigned Bank Accounts as set out in Schedule
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	2.15	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the
Assigned Bank Accounts shall be paid to the Collateral Agent or as directed by the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX 
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement are for the
exclusive benefit of the Affiliates of such Assignor (except for the (direct or indirect)
Subsidiaries of such Assignor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute
a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend
(“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the Term Loan
Guarantee and the Revolving Guarantee entered into by the Assignor shall apply to any
enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the proceeds of such enforcement.
	 
	4.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 
	4.1	 	Provided the Assignor has not complied with the obligations set out in Section 2.5 and 2.8
within the time limits set forth therein, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, at any time
on or after the sixth Business Day after the Closing Date, to notify or to request the
Assignor to notify to the relevant debtor, the Assignment in respect of all or part of the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables or the Assigned Bank Accounts:
	 
	4.1.1	 	in the form of Schedule 4 to this Agreement with respect to Assigned Intercompany
Receivables;
	 
	4.1.2	 	in the form of Schedule 5 to this Agreement with respect to Assigned Bank Accounts.
	 
	4.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify, or request the Assignor to notify, the
Assignment in respect of all or part of the Assigned Bank Accounts and Assigned Intercompany
Receivables to the relevant debtors following the receipt of up-dated Schedule 1 or
Schedule 2 in accordance with Section 2.4.4.
	 
	4.3	 	The Collateral Agent has the right to request that the Assignor transfers to the Collateral
Agent all documents evidencing the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables
and the Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including but not
limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note,
exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).

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	4.4	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to request immediately the Assignor
to notify the debtors of the Assigned Receivables of the Assignment, and, if the Collateral
Agent has not received evidence of such notification within five calendar days in accordance
with Section 2.12, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify on its own, the Assignment
in respect of all or part of the Assigned Receivables to the relevant debtors by a Notice of
Assignment to Debtors substantially in the form of Schedule 6 to this Agreement.
	 
	4.5	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or, with respect to the Assigned Receivables exclusively, 5 calendar days
after such notification:
	 
	4.5.1	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to collect any Assigned
Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account and to apply
the amounts collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	4.5.2	 	the Collateral Agent shall have the right to access the premises of the Assignor to the full
extent necessary during ordinary business hours, at the sole discretion of the Collateral
Agent, to ascertain the existence and particulars of the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	4.5.3	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to undertake on its own
initiative and cost any acts it deems appropriate to collect any overdue or bad claim under
the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts
and shall apply the amounts so collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in
accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; and
	 
	4.5.4	 	to the extent that collection of any Assigned Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany
Receivable and/or any Assigned Bank Account is not possible or is deemed unduly burdensome in
the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, the latter shall be entitled to sell such
Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and/or Assigned Bank Accounts by
private sale (“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”), without regard to the enforcement
procedure provided for by the Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy, and apply
the proceeds (less all costs and expenses) of such sale towards the discharge of the Secured
Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall discharge its rights under this Agreement
with the same degree of care it would use in respect of its own property.

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	4.6	 	Upon repayment and discharge in full of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, at the
costs of the Assignor, shall promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days from the full
discharge of the Secured Obligations, re-assign the remainder, if any, of the Assigned
Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and/or Assigned Bank Accounts to the Assignor.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in
part any assigned collateral under both the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release such collateral under this
Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted;
	 
	5.1.2	 	as long as this Agreement remains in force, the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts are and will continue to be (and any
Assigned Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account coming
into existence in the future will be) free and clear of any pledge, encumbrance or other third
party interests, with the exception of any liens permitted under the Credit Agreements;
	 
	5.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective transfer of the Assigned Receivables, the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts from Assignor to the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.
	 
	6.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Assignment provided for in
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	7.	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Assignor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name, on its
behalf and as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents (including giving
notifications and instructions to customers of the Assignor) and do all things that are
necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Assignor under this Agreement,
provided that the Assignor does not carry out such obligation in due time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on the Collateral
Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a private realization
(“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”) but in any case only after the Collateral Agent has
notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
	 
	8.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of the
rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted to
and made in accordance with Section 12 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under
the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.
	 
	9.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT
	 
	9.1	 	The security constituted by the Assignments under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in
addition to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent and/or Secured
Parties may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies
provided by law.
	 
	9.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties to exercise, or delay
on its part in exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of
that or any other rights.
	 
	9.3	 	The Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties shall not be liable by reason of taking any
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	10.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Assignment hereby constituted or the exercise of any
rights hereunder and the Assignor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any
such costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	11.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Assignor
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis AG

	 	 	Address: 	 Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 
	 	 	 	CH- 8700, Küsnacht

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.

	 	 	Address 	  135 S. LaSalle, Suite 927, IL4-135-09-27

Chicago, Illinois 60603
	 
	 	 	Attn: 	  Account Officer
	 
	 	 	Fax: 	 +1 312-453-5555

	 	 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers or e-mail address as is notified in writing
from time to time by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be
effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.

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	12.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Agent hereunder will be automatically replaced by the successor Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent as party to this Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	14.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.
	 
	15.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	16.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	16.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.
	 
	16.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
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	 	 	relevant Credit Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under any of the
Credit Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under any of the Credit
Agreements is submitted simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Agreement to such
court. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Assignor hereby accepts for itself
and in respect of its property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of
the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including
any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that
any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in
such respective jurisdictions.
	 
	16.4	 	The Assignor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)
(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process
Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America
as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf,
and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and
documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Assignor in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Assignor hereby irrevocably authorizes and
directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor agrees that a
final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
	 
	16.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the
Revolving Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.

as
Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

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SIGNATURE
PAGE

Novelis AG,

as Assignor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	By:	 
	 	Name: David Sneddon

	 	 	Name: Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci	 
	 	Title: Director

	 	 	Title: Chairman	 

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF BANK ACCOUNTS

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Bank Accounts listed immediately below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of Depositary Bank	 	Branch Office	 	Account Number	 	Account Holder
	Credit Suisse

	 	Zürich
	 		 	Novelis AG
	Credit Suisse

	 	Zürich
	 		 	Novelis AG
	Credit Suisse

	 	Zürich
	 		 	Novelis AG
	Credit Suisse

	 	Zürich
	 		 	Novelis AG

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SCHEDULE 2

LIST OF INTERCOMPANY RECEIVABLES

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Intercompany Receivables listed in the following documents:

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

LIST OF TRADE RECEIVABLES

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Receivables listed in the following document:

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SCHEDULE 4

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO AFFILIATES

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

	 	 	 

	 

	 	Name of Intercompany
Debtor
	 

	 	[Address of Debtor]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Re: Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

By the present letter, you are hereby notified that we (the “Assignor”) and Bank of America N.A.
(the “Collateral Agent”) have entered into an
assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all its present and future receivables
against your company (the “Assigned Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of a
consortium lenders.

Therefore, we would be grateful if you could confirm that any payments in fulfillment of present
and future claims, which we may from time to time have against you, shall be paid exclusively to
the Collateral Agent in the event of a notice given to you by the Collateral Agent to that effect.

Such notice shall be made by registered mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following
address: [insert name and address of Intercompany Debtor] attn. [insert name of responsible
person[s]], Fax [...].

Please note that you remain fully liable towards the Collateral Agent for all payments made
directly to us after receipt of the aforementioned notice.

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 	 

	Very truly yours,

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	
[Assignor]

	 	[name of the Intercompany Debtor]
	 
	 

	 	 
	[authorized signatories]

	 	[authorized signatories]

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SCHEDULE 5

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO BANKS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

	 	 	 

	 

	 	[Name of the Bank Account
Bank]
	 
	 

	 	[Address of the Bank]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

Reference is made to the bank account no[s]. [...] (the “Bank Account[s]”) held by us (the
“Assignor”) with you in connection with which we have sent you a notification of assignment dated
[•], 2007.

You are hereby notified that the Assignor and Bank of America N.A. (the “Collateral Agent”) have
entered as of December [•], 2010 into a new assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all the current and future amounts
standing to the credit of the Bank Account (the “Assigned Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting
on behalf of a consortium of lenders.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
dispose of the Assigned Claims. The revocation of such authorization shall be made by registered
mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address: [insert name and address of
bank] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. By countersigning the present
letter, you hereby irrevocably agree that upon receipt of notice of such revocation you may only
validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Claims by payment to the Collateral
Agent.

Please note that we hereby release you from any and all your obligations in relation to Swiss
Banking Secrecy with respect to the Collateral Agent to the extent required for the latter to
perform its rights and obligations under the Agreement.

The Collateral Agent has requested that you waive any first ranking security interest and/or any
right of set-off you may have in relation to the Assigned Claims. By countersigning this letter you
confirm that you accept to waive in favor of the Collateral Agent (and the lenders represented by
the Collateral Agent) any first ranking security interest and/or any right of set-off you may have
in relation to the Assigned Claims.

The Collateral Agent agrees with the foregoing by countersigning the present letter.

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We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 	 

	[Assignor]

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 	 	 
	 

	 	[name of Bank]
	[authorized signatories]
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[authorized signatories]

	 

	Agreed and Acknowledged by:

	 
	Bank
of America N.A.

	[authorized signatories]

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SCHEDULE 6

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO DEBTORS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

	 	 	 

	 

	 	[Name of the Debtor]
	 

	 	[Address of the Debtor]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

We refer to the [contract and other particulars identifying the Assigned Receivables in relation to
the relevant trade debtor of the relevant Assignor].

You are hereby notified that Novelis AG (the “Assignor”) and Bank of America N.A. (the “Collateral
Agent") have entered into an assignment agreement (the “Agreement”) whereby current and future
trade receivables owing by the customers to the Assignor (the “Assigned Receivables”) have been
assigned to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of a consortium of lenders, irrespective of
whether currently due and payable or becoming due and payable in the future.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
collect the Assigned Receivables at certain conditions. The revocation of such power of attorney
shall be made by registered mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address:
[insert name and address of debtor] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. Upon
revocation you may only validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Receivables
by payment to the Collateral Agent. [Assignor/Collateral Agent]

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 	 

	[Assignor]

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 
	 
	 

[authorized signatories]

	 	[name of debtor]
	 
	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[authorized signatories]

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

GUARANTEE

granted by

Novelis AG

Küsnacht, Switzerland

to

Bank of America, N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to

certain obligations of the Loan Parties under the Term Loan Agreement
 dated as of or about 17
December 2010.

 

 

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	3	 
	2. GUARANTEE
	 	 	4	 
	3. UP-STREAM
AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	7	 
	4. GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	9	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	9	 
	6. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	10	 
	7. COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	10	 
	8. NOTICES
	 	 	10	 
	9. SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	11	 
	10. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	11	 
	11. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	11	 
	12. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	11	 
	13. LAW AND JURISDICTION
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This Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis AG, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having its seat at
Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland (the “Guarantor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the laws of
the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for itself, in
the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Term
Loan Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

PREAMBLE:

	(A)	 	The Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated
as of or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc.
(as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the
Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto
(as defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Collateral Agent and Secured Parties require the Guarantor to unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantee the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties (as
defined in the Term Loan Agreement) of their obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, as
further defined in this Guarantee.

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Guarantee:

	 	 	“ Business Day” means one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for normal
business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“ Guaranteed Obligations” means the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue
after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Debtor
Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is

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	 	 	filed under Title 11 of the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law) but for the
provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code (or other Debtor Relief Law) or that
accrue after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed under Title 11 of
the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law, whether or not allowed) on the Loans
made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other
Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under
any Loan Document (including any Hedging Agreement entered into with a counterparty that is a
Secured Party), and the performance of all obligations under any of the foregoing, in each
case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein
collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Guarantee, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings
are for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Guarantee and
(c) references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in accordance with
its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	2.	 	GUARANTEE
	 
	2.1	 	In accordance with Article 111 of the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Guarantor, acting as
primary and independent obligor and not merely as a surety (“Bürge"/"Caution” within
the meaning of Articles 492 ss. of the Swiss Code of Obligations), hereby unconditionally
(subject to Section 3 below) and absolutely guarantees, on a first demand basis, the prompt
and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties of the Guaranteed Obligations.
	 
	2.2	 	The Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges that the meaning of the term “Guaranteed

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	 	 	Obligations” used in this Guarantee (and consequently the extent of its undertaking under
this Guarantee) is defined by reference to the Term Loan Agreement, and the
Guarantor expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts such definition of the
terms “Guaranteed Obligations” used in this Guarantee.

	2.3	 	In the event where any Loan Party fails to pay or perform timely any Guaranteed Obligation,
(subject to Section 3 below) the Collateral Agent will be entitled to claim from the
Guarantor, on a first demand basis, damages for an amount equal to, as applicable, (i) such
Guaranteed Obligation, and (ii) any additional amount (including but not limited to the
Collateral Agent’s costs) to the extent necessary to put the Secured Parties in the position
in which they would have been, had such Guaranteed Obligation been timely paid or performed.
	 
	2.4	 	The Collateral Agent will make any demand for damages under Section 2.3 above towards the
Guarantor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The Collateral Agent will
confirm in such demand that the Guaranteed Obligations have not been timely paid or performed
and to what extent. Subject to Section 3, the Guarantor so notified by the Collateral Agent
shall pay within 5 Business Days of that first demand.
	 
	2.5	 	The Guarantor understands and agrees that the Guarantee is a continuing, absolute and
unconditional (subject to Section 3 below) guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the
validity or enforceability of the Term Loan Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right
of set-off with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent
or any applicable Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim which may at any
time be available to or be asserted by the Loan Parties against the Collateral Agent or any
applicable Secured Party (including, but not limited to, any right the Loan Parties may have
to first require the Collateral Agent to proceed against or enforce any other rights, security
or claim payment from a person before claiming payment from the Guarantor under this
Guarantee), or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever which constitutes, or might be construed
to constitute, a discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations.
	 
	2.6	 	When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against the Guarantor, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a
similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Loan
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		 	or guarantee for the Guaranteed Obligations, or any right of set-off with respect thereto,
and any failure by the Collateral Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights
or remedies or to collect any payments from the Loan Parties or any other person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of
set-off shall not relieve the Guarantor of any applicable obligation or liability under this
Guarantee, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied
or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any applicable Secured Party
against the Guarantor.

	2.7	 	Subject to Section 3 below, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee will not be
discharged, suspended or in any way affected by:

	 	(i)	 	any failure or delay by the Collateral Agent to realize upon or seek to enforce
against the Loan Parties any liability or obligation arising under the Term Loan
Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any default, failure or delay in the performance by the Loan Parties of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any waiver of or consent to departure from the provisions of, or any amendment
to this Guarantee, the Term Loan Agreement or any applicable Loan Document, except when
made in writing and executed by the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any bankruptcy, receivership or any other insolvency proceeding related to any
Loan Party or its property or any merger, reorganization, dissolution, sale of assets,
or other winding up of any Loan Party; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a defense available to, or
a discharge of, the Guarantor in respect of its obligations under this Guarantee.

	2.8	 	This Guarantee will be valid and will remain in full force until such time as the Guaranteed
Obligations, as applicable have been paid and discharged in full, and no further Guaranteed
Obligations are capable of arising thereafter.
	 
	2.9	 	The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.23 and 7.10 of the Term Loan
Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandis, and shall apply to this Agreement, the
parties hereto and the Secured Parties as if set forth herein.
	 
	2.10	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Guarantee and the exercise of any right
or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the

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	 	 	Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of or about December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Intercreditor Agreement”) among Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, Novelis Corproration, a Texas corporation, Novelis Pae
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Novelis Brand LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Novelis South America Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Aluminium Upstream
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Novelis UK Limited, a limited liability
company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 00279596, AV
Metals Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Guarantor
and other guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative
Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent and certain other persons which may be or
become parties thereto or become bound thereto from time to time. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as
provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term
Loan Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof shall govern and control the exercise of
remedies by Collateral Agent.

	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent that (i) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement are for
the exclusive benefit of the Guarantor’s Affiliates (except the Guarantor’s (direct or
indirect) Subsidiaries) and (ii) complying with the obligations under this Agreement would
constitute a repayment of capital (“restitution des apports”/“Einlagerückgewähr”) or the
payment of a (constructive) dividend (“distribution de dividende”/“Gewinnausschüttung”), the
following shall apply:

	 	(i)	 	The aggregate obligations under the Guarantee of the Guarantor shall be limited
to the maximum amount of the Guarantor’s profits and reserves available for
distribution, in each case in accordance with, without limitation, articles 671 para.1
to 3 and 675 para.2 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (the “Available Amount”) at the
time such company makes a payment under the Guarantee (provided such limitation is still
a legal requirement under Swiss law at that time);

	 	(ii)	 	Immediately after having been requested to make a payment under the Guarantee

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	 	 	 	(the “Guarantee Payment”), the Guarantor will (a) provide the Collateral Agent, within
twenty (20) Business Days from being requested to make the Guarantee Payment, with (1)
an interim audited balance sheet prepared by the statutory auditors of the Guarantor,
(2) the determination of the Available Amount based on such interim audited balance
sheet as computed by the statutory auditors, and (3) a confirmation from the statutory
auditors that the Available Amount is the maximum amount which can be paid by the
Guarantor under the Guarantee without breaching the provisions of Swiss corporate law,
which are aimed at protecting the share capital and legal reserves, and (b) upon
receipt of the confirmation referred to in the preceding sentence under (3) and after
having taken all actions required pursuant to Section 3.2 below, pay (i) the Guarantee
Payment in full or (ii) the Available Amount, whichever is less (in any case, less, if
required, any withholding tax under the Swiss Federal Act on Withholding Tax of October
13, 1965 (the “Swiss Withholding Tax”)).

	 	(iii)	 	If so required under Swiss law (including double tax treaties to which
Switzerland is a party) at the time it is required to make a payment under this
Guarantee or the Security Documents, the Guarantor (1) may deduct the Swiss Withholding
Tax at the rate of 35% (or such other rate as may be in force at such time) from any
payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents, (2) may pay the Swiss
Withholding Tax to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, and (3) shall notify and
provide evidence to the Collateral Agent that the Swiss Withholding Tax has been paid to
the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, and the Guarantor shall not be required to make a
gross-up, indemnify or otherwise hold harmless the Secured Parties for the deduction of
the Swiss Withholding Tax. The Guarantor shall use its best efforts to ensure that any
person which is, as a result of a payment under this Guarantee, entitled to a full or
partial refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax, shall as soon as possible after the
deduction of the Swiss Withholding Tax (i) request a refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax
under any applicable law (including double tax treaties) and (ii) pay to the Secured
Parties upon receipt any amount so refunded. The Guaranteed Obligations will only be
considered as discharged to the extent of the effective payment received by the Secured
Parties under this Guarantee. This subsection (iii) is without prejudice to the gross-up
or indemnification obligations under the Term Loan Agreement.

	3.2	 	The Swiss Guarantor shall use reasonable efforts to take and cause to be taken all and any
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	 	 	Guarantee Payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents, which may be required as a
matter of Swiss mandatory law or standard business practice as existing at the time it is
required to make a Guarantee Payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents in order
to allow for a prompt payment of the Guarantee Payment or Available Amount, as applicable.

	4.	 	GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	4.1	 	The Guarantor agrees and undertakes:
	 
	4.1.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Guarantee conferred herewith in favor of the applicable Secured Parties;
	 
	4.1.2	 	not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets, unless otherwise permitted by the
applicable Loan Documents; and
	 
	4.1.3	 	not to create or allow to subsist any security interest, except as permitted under the Term
Loan Agreement or as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law over or in respect of
its assets or permit to be done, anything which would foreseeably depreciate, jeopardize or
otherwise directly or indirectly prejudice the value to the applicable Secured Parties of the
Guarantor’s assets, unless otherwise permitted by the applicable Loan Documents.
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Term Loan Agreement,
the Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that, as of the date hereof:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted; and
	 
	5.1.2	 	this Guarantee (i) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable
against it

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	 	 	pursuant to its terms and (ii) creates a valid, effective and independent guarantee within
the meaning of article 111 of the Swiss Code of Obligations in favor of the Collateral Agent
and the applicable Secured Parties.

	6.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except as otherwise
provided in the Term Loan Agreement. Nothing in this Guarantee shall be construed as limiting
the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under the Term Loan
Agreement, as the case may be in accordance with the relevant provisions of such agreement.
	 
	7.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Guarantors shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Guarantee or the exercise of any rights hereunder and the
Guarantor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such costs or expenses
reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	8.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Guarantee shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis AG

	 	Address:	 	 Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 	 	 	CH- 8700 Küsnacht
	 
	 	Attn:	 	 Legal Department

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.

	 	Address	 	 1455 Market Street
	 	 	 	San Francisco, CA 94103

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	 	Attn:	 	 Bridget Manduk
	 
	 	Fax:	 	 +1 415 503 5011
	 
	 	Phone:	 	 +1 415 436 1097

		 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers as is notified in writing from time to time by
one party to the other party under this Guarantee. Notices shall be effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Guarantee
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has been
confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and accurate
translation.

	9.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the relevant
provisions of the Term Loan Agreement, the Collateral Agent hereunder will automatically be
replaced by the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent as party to this Guarantee, upon notice
to the Guarantor of the appointment of the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	10.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Guarantee is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Guarantee or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Guarantee, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	11.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing signed
by the parties hereto, or as otherwise provided in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	12.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
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	 	 	together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	13.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	13.1	 	This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	13.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Guarantee.
	 
	13.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guarantee
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the
Term Loan Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under the Term Loan Agreement
is already pending before such court or a claim under the Term Loan Agreement is submitted
simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Guarantee to such court. By execution and
delivery of this Guarantee, the Guarantor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its
property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.
The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the
laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or
hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective
jurisdictions.
	 
	13.4	 	The Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)
(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process
Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America
as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf,
and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and
documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection
with, this Guarantee. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Guarantor in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes
and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. The Guarantor agrees that
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	 	 	action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit
on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.,

as
Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 

	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 
	Name: Christopher Kelly Wall	 	 
	Title:   Managing Director	 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis AG,

as Guarantor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: David Sneddon
	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Name: Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:   Director
	 	 	 	 	 	Title:   Chairman	 	 

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Execution
copy December 17, 2010

 

Share Pledge Agreement

between

Novelis AG

Küsnacht, Switzerland

and

Bank of America, N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

Pledge of the entire share capital of Novelis Technology AG

 

 

Pledge Agreement (Novelis Technology AG)

INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	2. PLEDGE AND PLEDGOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	6	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	10	 
	4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLEDGEE
	 	 	10	 
	5. REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 	 	10	 
	6. RELEASE OF THE PLEDGED ASSETS
	 	 	12	 
	7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	12	 
	8. FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	 	13	 
	9. AVOIDANCES OF PAYMENTS
	 	 	13	 
	10. POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	14	 
	11. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	14	 
	12. EFFECTIVENESS OF PLEDGE
	 	 	14	 
	13. COSTS AND EXPENSES
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	14. NOTICES
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	15. SUCCESSOR AGENT
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	16. SEVERABILITY
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	17. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
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	18. COUNTERPARTS
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	19. LAW AND JURISDICTION
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	SCHEDULE 1
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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis AG, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having its seat at
Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland (the “Pledgor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for
itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in
this Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc. (as
Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the Borrower
was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto (as
defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Pledgor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of or about December
17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term Loan Agreement,
the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis UK
Limited and the Pledgor (each as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein) (the
“Revolving Loan Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain revolving credit
facilities by the Revolving Loan Lenders.
	 
	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement, defined below), the Collateral Agent, the Pledgor and other
guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor Agreement governing the relationship
and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties and Revolving Secured Parties (as these
terms are defined below) among each other in relation to the collateral granted by the
borrowers and guarantors (including Pledgor) under or in connection with the Credit Agreements
(the “Intercreditor Agreement”).

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	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined below) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).
	 
	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties (as defined below) (the “Revolving
Guarantee”).
	 
	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Lenders and the
Revolving Loan Lenders require the Pledgor to enter into this share pledge in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	(G)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to pledge the entire share capital of Novelis Technology AG, a company
incorporated in Switzerland, having its registered office at Zentralstrasse 100, 8212
Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland (“Novelis Technology”) as security for the Secured
Obligations (as defined in Section 1 below) to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the
name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below)).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for
normal business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Company” means Novelis Technology;
	 
	 	 	“Dividends” means all dividend payments resolved by the shareholders’ meeting of the
Company and effected by the board of directors of the Company whether in cash or in
the form of additional shares in such Company (stock dividend) or in any other form;
	 
	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

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	 	 	“Enforcement” means the realization of the Pledged Assets;
	 
	 	 	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan Agreement
and / or the Revolving Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Last Dividend Payment Date” means in respect of the Shares the date on which Dividends or
Secondary Considerations were paid or delivered to the Pledgor in accordance with Swiss
law;
	 
	 	 	“Lex Friedrich” means the Federal Law on Acquisition of Real Property by Foreigners dated
December 16, 1984, as amended;
	 
	 	 	“Participation Rights” shall mean Partizipationsscheine and Genussscheine within the
meaning of articles 656a et seq. and article 657 CO of the Company issued as of the date of
this Agreement or to be issued in the future;
	 
	 	 	“Pledge” means the pledge pursuant to Art. 884 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code of the
Shares as well as the Dividends and Secondary Consideration that may accrue under the
Shares from the Last Dividend Payment Date until the date on which Enforcement takes place;
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Assets” means the Shares, Dividends and Secondary Consideration that is to be or
will be pledged to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement as security for the Secured
Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Pledgor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the
Revolving Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Secondary Consideration” means all consideration of any kind (bonus, shares, etc.) other
than Dividends to which the Pledgor may become entitled by virtue of its ownership of the
Shares;
	 
	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
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	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;
	 
	 	 	“Shares” means the shares in Novelis Technology owned now or in the future by the Pledgor
and representing the entire share capital of Novelis Technology, evidenced by the share
certificates listed in Schedule 1 to this Agreement, and all securities whatsoever
which may substitute the Shares whether by operation of law or otherwise now or hereafter
as well as all further shares, participation certificates or other securities that will be
issued in the Pledgor’s favor by Novelis Technology after the date hereof;
	 
	 	 	“Subscription Rights” shall mean the Pledgor’s preemptive right (Bezugsrecht) and advance
subscription right (Vorwegzeichnungsrecht) in connection with the issuance of Shares or
Participation Rights, or the creation of authorized or conditional share capital by the
Company;
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Pledgor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the
Term Loan Guarantee and (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement or the Credit Agreements.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in accordance with
its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
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		 	other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	1.5.	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.	 	PLEDGE AND PLEDGOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 
	2.1	 	The Pledgor agrees (i) to pledge to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) all present and future Shares,
Dividends and Secondary Consideration as security for the Secured Obligations until the
Discharge of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations, (ii) to perfect the Pledge on the date
hereof. The Pledgor hereby expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts the
definition of the term “Secured Obligations”.
	 
	2.2	 	For the purpose of perfecting the Pledge, the Pledgor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent
(acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties),
who accepts such Pledge, all present and future Shares, Dividends and Secondary Consideration
and hereby causes the delivery and delivers to the Collateral Agent the following documents:
	 
	2.2.1	 	the certificates representing the Shares, duly endorsed in blank, and Secondary
Consideration, existing as of the date of this Agreement;
	 
	2.2.2	 	a copy of the resolution of the Company’s board of directors (i) acknowledging the pledging
of the Shares and their delivery to the Collateral Agent and (ii) approving in advance their
transfer to any third party acquiror registered by the Collateral Agent on the Shares as
endorsee along with its registration in the respective Company’s share register upon
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	2.2.3	 	an up to date copy of the Company’s share registers evidencing that the Pledgor is
appropriately recorded as owner of the Shares and containing the mention that the Shares are
pledged in favor of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent will acknowledge receipt of the above mentioned documents.
	 
	2.3 	 	
The Pledgor agrees and undertakes as follows:
	 
	2.3.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Pledge conferred herewith in favor of the Secured Parties;
	 
	2.3.2	 	not to create or allow to subsist any security interest, except as permitted under the
Credit Agreements or as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law over or in respect
of the Pledged Assets or otherwise sell, transfer or dispose of the Pledged Assets or permit
to be done, anything which would foreseeable depreciate, jeopardize or otherwise directly or
indirectly prejudice the value to the Secured Parties of the Pledged Assets, except as
permitted under the Credit Agreement;
	 
	2.3.3	 	in the case of the issuance of new Shares, to forthwith deliver all new Shares or share
certificates in respect of the new Shares to the Collateral Agent, which Shares shall become
part of the Pledged Assets subject to the present Agreement;
	 
	2.3.4	 	to ensure that all material documents, notices and other information in respect of the
Shares, including the original share certificates duly endorsed, be delivered to the
Collateral Agent;
	 
	2.3.5	 	to refrain from causing the distribution, payment or delivery of any Secondary
Consideration, except in accordance with the Credit Agreements;
	 
	2.3.6	 	to cooperate with the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in case of Enforcement with regard to the transfer of
the Pledged Assets to a purchaser in accordance with the terms of Section 3 of this Agreement;
	 
	2.3.7	 	to abstain from voting in favor of any resolution as regards the Company whereby:

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	 	-	 	the Company’s current corporate purpose provisions would be amended to an
extent which could adversely affect the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties hereunder; and
	 
	 	-	 	such resolutions would violate or be inconsistent with any term of this
Agreement or the Credit Agreements;
	 
	 	 	 	unless in any of such events, the Collateral Agent, acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has granted its prior written
consent.

	2.4	 	Until the receipt by the Pledgor of a notification by the Collateral Agent that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Pledgor shall be entitled to:
	 
	2.4.1	 	receive and retain all Dividends, distributions and other moneys paid on or derived from the
Shares and the Secondary Consideration (subject always to the terms of the Credit Agreements),
and the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) undertakes to do all acts and things and to permit all acts and things
to be done which are necessary to enable the Pledgor to collect such Dividends and other
moneys paid directly from the Company; and
	 
	2.4.2	 	exercise all voting and other rights and powers attached to the Shares and the Secondary
Consideration provided that it will not exercise any such voting rights or powers in a manner
prejudicial to the interests of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties under this
Agreement and the Credit Agreements, and the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name
of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) undertakes to do all acts and
things and to permit all acts and things to be done which are necessary for the Pledgor to
exercise its voting rights in the Shares.
	 
	2.5	 	All rights of the Pledgor to vote or give consent or take any other action as shareholder of
the Company, or to receive Dividends directly from, the Company shall cease after the
Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, in which case the Collateral Agent or the new acquiror, as the case may be, shall
be entitled to receive Dividends and to vote or give consent or take any other action as
shareholder of the Company.
	 
	2.6	 	Subscription Rights shall remain with the Pledgor, provided, however, that all Shares,
Participation Rights and other rights acquired by the Pledgor upon exercise of Subscription
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	 	 	certificates and other documents representing such Shares, Participation Rights and other
rights shall be transferred to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.2, in the case of
registered shares by share certificates duly endorsed.
	 
	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX 
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement are for the
exclusive benefit of the Affiliates of such Pledgor (except for the (direct or indirect)
Subsidiaries of such Pledgor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute a
repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend
(“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the Term Loan
Guarantee and the Revolving Guarantee entered into by the Assignor shall apply to any
enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the proceeds of such enforcement.
	 
	4.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLEDGEE
	 
	4.1	 	Save as otherwise agreed hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall keep the Pledged Assets in its
possession for itself and in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Collateral
Agent shall deposit the Pledged Assets in a safe-deposit box with a reputable bank in New York
or Chicago. The Collateral Agent is obliged to take all actions necessary and appropriate for
the safekeeping and management of the Pledged Assets.
	 
	4.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall not misuse any of its rights hereunder or as possessor of the
Pledged Assets and shall not take any action being inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement or the Credit Agreements or violating the Pledgor’s rights as shareholder of the
Company.
	 
	5.	 	REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 
	5.1	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, it shall be entitled to the following remedies, at the election of the
Collateral Agent:
	 
	5.1.1	 	sell to non-affiliated third parties of Pledgor and/or the Secured Parties, respectively,
all or part of the Pledged Assets in public or private sale and apply the proceeds thereof to
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	5.1.2	 	initiate enforcement proceedings with respect to the Pledged Assets pursuant to any
applicable official Swiss enforcement procedure including, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy and apply the proceeds thereof to the
discharge of the Secured Obligations; or
	 
	5.1.3	 	acquire from the Pledgor all or part of the Pledged Assets for cash consideration equal to
the fair market value of the Pledged Assets, such fair market value to be computed by an
independent expert using a valuation methodology generally recognized as standard market
practice in the field of corporate finance (i.e. discounted cash flow method and variations
thereof), it being understood that the Collateral Agent will be entitled to set off the
proceeds of such acquisition against the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor expressly confirms its agreement with the remedy granted to the Collateral
Agent under Section 5.1.3. The Pledgor acknowledges that the price at which all or part of
the Pledged Assets may be purchased by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.1.3 will
be based on the value of the Company as computed by an independent expert using a valuation
methodology, which is known to the Pledgor and considered by it to be fair and which is
customarily used at that time to establish the value of businesses in that industry. The
Pledgor recognizes that should the Collateral Agent decide to pursue the remedy granted
under Section 5.1.3, their interests as Pledgor and debtor would be protected in an
appropriate manner. If the parties cannot agree on the person or entity acting as
independent expert in accordance with this Section 5.1.3, the independent expert shall be
an experienced international accounting firm appointed by the President of the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce.
	 
	 	 	A realization of the Pledged Assets pursuant to Section 5.1.1 or Section 5.1.3 shall only
be permitted after having given the Pledgor five (5) Business Days prior notice thereof.
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent shall exercise its remedies under this provision and its rights under
this Agreement respectively with the same degree of care as it would use in respect of its
own property.
	 
	5.2	 	After the sale or disposal of the Pledged Assets, the Collateral Agent shall account for the
sale in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and provided that there
has been a Discharge of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations, any surplus of the sale or
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		 	of the Discharge of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations, to the Pledgor, together with
interest thereon at a rate of 5% computed as from the date of such sale or disposal.
	 
	5.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall allocate the proceeds collected pursuant to Section 5.1 and 5.2
towards discharging the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	6.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGED ASSETS
	 
	6.1	 	Upon the date of the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations, the Pledged Assets or any
remainder thereof shall be released promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days from
such date, to the Pledgor or such other party as designated by the Pledgor. The Pledged Assets
shall be delivered or remitted to the Pledgor free and clear of this Agreement and any and all
liens created hereby.
	 
	6.2	 	Any Pledged Assets to be released to the Pledgor (or to any third party designated by the
Pledgor) shall be delivered, net of any transfer taxes or other expenses in connection with
such return or release. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have made any
representation or warranty with respect to any Pledged Assets so released, except that such
Pledged Assets are free and clear, on the date of the release, of any and all liens, charges
and encumbrances arising from the Collateral Agent’s acts (acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties).
	 
	6.3	 	If the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part any of the Pledged
Assets under both of the Term Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent is authorized to release such Pledged Assets under this Agreement.
	 
	7.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	7.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:
	 
	7.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
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	7.1.2	 	it is the sole, legal and beneficial owner of the Shares and such Shares are free of any
lien, except as permitted under the Credit Agreements or statutory liens as provided for by
mandatory provisions of Swiss law, or third party security interest or other charge or
encumbrance of any kind or any other type of preferential arrangement except for the security
interest created by the present Agreement or as permitted under the Credit Agreements; the
comments on the Company’s share register regarding directors’ qualifying shares are reserved;
	 
	7.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective pledge of the Pledged Assets in favor of
the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties;
	 
	7.1.4	 	the Shares have been validly issued and are fully paid; and
	 
	7.1.5	 	no approval is required under the Lex Friedrich to grant a valid, binding and legally
enforceable Pledge in respect of the Pledged Assets to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	8.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE PLEDGOR
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Pledge provided for in this
Agreement.
	 
	9.	 	AVOIDANCES OF PAYMENTS
	 
	 	 	Any settlement, discharge or release between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (for
itself and on behalf of the Secured Parties) shall be conditional upon no security or
payment granted or made to the Collateral Agent by the Pledgor or any other person being
avoided or reduced by virtue of any mandatory provisions or enactments relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation for the time being in force and, in the event of such
security or payment being so avoided or reduced, the Collateral Agent (acting for itself,
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall be entitled
to recover from the Pledgor the value or amount of such security or payment as if such
settlement, discharge or release had not occurred.

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	10.	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney in its name, on its behalf
and for its benefit as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all
things that are necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Pledgor under this
Agreement, provided that the Pledgor does not carry out such obligation in due time in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on
the Collateral Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a
private realization (Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)) but in any case only after the
Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
	 
	11.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of
the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted
to and made in accordance with Section 15 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.
	 
	12.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF PLEDGE
	 
	12.1	 	The security constituted by the Pledge under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in addition
to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties
may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided
by law.
	 
	12.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, or delay on its part in
exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of that or any
other rights.
	 
	12.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall not be liable by reason of taking any action permitted by this
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	13.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Pledge hereby constituted or the exercise of any rights
hereunder and the Pledgor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such
costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	14.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall
be made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Pledgor

Novelis AG

Address Sternenfeldstrasse 19

                CH — 8700 Küsnacht

Attn: Legal Department

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent

Bank of America, N.A.

Address 1455 Market Street

                 San Francisco, California 94103

Attn: Bridgett Manduk

Fax: +1 415 503 5011

Email: bridgett.manduk@baml.com

		 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers as is notified in writing from time to time
by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be effective upon
receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.

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	15.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Term Loan Agreement, the parties hereto
shall enter into an agreement whereby the Collateral Agent hereunder is replaced by the
successor Term Loan Collateral Agent as party to this Agreement.
	 
	16.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or
enforceability in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement,
and the parties will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another
provision reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the
parties.
	 
	17.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.
	 
	18.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	19.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	19.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	19.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.
	 
	19.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United

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	 	 	States of America for the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having
jurisdiction under any of the Credit Agreements, provided that a legal action or proceeding
under any of the Credit Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under
any of the Credit Agreements is submitted simultaneously with a claim in respect to this
Agreement to such court. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Pledgor hereby
accepts for itself and in respect of its property, subject to the aforementioned condition,
the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any
objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum
non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such
action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions.
	 
	19.4	 	The Pledgor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave of
the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600) (telecopy
no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process Agent”), in
the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its
designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in
respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents
that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Pledgor in care of the Process Agent at
the Process Agent’s above address, and the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs
the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
	 
	19.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the Term
Loan Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis AG

as Pledgor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	David Sneddon
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Director
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Chairman

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF SHARES CERTIFICATES

Novelis Technology SA:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Nominal	 	 	 	 
	No of	 	No of	 	Value in	 	 	 	 
	Certificate	 	Share(s)	 	CHF	 	Ord. Nr.	 	Name and domicile of shareholder
	1	 	495	 	495’000	 	1 - 495	 	Novelis AG, Zürich

	2	 	1	 	1’000	 	496	 	Novelis AG, Zürich

	3	 	1	 	1’000	 	497	 	Novelis AG, Zürich

	4	 	1	 	1’000	 	498	 	Novelis AG, Zürich

	5	 	1	 	1’000	 	499	 	Novelis AG, Zürich

	6	 	1	 	1’000	 	500	 	Novelis AG, Zürich

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

Agreement

between

Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Göttingen, Germany

and

Bank of America N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	2. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	6	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION
	 	 	8	 
	4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	10	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	12	 
	6. FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 	 	12	 
	7. POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	12	 
	8. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	13	 
	9. EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT
	 	 	13	 
	10. COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	13	 
	11. NOTICES
	 	 	13	 
	12. SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	14	 
	13. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	14	 
	14. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	15	 
	15. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	15	 
	16. LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	15	 
	SCHEDULE 1
	 	 	19	 
	SCHEDULE 2
	 	 	20	 

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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a company incorporated under the laws of Germany, having
its seat at Göttingen, Germany (the “Assignor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America N.A. a national banking association organized under the laws of the
United States of America, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for itself
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in this
Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	The Assignor and Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement
(defined below) (the “Term Loan Collateral Agent”) have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia
Novelis Inc. (as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto,
whereby the Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders
party thereto (the “Term Loan Lenders”).

	(B)	 	The Assignor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or
about December 17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term
Loan Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation,
Novelis UK Limited and Novelis AG (each as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and
the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein)
(the “Revolving Credit Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain
revolving credit facilities by the Revolving Credit Lenders.

	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,
the Assignor and other borrowers and guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor
Agreement governing the relationship and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties
and Revolving Secured Parties (as these terms are defined below) among each other in relation
to the collateral granted by the borrowers and guarantors (including the Assignor) under or in
connection with the Credit Agreements (the “Intercreditor Agreement”).

	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).

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	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties) (the “Revolving Guarantee”).

	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Lenders under each of the Term
Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement require the Assignor to enter into this
assignment for security purposes in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

	(G)	 	The Assignor has agreed to assign the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured
Obligations (as these terms are defined in Section 1 below) to the Collateral Agent, acting
for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as
defined in Section 1 below).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Bank Accounts” means all current or future rights, title,
interest and action (including any balances and accrued interest) the
Assignor may have or acquire in relation to any bank account which the
Assignor now has or may at any time have in the future vis-à-vis any
bank or other financial institution in Switzerland, including, but not
limited to, the bank accounts listed in Schedule 1, together with all
rights and benefits relating thereto including privileges and
ancillary rights in respect thereof (art. 170 Swiss Code of
Obligations);
	 
	 	 	“Assignment” means the assignments by the Assignor of Assigned Bank
Accounts to the Collateral Agent, acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
art. 164 et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in
Zurich are open for normal business transactions;

	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement;

	 	 	“Notice of Assignment to Banks” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
2 to this Agreement;

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	 	 	“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the agreement between the Assignor and Novelis
AG dated July 6, 2007, as amended and restated on December 17, 2010, (and as further
amended from time to time) pursuant to which certain receivables owned or to be created
by the Assignor under certain of its supply contracts have been sold and assigned to
Novelis AG by way of a true sale;

	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the Revolving
Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement);

	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;

	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the Term Loan
Guarantee (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement);

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Credit Agreements.

	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
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	 	 	actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.

	1.5	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent.

	2.	 	ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS

	2.1	 	The Assignor agrees to assign by way of security to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself,
in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties) the Assigned Bank Accounts as security
for the Secured Obligations until the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations. The
Assignor confirms that it fully understands and accepts the definition of the term “Secured
Obligations”.

	2.2	 	For the purpose of effecting the Assignment, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security
to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties the Assigned Bank Accounts.

	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of
the Secured Parties) expressly accepts the Assignment provided for in Section 2.1. and 2.2.

	2.4	 	The Assignor agrees and undertakes as follows:

	2.4.1	 	except for liens permitted under the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall refrain from
granting any pledge, encumbrance or other third party rights affecting the Assigned Bank
Accounts and shall refrain from any other act or omission that would adversely affect the
Collateral Agent’s and Secured Parties’ rights under this Agreement or, except as permitted
under the Credit Agreements, any amounts that are or will become due under any of the Assigned
Bank Accounts;

	2.4.2	 	without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Assignor shall not enter into
any kind of arrangement that would provide for the non-assignability of any of the Assigned
Bank Accounts or subject the assignability to the consent of a party other than the Collateral
Agent;

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	2.4.3	 	except as permitted by the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall not enter into any
arrangement by which the Assigned Bank Accounts would be assigned to a party other than the
Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties;

	2.4.4	 	the Assignor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days following the end
of each calendar quarter (the first time 10 Business Days following December 31, 2010 ), a
list of all its Assigned Bank Accounts outstanding as of the end of the relevant calendar
quarter and assigned substantially in the same form as set forth in Schedule 1 as
appropriate;

	2.4.5	 	upon the Collateral Agent’s written request and in no event more than once per year, unless
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent, within 10 Business Days from being so requested by the Collateral Agent, an
up-dated list of all its Assigned Bank Accounts outstanding as of the day where the Collateral
Agent’s request under this paragraph was received substantially in the same form as set forth
in Schedule 1 as appropriate.

	2.5	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify the banks of the
assignment by way of security of the Assigned Bank Accounts by delivering to such banks a
Notice of Assignment to Banks substantially in the form of Schedule 2. The Assignor
shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Banks to the Collateral Agent.
For the purpose of this Agreement, the Assignor shall release the respective banks from the
banking secrecy to the extent required for the Collateral Agent to perform its rights and
obligations hereunder. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall be authorized to use its bank accounts and any balance
on its bank accounts freely without restriction for as long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, except in the circumstances set forth in Section 2.6 below.

	2.6	 	Upon an Activation Notice (as this term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) being
sent in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall not
longer be authorized to use its bank accounts and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
transfer any balance out of such bank accounts and apply such monies in accordance with
Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement.

	2.7	 	In the event where any bank would refuse to countersign the Notice of Assignment to Banks set
forth in Schedule 2 and thereby would refuse to waive any first ranking security
interest and/or any right of set-off such bank may have in relation to the Assigned Bank
Accounts, the Assignor shall close the Assigned Bank Accounts and open new bank account(s)
(not subject to such first ranking security interest or right of set-off) with one or more
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	 	 	which would then be assigned by way of security to the Collateral Agent as per the terms of
this Agreement.

	2.8	 	With respect to any Assigned Bank Account arising after the date hereof, the Assignor
undertakes to notify immediately the appropriate debtor of the Assigned Bank Accounts by using
the Notice of Assignment set forth in Schedule 2.
	 
	2.9	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor shall co-operate with the Collateral Agent and use its best
commercially reasonable endeavors in assisting the Collateral Agent in collecting the Assigned
Bank Accounts.
	 
	2.10	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assigned Bank Accounts shall be paid to the Collateral Agent or as
directed by the Collateral Agent.
	 
	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION
	 
	3.1	 	Subject to Clause 3.2 through Clause 3.6 below, the Collateral Agent shall not
enforce the collateral granted under this Agreement (the “Collateral”) to the extent (i) the
Collateral secures obligations of one of the Assignor’s shareholders or of an affiliated
company (verbundenes Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than a Subsidiary of the Assignor or the
Assignor itself), and (ii) the enforcement of the Collateral for such obligations would
reduce, in violation of Section 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG), the
net assets (assets minus liabilities minus provisions and liability reserves (Reinvermögen),
in each case as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as consistently applied by the Assignor in
preparing its unconsolidated balance sheets (Jahresabschluß gemäß § 42 GmbHG, ff 242, 264
HGB)) of the Assignor to an amount that is insufficient to maintain its registered share
capital (Stammkapital) (or would increase an existing shortage in its net assets below its
registered share capital); provided that for the purpose of determining the relevant
registered share capital and the net assets, as the case may be:

	3.1.1	 	the amount of any increase of the Assignor’s registered share capital (Stammkapital)
implemented after the date of this Agreement that is effected without the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent shall be deducted from the registered share capital of the
Assignor;

	3.1.2	 	any loans provided to the Assignor by a direct or indirect shareholder or an affiliate
thereof (other than a Subsidiary of the Assignor) shall be disregarded and not accounted for
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	 	 	liability to the extent that such loans are subordinated pursuant to Section 39(1) Nr. 1
through Nr. 5 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) or subordinated in any other
way by law or contract;
	 
	3.1.3	 	any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual obligations and liabilities incurred by
the Assignor in violation of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents shall be disregarded
and not accounted for as liabilities;

	3.1.4	 	any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value that, in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent, is significantly lower than their market value and that are not necessary
for the business of the Assignor (nicht betriebsnotwendig) shall be accounted for with their
market value; and

	3.1.5	 	the assets of the Assignor will be assessed at liquidation values (Liquidationswerte) if, at
the time the managing directors prepare the balance sheet in accordance with paragraph (b)
below and absent the demand a positive going concern prognosis (positive
Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be established.

	3.2	 	The limitations set out in Clause 3.1 only apply:

	3.2.1	 	if and to the extent that the managing directors of the Assignor have confirmed in writing
to the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the request to realize the
Collateral or the commencement of enforcement under this Agreement the value of the
Collateral which cannot be enforced without causing the net assets of the Assignor to fall
below its registered share capital, or increase an existing shortage in net assets below its
registered share capital (taking into account the adjustments set out above) and such
confirmation is supported by a current balance sheet and other evidence satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties raises any
objections against that confirmation within five (5) Business Days after its receipt; or

	3.2.2	 	if, within twenty (20) Business Days after an objection under paragraph (A) has been raised
by the Collateral Agent or a Secured Party, the Collateral Agent receives a written audit
report (“Auditor’s Determination”) prepared at the expense of the Assignor by a firm of
auditors of international standing and reputation that is appointed by the Assignor and
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, to the extent such report identifies the amount
by which the net assets of the Assignor are necessary to maintain its registered share capital
as at the date of the Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement (taking into
account the adjustments set out above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable in Germany (Grundsätze
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	 	 	its most recent annual balance sheet. The Auditor’s Determination shall be binding for all
Parties except for manifest error.

	3.3	 	In any event, the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall be
entitled to enforce the Collateral up to those amounts that are undisputed between them and
the Assignor or determined in accordance with Clause 3.1 and Clause 3.2. In respect of the
exceeding amounts, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to further pursue the Secured
Parties’ claims (if any) and the Assignor shall be entitled to provide evidence that the
excess amounts are necessary to maintain its registered share capital (calculated as at the
date of the receipt of the request to realize the Collateral or the commencement of
enforcement and taking into account the adjustments set out above). The Collateral Agent is
entitled to pursue those parts of the Collateral that are not enforced by operation of Clause
3.1 above at any subsequent point in time. This Clause 3 shall apply again as of the time such
additional enforcements are made.

	3.4	 	Clause 3.1 shall not apply as to the amount of Loans borrowed and passed on (whether by way
of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the Assignor or any of its Subsidiaries as long
as the respective shareholder loan is outstanding or the respective equity contribution has
not been dissolved or otherwise repaid, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
purchase price payment received by the Assignor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

	3.5	 	The limitations provided for in Clause 3.1 above shall not apply where (i) the Assignor has a
fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch) vis-à-vis
the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement (Beherrschungsvertrag) or a profit and
loss pooling agreement (Gewinnabführungsvertrag) is or will be in existence with the Assignor
and the Assignor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) compensation claim (Ausgleichsanspruch).

	3.6	 	Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German GmbH (Gesellschaft
mit beschränkter Haftung, Limited Liability Company) to enter into guarantees in support of
obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the limitations set forth in Clause 3.1
shall no longer apply. Should any such guarantees become subject to legal restrictions that
are less stringent than the limitations set forth in Clause 3.1 above, such less stringent
limitations shall apply. Otherwise, Clause 3.1 shall remain unaffected by changes in
applicable law.

	4.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT

	4.1	 	Provided the Assignor has not complied with the obligations set out in Section 2.5 and 2.8
within the time limits set forth therein, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, at any time
on or after the sixth Business Day after the Closing Date, to notify or to request the
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	 	 	notify to the relevant debtor, the Assignment in respect of all or part of the Assigned Bank
Accounts in the form of Schedule 2 to this Agreement;
	 
	4.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify, or request the Assignor to notify, the
Assignment in respect of all or part of the Assigned Bank Accounts to the relevant debtors
following the receipt of up-dated Schedule 1 in accordance with Section 2.4.4.
	 
	4.3	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing:
	 
	4.3.1	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to collect any Assigned Bank
Account and to apply the amounts collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in
accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	4.3.2	 	the Collateral Agent shall have the right to access the premises of the Assignor to the full
extent necessary during ordinary business hours, at the sole discretion of the Collateral
Agent, to ascertain the existence and particulars of the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	4.3.3	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to undertake on its own
initiative and cost any acts it deems appropriate to collect any overdue or bad claim under
the Assigned Bank Accounts and shall apply the amounts so collected towards the discharge of
the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; and
	 
	4.3.4	 	to the extent that collection of any Assigned Bank Account is not possible or is deemed
unduly burdensome in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, the latter shall be
entitled to sell such Assigned Bank Accounts by private sale (“Private Verwertung
(Selbstverkauf)”), without regard to the enforcement procedure provided for by the Swiss
Federal Law on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy, and apply the proceeds (less all costs and
expenses) of such sale towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations. The Collateral Agent
shall apply such proceeds in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent
shall discharge its rights under this Agreement with the same degree of care it would use in
respect of its own property.
	 
	4.4	 	Upon repayment and discharge in full of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, at the
costs of the Assignor, shall promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days from the full
discharge of the Secured Obligations, re-assign the remainder, if any, of the Assigned Bank
Accounts to the Assignor. Notwithstanding the above, if the Collateral Agent is authorized to
release in whole or in part any assigned collateral under both the Term Loan Credit Agreement
and the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release such
collateral under this Agreement.

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	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of Germany,
capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and authority and all
necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and authorizations
under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry on its business
as currently conducted;
	 
	5.1.2	 	as long as this Agreement remains in force, the Assigned Bank Accounts are and will continue
to be (and Assigned Bank Account coming into existence in the future will be) free and clear
of any pledge, encumbrance or other third party interests, with the exception of any liens
permitted under the Credit Agreements;
	 
	5.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective transfer of the Assigned Bank Accounts
from Assignor to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.
	 
	6.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Assignment provided for in
this Agreement.
	 
	7.	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Assignor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name, on its
behalf and as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents (including giving
notifications and instructions to customers of the Assignor) and do all things that are
necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Assignor under this Agreement,
provided that the Assignor does not carry out such obligation in due time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on the Collateral
Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a private realization
(“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”) but in any case only after the Collateral Agent has
notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

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	8.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS

	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of the
rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted to
and made in accordance with Section 12 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under
the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.

	9.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT

	9.1	 	The security constituted by the Assignments under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in
addition to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent and/or Secured
Parties may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies
provided by law.

	9.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties to exercise, or delay
on its part in exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of
that or any other rights.

	9.3	 	The Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties shall not be liable by reason of taking any
action permitted by this Agreement.

	10.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	The Assignor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Assignment hereby constituted or the exercise of any
rights hereunder and the Assignor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any
such costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.

	11.	 	NOTICES

	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

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	 	a)	 	if to the Assignor
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Hannoversche Strasse 1
	 

	 	 	 	37075 Göttingen
	 

	 	 	 	Germany
	 

	 	Attn:
	 	Managing Director
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+49. 551. 304-4902

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address
	 	135 S. LaSalle, Suite 927, IL4-135-09-27
	 

	 	 	 	Chicago, Illinois 60603
	 

	 	Attn:
	 	Account Officer
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+1 312-453-5555

	 	 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers or e-mail address as is notified in writing
from time to time by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be
effective upon receipt.

	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.

	12.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT

	 	 	If a successor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Agent hereunder will be automatically replaced by the successor Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent as party to this Agreement.

	13.	 	SEVERABILITY

	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement, and the parties
will negotiate in

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	 	 	good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision reflecting as closely as
possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.

	14.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS

	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.

	15.	 	COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

	16.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION

	16.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.

	16.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.

	16.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the
relevant Credit Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under any of the Credit
Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under any of the Credit Agreements
is submitted simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Agreement to such court. By
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Assignor hereby accepts for itself and in
respect of its property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of
them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such
respective jurisdictions.

	16.4	 	The Assignor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)

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	 	 	(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the
“Process Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States
of America as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and
on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process,
summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out
of, or in connection with, this Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the
Assignor in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Assignor
hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its
behalf. Each Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall
be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
other manner provided by law.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank
of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in
the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Deutschland GmbH,

as Assignor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Roland Harings 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF BANK ACCOUNTS

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Bank Accounts listed immediately below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of Depositary Bank	 	Branch Office	 	Account Number	 	Account Holder
	NONE
	 	 	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE
2

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO BANKS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

[Name of the Bank

Account Bank]     

[Address of the Bank]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

Reference
is made to the bank account no[s]. [...] (the “Bank Account[s]”) held by us (the
“Assignor”).

You are hereby notified that the Assignor and Bank of America N.A. (the “Collateral Agent”) have
entered as of December [■], 2010 into an assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all the current and future amounts
standing to the credit of the Bank Account (the “Assigned Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting
on behalf of a consortium of lenders.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
dispose of the Assigned Claims. The revocation of such authorization shall be made by registered
mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address: [insert name and address of
bank] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. By countersigning the present
letter, you hereby irrevocably agree that upon receipt of notice of such revocation you may only
validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Claims by payment to the Collateral
Agent.

Please note that we hereby release you from any and all your obligations in relation to Swiss
Banking Secrecy with respect to the Collateral Agent to the extent required for the latter to
perform its rights and obligations under the Agreement.

The Collateral Agent has requested that you waive any first ranking security interest and/or any
right of set-off you may have in relation to the Assigned Claims. By countersigning this letter you
confirm that you accept to waive in favor of the Collateral Agent (and the lenders represented by
the Collateral Agent) any first ranking security interest and/or any right of set-off you may have
in relation to the Assigned Claims.

The Collateral Agent agrees with the foregoing by countersigning the present letter.

 

 

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 

	[Assignor]

	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	[name of Bank]
	 
	 	 
	 

[authorized signatories]

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	[authorized signatories]
	 
	 	 
	Agreed and Acknowledged by:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Bank of America N.A.
	 	 
	 
	 

[authorized signatories]

	 	 

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

Agreement

between

Novelis Switzerland AG

Sierre, Switzerland

and

Bank of America N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

Assignment of Trade Receivables, Intercompany Receivables

and Bank Accounts

 

 

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	1.	 	 	INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	2.	 	 	ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	6	 
	3.	 	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	10	 
	4.	 	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	10	 
	5.	 	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	12	 
	6.	 	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 	 	13	 
	7.	 	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	13	 
	8.	 	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	13	 
	9.	 	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT
	 	 	13	 
	10.	 	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	14	 
	11.	 	 	NOTICES
	 	 	14	 
	12.	 	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	15	 
	13.	 	 	SEVERABILITY
	 	 	15	 
	14.	 	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	15	 
	15.	 	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	15	 
	16.	 	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	15	 
	SCHEDULE 1	 	19	 
	SCHEDULE 2	 	20	 
	SCHEDULE 3	 	21	 
	SCHEDULE 4	 	22	 
	SCHEDULE 5	 	23	 
	SCHEDULE 6	 	25	 

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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Switzerland SA, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland,
having its seat at Route des Laminoirs 15, 3960 Sierre , Switzerland (the “Assignor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States of America, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA,
acting for itself in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as
defined in this Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Revolving Credit
Agreement (the “Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	The Assignor and Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement
(defined below) (the “Term Loan Collateral Agent”) have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia
Novelis Inc. (as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto,
whereby the Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders
party thereto (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Assignor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or
about December 17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term
Loan Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation,
Novelis UK Limited and Novelis AG (each as Borrower) AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and
the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein)
(the “Revolving Credit Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain
revolving credit facilities by the Revolving Credit Lenders.
	 
	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,
the Assignor and other borrowers and guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor
Agreement governing the relationship and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties
and Revolving Secured Parties (as these terms are defined below) among each other in relation
to the collateral granted by the borrowers and guarantors (including Assignor) under or in
connection with the Credit Agreements (the “Intercreditor Agreement”).
	 
	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).

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	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Assignor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties) (the “Revolving Guarantee”).
	 
	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Lenders under each of the Term
Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement require the Assignor to enter into this
assignment for security purposes in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	(G)	 	The Assignor has agreed to assign (i) the Assigned Receivables, (ii) the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and (iii) the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured
Obligations (as these terms are defined in Section 1 below) to the Collateral Agent, acting
for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as
defined in Section 1 below).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

	 	 	“Assigned Bank Accounts” means all current or future rights, title,
interest and action (including any balances and accrued interest) the
Assignor may have or acquire in relation to any bank account which the
Assignor now has or may at any time have in the future vis-à-vis any
bank or other financial institution, including, but not limited to,
the bank accounts listed in Schedule 1, together with all rights and
benefits relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in
respect thereof (art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations);

	 	 	“Assigned Intercompany Receivables” means all current or future
receivables owed by Affiliates to Assignor and arising in the course
of business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, incorporated
in a title or not, together with all rights and benefits relating
thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof
(art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations); Currently existing Assigned
Intercompany Receivables are listed in Schedule 2;
	 
	 	 	“Assigned Receivables” means all current or future receivables owed by customers or other
trade debtors (excluding any Affiliate) to the Assignor and arising in the course of
business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, together with all rights and
benefits relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof
(art. 170 Swiss Code of Obligations) but excluding any Excluded Receivables; Currently
existing Assigned Receivables are listed in Schedule 3;

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“Assignment” means the assignments by the Assignor of the Assigned Intercompany Receivables,
Assigned Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts to the Collateral Agent, acting for itself,
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to art. 164
et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations;

“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for
normal business transactions;

“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement;

“Excluded Receivables” means any current or future receivables owed by customers or other
trade debtors (excluding any Affiliate) to the Assignor and arising in the course of
business of the Assignor, whether contingent or not, together with all rights and benefits
relating thereto including privileges and ancillary rights in respect thereof (art. 170
Swiss Code of Obligations) which have been transferred to Novelis AG pursuant to a
receivables purchase agreement between the Assignor and Novelis AG which has been approved
in writing by the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement);

“Notice of Assignment to Affiliates” means the notice substantially in the form of
Schedule 4 to this Agreement;

“Notice of Assignment to Banks” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
5 to this Agreement;

“Notice of Assignment to Debtors” means the notice substantially in the form of Schedule
6 to this Agreement;

“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the Revolving
Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement);

“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;

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	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and liabilities
(whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity
whatsoever) of the Assignor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the Term Loan
Guarantee (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement).
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have
the meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Credit Agreements.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	1.5	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.	 	ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 
	2.1	 	The Assignor agrees to assign by way of security to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself,
in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties) the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts as security for the Secured

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	 	 	Obligations until the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations. The Assignor confirms
that it fully understands and accepts the definition of the term “Secured Obligations”.

	2.2	 	For the purpose of effecting the Assignment, the Assignor hereby:
	 
	2.2.1	 	assigns by way of security to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	2.2.2	 	subject as set out in Section 2.11.2, transfers to the Collateral Agent all documents
evidencing the existing Assigned Receivables, the existing Assigned Intercompany Receivables
and the existing Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including
but not limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, Intercompany
note, exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) expressly accepts the Assignment provided for in Section 2.1. and 2.2.
	 
	2.4	 	The Assignor agrees and undertakes as follows:
	 
	2.4.1	 	Except for liens permitted under the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall refrain from
granting any pledge, encumbrance or other third party rights affecting the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts and shall
refrain from any other act or omission that would adversely affect the Collateral Agent’s and
Secured Parties’ rights under this Agreement or, except as permitted under the Credit
Agreements, any amounts that are or will become due under any of the Assigned Receivables, the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	2.4.2	 	without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Assignor shall not enter into
any kind of arrangement that would provide for the non-assignability of any of the Assigned
Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts or subject
the assignability to the consent of a party other than the Collateral Agent;
	 
	2.4.3	 	except as permitted by the Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall not enter into any
arrangement by which the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the
Assigned Bank Accounts would be assigned to a party other than the Collateral Agent and/or
Secured Parties;
	 
	2.4.4	 	the Assignor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days following the end
of each calendar quarter (the first time 10 Business Days following December 31, 2010), a list
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	 	 	Accounts outstanding as of the end of the relevant calendar quarter and assigned
substantially in the same form as set forth in Schedule 1 to 3 as appropriate;
	 
	2.4.5	 	upon the Collateral Agent’s written request and in no event more than once per year, unless
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent, within 10 Business Days from being so requested by the Collateral Agent, an
up-dated list of all its Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned
Bank Accounts outstanding as of the day where the Collateral Agent’s request under this
paragraph was received substantially in the same form as set forth in Schedule 1 to 3
as appropriate.
	 
	2.5	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify the banks of the
assignment by way of security of the Assigned Bank Accounts by delivering to such banks a
Notice of Assignment to Banks substantially in the form of Schedule 5. The Assignor
shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Banks to the Collateral Agent.
For the purpose of this Agreement, the Assignor shall release the respective banks from the
banking secrecy to the extent required for the Collateral Agent to perform its rights and
obligations hereunder. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreements, the Assignor shall be authorized to use its bank accounts and any balance
on its bank accounts freely without restriction for as long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, except in the circumstances set forth in Section 2.6 below.
	 
	2.6	 	Upon an Activation Notice (as this term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) being
sent in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall not
longer be authorized to use its bank accounts and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
transfer any balance out of such bank accounts and apply such monies in accordance with
Section 9.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement.
	 
	2.7	 	In the event where any bank would refuse to countersign the Notice of Assignment to Banks
listed in Schedule 5 and thereby would refuse to waive any first ranking security
interest and/or any right of set-off such bank may have in relation to the Assigned Bank
Accounts, the Assignor shall close the Assigned Bank Accounts and open new bank account(s)
(not subject to such first ranking security interest or right of set-off) with one or more
banking institutions, which would then be assigned by way of security to the Collateral Agent
as per the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	2.8	 	Within 5 Business Days from the Closing Date, the Assignor shall notify its respective
Affiliates of the assignment by way of security of the Assigned Intercompany Receivables by
delivering to such Affiliate a Notice of Assignment to Affiliates substantially in the form of

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	 	 	Schedule 4. The Assignor shall simultaneously send a copy of any Notice of
Assignment to Affiliates to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.9	 	Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor shall be authorized to collect any Assigned Receivables for as long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and until such time as notified by the Collateral
Agent, provided the proceeds of such Assigned Receivables are credited on the Assigned Bank
Accounts.
	 
	2.10	 	With respect to any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account arising
after the date hereof, the Assignor undertakes to:
	 
	2.10.1	 	notify immediately the appropriate debtor of Assigned Intercompany Receivables or Assigned
Bank Accounts by using the appropriate notification form; and
	 
	2.10.2	 	transfer to the Collateral Agent all documents evidencing such Assigned Intercompany
Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including but
not limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note,
exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	2.11	 	With respect to any Assigned Receivable arising after the date hereof, the Assignor
undertakes to:
	 
	2.11.1	 	instruct the debtor of such Assigned Receivable to discharge its obligations in relation
thereto exclusively on one of the Assigned Bank Accounts; and
	 
	2.11.2	 	upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreements
and upon giving appropriate prior notice, allow representatives of the Collateral Agent to
inspect, during normal business hours, all documents evidencing such Assigned Receivable
(whether incorporated in a title or not), including but not limited to any written agreement,
acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note, exchange of letters, fax or e-mail.
	 
	2.12	 	Within 5 calendar days after the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Assignor shall notify its current and future
debtors of Assigned Receivables of the Assignment by delivering to such debtors a Notice of
Assignment to Debtors substantially in the form of Schedule 6 but, where necessary or
appropriate, in the respective language of the addressee. The Assignor shall simultaneously
send a copy of any Notice of Assignment to Debtors to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.13	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor shall co-operate with the Collateral Agent and use its best

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	 	 	commercially reasonable endeavors in assisting the Collateral Agent in collecting the
Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and Assigned Bank Accounts.
	 
	2.14	 	Before the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assignor undertakes that the Assigned Receivables and the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables be paid onto the Assigned Bank Accounts as set out in Schedule
1.
	 
	2.15	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the
Assigned Bank Accounts shall be paid to the Collateral Agent or as directed by the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement are for the
exclusive benefit of the Affiliates of such Assignor (except for the (direct or indirect)
Subsidiaries of such Assignor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute
a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend
(“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the Term Loan
Guarantee and the Revolving Guarantee entered into by the Assignor shall apply to any
enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the proceeds of such enforcement.
	 
	4.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 
	4.1	 	Provided the Assignor has not complied with the obligations set out in Section 2.5 and 2.8
within the time limits set forth therein, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, at any time
on or after the sixth Business Day after the Closing Date, to notify or to request the
Assignor to notify to the relevant debtor, the Assignment in respect of all or part of the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables or the Assigned Bank Accounts:
	 
	4.1.1	 	in the form of Schedule 4 to this Agreement with respect to Assigned Intercompany
Receivables;
	 
	4.1.2	 	in the form of Schedule 5 to this Agreement with respect to Assigned Bank Accounts.
	 
	4.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify, or request the Assignor to notify, the
Assignment in respect of all or part of the Assigned Bank Accounts and Assigned Intercompany
Receivables to the relevant debtors following the receipt of up-dated Schedule 1 or
Schedule 2 in accordance with Section 2.4.4.

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	4.3	 	The Collateral Agent has the right to request that the Assignor transfers to the Collateral
Agent all documents evidencing the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables
and the Assigned Bank Accounts (whether incorporated in a title or not), including but not
limited to any written agreement, acknowledgment of debt, certificate, intercompany note,
exchange of letters, fax or e-mail).
	 
	4.4	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to request immediately the Assignor
to notify the debtors of the Assigned Receivables of the Assignment, and, if the Collateral
Agent has not received evidence of such notification within five calendar days in accordance
with Section 2.12, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to notify on its own, the Assignment
in respect of all or part of the Assigned Receivables to the relevant debtors by a Notice of
Assignment to Debtors substantially in the form of Schedule 6 to this Agreement.
	 
	4.5	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or, with respect to the Assigned Receivables exclusively, 5 calendar days
after such notification:
	 
	4.5.1	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to collect any Assigned
Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account and to apply
the amounts collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	4.5.2	 	the Collateral Agent shall have the right to access the premises of the Assignor to the full
extent necessary during ordinary business hours, at the sole discretion of the Collateral
Agent, to ascertain the existence and particulars of the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts;
	 
	4.5.3	 	the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, but not obligated, to undertake on its own
initiative and cost any acts it deems appropriate to collect any overdue or bad claim under
the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts
and shall apply the amounts so collected towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in
accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; and
	 
	4.5.4	 	to the extent that collection of any Assigned Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany
Receivable and/or any Assigned Bank Account is not possible or is deemed unduly burdensome in
the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, the latter shall be entitled to sell such
Assigned Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and/or Assigned Bank Accounts by
private sale (“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”), without regard to the enforcement
procedure provided for by the Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and

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	 	 	Bankruptcy, and apply the proceeds (less all costs and expenses) of such sale towards the
discharge of the Secured Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds in
accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall discharge its rights
under this Agreement with the same degree of care it would use in respect of its own
property.
	 
	4.6	 	Upon repayment and discharge in full of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, at the
costs of the Assignor, shall promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days from the full
discharge of the Secured Obligations, re-assign the remainder, if any, of the Assigned
Receivables, Assigned Intercompany Receivables and/or Assigned Bank Accounts to the Assignor.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in
part any assigned collateral under both the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release such collateral under this
Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Assignor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted;
	 
	5.1.2	 	as long as this Agreement remains in force, the Assigned Receivables, the Assigned
Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts are and will continue to be (and any
Assigned Receivable, any Assigned Intercompany Receivable and any Assigned Bank Account coming
into existence in the future will be) free and clear of any pledge, encumbrance or other third
party interests, with the exception of any liens permitted under the Credit Agreements;
	 
	5.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective transfer of the Assigned Receivables, the
Assigned Intercompany Receivables and the Assigned Bank Accounts from Assignor to the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.

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	6.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE ASSIGNOR
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Assignment provided for in
this Agreement.
	 
	7.	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Assignor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name, on its
behalf and as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents (including giving
notifications and instructions to customers of the Assignor) and do all things that are
necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Assignor under this Agreement,
provided that the Assignor does not carry out such obligation in due time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on the Collateral
Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a private realization
(“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”) but in any case only after the Collateral Agent has
notified the Assignor that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
	 
	8.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Assignor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of the
rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted to
and made in accordance with Section 12 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under
the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.
	 
	9.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSIGNMENT
	 
	9.1	 	The security constituted by the Assignments under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in
addition to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent and/or Secured
Parties may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies
provided by law.
	 
	9.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties to exercise, or delay
on its part in exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of
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	9.3	 	The Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties shall not be liable by reason of taking any
action permitted by this Agreement.
	 
	10.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Assignor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Assignment hereby constituted or the exercise of any
rights hereunder and the Assignor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any
such costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	11.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	a)	 	if to the Assignor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Novelis Switzerland AG
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Address:
	 	Route des Laminoirs 15
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	CH- 3960 Sierre
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Attn:
	 	Plant Manager
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	with a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Novelis AG	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Address:
	 	Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	CH- 8700, Küsnacht
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Attn:
	 	Legal Department
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Address
	 	135 S. LaSalle, Suite 927, IL4-135-09-27
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Chicago, Illinois 60603
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Attn:
	 	Account Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Fax:
	 	+1 312-453-5555

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	 	 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers or e-mail address as is notified in writing
from time to time by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be
effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.
	 
	12.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Agent hereunder will be automatically replaced by the successor Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent as party to this Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	14.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.
	 
	15.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	16.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.

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	16.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.
	 
	16.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the
relevant Credit Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under any of the Credit
Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under any of the Credit Agreements
is submitted simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Agreement to such court. By
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Assignor hereby accepts for itself and in
respect of its property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of
them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such
respective jurisdictions.
	 
	16.4	 	The Assignor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)
(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process
Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America
as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf,
and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and
documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Assignor in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Assignor hereby irrevocably authorizes and
directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor agrees that a
final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
	 
	16.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the
Revolving Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.

as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 	 

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	SIGNATURE PAGE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	Novelis Switzerland AG,
as Assignor	 	 	 	 
	 
	By: 	 	 	By: 	 
	 	Name: 	 David Sneddon	 	 	Name: 	 Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci
	 	Title:	 Director	 	 	Title:	 Chairman

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF BANK ACCOUNTS

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Bank Accounts listed immediately below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of Depositary Bank	 	Branch Office	 	Account Number	 	Account Holder
	Credit Suisse

	 	Zürich
	 	
	 	Novelis Switzerland AG

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SCHEDULE 2

LIST OF INTERCOMPANY RECEIVABLES

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Intercompany Receivables listed in the following documents:

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

LIST OF TRADE RECEIVABLES

In accordance with the Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns by way of security to the Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties the Assigned Receivables listed in the following document:

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SCHEDULE 4

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO AFFILIATES

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

Name of Intercompany

Debtor

[Address of Debtor]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Re: Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

By the present letter, you are hereby notified that we (the “Assignor”) and Bank of America N.A.
(the “Collateral Agent”) have entered into an assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all its present and future receivables
against your company (the “Assigned Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of a
consortium lenders.

Therefore, we would be grateful if you could confirm that any payments in fulfillment of present
and future claims, which we may from time to time have against you, shall be paid exclusively to
the Collateral Agent in the event of a notice given to you by the Collateral Agent to that effect.

Such notice shall be made by registered mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following
address: [insert name and address of Intercompany Debtor] attn. [insert name of responsible
person[s]], Fax [...].

Please note that you remain fully liable towards the Collateral Agent for all payments made
directly to us after receipt of the aforementioned notice.

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Very truly yours,	 	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 	 	 	 	[name of the Intercompany Debtor]
	[Assignor]	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	[authorized signatories]	 	 	[authorized signatories]

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SCHEDULE 5

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO BANKS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

[Name of the Bank 
Account
Bank]

[Address of the Bank]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

Reference is made to the bank account no[s]. [...] (the “Bank Account[s]”) held by us (the
“Assignor”) with you in connection with which we have sent you a notification of assignment dated
[■], 2007.

You are hereby notified that the Assignor and Bank of America N.A. (the “Collateral Agent”) have
entered as of December [■], 2010 into a new assignment agreement (the “Agreement”). Thereby, the
Assignor has assigned by way of security (the “Assignment”), all the current and future amounts
standing to the credit of the Bank Account (the “Assigned Claims”) to the Collateral Agent, acting
on behalf of a consortium of lenders.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
dispose of the Assigned Claims. The revocation of such authorization shall be made by registered
mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address: [insert name and address of
bank] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. By countersigning the present
letter, you hereby irrevocably agree that upon receipt of notice of such revocation you may only
validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Claims by payment to the Collateral
Agent.

Please note that we hereby release you from any and all your obligations in relation to Swiss
Banking Secrecy with respect to the Collateral Agent to the extent required for the latter to
perform its rights and obligations under the Agreement.

The Collateral Agent has requested that you waive any first ranking security interest and/or any
right of set-off you may have in relation to the Assigned Claims. By countersigning this letter you
confirm that you accept to waive in favor of the Collateral Agent (and the lenders represented by
the Collateral Agent) any first ranking security interest and/or any right of set-off you may have
in relation to the Assigned Claims.

The Collateral Agent agrees with the foregoing by countersigning the present letter.

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We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	[Assignor]	 	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 
	 	 	 	[name of Bank]
	 
	[authorized signatories]	 	 	 
	 	 	 	[authorized signatories]
	 
	Agreed and Acknowledged by:	 	 	 
	 
	Bank of America N.A.	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	[authorized signatories]	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 6

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT TO DEBTORS

[Letterhead of the Assignor]

[Name of the Debtor]

[Address of the Debtor]

BY REGISTERED MAIL

[Place/Date]

Notification of Assignment

Dear Sirs,

We refer to the [contract and other particulars identifying the Assigned Receivables in relation to
the relevant trade debtor of the relevant Assignor].

You are hereby notified that Novelis Switzerland AG (the “Assignor”) and Bank of America N.A. (the
“Collateral Agent”) have entered into an assignment agreement (the “Agreement”) whereby current and
future trade receivables owing by the customers to the Assignor (the “Assigned Receivables”) have
been assigned to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of a consortium of lenders, irrespective of
whether currently due and payable or becoming due and payable in the future.

Under the Agreement, the Collateral Agent has authorized the Assignor, subject to revocation, to
collect the Assigned Receivables at certain conditions. The revocation of such power of attorney
shall be made by registered mail of fax (confirmed by registered mail) to the following address:
[insert name and address of debtor] attn. [insert name of responsible person[s]], Fax [...]. Upon
revocation you may only validly discharge your obligations in respect of the Assigned Receivables
by payment to the Collateral Agent. [Assignor/Collateral Agent]

We should be grateful if you would return the enclosed copy of the present letter, duly dated and
signed, to [...]

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	[Assignor]	 	 	Agreed and Acknowledged:
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	[name of debtor]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	[authorized signatories]	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	[authorized signatories]

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

GUARANTEE

granted by

Novelis Switzerland SA

Sierre, Switzerland

to

Bank of America, N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to

certain obligations of the Loan Parties under the Term Loan Agreement dated as of or about 17

December 2010.

 

 

Novelis Switzerland SA: Term Loan Guarantee Agreement

INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	3	 
	2. GUARANTEE
	 	 	4	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES:
	 	 	 	 
	LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	7	 
	4. GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	9	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	9	 
	6. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	10	 
	7. COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	10	 
	8. NOTICES
	 	 	10	 
	9. SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	11	 
	10. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	11	 
	11. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	12	 
	12. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	12	 
	13. LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	12	 

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Novelis Switzerland SA: Term Loan Guarantee Agreement

This Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Switzerland SA, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having
its seat at Route des Laminoirs 15, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland (the “Guarantor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the laws of
the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for itself, in
the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Term
Loan Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

PREAMBLE:

	(A)	 	The Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated
as of or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc.
(as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the
Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto
(as defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Collateral Agent and Secured Parties require the Guarantor to unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantee the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties (as
defined in the Term Loan Agreement) of their obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, as
further defined in this Guarantee.
	 
	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Guarantee:
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” means one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for normal
business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Guaranteed Obligations” means the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue
after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United States

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	 	 	Code or any other Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed
under Title 11 of the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law) but for the
provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code (or other Debtor Relief Law) or that
accrue after the commencement of a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
Debtor Relief Law or after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed under Title 11 of
the United States Code (or any other Debtor Relief Law, whether or not allowed) on the Loans
made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other
Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under
any Loan Document (including any Hedging Agreement entered into with a counterparty that is a
Secured Party), and the performance of all obligations under any of the foregoing, in each
case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein
collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”).
	 
	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Guarantee, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings
are for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Guarantee and
(c) references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in accordance with
its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	2.	 	GUARANTEE
	 
	2.1	 	In accordance with Article 111 of the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Guarantor, acting as
primary and independent obligor and not merely as a surety (“Bürge”/“Caution” within
the meaning of Articles 492 ss. of the Swiss Code of Obligations), hereby unconditionally
(subject to Section 3 below) and absolutely guarantees, on a first demand basis, the prompt
and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties of the Guaranteed Obligations.

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	2.2	 	The Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges that the meaning of the term “Guaranteed
Obligations” used in this Guarantee (and consequently the extent of its undertaking under this
Guarantee) is defined by reference to the Term Loan Agreement, and the Guarantor
expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts such definition of the terms
“Guaranteed Obligations” used in this Guarantee.
	 
	2.3	 	In the event where any Loan Party fails to pay or perform timely any Guaranteed Obligation,
(subject to Section 3 below) the Collateral Agent will be entitled to claim from the
Guarantor, on a first demand basis, damages for an amount equal to, as applicable, (i) such
Guaranteed Obligation, and (ii) any additional amount (including but not limited to the
Collateral Agent’s costs) to the extent necessary to put the Secured Parties in the position
in which they would have been, had such Guaranteed Obligation been timely paid or performed.
	 
	2.4	 	The Collateral Agent will make any demand for damages under Section 2.3 above towards the
Guarantor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The Collateral Agent will
confirm in such demand that the Guaranteed Obligations have not been timely paid or performed
and to what extent. Subject to Section 3, the Guarantor so notified by the Collateral Agent
shall pay within 5 Business Days of that first demand.
	 
	2.5	 	The Guarantor understands and agrees that the Guarantee is a continuing, absolute and
unconditional (subject to Section 3 below) guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the
validity or enforceability of the Term Loan Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right
of set-off with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent
or any applicable Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim which may at any
time be available to or be asserted by the Loan Parties against the Collateral Agent or any
applicable Secured Party (including, but not limited to, any right the Loan Parties may have
to first require the Collateral Agent to proceed against or enforce any other rights, security
or claim payment from a person before claiming payment from the Guarantor under this
Guarantee), or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever which constitutes, or might be construed
to constitute, a discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations.
	 
	2.6	 	When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against the Guarantor, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a
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	 	 	it may have against the Loan Parties, or any other person or against any collateral security
or guarantee for the Guaranteed Obligations, or any right of set-off with respect thereto,
and any failure by the Collateral Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights
or remedies or to collect any payments from the Loan Parties or any other person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of
set-off shall not relieve the Guarantor of any applicable obligation or liability under this
Guarantee, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied
or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any applicable Secured Party
against the Guarantor.
	 
	2.7	 	Subject to Section 3 below, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee will not be
discharged, suspended or in any way affected by:

	 	(i)	 	any failure or delay by the Collateral Agent to realize upon or seek to enforce
against the Loan Parties any liability or obligation arising under the Term Loan
Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any default, failure or delay in the performance by the Loan Parties of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any waiver of or consent to departure from the provisions of, or any amendment
to this Guarantee, the Term Loan Agreement or any applicable Loan Document, except when
made in writing and executed by the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any bankruptcy, receivership or any other insolvency proceeding related to any
Loan Party or its property or any merger, reorganization, dissolution, sale of assets,
or other winding up of any Loan Party; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a defense available to, or
a discharge of, the Guarantor in respect of its obligations under this Guarantee.

	2.8	 	This Guarantee will be valid and will remain in full force until such time as the Guaranteed
Obligations, as applicable have been paid and discharged in full, and no further Guaranteed
Obligations are capable of arising thereafter.
	 
	2.9	 	The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.23 and 7.10 of the Term
Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandis, and shall apply to this Agreement,
the parties hereto and the Secured Parties as if set forth herein.
	 
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	 	 	right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of or about December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Intercreditor Agreement”) among Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, Novelis Corproration, a Texas corporation, Novelis Pae
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Novelis Brand LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Novelis South America Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Aluminium Upstream
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Novelis UK Limited, a limited liability
company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 00279596, AV
Metals Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Guarantor
and other guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative
Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent and certain other persons which may be or
become parties thereto or become bound thereto from time to time. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as
provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term
Loan Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof shall govern and control the exercise of
remedies by Collateral Agent.
	 
	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent that (i) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement are for
the exclusive benefit of the Guarantor’s Affiliates (except the Guarantor’s (direct or
indirect) Subsidiaries) and (ii) complying with the obligations under this Agreement would
constitute a repayment of capital (“restitution des apports”/“Einlagerückgewähr”) or the
payment of a (constructive) dividend (“distribution de dividende”/“Gewinnausschüttung”), the
following shall apply:

	 	(i)	 	The aggregate obligations under the Guarantee of the Guarantor shall be limited
to the maximum amount of the Guarantor’s profits and reserves available for
distribution, in each case in accordance with, without limitation, articles 671 para.1
to 3 and 675 para.2 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (the “Available Amount”) at the
time such company makes a payment under the Guarantee (provided such limitation is still
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	 	(ii)	 	Immediately after having been requested to make a payment under the Guarantee
(the “Guarantee Payment”), the Guarantor will (a) provide the Collateral Agent, within
twenty (20) Business Days from being requested to make the Guarantee Payment, with (1)
an interim audited balance sheet prepared by the statutory auditors of the Guarantor,
(2) the determination of the Available Amount based on such interim audited balance
sheet as computed by the statutory auditors, and (3) a confirmation from the statutory
auditors that the Available Amount is the maximum amount which can be paid by the
Guarantor under the Guarantee without breaching the provisions of Swiss corporate law,
which are aimed at protecting the share capital and legal reserves, and (b) upon receipt
of the confirmation referred to in the preceding sentence under (3) and after having
taken all actions required pursuant to Section 3.2 below, pay (i) the Guarantee Payment
in full or (ii) the Available Amount, whichever is less (in any case, less, if required,
any withholding tax under the Swiss Federal Act on Withholding Tax of October 13, 1965
(the “Swiss Withholding Tax”)).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	If so required under Swiss law (including double tax treaties to which
Switzerland is a party) at the time it is required to make a payment under this
Guarantee or the Security Documents, the Guarantor (1) may deduct the Swiss Withholding
Tax at the rate of 35% (or such other rate as may be in force at such time) from any
payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents, (2) may pay the Swiss
Withholding Tax to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, and (3) shall notify and
provide evidence to the Collateral Agent that the Swiss Withholding Tax has been paid to
the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, and the Guarantor shall not be required to make a
gross-up, indemnify or otherwise hold harmless the Secured Parties for the deduction of
the Swiss Withholding Tax. The Guarantor shall use its best efforts to ensure that any
person which is, as a result of a payment under this Guarantee, entitled to a full or
partial refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax, shall as soon as possible after the
deduction of the Swiss Withholding Tax (i) request a refund of the Swiss Withholding Tax
under any applicable law (including double tax treaties) and (ii) pay to the Secured
Parties upon receipt any amount so refunded. The Guaranteed Obligations will only be
considered as discharged to the extent of the effective payment received by the Secured
Parties under this Guarantee. This subsection (iii) is without prejudice to the gross-up
or indemnification obligations under the Term Loan Agreement.

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		 	other action, including the passing of any shareholders’ resolutions to approve any Guarantee
Payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents, which may be required as a matter of
Swiss mandatory law or standard business practice as existing at the time it is required to
make a Guarantee Payment under this Guarantee or the Security Documents in order to allow for
a prompt payment of the Guarantee Payment or Available Amount, as applicable.
	 
	4.	 	GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	4.1	 	The Guarantor agrees and undertakes:
	 
	4.1.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Guarantee conferred herewith in favor of the applicable Secured Parties;
	 
	4.1.2	 	not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets, unless otherwise permitted by the
applicable Loan Documents; and
	 
	4.1.3	 	not to create or allow to subsist any security interest, except as permitted under the Term
Loan Agreement or as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law over or in respect of
its assets or permit to be done, anything which would foreseeably depreciate, jeopardize or
otherwise directly or indirectly prejudice the value to the applicable Secured Parties of the
Guarantor’s assets, unless otherwise permitted by the applicable Loan Documents.
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Term Loan Agreement,
the Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that, as of the date hereof:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
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	5.1.2	 	this Guarantee (i) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable
against it pursuant to its terms and (ii) creates a valid, effective and independent guarantee
within the meaning of article 111 of the Swiss Code of Obligations in favor of the Collateral
Agent and the applicable Secured Parties.
	 
	6.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except as otherwise
provided in the Term Loan Agreement. Nothing in this Guarantee shall be construed as limiting
the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under the Term Loan
Agreement, as the case may be in accordance with the relevant provisions of such agreement.
	 
	7.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Guarantors shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Guarantee or the exercise of any rights hereunder and the
Guarantor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such costs or expenses
reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	8.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Guarantee shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Guarantor
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis Switzerland SA
	 
	 	 	 	Address: Route des Laminoirs 15
	 
	 	 	 	               CH- 3960 Sierre
	 
	 	 	 	Attn: Plant Manager
	 
	 	 	 	with a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis AG

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	 	 	 	Address: Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 
	 	 	 	                CH- 8700 Küsnacht
	 
	 	 	 	Attn: Legal Department

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	Address 1455 Market Street
	 
	 	 	 	               San Francisco, CA 94103
	 
	 	 	 	Attn: Bridget Manduk
	 
	 	 	 	Fax: +1 415 503 5011
	 
	 	 	 	Phone: +1 415 436 1097

		 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers as is notified in writing from time to time by
one party to the other party under this Guarantee. Notices shall be effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Guarantee
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has been
confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and accurate
translation.
	 
	9.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the relevant
provisions of the Term Loan Agreement, the Collateral Agent hereunder will automatically be
replaced by the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent as party to this Guarantee, upon notice
to the Guarantor of the appointment of the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	10.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Guarantee is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Guarantee or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Guarantee, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
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	 	 	closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	11.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing signed
by the parties hereto, or as otherwise provided in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	12.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	13.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	13.1	 	This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	13.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Guarantee.
	 
	13.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guarantee
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the
Term Loan Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under the Term Loan Agreement
is already pending before such court or a claim under the Term Loan Agreement is submitted
simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Guarantee to such court. By execution and
delivery of this Guarantee, the Guarantor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its
property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.
The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the
laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or
hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective
jurisdictions.
	 
	13.4	 	The Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1

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	 	 	212-299-5600) (telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com)
(the “Process Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United
States of America as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for
and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process,
summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of,
or in connection with, this Guarantee. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Guarantor in
care of the Process Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Guarantor hereby
irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf.
The Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the

Secured Parties

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Switzerland SA,

as Guarantor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Name: David Sneddon	 	Name: Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci	 
	Title: Director	 	Title: Chairman	 

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

Intellectual Property Pledge Agreement

between

Novelis Switzerland SA

Sierre, Switzerland

and

Bank of America, N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

Pledge of the intellectual property of Novelis Switzerland SA

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2. PLEDGE
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3. UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND
WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4. PLEDGOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7. GRANT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8. RELEASE OF THE PLEDGED ASSETS
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10. FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11. AVOIDANCES OF PAYMENTS
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12. POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13. ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14. EFFECTIVENESS OF PLEDGE
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15. COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	16. NOTICES
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17. SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	18. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	19. WAIVER AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	20. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	21. LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SCHEDULE 1
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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Switzerland SA, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having
its seat at Route des Laminoirs 15, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland (the “Pledgor”); and

	(2) 	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for
itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in
this Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

Whereas

	(A)	 	The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or
about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia Novelis Inc,
(as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the
Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto
(as defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).

	(B)	 	The Pledgor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement, defined below) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or about December
17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term Loan Agreement,
the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis UK
Limited and the Pledgor (each as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein) (the
“Revolving Loan Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain
revolving credit facilities by the Revolving Loan Lenders.

	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor and other guarantors party thereto, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, defined below)
and the Collateral Agent entered into an Intercreditor Agreement governing the relationship
and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties and Revolving Secured Parties (as these
terms are defined below) among each other in relation to the collateral granted by the
borrowers and guarantors (including Pledgor) under or in connection with the Credit Agreements
(the “Intercreditor Agreement”).

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	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).

	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favour of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties) (the “Revolving Guarantee”).

	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Lenders and the
Revolving Loan Lenders require the Pledgor to enter into this pledge for security purposes in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and subject to the terms
of the Intercreditor Agreement.

	(G)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to pledge its Intellectual Property Rights as security for the Secured
Obligations (as these terms are defined in Section 1 below) to the Collateral Agent, acting
for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as
defined in Section 1 below).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

“Business Day” shall mean a day on which the commercial banks in
Zurich are open for normal business transactions;

“Enforcement” means the realization of the Pledged Assets;

	 	 	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan Agreement
and / or the Revolving Credit Agreement;

	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	 	“Intellectual Property Rights” means any trademark, trade name, brand name, service mark,
copyright, performing right, design right, patent, database rights (and any associated
goodwill relating thereto) whether applied for or registered, to which the Pledgor is
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	 	 	industrial property right and licences granted to the Pledgor to the extent those licences
can be pledged, including, but not limited to, those intellectual property rights, if any,
listed in Schedule 1 which are applied for or registered in the name of the Pledgor
and all other intellectual property rights, whether now owned by the Pledgor or hereafter
acquired by the Pledgor and any rights and privileges arising under applicable law with
respect to any of the foregoing, reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof
and amendments thereto, income, fees royalties, damages claims and payments now or
hereafter and payable with respect thereto, rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world and rights to sue for past, present and future infringement, dilutions or other
violations thereof;

	 	 	“Pledge” means the pledge pursuant to Art. 884 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code of the
Intellectual Property Rights;

	 	 	“Pledged Assets” means the Intellectual Property Rights which are or will be pledged to the
Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of
the Secured Parties) under this Agreement as security for the Secured Obligations;

	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Pledgor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the
Revolving Guarantee and (i) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement);

	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;

	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Pledgor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the
Term Loan Guarantee and (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
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	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement or the Credit Agreements.

	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in accordance with
its terms.

	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.

	1.5	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

	2.	 	PLEDGE

	2.1	 	The Pledgor agrees (i) to pledge to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the
name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) all present and
future Intellectual Property Rights as security for the Secured Obligations until the
Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations and, therefore, (ii) to perfect the Pledge on the
date hereof. The Pledgor hereby expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts the
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	2.2	 	For the purpose of perfecting the Pledge, the Pledgor hereby pledges to the Collateral
Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties) the Intellectual Property Rights existing on the date hereof.

	2.3	 	Upon request of the Collateral Agent, the Pledgor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent
appropriate evidence that, with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights listed in
Schedule 1, the Pledgor has filed notification letters requesting the intellectual
property rights offices or other registration authorities of every jurisdiction in which such
Intellectual Property Rights are registered or applied for, to register (where permitted by
law) the Pledge on these Intellectual Property Rights. Copies of notification letters with
confirmation of receipt shall be considered as appropriate evidence.

	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX

	 	 	If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement are for the
exclusive benefit of the Affiliates of such Pledgor (except for the (direct or indirect)
Subsidiaries of such Pledgor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would
constitute a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive)
dividend (“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the
Term Loan Guarantee and the Revolving Guarantee provided by the Pledgor shall apply to any
enforcement of the security interest created hereunder.

	4.	 	PLEDGOR’S OBLIGATIONS

	4.1	 	The Pledgor agrees and undertakes as follows:

	4.1.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Pledge conferred herewith in favor of the Secured Parties, in particular in
relation to Intellectual Property Rights for which the Pledgor has filed or will file an
application and/or for which the Pledgor is or will be registered as owner. The Pledgor
undertakes to register the Collateral Agent as pledgee and licensee (as provided under Section
7 below) of the Intellectual Property Rights in the registers of those jurisdictions in which
such registration is legally required or deemed necessary or desirable by the Collateral Agent
in order to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce all its rights under the
Pledge. The costs incurred in connection with such measures, written instruments or
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	 	 	the Collateral Agent as pledgee of the Intellectual Property Rights in the appropriate
registers shall be exclusively borne by the Pledgor;

	4.1.2	 	except as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law or as permitted under the Credit
Agreements, not to create or allow to subsist any security interest over or in respect of the
Pledged Assets or otherwise sell, transfer, license or dispose of the Pledged Assets or permit
to be done, anything which would foreseeably depreciate, jeopardize or otherwise directly or
indirectly prejudice the value of the Pledged Assets and the security interest created
hereunder;

	4.1.3	 	to fulfill all obligations necessary to maintain the registration and validity of the
Intellectual Property Rights, including without limitation, payment of all due renewal fees
and making actual use of the Intellectual Property Rights to the extent necessary to maintain
their validity, except to the extent such Intellectual Property Rights are not material to the
use and operation of any material Collateral or to the business, results of operation,
prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of any Pledgor;

	4.1.4	 	to cooperate with the Collateral Agent (acting, for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in case of Enforcement with regard to the transfer of
the Pledged Assets to a purchaser in accordance with the terms of Section 6 of this Agreement;

	5.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT

	5.1	 	Save as otherwise agreed hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall keep the Pledged Assets in its
possession acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

	5.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall not misuse any of its rights hereunder or as possessor of the
Pledged Assets and shall not take any action which would be inconsistent with the terms of
this Agreement or the Credit Agreements.

	6.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	6.1	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the following remedies,
notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 the Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and
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	6.1.1	 	sell to third parties not affiliated to the Pledgor and/or the Secured Parties,
respectively, all or part of the Pledged Assets in public or private sale and apply the
proceeds thereof to the discharge of the Secured Obligations; or

	6.1.2	 	initiate enforcement proceedings with respect to the Pledged Assets pursuant to any
applicable official Swiss enforcement procedure including, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy and apply the proceeds thereof to the
discharge of the Secured Obligations; or

	6.1.3	 	acquire from the Pledgor all or part of the Pledged Assets for cash consideration equal to
the fair market value of the Pledged Assets, such fair market value to be computed by an
independent expert using a valuation methodology generally recognized as standard market
practice for the valuation of intellectual property rights (i.e. Discounted Cash Flow method,
comparable method and variations thereof), it being understood that the Collateral Agent
(acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties)
will be entitled to set off the proceeds of such acquisition against the Secured Obligations.

	6.2	 	The Pledgor expressly confirms its agreement with the remedy granted to the Collateral Agent
under Section 6.1.3. The Pledgor acknowledges that the price at which all or part of the
Pledged Assets may be purchased by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.1.3 will be
based on the value of the Intellectual Property Rights as computed by an independent expert
using a valuation methodology, which is known to the Pledgor and considered by it to be fair
and which is customarily used at that time to establish the value of businesses in that
industry. The Pledgor recognizes that should the Collateral Agent decide to pursue the remedy
granted under Section 6.1.3, its interests as Pledgor and debtor would be protected in an
appropriate manner. If the parties cannot agree on the person or entity acting for itself as
independent expert in accordance with this Section 6.1.3, the independent expert shall be an
experienced international accounting firm appointed by the President of the Zurich Chamber of
Commerce.

	6.3	 	After the sale or disposal of the Pledged Assets, the Collateral Agent shall account for the
sale in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and provided that there
has been the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations, any surplus of the sale or disposal
shall be returned promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days of the full satisfaction
of the Secured Obligations, to the Pledgor, together with interest thereon at a rate of 5%
computed as from the date of such sale or disposal.

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	6.4	 	The Collateral Agent shall allocate the proceeds collected pursuant to Section 6.1 and 6.2
towards discharging the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

	7.	 	GRANT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE

	 	 	For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, during the continuance of an Event
of Default, to exercise rights and remedies under Section 6 hereof at such time as the
Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for
no other purpose, each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable,
non-exclusive license and, to the extent permitted under Intellectual Property Licenses
granting such Pledgor rights in Intellectual Property, sublicense (in each case,
exercisable without payment of royalties or other compensation to such Pledgor) to use,
license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property Collateral now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located; provided that the quality of
any products in connection with which the Trademarks are used will not be materially
inferior to the quality of such products prior to such Event of Default. Such license
shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or
stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout hereof.

	8.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGED ASSETS

	8.1	 	Upon repayment and discharge in full of the Secured Obligations, the Pledged Assets or any
remainder thereof shall be released promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days from the
full discharge of the Secured Obligations, to the Pledgor or such other party as designated by
the Pledgor. The Pledged Assets shall be delivered or remitted to the Pledgor free and clear
of this Agreement and any and all liens created hereby.

	8.2	 	Any Pledged Assets to be released to the Pledgor (or to any third party designated by the
Pledgor) shall be delivered, net of any transfer taxes or other expenses in connection with
such return or release. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have made any
representation or warranty with respect to any Pledged Assets so released, except that such
Pledged Assets are free and clear, on the date of the release, of any and all liens, charges
and encumbrances arising from the Collateral Agent’s acts (acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties).

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	8.3	 	If the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part any Pledged Assets under
both the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent
is authorized to release such Pledged Aseets under this Agreement.

	9.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	9.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that as of the date hereof:

	9.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted;

	9.1.2	 	it is the sole, legal and beneficial owner of the Intellectual Property Rights and such
Intellectual Property Rights are free of any lien, except as permitted under the Credit
Agreements or statutory liens as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law, and are
free of third party security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind or any other
type of preferential arrangement except for the security interest created by the present
Agreement or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreements;

	9.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) the Pledgor’s legal, valid and binding obligations
enforceable against it pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective pledge of the
Pledged Assets in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties;

	9.1.4	 	the Intellectual Property Rights listed in Schedule 1 are validly existing and have
been validly registered or applied for in the name of the Pledgor who is the sole, legal and
beneficial owner of such Intellectual Property Rights;

	9.1.5	 	to the best knowledge of the Pledgor, no claims, actions, proceedings (including, but not
limited to, opposition or objection proceedings), arbitrations or investigations are pending
or threatened against or relating to any of the Intellectual Property Rights, which could lead
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	10.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE PLEDGOR

	 	 	The Pledgor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Pledge provided for in this
Agreement.

	11.	 	AVOIDANCES OF PAYMENTS

	 	 	Any settlement, discharge or release between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (acting
for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall
be conditional upon no security or payment granted or made to the Collateral Agent by the
Pledgor or any other person being avoided or reduced by virtue of any mandatory provisions
or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation for the time being in force
and, in the event of such security or payment being so avoided or reduced, the Collateral
Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) shall be entitled to recover from the Pledgor the value or amount of such security
or payment as if such settlement, discharge or release had not occurred.

	12.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	The Pledgor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name, on its
behalf and as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all things that
are necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Pledgor under this Agreement,
provided that the Pledgor does not carry out such obligation in due time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on the Collateral
Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a private realization
(Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)) but in any case only after the Collateral Agent has
notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

	13.	 	ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFERS

	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The Assignment of
the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent shall be restricted to and made in
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	 	 	limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and obligations under the
Loan Documents in accordance with the Credit Agreements.

	14.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF PLEDGE

	14.1	 	The security constituted by the Pledge under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in addition
to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies
provided by law.

	14.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, or delay on its part in
exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of that or any
other rights.

	14.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall not be liable by reason of taking any action permitted by
this Agreement.

	15.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	The Pledgor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Pledge hereby constituted or the exercise of any rights
hereunder and the Pledgor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such
costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.

	16.	 	NOTICES

	16.1	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be
made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Pledgor
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis Switzerland SA
	 
	 	 	 	Address: Route des Laminoirs 15

CH- 3690 Sierre 

Attn: Plant Manager

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	 	 	 	with a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis AG

Address: Sternenfeldstrasse 19

              
CH- 8700 Küsnacht
	 
	 	 	 	Attn:       Legal Department

	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent

Bank of America, N.A. 

Address  1455 Market Street
	 	 	 	               San Francisco, California 94103 

Attn:       Bridgett Manduk
	 
	 	 	 	Fax:        +1 415-503-5011

Email:    bridgett.manduk@baml.com

	 	 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers as is notified in writing from time to time
by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be effective upon
receipt.

	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.

	17.	 	 SUCCESSOR AGENT

	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Term Loan Agreement, the Collateral Agent
hereunder will be automatically replaced by the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent as
party to this Agreement.

	18.	 	 SEVERABILITY

	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or
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	 	 	in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.

	19.	 	 WAIVER AND MODIFICATIONS

	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.

	20.	 	 COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

	21.	 	 LAW AND JURISDICTION

	21.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.

	21.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.

	21.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under any
of the Credit Agreements, provided that a legal action or proceeding under any of the Credit
Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under any of the Credit Agreements
is submitted simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Agreement to such court. By
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Pledgor hereby accepts for itself and in respect
of its property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid
courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to
the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now
or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective
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	21.4	 	The Pledgor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave of
the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600) (telecopy
no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process Agent”), in
the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its
designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in
respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents
that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Pledgor in care of the Process Agent at
the Process Agent’s above address, and the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs
the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

	21.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the Term
Loan Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.

as Collateral Agent acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:

 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:

 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Switzerland SA

as Pledgor

	 	 	 	 	 	 
						
	Date:
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name: David Sneddon 

Title:   Director

	 	 	Name: Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci

Title:   Chairman	 

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Pledgor: NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA

* The trademarks mentioned next to the name of ALCAN ALUMINIUM VALAIS SA have been transferred
to Novelis Switzerland SA (but are still registered under the name of ALCAN ALUMINIUM VALAIS SA)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Registration	 	Trademark
	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Name
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Canada	 	892421	 	536759	 	FORMALIGHT BY
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	ALUSUISSE
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	European Community	 	380683	 	380683	 	ALUB
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Finland	 	3554/69	 	61717	 	ANTICORODAL
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Mexico	 	394710	 	660276	 	SILENSAL
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Mexico	 	394708	 	636777	 	SILENSAL
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Norway	 	111079	 	089666	 	ANTICORODAL
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Sweden	 	94-12916	 	313088	 	CARBOND
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ALCAN ALUMINIUM
	 	Sweden	 	875110	 	225190	 	NOVODAL
	VALAIS SA *
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Austria	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Austria	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Benelux	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Benelux	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Benelux	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Bosnia and	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	Herzegovina	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Canada	 	1010570	 	546183	 	CARBOND
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Canada	 	1028948	 	560547	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Croatia	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Czech Republic	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Czech Republic	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Denmark	 	0946/47	 	1002-1947	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	European Community	 	005070313	 	005070313	 	NOVALIGHT
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	France	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	France	 	674564	 	674564	 	DILATAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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IP Pledge (Novelis Switzerland SA)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Registration	 	Trademark
	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Name
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	France	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	France	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Germany	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Germany	 	674564	 	674564	 	DILATAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Germany	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Germany	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Hungary	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Hungary	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Agreement	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	/ Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	628794	 	628794	 	CARBOND
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Agreement	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	/ Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	674564	 	674564	 	DILATAL
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Agreement	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	/ Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Agreement	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	/ Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Agreement	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	/ Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Only	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Int’l Registration	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	- Madrid Protocol	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Only	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Italy	 	674564	 	674564	 	DILATAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Italy	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Italy	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Liechtenstein	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Macedonia	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Portugal	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Portugal	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Serbia (Old Code)	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Slovakia	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Slovenia	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Spain	 	52758	 	328896	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Spain	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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IP Pledge (Novelis Switzerland SA)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Owner	 	Country	 	Application	 	Registration	 	Trademark
	Name	 	Name	 	Number	 	Number	 	Name
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Spain	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Sweden	 	2164/47	 	065166	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Sweden	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Sweden	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Switzerland	 	02948/1996	 	436894	 	ALUB
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Switzerland	 	5431	 	349318	 	ANTICORODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Switzerland	 	5207/1994.5	 	413196	 	CARBOND
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Switzerland	 	09165/1996	 	438009	 	DILATAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Switzerland	 	08971/1996	 	440318	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	Switzerland	 	03550/1999	 	462752	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	United Kingdom	 	2004884	 	2004884	 	CARBOND
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	United Kingdom	 	680516	 	680516	 	ECODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	United Kingdom	 	2005956	 	2005956	 	NOVODAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND
	 	United Kingdom	 	721060	 	721060	 	SILENSAL
	S.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Execution copy December 17,2010

 

Security Transfer Agreement

between

Novelis Switzerland SA

Sierre, Switzerland

and

Bank of America, N.A.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties

 

relating to the

Transfer for security purposes of six mortgage notes

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	1.

	 	INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	2.

	 	TRANSFER
	 	 	6	 
	3.

	 	TRANSFEROR’s OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	7	 
	4.

	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM SECURITIES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 	 	8	 
	5.

	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	8	 
	6.

	 	RELEASE OF THE NOTES
	 	 	9	 
	7.

	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	10	 
	8.

	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	10	 
	9.

	 	ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	11	 
	10.

	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSFER
	 	 	11	 
	11.

	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	11	 
	12.

	 	NOTICES
	 	 	11	 
	13.

	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	12	 
	14.

	 	SEVERABILITY
	 	 	13	 
	15.

	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	13	 
	16.

	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	13	 
	17.

	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	13	 
	SCHEDULE 1	 	 	17	 

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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of December 17, 2010 between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Switzerland SA, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having
its seat at Route des Laminoirs 15, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland (the “Transferor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, acting for itself, in
the name of, on behalf of, and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in this
Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the “Collateral
Agent”).

Whereas

	(A)	 	The Transferor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated
as of or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc.
(as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the
Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto
(as defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).

	(B)	 	The Transferor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement on or about December 17, 2010 (the
“Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term Loan Agreement, the “Credit
Agreements”) among, inter alia Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis UK Limited and the
Transferor (each as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and the Subsidiary
Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein) (the “Revolving
Loan Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain revolving credit facilities
by the Revolving Loan Lenders.

	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, defined below), the Transferor and other borrowers and
guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor Agreement governing the relationship
and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties and

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	 	 	Revolving Secured Parties (as these terms are defined below) among each other in relation
to the collateral granted by the borrowers and guarantors (including the Transferor)
under or in connection with the Credit Agreements (the “Intercreditor Agreement”).

	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Transferor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Collateral Agent, (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of, and for the
benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).

	(E)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Secured Parties
and the Revolving Loan Lenders require the Transferor to enter into this security transfer of
the Notes in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

	(F)	 	The Transferor has agreed to cause the Notes to be transferred to the Collateral Agent,
acting for itself and in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties (as defined in
Section 1 below) for the purpose of securing the Secured Obligations (as defined below).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	Interpretation

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for
normal business transactions.

	 	 	“Claim” means the claim owed by the Transferor which is incorporated in each Note in the
amount of CHF 10,000,000.- (for an aggregate amount for all Notes of CHF 60,000,000.-),
together with three annual interest payments due and any accrued interest at the maximum
rate set out in the Note (together with each of the five other Notes, the “Claims”);

	 	 	“DEBA” means the Federal Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act;

	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	 	“Enforcement” means the realization of the Notes;

	 	 	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan Agreement
and / or the Revolving Credit Agreement;

	 	 	“Land Registry” means the federal land registry, district of Sierre;

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	 	 	“LDFR” means the Swiss Federal Law on rural property law (Loi fédérale sur le droit foncier
rural) of 4 October 1991, as amended;

	 	 	“LFAIE” means the Federal Law on Acquisition of Real Property by Foreigners (Loi fédérale
sur l’acquisition d’immeubles par des personnes à l’étranger) dated December 16, 1984, as
amended;

	 	 	“Note” means each of the six first ranking bearer mortgage notes (cédule hypothécaire au
porteur) incorporating the Claim, with a maximum interest rate of 12%, registered with the
Land Registry and charging the Property, a copy of which is attached hereto under Schedule
1 (and together the “Notes”);

	 	 	“Parties” means the Transferor and the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties);

	 	 	“Property” means the easement right registered on the Land Registry under Nr. 9206 and
owned by the Transferor on the property Nr. 9139 of the city of Sierre with a surface of
14,426 square meters (plan nr. 23, known as “Sous Géronde” in the city of Sierre),
including all and any ancillary rights attached thereto (accessoires);

	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or jointly and severally
or in any other capacity whatsoever) of the Transferor towards the Revolving Secured
Parties under the Revolving Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;

	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or jointly and severally
or in any other capacity whatsoever) of the Transferor towards the Term Loan Secured
Parties under the Term Loan Guarantee and (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as
defined under the Intercreditor Agreement);

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall

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	 	 	have the meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Credit Agreements.

	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.

	1.5	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

	2.	 	Transfer

	2.1	 	The Transferor agrees to cause the transfer of the full ownership over, and legal title to,
the Notes to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself and in the name of and on behalf
of the Secured Parties) as security for the Secured Obligations until the Discharge
of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations The Transferor confirms that it fully understands and
accepts the definition of the term “Secured Obligations”.

	2.2	 	The Parties agree that the Secured Obligations shall not be extinguished by way of novation
as provided for under article 855 para.1 of the Swiss civil code as a result of the issuance
and transfer of the Notes.

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	3.	 	Transferor’s Obligations

	3.1	 	The Transferor agrees and undertakes as follows:

	3.1.1	 	to duly perform and discharge all its existing and future material contractual and legal
obligations arising in relation to the Property (or any part thereof);

	3.1.2	 	to keep the Property in good working order and condition;

	3.1.3	 	at its own expense, to promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents,
and take all further action, that the Collateral Agent may request, in order to protect or
perfect the security interest on the Notes created hereunder, or to enable the Collateral
Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies under this Agreement, including take all
necessary action to increase the amount of the Notes to the extent required to secure the
Secured Obligations;

	3.1.4	 	upon reasonable notice, to allow representatives of the Collateral Agent to view the
condition of the Property during local business hours to the extent necessary for the
assessment of the market value of the Property;

	3.1.5	 	to promptly inform the Collateral Agent of any fact or event of which the Transferor may
become aware and which is likely to jeopardize or adversely affect the security interest on
the Notes created hereunder or its Enforcement;

	3.1.6	 	except as permitted by the Credit Agreements, not to create or permit to subsist any
security interest, encumbrance or third party right over the Properties, except the existing
encumbrances and third party rights mentioned in the extracts from the Land Registry relating
to the Property attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1;

	3.1.7	 	not to do, or permit to be done (to the extent it is under its control), anything which
could have an adverse impact on the security interest on the Notes created hereunder or its
Enforcement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Transferor shall not
change, or permit to be changed (to the extent under its control), the use, allocation,
purpose or zoning of the Property in a manner that would adversely affect the security
interest on the Notes, including by having the effect of rendering the Enforcement prohibited
by, or subject to an authorization under, the LFAIE or the LDFR.

	3.2	 	The Collateral Agent may, no more than once per financial year or at any time upon occurrence
of an Enforcement Event, require the Transferor to increase the aggregate face value of the
Claims to an amount not exceeding the lower of (i) the market value of the Property as
determined by the Collateral Agent (acting reasonably) and (ii) the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of all outstanding loans (and all accrued interest) made to the Transferor as borrower
under the Credit Agreements and (b) the amount of freely

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	 	 	distributable earnings and reserves of the Transferor as computed based on the most recent
audited financial statements of the Transferor. If the aggregate amount of the Claims is
increased in accordance with this Section 3.2, the term “Claim” or “Claims” used in this
Agreement shall be construed accordingly. The Transferor shall at its own expense take all
actions, including execute and deliver all instruments and documents (including before a
notary) that the Collateral Agent may request in order to increase the amount of the Claims
in accordance with this Section 3.2.

	4.	 	Up-Stream and Cross-Stream Securities: Limitation and Withholding Tax

	 	 	If and to the extent that (i) the obligations of the Transferor under this Agreement are
for the exclusive benefit of the Affiliates of such Transferor (except for the (direct or
indirect) Subsidiaries of such Transferor) and (ii) complying with such obligations would
constitute a repayment of capital (“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive)
dividend (“Dividendenausschüttung”), then the limitations set forth in Section 3 of the
Term Loan Guarantee and the Revolving Guarantee entered into by the Transferor shall apply
to any enforcement of the security interest created hereunder and the proceeds of such
enforcement.

	5.	 	Enforcement

	5.1	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Transferor that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the following remedies, at its
election, notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 DEBA:

	5.1.1	 	to sell to third parties not affiliated to the Transferor and/or the Secured
Parties, respectively, the Notes in a private sale (Private Verwertung) without having to
initiate proceedings under, and without regard to the formalities provided in, the DEBA, and
apply the proceeds thereof towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in accordance with
the Intercreditor Agreement; or

	5.1.2	 	to initiate the enforcement of the Claims by means of regular debt enforcement proceedings
(ordentliche Betreibung) or by means of enforcement in the mortgaged Property pursuant
(Betreibung auf Grundpfandverwertung), both pursuant to the DEBA, and, in each case, apply the
proceeds thereof towards the discharge of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement; or

	5.1.3	 	to purchase the Notes for its own account (Selbsteintritt) without having to initiate

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	 	 	proceedings under, and without regard to the formalities provided, in the DEBA for cash
consideration equal to the lower of (i) the face value of the Notes and (ii) the fair
market value of the Property, such fair market value to be computed by an independent
expert using a valuation methodology generally recognized as standard market practice for
real estate properties of the same type as the Property, it being understood that the
Collateral Agent (acting for itself and on behalf of the Secured Parties) will be entitled
to set off the proceeds of such acquisition against the Secured Obligations.

	5.2	 	The Transferor expressly confirms its agreement with the remedy granted to the Collateral
Agent under Section 5.1.3. The Transferor acknowledges that the price at which the Notes may
be purchased by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.1.3 may in certain circumstances be
based on the value of the Property as computed by an independent expert using a valuation
methodology, which is known to the Transferor and considered by it to be fair and which is
customarily used at that time to establish the value of real estate properties of the same
type as the Property. The Transferor recognizes that should the Collateral Agent decide to
pursue the remedy granted under Section 5.1.3, its interests as Transferor and debtor would be
protected in an appropriate manner. If the Parties cannot agree on the person or entity acting
as independent expert in accordance with this Section 5.1.3, the independent expert shall be
an experienced international accounting firm appointed by the President of the Zurich Chamber
of Commerce.

	5.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall exercise its remedies under this Section 5 and its rights under
this Agreement respectively with the same degree of care as it would use in respect of its own
property.

	5.4	 	After the sale or disposal of the Notes or the Property, the Collateral Agent shall account
for the sale in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and provided
that the Secured Obligations have been satisfied in full, any surplus of the sale or disposal
shall be returned to the Transferor promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days of the
full satisfaction of the Secured Obligations, together with interest thereon at a rate of 5%
computed as from the date of such sale or disposal.

	6.	 	Release of the Notes

	6.1	 	Upon the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations, the Notes or, in case of enforcement
of the security interest in respect of the Notes, the remainder thereof, shall be released and
the Notes or, in case of enforcement of the security interest in respect of the Notes, the
remainder thereof, returned to, the Transferor, or such other party as designated by the
Transferor, at the cost and risk of the Collateral Agent.

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	6.2	 	The Notes to be released to the Transferor or any third party as designated by the Transferor
in accordance with Section 6.1 shall be delivered, net of any transfer taxes or other expenses
in connection with such return or release. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have
made any representation or warranty with respect to the Notes so released, except that the
Notes are free and clear, on the date of release, of any and all liens, charges and
encumbrances arising from the Collateral Agent’s acts.

	6.3	 	If the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part the Notes under both the
Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is
authorized to release the Notes under this Agreement.

	7.	 	Representations and Warranties

	7.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Transferor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that as of the date hereof:

	7.1.1	 	it is the sole, legal and beneficial owner of the Property and such Property is free of any
security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind except for the security interest created
by the present Agreement, other security interests permitted by the Credit Agreements and the
security interests set forth in the extract from the Land Registry relating to the Property
attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1, and this extracts is true, complete and
up-to-date as of the date of this Agreement;

	7.1.2	 	the Property is capable of being charged with the Notes;

	7.1.3	 	this Agreement constitutes (i) the Transferor’s legal, valid and binding
obligations enforceable against it pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective
security interest on the Notes in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties;

	7.1.4	 	the issue and transfer to the Collateral Agent of the Notes in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement is not, and the Enforcement of the security interest on the Notes created
hereunder will not be, prohibited by, or subject to an approval under, the LFAIE or the LDFR.
In particular, without limitation, none of the Property (or part thereof or the underlying
property), is or may be used for residential purposes.

	8. 	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Transferor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney and in its name, on its
behalf and as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all things that
are necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Transferor under this
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	 	 	in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred
on the Collateral Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a
private realization (“Private Verwertung (Selbstverkauf)”) but in any case only after the
Collateral Agent has notified the Transferor that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.

	9.	 	Assignment and Transfers

	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Transferor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of
the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted
to and made in accordance with Section 13 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.

	10.	 	Effectiveness of Transfer

	10.1	 	The security constituted by the transfer of the Notes for security purposes under this
Agreement shall be cumulative, in addition to and independent of every other security which
the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties may at any time hold for the Secured
Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided by law.

	10.2	 	The Collateral Agent and/or Secured Parties shall not be liable by reason of taking any
action permitted by this Agreement.

	11.	 	Costs and Expenses

	 	 	The Transferor shall bear all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties or
the Collateral Agent in connection with the negotiation, execution or enforcement of this
Agreement and the Transferor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any
such costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.

	12.	 	Notices

	12.1	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be
made by facsimile or registered letter as follows:

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	a)	 	if to the Transferor
	 
	 	 	Novelis Switzerland SA

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	 Route des Laminoirs 15
	 

	 	
	 	CH- 3690 Sierre
	 

	 	Attn:	 	 Plant
 Manager
	 
	 

	 	with a copy to:	 	 
	 
	 

	 	Novelis AG	 	 
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 

	 	
	 	CH- 8700 Küsnacht
	 

	 	Attn:
	 	Legal Department

	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
Bank of America, N.A.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address
	 	1455 Market Street
	 

	 	 	 	San Francisco, California 94103
	 

	 	Attn:
	 	Bridgett Manduk
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+1 415-503-5011
	 

	 	Email:
	 	bridgett.manduk@baml.com

	 	 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers or e-mail address as is notified in writing
from time to time by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be
effective upon receipt.

	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by an authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.

	13.	 	Successor Agent

	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Term Loan Agreement, the Collateral Agent
hereunder will automatically be replaced by the successor Term Loan Collateral

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	 	 	Agent as party to this Agreement.

	14.	 	Severability

	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or
enforceability in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement,
and the Parties will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another
provision reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the
Parties.

	15.	 	Waivers and Modifications

	15.1	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, or delay on its part in
exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of that or any
other rights.

	15.2	 	This Agreement may be terminated or amended by a written document signed by the Parties.

	16. 	 	 Counterparts

	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

	17.	 	Law and Jurisdiction

	17.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.

	17.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.

	17.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court

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	 	 	having jurisdiction under the relevant Credit Agreement, provided that a legal action or
proceeding under any of the Credit Agreements is already pending before such court or a
claim under any of the Credit Agreements is submitted simultaneously with a claim in
respect to this Agreement to such court. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Transferor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, subject to the
aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The Parties hereby
irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on
the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the
bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions.

	17.4	 	The Transferor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave
of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600)
(telecopy no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process
Agent”), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America
as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf,
and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and
documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Transferor in care of the Process
Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Transferor hereby irrevocably authorizes
and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor agrees
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced
in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

	17.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the Term
Loan Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.

as Collateral Agent for itself and in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	Date:

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 
	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Switzerland SA

as Transferor

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: David Sneddon

Title: Director
	 	 	 	Name: Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci

Title: Chairman

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SCHEDULE 1

COPY OF THE SIX FIRST RANKING BEARER MORTGAGE NOTES (CÉDULE HYPOTHÉCAIRE AU PORTEUR)

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Execution copy December 17, 2010

 

Share Pledge Agreement

between

Novelis Europe Holdings Limited

Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

and

Bank of America, N.A. 

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to the

Pledge of the entire share capital of Novelis AG

 

 

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 
	1. INTERPRETATION
	 	 	4	 
	2. PLEDGE AND PLEDGOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	7	 
	3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLEDGEE
	 	 	10	 
	4. REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 	 	10	 
	5. RELEASE OF THE PLEDGED ASSETS
	 	 	12	 
	6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	12	 
	7. FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	 	13	 
	8. AVOIDANCES OF PAYMENTS
	 	 	13	 
	9. POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 	 	13	 
	10. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 	 	14	 
	11. EFFECTIVENESS OF PLEDGE
	 	 	14	 
	12. COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	14	 
	13. NOTICES
	 	 	15	 
	14. SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 	 	15	 
	15. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	16	 
	16. WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 	 	16	 
	17. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	16	 
	18. LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	16	 
	SCHEDULE 1
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This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between:

	 (1)	 	 Novelis Europe Holdings limited, a company incorporated under the laws of
England and Wales, having its seat at Latchford Locks Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington,
Cheshire, WA4 1NN (the “Pledgor”);

and

	(2) 	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States, having its seat at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, acting for
itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in
this Agreement) in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among, inter alia, Novelis
Inc. (as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, whereby the
Borrower was made available certain term loan credit facilities by the Lenders party thereto
(as defined therein) (the “Term Loan Lenders”).
	 
	(B)	 	The Pledgor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of or about December
17, 2010 (the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and together with the Term Loan Agreement,
the “Credit Agreements”) among, inter alia, Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis UK
Limited and the Pledgor (each as Borrower), AV Metals Inc. (as Parent Guarantor) and the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and other Lenders party thereto (as defined therein) (the
“Revolving Loan Lenders”), whereby the Borrowers were made available certain revolving credit
facilities by the Revolving Loan Lenders.
	 
	(C)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement, defined below), the Collateral Agent, the Pledgor and other
guarantors party thereto, entered into an Intercreditor Agreement governing the relationship
and preference rights of the Term Loan Secured Parties and Revolving Secured Parties (as these
terms are defined below) among each other in relation to the

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	 	 	collateral granted by the borrowers and guarantors (including Pledgor) under or in
connection with the Credit Agreements (the “Intercreditor Agreement”).
	 
	(D)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined below)) (the “Term Loan Guarantee”).
	 
	(E)	 	On or about December 17, 2010, the Pledgor entered into a guarantee agreement in
favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties (as defined below) (the “Revolving
Guarantee”).
	 
	(F)	 	The Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Term Loan Lenders and the
Revolving Loan Lenders require the Pledgor to enter into this share pledge in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	(G)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to pledge the entire share capital of Novelis AG, a company
incorporated in Switzerland, having its registered office at Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700
Küsnacht, Switzerland as security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in Section 1 below)
to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties (as defined below)).

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean one day on which the commercial banks in Zurich are open for
normal business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Company” means Novelis AG;
	 
	 	 	“Dividends” means all dividend payments resolved by the shareholders’ meeting of the
Company and effected by the board of directors of the Company whether in cash or in
the form of additional shares in such Company (stock dividend) or in any other form;

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	 	 	“Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Enforcement” means the realization of the Pledged Assets;
	 
	 	 	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan Agreement
and / or the Revolving Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Last Dividend Payment Date” means in respect of the Shares the date on which Dividends or
Secondary Considerations were paid or delivered to the Pledgor in accordance with Swiss
law;
	 
	 	 	“Lex Friedrich” means the Federal Law on Acquisition of Real Property by Foreigners dated
December 16, 1984, as amended;
	 
	 	 	“Participation Rights” shall mean Partizipationsscheine and Genussscheine within the
meaning of articles 656a et seq. and article 657 CO of the Company issued as of the date of
this Agreement or to be issued in the future;
	 
	 	 	“Pledge” means the pledge pursuant to Art. 884 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code of the
Shares as well as the Dividends and Secondary Consideration that may accrue under the
Shares from the Last Dividend Payment Date until the date on which Enforcement takes place;
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Assets” means the Shares, Dividends and Secondary Consideration that is to be or
will be pledged to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement as security for the Secured
Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Pledgor towards the Revolving Secured Parties under the
Revolving Guarantee and (ii) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Secured Parties” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	 	“Secondary Consideration” means all consideration of any kind (bonus, shares, etc.) other
than Dividends to which the Pledgor may become entitled by virtue of its ownership of the
Shares;

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	 	 	“Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Secured Obligations and the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;
	 
	 	 	“Secured Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties;
	 
	 	 	“Shares” means the shares in Novelis AG owned now or in the future by the Pledgor and
representing the entire share capital of Novelis AG, evidenced by the share certificates
listed in Schedule 1 to this Agreement, and all securities whatsoever which may
substitute the Shares whether by operation of law or otherwise now or hereafter as well as
all further shares, participation certificates or other securities that will be issued in
the Pledgor’s favor by Novelis AG after the date hereof;
	 
	 	 	“Subscription Rights” shall mean the Pledgor’s preemptive right (Bezugsrecht) and advance
subscription right (Vorwegzeichnungsrecht) in connection with the issuance of Shares or
Participation Rights, or the creation of authorized or conditional share capital by the
Company;
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means (i) all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any
other capacity whatsoever) of the Pledgor towards the Term Loan Secured Parties under the
Term Loan Guarantee and (ii) the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement);
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Secured Parties as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement or the Credit Agreements.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Agreement, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings are for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement and (c)
references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in accordance with
its terms.
	 
	1.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the

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	 	 	intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be
read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern.
	 
	1.5.	 	Nothwithstanding herein to the contrary, the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of
any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in
this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, and the Revolving Credit Agreement, including Article X
thereof shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.	 	PLEDGE AND PLEDGOR’S OBLIGATIONS
	 
	2.1	 	The Pledgor agrees (i) to pledge to the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) all present and future Shares,
Dividends and Secondary Consideration as security for the Secured Obligations until the
Discharge of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations, (ii) to perfect the Pledge on the date
hereof. The Pledgor hereby expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts the
definition of the term “Secured Obligations”.
	 
	2.2	 	For the purpose of perfecting the Pledge, the Pledgor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent
(acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties),
who accepts such Pledge, all present and future Shares, Dividends and Secondary Consideration
and hereby causes the delivery and delivers to the Collateral Agent the following documents:
	 
	2.2.1	 	the certificates representing the Shares, duly endorsed in blank, and Secondary
Consideration, existing as of the date of this Agreement;
	 
	2.2.2	 	a copy of the resolution of the Company’s board of directors (i) acknowledging the pledging
of the Shares and their delivery to the Collateral Agent and (ii) approving in advance their
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	 	 	the Shares as endorsee along with its registration in the respective Company’s share
register upon Enforcement and presentation of the original share certificates;
	 
	2.2.3	 	an up to date copy of the Company’s share registers evidencing that the Pledgor is
appropriately recorded as owner of the Shares and containing the mention that the Shares are
pledged in favor of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent will acknowledge receipt of the above mentioned documents.

	 
	2.3 	 	The Pledgor agrees and undertakes as follows:
	 
	2.3.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Pledge conferred herewith in favor of the Secured Parties;
	 
	2.3.2	 	not to create or allow to subsist any security interest, except as permitted under the
Credit Agreements or as provided for by mandatory provisions of Swiss law over or in respect
of the Pledged Assets or otherwise sell, transfer or dispose of the Pledged Assets or permit
to be done, anything which would foreseeable depreciate, jeopardize or otherwise directly or
indirectly prejudice the value to the Secured Parties of the Pledged Assets, except as
permitted under the Credit Agreement;
	 
	2.3.3	 	in the case of the issuance of new Shares, to forthwith deliver all new Shares or share
certificates in respect of the new Shares to the Collateral Agent, which Shares shall become
part of the Pledged Assets subject to the present Agreement;
	 
	2.3.4	 	to ensure that all material documents, notices and other information in respect of the
Shares, including the original share certificates duly endorsed, be delivered to the
Collateral Agent;
	 
	2.3.5	 	to refrain from causing the distribution, payment or delivery of any Secondary
Consideration, except in accordance with the Credit Agreements;
	 
	2.3.6	 	to cooperate with the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and
for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in case of Enforcement with regard to the transfer of
the Pledged Assets to a purchaser in accordance with the terms of Section 3 of this Agreement;

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	2.3.7	 	to abstain from voting in favor of any resolution as regards the Company whereby:

	 	•	 	the Company’s current corporate purpose provisions would be amended to an
extent which could adversely affect the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties hereunder; and
	 
	 	•	 	such resolutions would violate or be inconsistent with any term of this
Agreement or the Credit Agreements;

	 	 	unless in any of such events, the Collateral Agent, acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has granted its prior written
consent.
	 
	2.4	 	Until the receipt by the Pledgor of a notification by the Collateral Agent that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Pledgor shall be entitled to:
	 
	2.4.1	 	receive and retain all Dividends, distributions and other moneys paid on or derived from the
Shares and the Secondary Consideration (subject always to the terms of the Credit Agreements),
and the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) undertakes to do all acts and things and to permit all acts and things
to be done which are necessary to enable the Pledgor to collect such Dividends and other
moneys paid directly from the Company; and
	 
	2.4.2	 	exercise all voting and other rights and powers attached to the Shares and the Secondary
Consideration provided that it will not exercise any such voting rights or powers in a manner
prejudicial to the interests of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties under this
Agreement and the Credit Agreements, and the Collateral Agent (acting for itself, in the name
of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) undertakes to do all acts and
things and to permit all acts and things to be done which are necessary for the Pledgor to
exercise its voting rights in the Shares.
	 
	2.5	 	All rights of the Pledgor to vote or give consent or take any other action as shareholder of
the Company, or to receive Dividends directly from, the Company shall cease after the
Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, in which case the Collateral Agent or the new acquiror, as the case may be, shall
be entitled to receive Dividends and to vote or give consent or take any other action as
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	2.6	 	Subscription Rights shall remain with the Pledgor, provided, however, that all Shares,
Participation Rights and other rights acquired by the Pledgor upon exercise of Subscription
Rights shall be deemed to be pledged pursuant to Section 2.1 and all share certificates and
other documents representing such Shares, Participation Rights and other rights shall be
transferred to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.2, in the case of registered shares
by share certificates duly endorsed.
	 
	3.	 	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLEDGEE
	 
	3.1	 	Save as otherwise agreed hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall keep the Pledged Assets in its
possession for itself and in the name of and on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Collateral
Agent shall deposit the Pledged Assets in a safe-deposit box with a reputable bank in New York
or Chicago. The Collateral Agent is obliged to take all actions necessary and appropriate for
the safekeeping and management of the Pledged Assets.
	 
	3.2	 	The Collateral Agent shall not misuse any of its rights hereunder or as possessor of the
Pledged Assets and shall not take any action being inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement or the Credit Agreements or violating the Pledgor’s rights as shareholder of the
Company.
	 
	4.	 	REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 
	4.1	 	After the Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, it shall be entitled to the following remedies, at the election of the
Collateral Agent:
	 
	4.1.1	 	sell to non-affiliated third parties of Pledgor and/or the Secured Parties, respectively,
all or part of the Pledged Assets in public or private sale and apply the proceeds thereof to
the discharge of the Secured Obligations; or
	 
	4.1.2	 	initiate enforcement proceedings with respect to the Pledged Assets pursuant to any
applicable official Swiss enforcement procedure including, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Swiss Federal Law on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy and apply the proceeds thereof to the
discharge of the Secured Obligations; or
	 
	4.1.3	 	acquire from the Pledgor all or part of the Pledged Assets for cash consideration equal to
the fair market value of the Pledged Assets, such fair market value to be computed by an
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	 	 	market practice in the field of corporate finance (i.e. discounted cash flow method and
variations thereof), it being understood that the Collateral Agent will be entitled to set
off the proceeds of such acquisition against the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor expressly confirms its agreement with the remedy granted to the Collateral
Agent under Section 4.1.3. The Pledgor acknowledges that the price at which all or part of
the Pledged Assets may be purchased by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.1.3 will
be based on the value of the Company as computed by an independent expert using a valuation
methodology, which is known to the Pledgor and considered by it to be fair and which is
customarily used at that time to establish the value of businesses in that industry. The
Pledgor recognizes that should the Collateral Agent decide to pursue the remedy granted
under Section 4.1.3, their interests as Pledgor and debtor would be protected in an
appropriate manner. If the parties cannot agree on the person or entity acting as
independent expert in accordance with this Section 4.1.3, the independent expert shall be
an experienced international accounting firm appointed by the President of the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce.
	 
	 	 	A realization of the Pledged Assets pursuant to Section 4.1.1 or Section 4.1.3 shall only
be permitted after having given the Pledgor five (5) Business Days prior notice thereof.
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent shall exercise its remedies under this provision and its rights under
this Agreement respectively with the same degree of care as it would use in respect of its
own property.
	 
	4.2	 	After the sale or disposal of the Pledged Assets, the Collateral Agent shall account for the
sale in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and provided that there
has been a Discharge of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations, any surplus of the sale or
disposal shall be returned promptly, and in any event within 5 Business Days of the Discharge
of the Senior Lien Secured Obligations, to the Pledgor, together with interest thereon at a
rate of 5% computed as from the date of such sale or disposal
	 
	4.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall allocate the proceeds collected pursuant to Section 5.1 and 5.2
towards discharging the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

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	5.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGED ASSETS
	 
	5.1	 	If the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part any of the Pledged
Assets under both of the Term Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent is authorized to release such Pledged Assets under this Agreement. Upon the
date of the Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations, the Pledged Assets or any remainder
thereof shall be released promptly and in any event within 5 Business Days from such date, to
the Pledgor or such other party as designated by the Pledgor. The Pledged Assets shall be
delivered or remitted to the Pledgor free and clear of this Agreement and any and all liens
created hereby.
	 
	5.2	 	Any Pledged Assets to be released to the Pledgor (or to any third party designated by the
Pledgor) shall be delivered, net of any transfer taxes or other expenses in connection with
such return or release. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have made any
representation or warranty with respect to any Pledged Assets so released, except that such
Pledged Assets are free and clear, on the date of the release, of any and all liens, charges
and encumbrances arising from the Collateral Agent’s acts (acting for itself, in the name of,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties).
	 
	6.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	6.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreements, the
Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that:
	 
	6.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Switzerland, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted;
	 
	6.1.2	 	it is the sole, legal and beneficial owner of the Shares and such Shares are free of any
lien, except as permitted under the Credit Agreements or statutory liens as provided for by
mandatory provisions of Swiss law, or third party security interest or other charge or
encumbrance of any kind or any other type of preferential arrangement except for the security
interest created by the present Agreement or as permitted under the Credit Agreements; the
comments on the Company’s share register regarding directors’ qualifying shares are reserved;

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	6.1.3	 	subject to the qualifications set out in the legal opinion of Borrowers’ Swiss counsel, this
Agreement constitutes (i) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
pursuant to its terms and (ii) a valid and effective pledge of the Pledged Assets in favor of
the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties;
	 
	6.1.4	 	the Shares have been validly issued and are fully paid; and
	 
	6.1.5	 	no approval is required under the Lex Friedrich to grant a valid, binding and legally
enforceable Pledge in respect of the Pledged Assets to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	7.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES OF THE PLEDGOR
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall promptly do all things and execute all documents that are required by the
Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing or perfecting the Pledge provided for in this
Agreement.
	 
	8.	 	AVOIDANCES OF PAYMENTS
	 
	 	 	Any settlement, discharge or release between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (for
itself and on behalf of the Secured Parties) shall be conditional upon no security or
payment granted or made to the Collateral Agent by the Pledgor or any other person being
avoided or reduced by virtue of any mandatory provisions or enactments relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation for the time being in force and, in the event of such
security or payment being so avoided or reduced, the Collateral Agent (acting for itself,
in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall be entitled
to recover from the Pledgor the value or amount of such security or payment as if such
settlement, discharge or release had not occurred.
	 
	9.	 	POWERS OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor authorizes the Collateral Agent to be its attorney in its name, on its behalf
and for its benefit as its act to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all
things that are necessary for carrying out any obligation imposed on the Pledgor under this
Agreement, provided that the Pledgor does not carry out such obligation in due time in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or exercising any of the rights conferred on
the Collateral Agent by this Agreement or by law, in particular in connection with a
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	 	 	case only after the Collateral Agent has notified the Pledgor that an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
	 
	10.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	 	 	The rights and obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The assignment of
the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall be restricted
to and made in accordance with Section 14 below. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as limiting the right of the Secured Parties to assign their rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreements in accordance with the relevant provisions thereof.
	 
	11.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF PLEDGE
	 
	11.1	 	The security constituted by the Pledge under this Agreement shall be cumulative, in addition
to and independent of every other security which the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties
may at any time hold for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided
by law.
	 
	11.2	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, or delay on its part in
exercising, any rights hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any rights hereunder preclude any further or other exercise of that or any
other rights.
	 
	11.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall not be liable by reason of taking any action permitted by this
Agreement.
	 
	12.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Pledge hereby constituted or the exercise of any rights
hereunder and the Pledgor shall reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such
costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.

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	13.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Agreement shall
be made by facsimile or letter as follows:

	 	a)	 	if to the Pledgor:
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis Europe Legal Department
	 
	 	 	 	Novelis AG
	 
	 	 	 	Address:        Sternenfeldstrasse 19
	 
	 	 	 	                      CH- 8700 Küsnacht
	 
	 	 	 	Fax: +41 44 386 21 51
	 
	 	 	 	Phone: +41 44 386 23 18
	 
	 	b)	 	if to the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	Address        1455 Market Street
	 
	 	 	 	                      San Francisco, California 94103
	 
	 	 	 	Attn:             Bridgett Manduk
	 
	 	 	 	Fax:               +1 415 503 5011
	 
	 	 	 	Email:             bridgett.manduk@baml.com

	 	 	or to such other address or facsimile numbers as is notified in writing from time to time
by one party to the other party under this Agreement. Notices shall be effective upon
receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Agreement
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has
been confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and
accurate translation.

	14.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) is appointed in accordance with the Term Loan Agreement, the parties

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	 	 	hereto shall enter into an agreement whereby the Collateral Agent hereunder is replaced by
the successor Term Loan Collateral Agent as party to this Agreement.
	 
	15.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement or (ii) the validity or
enforceability in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement,
and the parties will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another
provision reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the
parties.
	 
	16.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing
signed by the parties hereto.
	 
	17.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	18.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	18.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Switzerland.
	 
	18.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
(Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich), Switzerland, shall have exclusive jurisdiction for all
disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in connection with this
Agreement.
	 
	18.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under any
of the Credit Agreements, provided that a legal action or proceeding under any of the Credit
Agreements is already pending before such court or a claim under any of the Credit Agreements
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	 	 	respect to this Agreement to such court. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Pledgor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, subject to the
aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto
hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or
based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to
the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions.
	 
	18.4	 	The Pledgor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave of
the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: +1 212-299-5600) (telecopy
no: +1 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: jbudhu@cscinfo.com) (the “Process Agent”), in
the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its
designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in
respect of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents
that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement. Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid) or delivering a copy of such process to the Pledgor in care of the Process Agent at
the Process Agent’s above address, and the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs
the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Each Guarantor agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
	 
	18.5	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the Term
Loan Secured Parties and as sub-agent and bailee for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor
Agreement.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Collateral acting for itself, in the name of, on behalf of and for the benefit of the

Secured Parties

					
	 	

Date:

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	 	Date:

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

EXECUTED as a deed AND

DELIVERED on the date shown below by:

Novelis Europe Holdings Limited

as Pledgor

acting by:

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF SHARES CERTIFICATES

Novelis AG:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	No of Certificate	 	No of Share(s)	 	Nominal Value in CHF	 	Ord. Nr.	 	Name and domicile of shareholder
	1

	 	 	995	 	 	995’000
	 	 	1 — 995	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, 
Warrington, Cheshire,
UK
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2

	 	 	1	 	 	1’000
	 	 	996	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, 
Warrington, Cheshire,
UK
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3

	 	 	1	 	 	1’000
	 	 	997	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, 
Warrington, Cheshire,
UK
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4

	 	 	1	 	 	1’000
	 	 	998	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, 
Warrington, Cheshire,
UK
 Warrington, Cheshire, UK
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5

	 	 	1	 	 	1’000
	 	 	999	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, 
Warrington, Cheshire,
UK
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6

	 	 	1	 	 	1’000
	 	 	1’000	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, 
Warrington, Cheshire,
UK

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Exhibit M-5

EXECUTION COPY

NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

as Pledgor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

and

other Parties

as Pledgees

 

SECOND RANKING ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

(VERPFÄNDUNG VON BANKKONTEN)

 

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	TABLE OF CONTENTS	 	PAGE
	 
	1.

	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	 	2	 
	2.

	 	CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 	 	4	 
	3.

	 	SECURED OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	6	 
	4.

	 	DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNTS
	 	 	6	 
	5.

	 	REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	7	 
	6.

	 	WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENSES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 	 	8	 
	7.

	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	9	 
	8.

	 	DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 	 	9	 
	9.

	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	10	 
	10.

	 	UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	 	11	 
	11.

	 	LIMITATION OF ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	14	 
	12.

	 	ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS
	 	 	17	 
	13.

	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT 	 	 	17	 
	14.

	 	NOTICES
	 	 	17	 
	15.

	 	WAIVER
	 	 	18	 
	16.

	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	18	 
	17.

	 	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	19	 
	18.

	 	LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	19	 
	19.

	 	AMENDMENTS
	 	 	20	 
	20.

	 	ANNEXES, SCHEDULES
	 	 	20	 
	21.

	 	SEVERABILITY
	 	 	20	 
	SCHEDULE 1 List of Lenders and other Secured Parties	 	 	- 1 -	 
	SCHEDULE 2 List of Bank Accounts	 	 	- 2 -	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Notice of Pledge	 	 	- 9 -	 
	SCHEDULE 4 Form of Acknowledgement 	 	 	- 11 -	 

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This ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made on December 17, 2010

Among:

	(1)	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of
Germany, having its business address at Hannoversche Strasse 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany which
is registered in the commercial register at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Göttingen under
HRB 772 (the “Pledgor”);

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the
United States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
94103, U.S.A. (in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as
defined below), the “Collateral Agent”),

	(3)	 	the institutions listed in Schedule 1 (List of Lenders and other Secured Parties) hereto
in their capacity as lenders or other secured parties under or in connection with the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below) (together with the Collateral Agent, the “Original
Pledgees ”); and

	(4)	 	the Future Pledgees, as defined herein.

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or around December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the
Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders party thereto, and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, the Lenders thereunder
have agreed to extend to the Borrower credit in the form of initial term loans (the “Initial
Term Loans”), and, if so requested by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative
Agent and provided the approached existing lender elects to provide the respective commitment,
in the form of incremental term loans effected by joinder agreements to the Term Loan Credit
Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loans”), and certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of
all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding (the “Other Term Loans”, and, together
with the Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”),

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	(B)	 	It is one of the conditions for granting the Term Loans that the Pledgor enters into this
Agreement.

	(C)	 	In connection with an ABL revolving loan agreement dated on or about the date hereof, (the
“ABL Credit Agreement”), the Pledgor has agreed to grant a first ranking pledge over its
Accounts (as defined below) as security for the obligations arising under or in connection
with the ABL Credit Agreement.

	(D)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to grant a second ranking pledge over its Accounts (as defined below)
as security for the Pledgees’ (as defined below) respective claims against the Loan Parties
under or in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	(E)	 	The Pledgor has entered into an agreement on the abstract acknowledgement of indebtedness
(Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis) with, inter alia, the Collateral Agent on or about the date
hereof (the “Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness”).

	(F)	 	The Pledgor and other members of the group have entered or will enter into certain cash
pooling arrangements (the “Cash Pooling Arrangements”), including the DB Cash Pooling
Arrangements and the Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement (each term as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement). In connection with the change of the cash management system of the Novelis
group the Pledgor intends to, inter alia, open new accounts with Deutsche Bank AG (“Deutsche
Bank Accounts”).

NOW, IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

“Account Banks” shall mean the credit institutions administering any of the Accounts, including the
banks specified as account banks in Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts) and “Account Bank” shall
mean any of them.

“Accounts” shall mean all bank accounts (including without limitation giro accounts and accounts
for saving deposits (Spareinlagen), time deposits (Termineinlagen) or call money deposits
(Tagesgeldeinlagen)) which the Pledgor holds at present or may at any time hereafter open with any
credit institution in the Federal Republic of Germany including any sub-account, renewal,
redesignation or replacement thereof (including but not limited to the accounts specified in
Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts)) and “Account” means any one of them.

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“Future Pledgee” shall mean any Person that (i) is a transferee with respect to the Pledges by
operation of law following the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of any part of the Secured Obligations from any of the Original Pledgees or
Future Pledgee to such future pledgee and/or (ii) becomes a creditor of a Loan Party, as a
successor of a Pledgee, a Future Pledgee or otherwise or by way of becoming a lender, issuing bank
or agent, in each case, under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and/or
(iii) accedes to this agreement by ratification pursuant to sub-clause 3.3 hereof as pledgee.

“Lenders” has the meaning given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Pledgees” shall mean the Original Pledgees and the Future Pledgees, and “Pledgee” means any of
them.

“Pledges” shall mean the pledges created pursuant to Clause 2.

“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the receivables purchase agreement and any related
servicing agreements between Novelis Deutschland GmbH, on the one hand, and Novelis AG, on the
other hand, providing, inter alia, for the sale and transfer of receivables by the Novelis
Deutschland GmbH to Novelis AG, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or
replaced from time to time, in order that the receivables subject thereto may be included in the
borrowing base established under the ABL Credit Agreement.

“Secured Obligations” shall mean

(I) (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or
in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued but for such
proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the due
and punctual payment of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each
Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement; and

(II) the Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness.

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“Trust Agreement” shall mean the trust agreement between the Pledgor and the Novelis AG pursuant to
which Novelis AG is the beneficiary of some or all of the accounts of Novelis Deutschland GmbH.

“Trust Accounts” are the Accounts subject to the Trust Agreement and which are identified
accordingly in Schedule 2.

“Trust Account Beneficiary” shall mean Novelis AG, a stock corporation organized under the laws of
Switzerland, having its business address at Bellerive 36, 8034 Zurich, Switzerland.

	1.2	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.

	1.3	 	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	1.4	 	Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of a term in the singular shall include the
definition of such term in the plural and vice versa.

	1.5	 	This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English
language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement.
However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement,
the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.

	1.6	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a “Clause”, “sub-clause” or “Schedule” shall, subject to
any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, a sub-clause or a schedule
hereof.

	2.	 	CREATION OF PLEDGES

	2.1	 	The Pledgor hereby pledges to each of the Pledgees:

	2.1.1	 	any present and future credit balances, including interest, standing from time to time to
the credit of,

	(A)	 	its Accounts;

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	(B)	 	any present and future replacement accounts, sub-accounts, re-designated accounts and
renumbered accounts which are opened or will be opened in the future in replacement of, or in
connection with, its Accounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Deutsche Bank
Accounts to be opened after the date hereof); and
	 
	2.1.2	 	all other present and future rights to receive payments in connection with its
Accounts, including claims for damages or unjust enrichment.
	 
	2.2	 	Each of the Original Pledgees hereby accepts the Pledges for itself.
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent accepts, as representative without power of attorney (Vertreter ohne
Vertretungsmacht) the respective Pledges for and on behalf of each Future Pledgee. Each Future
Pledgee will ratify and confirm the declarations and acts so made by the Collateral Agent on
its behalf by accepting the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of the Secured Obligations (or part of them) from a Pledgee or by
becoming party to any Loan Document. Upon such ratification (Genehmigung) such Future Pledgee
becomes a party to this Agreement, it being understood that any future or conditional claim
(zukünftiger oder bedingter Anspruch) of such Future Pledgee arising under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be secured by the Pledges constituted
hereunder.
	 
	2.4	 	All parties hereby confirm that the validity of the Pledges granted hereunder shall not be
affected by the Collateral Agent acting as representative without power of attorney for each
Future Pledgee.
	 
	2.5	 	The validity and effect of each of the Pledges shall be independent of the validity and the
effect of the other Pledges created hereunder. The Pledges to each of the Pledgees shall be
separate and individual pledges ranking pari passu with the other Pledges created hereunder.
	 
	2.6	 	The Pledges created hereunder shall be subordinated to any pledges created over the Accounts
in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement, but shall rank ahead of any other security
interest or third party right currently in existence or created in the future over any of the
Accounts, including the Account Banks’ pledges.

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	2.7	 	Each of the Pledges is in addition, and without prejudice, to any other security the Pledgees
may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	2.8	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that nothing in this Agreement shall exclude a
transfer of all or part of the Pledges created hereunder by operation of law upon the transfer
or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of all or part
of the Secured Obligations by any Pledgee to a Future Pledgee.

	3.	 	SECURED OBLIGATIONS

The security created hereunder secures the payment of all Secured Obligations. The Pledgor hereby
expressly agrees that the provisions of Section 1210 para. 1 sentence 2 of the German Civil Code
shall not apply to this Agreement.

	4.	 	DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNTS

	4.1	 	In relation to the Account Banks, the Pledgor shall be authorized to dispose over (verfügen)
its respective Accounts in the ordinary course of business. This authorization shall, in
particular, include the right to withdraw and transfer funds from its respective Accounts. The
Accounts may only be closed to the extent and under the conditions permitted under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in connection with
any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements). The Pledgees, acting through the Collateral
Agent, shall be entitled to revoke the authorization granted under this Clause 4 at any time
after any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has occurred.

	4.2	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived, the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, shall irrevocably and at any and all times be
entitled to (i) notify each Account Bank of the forthcoming enforcement of the Pledges and
(ii) instruct each and every Account Bank that as of receipt of such notice it shall no longer
allow any dispositions by the Pledgor over any amounts standing to the credit on the
respective Account. The Collateral Agent shall notify the Pledgor accordingly.

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	5.	 	REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES

	5.1	 	The Pledges shall become enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing, unremedied and
unwaived, the requirements set forth in Section 1273 para. 2, 1204 et seq. of the German Civil
Code with regard to the enforcement of any of the Pledges are met (Pfandreife) and the
Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, gives notice to the Pledgor that the
Pledges in question are enforceable. After the Pledges have become enforceable, the Collateral
Agent may in its absolute discretion enforce all or any part of these Pledges in any manner it
sees fit.

	5.2	 	The realization of the Pledges (or any part thereof) shall not require a prior court ruling
or any other enforceable title (vollstreckbarer Titel). Section 1277 of the German Civil Code
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) is thus excluded.

	5.3	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, shall be entitled to realize the
Pledges — either in whole or in part — in any legally permissible manner.

	5.4	 	The Collateral Agent shall give the Pledgor at least 10 (ten) Business Days prior written
notice of the intention to realize any of the Pledges (the “Realization Notice”). Such
Realization Notice is not necessary if the observance of the notice period will have a
materially adversely affect the security interests of the Pledgees. Such Realization Notice
shall in particular not be required, if:

	5.4.1	 	the Pledgor ceases to make payments to third parties generally (within the meaning of
Section 17 (2), Sentence 2 of the German Insolvency Regulation, Insolvenzordnung);

	5.4.2	 	the Pledgor becomes over-indebted (within the meaning of Section 19 of the German Insolvency
Regulation), or illiquid (within the meaning of Section 17 of the German Insolvency
Regulation);

	5.4.3	 	the Pledgor files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or similar
proceedings over its assets;

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	5.4.4	 	any third party files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or
similar proceedings over the assets of the Pledgor, provided such application is not
unfounded; or
	 
	5.4.5	 	a preliminary insolvency administrator (vorläufiger Insolvenzverwalter) or an insolvency
administrator or any similar kind of receiver, liquidator or administrator has been appointed
over the assets of the Pledgor.
	 
	5.5	 	If the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, decides not to enforce the Pledges
over all of the Accounts, it shall be entitled to determine, in its sole discretion, which of
the Accounts shall be realized.
	 
	5.6	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may take all measures and enter into
all agreements with the Account Banks or any third-party creditor which it considers necessary
or expedient in connection with the realization of the balances on the Accounts, taking into
account the legitimate interests of the Pledgor. In particular, the Collateral Agent may, on
behalf of the Pledgor, declare the termination of time deposits or similar contractual
arrangements made in respect of the Accounts.
	 
	5.7	 	For the purpose of realizing the balances on the Accounts, the Pledgor shall, upon the
Collateral Agent’s request, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) furnish
the Collateral Agent with all documents of title and other relevant documents held by the
Pledgor, and shall, at its own expense, forthwith render all assistance which is necessary or
expedient in respect of the realization of the balances on the Accounts.
	 
	5.8	 	Following the realization of all or part of the Pledges, the net proceeds (net proceeds shall
mean proceeds less any taxes and costs) shall be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations.
	 
	6.	 	WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENSES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 
	6.1	 	The Pledgor hereby waives all defenses against enforcement that may be raised on the basis of
potential avoidance (Anfechtbarkeit) and set-off pursuant to Sections 1211, 770 of the German
Civil Code. This waiver shall not apply to a set-off with counterclaims that are (i)
uncontested (unbestritten) or (ii) based on a binding non- appealable court decision
(rechtskräftig festgestellt).

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	6.2	 	If the Pledges are enforced, or if the Pledgor has discharged any of the Secured Obligations
(or any part of them), Section 1225 of the German Civil Code (legal subrogation of claims to a
pledgor — Forderungsübergang auf den Verpfänder) shall not apply, and no rights of the
Pledgees shall pass to the Pledgor by subrogation or otherwise. Further, the Pledgor shall not
at any time before, on or after an enforcement of the Pledges and as a result of the Pledgor
entering into this Agreement, be entitled to demand indemnification or compensation from any
Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its affiliates or to assign any of these claims.
	 
	7.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	7.1	 	Upon full and final satisfaction of all Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, acting on
behalf of the Pledgees, shall at the cost and expense of the Pledgor confirm to the Pledgor in
writing the release of the Pledges, do everything necessary to effect that release, and
surrender the surplus proceeds, if any, resulting from any realization of the Pledges to the
Pledgor. This shall not apply to the extent that the Pledgees have to surrender the Accounts
or such proceeds to a third party who is entitled to the Accounts or to such proceeds. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Parties are aware that, upon the complete and final satisfaction of
all Secured Obligations, the Pledges will expire and cease to exist due to their accessory
nature (Akzessorietät) by operation of German law. If the Collateral Agent is authorized to
release in whole or in part any of the pledges under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent is authorized to release such Pledges under this Agreement.
	 
	7.2	 	At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted by the Pledgor to secure
the Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realised in the event of
an enforcement of the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured Obligations
(the “Limit”) not only temporarily, the Pledgees shall on demand of the Pledgor release such
part of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Pledgees may in their reasonable discretion
determine so as to reduce the realisable value of the Security to the Limit.
	 
	8.	 	DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 
	8.1	 	Without prejudice to Clause 8.2, in no event shall the Pledges expire before and unless all
Secured Obligations have been fully and finally discharged and

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	 	 	there is no amount outstanding under the Secured Obligations, whether for principal,
interest, fees, discounts or other costs, expenses, charges or otherwise.
	 
	8.2	 	The Pledges shall provide a continuing security and, to the largest extent possible under
applicable law, no change or amendment whatsoever in and to the Secured Obligations and to any
document relating to the Secured Obligations shall affect the validity of this Agreement nor
shall it limit the obligations which are imposed on the Pledgor hereunder.
	 
	8.3	 	This Agreement is in addition to, and independent of, any other security or guarantee the
Pledgees may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations. None of such
security or guarantee shall prejudice, or shall be prejudiced by, the Pledges in any way.
	 
	9.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Pledgor represents and warrants (sichert zu) to each of the Pledgees by way of an independent
guarantee (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) that, at the date hereof:

	9.1	 	except for the rights of the Trust Account Beneficiary with respect to the Trust Accounts
created under the Trust Agreement, it is the unrestricted legal and economic owner of its
respective Accounts;
	 
	9.2	 	except for the foreign accounts listed in Exhibit 1 to Schedule 2 (which are not subject to
the Pledges created herein, and the details of which are attached for informational purposes
only), it does not own any other accounts in or outside the Federal Republic of Germany other
than its respective Accounts;
	 
	9.3	 	the information provided in this Agreement relating to its respective Accounts is accurate
and complete in all material respects;
	 
	9.4	 	except for the rights of the Trust Account Beneficiary with respect to the Trust Accounts
created under the Trust Agreement, except for security for the ABL Credit Agreement, its
respective Accounts are free from any liens, rights of retention (Zurückbehaltungsrechte),
other encumbrances and other third party rights and except to the extent permitted as a
Permitted Lien (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement);

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	9.5	 	the Pledges granted to the Pledgees will (upon effectiveness of this Agreement but subject to
receipt of the executed schedule confirmation by the Account Banks) be subordinated only to
the pledges over the Accounts created in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement but will
rank ahead of any other current or future third party security interest over the Accounts
(except for pledges over accounts to customers or other third parties in a manner permitted by
Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement);
	 
	9.6	 	the Pledges constituted hereunder are valid and enforceable without enforceable judgment or
other instrument (vollstreckbarer Titel) subject to any qualification in the legal opinion to
be issued by the law firm of Noerr LLP in relation hereto; and
	 
	9.7	 	it has not ceased payments within the meaning of Section 17 (2), Sentence 2 of the German
Insolvency Regulation, nor is it over-indebted within the meaning of Section 19 of the German
Insolvency Regulation or in terms of the German generally accepted accounting principles
(Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung), nor is it illiquid within the meaning of Section 17
of the German Insolvency Regulation, nor is its illiquidity imminent within the meaning of
Section 18 of the German Insolvency Regulation.
	 
	10.	 	UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR

The Pledgor undertakes:

	10.1	 	to notify promptly (unverzüglich), substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Notice of
Pledge), its Account Banks of the creation of the Pledges, and to obtain from each such
Account Bank a confirmation of receipt of notice vis-à-vis the Original Pledgee 1;
	 
	10.2	 	to ensure that its Account Banks release the Accounts from any charges (pledges, rights of
retention, rights of set-off, etc.), including charges created pursuant to the respective
Account Bank’s standard terms and conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen), or subordinate
such rights, by the relevant Account Bank signing a confirmation substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 4 (Form of Acknowledgement). It is understood among the Parties that a failure
by an Account Bank to submit such confirmation to the Original Pledgee 1 does not affect the
validity or enforceability of the Pledges;

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	10.3	 	upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Pledgor shall upon the
request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to deliver to the
Collateral Agent information on the current status of the Accounts;
	 
	10.4	 	to provide (and to instruct the Account Banks to provide) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
the Pledgees, with all information, evidence and documentation which the Collateral Agent,
acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably request in connection with the administration
and realization of the Accounts. After any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has
occurred, (i) the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, is hereby authorized to
obtain all information and documents (including bank account extracts and other information on
the current status of the Accounts) directly from the Account Banks in its own name and at the
Pledgor’s costs, and (ii) the Pledgees and their designees are permitted to inspect, audit and
make copies of, and extracts from, all records and all other papers in the possession of the
Pledgor which pertain to the Accounts;
	 
	10.5	 	at the request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to promptly
(unverzüglich) grant to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, pledges
(substantially in the form of this Agreement) over any new accounts governed by German law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, accounts pledged to customers or other third parties in a
manner permitted by Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement need not be pledged
hereunder;
	 
	10.6	 	not to close or to terminate the Accounts except as permitted under, and under the conditions
provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as
permitted in connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);
	 
	10.7	 	not to transfer any of the Accounts to another bank or relocate any of the Accounts to
another branch of the relevant Account Bank unless such transfer does not affect the Pledges
and except as permitted under, and under the conditions provided in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in connection with any changes
to the Cash Pooling Arrangements;
	 
	10.8	 	to obtain the Collateral Agent’s written consent, unless otherwise provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as

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	 	 	provided in connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements),
prior to the establishment of a new account, including any sub-account, re-designated
account or re-numbered account pursuant to Clause 2.1.1(B) above. Upon the Pledgees’
request, the Pledgor shall give all declarations and render all reasonable assistance which
is necessary in order to perfect the Pledgees’ pledge over the so established account;
	 
	10.9	 	not to create or permit to subsist any encumbrance, except for any Permitted Lien, over any
of the Accounts, or knowingly do or permit to be done, anything which is likely to be expected
to jeopardize or otherwise prejudice the existence, validity or ranking of the Pledges;
	 
	10.10	 	to inform the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) upon
gaining knowledge of any attachments (Pfändungen) of third parties that relate to the Accounts
or any other third-party measures, except for the creation of a Permitted Lien, which impair
or jeopardize the Pledges. In the event of any such attachment, the Pledgor shall provide the
Collateral Agent with a copy of the attachment and/or transfer order (Pfändungs- und/oder
Überweisungsbeschluss) and any other documents which the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Pledgees, requests that are necessary or expedient for a defense against such attachment. In
addition, the Pledgor shall inform the third party promptly (unverzüglich) in writing of the
Pledges and render, at its own expense, to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the
Pledgees, all assistance required or expedient to protect its Pledges; and
	 
	10.11	 	The Pledgor shall, at its own expense, execute and do all such assurances, acts and things
as the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably require

	 	10.11.1	 	for perfecting or protecting the security under this Agreement; and

	 	10.11.2	 	in the case of the enforcement of security, to facilitate the realization of all or
any part of the collateral which is subject to this Agreement and the exercise of all
powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Pledgees.

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	11.	 	LIMITATION OF ENFORCEMENT
	 
	11.1	 	Subject to Clause 11.2 through Clause 11.6 below, the Collateral Agent shall not enforce the
Pledges to the extent (i) the Pledges secure obligations of one of the Pledgor’s shareholders
or of an affiliated company (verbundenes Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than a Subsidiary of the
Pledgor or the Pledgor itself), and (ii) the enforcement of the Pledges for such obligations
would reduce, in violation of Section 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act
(GmbHG), the net assets (assets minus liabilities minus provisions and liability reserves
(Reinvermögen), in each case as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as consistently applied by the
Pledgor in preparing its unconsolidated balance sheets (Jahresabschluß gemäß § 42 GmbHG, §§
242, 264 HGB)) of the Pledgor to an amount that is insufficient to maintain its registered
share capital (Stammkapital) (or would increase an existing shortage in its net assets below
its registered share capital); provided that for the purpose of determining the relevant
registered share capital and the net assets, as the case may be:

	 	11.1.1	 	The amount of any increase of the Pledgor’s registered share capital (Stammkapital)
implemented after the date of this Agreement that is effected without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent shall be deducted from the registered share
capital of the Pledgor;

	 	11.1.2	 	any loans provided to the Pledgor by a direct or indirect shareholder or an
affiliate thereof (other than a Subsidiary of the Pledgor) shall be disregarded and
not accounted for as a liability to the extent that such loans are subordinated
pursuant to Section 39 (1) Nr. 1 through Nr. 5 of the German Insolvency Code
(Insolvenzordnung) or subordinated in any other way by law or contract;

	 	11.1.3	 	any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual obligations and liabilities
incurred by the Pledgor in violation of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents
shall be disregarded and not accounted for as liabilities;

	 	11.1.4	 	any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value that, in the
opinion of the Collateral Agent, is significantly lower

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	 	 	 	than their market value and that are not necessary for the business of the
Pledgor (nicht betriebsnotwendig) shall be accounted for with their market
value; and
	 
	 	11.1.5	 	the assets of the Pledgor will be assessed at liquidation values (Liquidationswerte)
if, at the time the managing directors prepare the balance sheet in accordance with
paragraph (b) below and absent the demand a positive going concern prognosis (positive
Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be established.

	11.2	 	The limitations set out in Clause 11.1 only apply:

	 	11.2.1	 	If and to the extent that the managing directors of the Pledgor have confirmed in
writing to the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the
Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement under this Agreement the value
of the Pledges which cannot be enforced without causing the net assets of the Pledgor
to fall below its registered share capital, or increase an existing shortage in net
assets below its registered share capital (taking into account the adjustments set out
above) and such confirmation is supported by a current balance sheet and other
evidence satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and neither the Collateral Agent nor any
of the Secured Parties raises any objections against that confirmation within five (5)
Business Days after its receipt; or

	 	11.2.2	 	if, within twenty (20) Business Days after an objection under paragraph 11.2.1 has
been raised by the Collateral Agent or a Secured Party, the Collateral Agent receives
a written audit report (“Auditor’s Determination”) prepared at the expense of the
Pledgor by a firm of auditors of international standing and reputation that is
appointed by the Pledgor and reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, to the
extent such report identifies the amount by which the net assets of the Pledgor are
necessary to maintain its registered share capital as at the date of the Realization
Notice or the commencement of enforcement (taking into account the adjustments set out
above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applicable in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsgemäßer
Buchführung) as consistently applied by the

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	 	 	 	Pledgor in the preparation of its most recent annual balance sheet. The
Auditor’s Determination shall be binding for all Parties except for manifest
error.

	11.3	 	In any event, the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall be
entitled to enforce the Pledges up to those amounts that are undisputed between them and the
Pledgor or determined in accordance with Clause 11.1 and Clause 11.2. In respect of the
exceeding amounts, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to further pursue their claims (if
any) and the Pledgor shall be entitled to provide evidence that the excess amounts are
necessary to maintain its registered share capital (calculated as at the date of the
Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement and taking into account the adjustments
set out above). The Secured Parties are entitled to pursue those parts of the Pledges that are
not enforced by operation of Clause 11.1 above at any subsequent point in time. This Clause 11
shall apply again as of the time such additional enforcements are made.
	 
	11.4	 	Clause 11.1 shall not apply as to the amount of Loans borrowed and passed on (whether by way
of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries as long
as the respective shareholder loan is outstanding or the respective equity contribution has
not been dissolved or otherwise repaid, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
purchase price payment received by the Pledgor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
	 
	11.5	 	Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German GmbH (Gesellschaft
mit beschränkter Haftung, Limited Liability Company) to enter into guarantees in support of
obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the limitations set forth in Clause
11.1 shall no longer apply. Should any such guarantees become subject to legal restrictions
that are less stringent than the limitations set forth in Clause 11.1 above, such less
stringent limitations shall apply. Otherwise, Clause 11.1 shall remain unaffected by changes
in applicable law.
	 
	11.6	 	The limitations provided for in Clause 11.1 above shall not apply where (i) the Pledgor has a
fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch) vis-à-vis
the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement (Beherrschungsvertrag) or a profit and
loss pooling agreement (Ergebnisabführungsvertrag) is or will be in existence with the Pledgor
and the Pledgor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Ausgleichsanspruch).

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	12.	 	ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS

The Pledgor hereby declares pursuant to Section 8 of the German Money Laundering Act
(Geldwäschegesetz) (i) that it is the economic owner (wirtschaftlicher Berechtigter) of its
Accounts other than the Trust Accounts and that it did not, and still does not, act for the account
of third parties in connection with the establishment and the maintenance of such Accounts other
than the Trust Accounts and (ii) that Novelis AG is the economic owner (wirtschaftlicher
Berechtigter) of its Trust Accounts.

	13.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement and
the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the intention of the
parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together and
construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any
actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of
the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to (a) the provisions of the intercreditor agreement,
dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the grantors party
thereto; Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent; and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term Loan
Collateral Agent (each term as defined therein) and (b) the provisions of section 11.22 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement; for the avoidance of doubt, the in rem aspects of the security granted under
this Agreement shall be exclusively governed by this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in this
paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
including Section 11.19 thereof, shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral
Agent.

	14.	 	NOTICES

	14.1	 	Any notice or other communication in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered personally, sent by registered mail or sent by fax (with confirmation copy
by registered mail) to the following addresses:

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	14.1.1	 	If to the Pledgees and Collateral Agent:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 

	 	 	 	1455 Market Street
	 

	 	 	 	San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Account Officer
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+ 1 415-503-5011

	14.1.2	 	If to Pledgor:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 

	 	 	 	Hannoversche Straße 1
	 

	 	 	 	37075 Göttingen, Germany
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Geschäftsführung
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+49 551 304 4902

	 	 	or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified to the other
party in writing.
	 
	14.2	 	Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in English or in German. If
in German, such notice or communication shall be accompanied by a translation into English.
	 
	15.	 	WAIVER
	 
	15.1	 	No failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder by the
Pledgees shall operate as a waiver hereunder. Nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any right or
remedy.
	 
	15.2	 	Any rights of the Pledgees pursuant to this Agreement, including the rights under this
Clause, may be waived only in writing.
	 
	16.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier shall be equally as effective as delivery of an
original

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	 	 	executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of
this Agreement by telecopier also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.
	 
	17.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	17.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
	 
	17.2	 	For any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement the courts in Frankfurt
am Main, Federal Republic of Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction. The Pledgees, however,
shall also be entitled to take legal action against the Pledgor before any other court having
jurisdiction over the Pledgor or any of the Pledgor’s assets.
	 
	18.	 	LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 
	18.1	 	Without extending the Collateral Agent’s liability as set forth in Section 11.03 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, neither of the Pledgees nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for
any loss or damage suffered by the Pledgor except for such loss or damage which is incurred as
a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of a Pledgee or the Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.2	 	The Pledgor shall indemnify the Pledgees and the Collateral Agent and any person appointed by
either the Pledgees or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement against any losses, actions,
claims, expenses, demands and liabilities which are incurred by or made against the Pledgees
and/ or the Collateral Agent for any action or omission in the exercise of the powers
contained herein other than to the extent that such losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands
and liabilities are incurred by or made against the Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent as a
result of the gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) or willful misconduct (Vorsatz) of the
Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

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19. AMENDMENTS

Any amendment to, or modification of, this Agreement, including this Clause, shall be effective
only if made in writing, unless mandatory law provides for more stringent formal requirements.

	20.	 	ANNEXES, SCHEDULES
	 
	All Schedules to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.
	 
	21.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	21.1	 	Should any provision of this Agreement be or become invalid or unenforceable, or should this
Agreement be accidentally incomplete or become incomplete, this shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. In lieu of the invalid or unenforceable
provision or in order to remedy any incompleteness, a provision shall apply which comes as
close as possible to that which the Parties had intended or would have intended if they had
considered the matter. In the event that any Pledge granted under this Agreement shall be
impaired or be or become invalid or unenforceable this shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other Pledge granted under this Agreement.
	 
	21.2	 	To the extent that the Pledges have not been properly created or, where applicable, their
nominal denominations have not been made in Euro, the Pledgor undertakes that it will without
promptly (unverzüglich) cure any legal defects, make all necessary acts, and (in the event
that these legal defects render this Agreement invalid or otherwise affect the perfection and
enforceability of the security interest created thereby) re-execute this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

List of Lenders and other Secured Parties

	1.	 	Bank of America, N.A.

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SCHEDULE 2

List of Bank Accounts

Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Deutsche Bank Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	Bank Sort	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Code (BLZ)	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank /

Hannover
	 	 	25070024	 	 	Main Operating

account
	 	 	 	 	 	Achim Keiser

Tel.: +49-511-3652953

Email: achim-keiser@db.com
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Hannover,

Georgsplatz 20,

30159 Hannover,

Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank /

Hannover
	 	 	25070024	 	 	Pension payments
	 	 	 	 	 	Achim Keiser

Tel.: +49-511-3652953 

Email: achim-keiser@db.com
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Hannover,

Georgsplatz 20,

30159 Hannover,

Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank /

Hannover
	 	 	25070024	 	 	Pension (Expands)
Not to be pooled
	 	 	 	 	 	Achim Keiser

Tel.: +49-511-3652953

Email: achim-keiser@db.com
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Hannover,

Georgsplatz 20,

30159 Hannover,

Germany

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Commerzbank Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	Bank Sort	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Code (BLZ)	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis
	 	EUR, USD, GBP,	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	Hauptkonto Währung	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 CHF,	 	Berlin	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH
	 	CAD 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis 
	 	USD	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	Metall	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Berlin	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis 
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	Rentenkonto	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Berlin	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis 
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	ATZ-Gebühren-	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland	 	 	 	Berlin	 	 	 	belastungen	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis 
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	Sicherheiten/Rücklagen	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland	 	 	 	Berlin	 	 	 	ATZ	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis 
	 	EUR/GBP	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	Festgelder	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland	 	 	 	Berlin	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany

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	Account	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	Bank Sort	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Code (BLZ)	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank / 	 	10040000	 	 	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Berlin	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank /	 	45840026	 	 	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Lüdenscheid	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank /	 	45841031	 	 	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Plettenberg	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank /	 	81040000	 	 	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Aschersleben	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 
	Novelis
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank /	 	76040061	 	Rentenkonto	 		 	Frank Bauer
	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Deutschland
	 	 	 	Nürnberg	 	 	 	 	 		 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209
	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	GmbH	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	10783 Berlin,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 		 	Germany

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Exhibit 1 to Schedule 2 — foreign accounts (for intermation only)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Bank / Account Location	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank / Amsterdam
	 	Sales office
	 		 	 	Ellen Vening
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Amsterdam ,

Herengracht

450-454, Amsterdam

1017 CA Netherlands
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank / Brussels
	 	Sales office
	 		 	 	Joseph Spinks
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Brüssel,

Avenue Marnixlaan

17, Brussels 1000,

Belgium
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank / Brussels
	 	operating a/c
	 		 	 	Joseph Spinks
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Brüssel,

Avenue Marnixlaan

17, Brussels 1000,

Belgium
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	GBP
	 	Deutsche Bank / London
	 	operating a/c
	 		 	 	Katherine Lee
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale London,

Winchester House, 1

Great Winchester

Street, London EC2N

2DB, Uk
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	USD
	 	Deutsche Bank / London
	 	operating a/c
	 		 	 	Katherine Lee
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale London,

Winchester House, 1

Great Winchester

Street, London EC2N

2DB, Uk
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank / Madrid
	 	Sales office
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank / Vienna
	 	Sales office
	 		 	 	Andrea Haslinger
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Wien,

Hohenstaufengasse

4, Vienna 1010,
Austria

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Bank / Account Location	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	PLN
	 	Deutsche Bank / Warsaw
	 	Sales office
	 		 	Sebastian Kolodziej
	 	Deutsche Bank
Polska Spólka
Akcyjna , Focus,
Al. Armii Ludowej
26, Warsaw 00-609,
Poland
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	CHF
	 	Deutsche Bank / Zurich
	 	operating a/c
	 		 	 	Ian Moore
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Zürich,

Uraniastraße 9,

Zurich 8001,

Switzerland
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Sampo Bank / Helsinki
	 	Sales office
	 		 	 	Jyrki Saulo
	 	Sampo Bank, Helsinki
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank / Madrid
	 	Kundeneingang
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Sucursal en Espana,

28046 Madrid, Spain
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank / Madrid
	 	Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Sucursal en Espana,

28046 Madrid, Spain
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	GBP
	 	Commerzbank / London
	 	Kundeneingang
	 		 	 	Emma Barnes
	 	Commerzbank AG, 60

Gracechurch Street,

London EC3V 0HR,

Great Britain
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Nordea Pamki Suomi Oyi /

Espoo
	 	Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Nordea Bank Finland

Abp, Asemakuja 2,

02770 Espoo,

Finland
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	DKK
	 	Den Danske Bank / Ishoj
	 	Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Danske Bank,

Vestergade 12, 2635

Ishoj, Denmark

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Bank / Account Location	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Fortis Bank / Brüssel
	 	Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Fortis Bank,
Warandeberg 3, 1000

Brussels, Belgium
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	ABN AMRO Bank NV /

Dordrecht
	 	Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	ABN Amro,
Stationsweg 2,

Dordrecht,

Netherlands
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Bank Austria

Creditanstalt / Wien
	 	Market Center
	 		 	N/A
	 	Bank Austria, 1220
Vienna, Austria
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	HUF
	 	Commerzbank / Budapest
	 	Market Center
	 		 	N/A
	 	Commerzbank Zrt.
H-1054 Budapest,
Hungary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	PLN
	 	BANK HANDLOWY W

WARSZAWIE SA / Sopot
	 	Market Center
	 		 	N/A
	 	Bank Handlowy, Wały

Piastowskie 1,
Gdansk, Polska
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank / Brüssel
	 	Konto Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Commerzbank AG,
Boulevard Louis

Schmidt 29, 1040

Etterbeek, Belgium
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank / Amsterdam
	 	Konto Market Center
	 		 	 	N/A
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Strawinskylaan
2501, 1077 ZZ

Amsterdam,

Netherlands

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SCHEDULE 2 PART II

List of Trust Accounts

Novelis AG

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	Bank Sort	 	Type of	 	Account	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Code (BLZ)	 	Account	 	Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	EUR

CAD

CHF

GBP

USD
	 	Commerzbank / Berlin
	 	 	10040000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Frank Bauer 

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email: frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,
Potsdamer Str. 125,
10783 Berlin,
Germany

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SCHEDULE 3

Notice of Pledge

[Letterhead of Pledgor]

	 	 	 
	From:

	 	Novelis Deutschland

Hannoversche Straße 1

37075 Göttingen

Germany
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	[Account Bank]
	 
	 	 
	Date:

	 	[ ]
	 
	 	 
	Re:

	 	Accounts Nos. [ ] (the “Accounts”)

We hereby give you the notice that by a pledge agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the
"Account Pledge Agreement”) we have pledged in favor of Bank of America, N.A. (the “Collateral
Agent”) and the other pledgees set out in the Account Pledge Agreement (together with the
Collateral Agent, the “Secured Parties”) all present and future credit balances, including all
interest payable, from time to time standing to the credit on each of the above Accounts (which
shall include all sub-accounts, renewals, re-designation, replacements and extensions thereof).
A copy of the Account Pledge Agreement is attached hereto.

Please note that we have waived all rights of confidentiality (Bankgeheimnis) in relation to all
accounts held with you for the benefit of the Secured Parties. We hereby instruct you to provide
the Collateral Agent with all information requested by it concerning the Accounts.

Until you receive notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent, we may continue to operate the
Account(s) and in particular may dispose of the amounts credited to the Account(s). Upon receipt of
the aforesaid notice to the contrary, you as Account Bank, shall not permit any dispositions by us
of amounts credited to the Account(s).

Please acknowledge receipt of this notice and your agreement to the terms hereof by signing the
enclosed copy and returning the same to Bank of America, N.A., 1455 Market Street, CA 94103,
U.S.A., Fax: + 1 415-503-5011, to the attention of the Account Officer, in its capacity as
Collateral Agent with a copy to ourselves.

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Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of

Novelis Deutschland GmbH

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SCHEDULE 4

Form of Acknowledgement

	 	  	 

	From:

	 	[Account Bank]

(the Account Bank)
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	as Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	1455 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Fax:        
       + 1 415-503-5011

Attention:      Account Officer
	 
	Copy to:

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Hannoversche Straße 1

37075 Göttingen

Germany

Date: (___)

Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notification of Pledge according to Account Pledge Agreement dated

(_) — Bank Account No. (_)

Dear Sirs,

We acknowledge receipt of the above notice and confirm that we have neither received any previous
notice of pledge relating to the Account nor are we aware of any third party rights in relation to
the Account which rank in priority before the pledges over the Account granted to the Collateral
Agent by the Pledgor, except for the pledges granted under the Account Pledge Agreement in
connection with the ABL Credit Agreement dated on or about 17 December 2010 We have not assessed
the validity of the pledge.

We hereby agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Account or invoke any rights of
retention in relation to the Account during the existence of the pledge, other than in relation to
charges payable in connection with the maintenance of the Account or other bank charges or fees
payable in the ordinary course of business or in relation to amounts arising from the return of
direct debits or cheques credited to the above Account.

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We agree that the pledge in our favor over the Account granted pursuant to our General Business
Conditions shall rank behind all the pledges over the Account granted to the Collateral Agent by
the Pledgor pursuant to the Account Pledge Agreement dated [•] of which we have been
notified by the Pledgor.

We take note of the fact that until notice to the contrary from the Collateral
Agent to be served to us as Account Bank, the Pledgor may continue to operate the Account
and in particular may dispose over the amounts standing to the credit of the Account.

Please send such aforesaid notice directly to

[details/address of Account Bank]

(duly authorised signatory of the Account Bank)

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Signatories

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EXECUTION COPY

NOVELIS AG

as Pledgor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

and

other Parties

as Pledgees

SECOND RANKING ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

(VERPFÄNDUNG VON BANKKONTEN)

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	TABLE OF CONTENTS	 	PAGE	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.   DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	 	2	 
	2.   CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 	 	4	 
	3.   SECURED OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	6	 
	4.   DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNTS
	 	 	6	 
	5.   REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	6	 
	6.   WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENCES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 	 	8	 
	7.   RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	9	 
	8.   DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 	 	9	 
	9.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	10	 
	10.   UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	 	11	 
	11.   LIMITATION OF ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	13	 
	12.   ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS
	 	 	14	 
	13.   INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
	 	 	14	 
	14.   NOTICES
	 	 	14	 
	15.   WAIVER
	 	 	15	 
	16.   COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	15	 
	17.   GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	16	 
	18.   LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	16	 
	19.   AMENDMENTS
	 	 	17	 
	20.   ANNEXES, SCHEDULES
	 	 	17	 
	21.   SEVERABILITY
	 	 	17	 
	SCHEDULE 1 List of Lenders and other Secured Parties
	 	 	- 1 -	 
	SCHEDULE 2 PART I List of German Accounts
	 	 	- 2 -	 
	SCHEDULE 2 PART II List of Trust Accounts
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	SCHEDULE 3 Notice of Pledge
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This ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made on December 17, 2010

Among:

	(1)	 	Novelis AG, a stock corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland, having its business
address at Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland (the “Pledgor”);
	 
	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. (in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below), the “Collateral Agent”),
	 
	(3)	 	the institutions listed in Schedule 1 (List of Lenders and other Secured Parties) hereto in
their capacity as lenders or other secured parties under or in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below) (together with the Collateral Agent, the “Original Pledgees ”); and
	 
	(4)	 	the Future Pledgees, as defined herein.

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the
Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders party thereto, and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the Lenders thereunder
have agreed to extend to the Borrower credit in the form of initial term loans (the “Initial
Term Loans”), and, if so requested by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative
Agent and provided the approached existing lender elects to provide the respective commitment,
in the form of incremental term loans effected by joinder agreements to the Term Loan Credit
Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loans”), and certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of
all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding (the “Other Term Loans”, and, together
with the Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”).
	 
	(B)	 	It is one of the conditions for granting the Term Loans that the Pledgor enters into this
Agreement.

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	(C)	 	In connection with an ABL revolving loan agreement dated on or about the date hereof, (the
“ABL Credit Agreement”), the Pledgor has agreed to grant a first ranking pledge over its
Accounts (as defined below) as security for the obligations arising under or in connection
with the ABL Credit Agreement.
	 
	(D)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to grant a second ranking pledge over its respective German accounts
as security for the Pledgees’ respective claims against the Loan Parties under or in
connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	(E)	 	Pursuant to a trust agreement between the Pledgor and Novelis Deutschland GmbH (the “Account
Trustee”), the Pledgor is the beneficiary of some or all of the German accounts of the Account
Trustee (the “Trust Agreement”).
	 
	(F)	 	The Pledgor and other members of the group have entered or will enter into certain cash
pooling arrangements (the “Cash Pooling Arrangements”), including the DB Cash Pooling
Arrangements and the Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement (each term as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement). In connection with the change of the cash management system of the Novelis group the
Pledgor intends to, inter alia, open new accounts with Deutsche Bank AG (“Deutsche Bank
Accounts”).

NOW, IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

“Abstract Acknowledgment of Indebtedness” shall mean the agreement on the abstract acknowledgement
of indebtedness (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis) entered into among Novelis Deutschland GmbH and
Novelis Aluminium Holding Company with the Collateral Agent on or about the date hereof in
connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Account Banks” shall mean the credit institutions administering any of the Accounts, including the
banks specified as account banks in Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts) and “Account Bank” shall
mean any of them.

“Accounts” shall mean the German Accounts and the Trust Accounts.

“German Accounts” shall mean all bank accounts (including without limitation giro accounts and
accounts for saving deposits (Spareinlagen), time deposits (Termineinlagen) or call money deposits
(Tagesgeldeinlagen)) which the Pledgor holds at present or may at any time hereafter open with any
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Federal Republic of Germany including any sub-account, renewal,
redesignation or replacement thereof (including but not limited to the accounts specified in
Schedule 2 Part I (List of German Accounts) and “German Account” means any one of them.

“Future Pledgee” shall mean any Person that (i) is a transferee with respect to the Pledges by
operation of law following the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of any part of the Secured Obligations from any of the Original Pledgees or
Future Pledgee to such future pledgee and/or (ii) becomes a creditor of a Loan Party, as a
successor of a Pledgee, a Future Pledgee or otherwise or by way of becoming a lender, issuing bank
or agent, in each case, under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and/or
(iii) accedes to this agreement by ratification pursuant to sub-clause 3.3 hereof as pledgee.
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“Lenders” has the meaning given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Pledgees” shall mean the Original Pledgees and the Future Pledgees, and “Pledgee” means any of
them.

“Pledges” shall mean the pledges created pursuant to Clause 2.

“Secured Obligations” shall mean

(I) (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or
in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued but for such
proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the
due and punctual payment of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each
Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement; and

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	1	 	Question/comment from Skadden Chicago: Does this cover the obligees of bank product obligations
(or do we need an appointment letter)? Skadden Frankfurt to discuss with Skadden Chicago; there
seem to be no “Bank Product Obligations” under the Term Loan.

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“Trust Accounts” are the accounts of Novelis Deutschland GmbH that are subject to the Trust
Agreement and which are also listed in Schedule 2 Part II (List of Trust Accounts).

“Trust Account Bank” shall mean, with regard to each Trust Account, the bank specified as trust
account bank in Schedule 2 Part II (List of Trust Accounts).

	1.2	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.
	 
	1.3	 	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	1.4	 	Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of a term in the singular shall include the
definition of such term in the plural and vice versa.
	 
	1.5	 	This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English
language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement.
However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement,
the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.
	 
	1.6	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a “Clause”, “sub-clause” or “Schedule” shall, subject to
any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, a sub-clause or a schedule
hereof.
	 
	2.	 	CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 
	2.1	 	The Pledgor hereby pledges to each of the Pledgees:
	 
	2.1.1	 	any present and future credit balances, including interest, standing from time to time to
the credit of,
	 
	(A)	 	its Accounts;
	 
	(B)	 	any present and future replacement accounts, sub-accounts, re-designated accounts and
renumbered accounts which are opened or will be opened in the future in replacement of, or in
connection with, its Accounts (including, for the

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	     	 	avoidance of doubt, the Deutsche Bank
Accounts to be opened after the date hereof); and

	2.1.2	 	all other present and future rights to receive payments in connection with its Accounts,
including claims for damages or unjust enrichment.
	 
	2.2	 	Each of the Original Pledgees hereby accepts the Pledges for itself.
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent accepts, as representative without power of attorney (Vertreter ohne
Vertretungsmacht) the respective Pledges for and on behalf of each Future Pledgee. Each Future
Pledgee will ratify and confirm the declarations and acts so made by the Collateral Agent on
its behalf by accepting the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of the Secured Obligations (or part of them) from a Pledgee or by becoming party to any Loan Document. Upon such ratification
(Genehmigung) such Future Pledgee becomes a party to this Agreement, it being understood
that any future or conditional claim (zukünftiger oder bedingter Anspruch) of such Future
Pledgee arising under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
secured by the Pledges constituted hereunder.
	 
	2.4	 	All parties hereby confirm that the validity of the Pledges granted hereunder shall not be
affected by the Collateral Agent acting as representative without power of attorney for each
Future Pledgee.
	 
	2.5	 	The validity and effect of each of the Pledges shall be independent of the validity and the
effect of the other Pledges created hereunder. The Pledges to each of the Pledgees shall be
separate and individual pledges ranking pari passu with the other Pledges created hereunder.
	 
	2.6	 	The Pledges created hereunder shall be subordinated to any pledges created over the Accounts
in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement, but shall rank ahead of any other security
interest or third party right currently in existence or created in the future over any of the
Accounts, including the Account Banks’ pledges.
	 
	2.7	 	Each of the Pledges is in addition, and without prejudice, to any other security the Pledgees
may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations.

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	2.8	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that nothing in this Agreement shall exclude a
transfer of all or part of the Pledges created hereunder by operation of law upon the transfer
or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of all or part
of the Secured Obligations by any Pledgee to a Future Pledgee.
	 
	3.	 	SECURED OBLIGATIONS

The security created hereunder secures the payment of all Secured Obligations. The Pledgor hereby
expressly agrees that the provisions of Section 1210 para. 1 sentence 2 of the German Civil Code
shall not apply to this Agreement.

	4.	 	DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNTS
	 
	4.1	 	In relation to the Account Banks, the Pledgor shall be authorized to dispose over (verfügen)
its respective Accounts in the ordinary course of business. This authorization shall, in
particular, include the right to withdraw and transfer funds from its respective Accounts. The
Accounts may only be closed to the extent and under the conditions permitted under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in connection with
any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements). The Pledgees, acting through the Collateral
Agent, shall be entitled to revoke the authorization granted under this Clause 4 at any time
after any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has occurred.
	 
	4.2	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived, the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, shall irrevocably and at any and all times be
entitled to (i) notify each Account Bank of the forthcoming enforcement of the Pledges and
(ii) instruct each and every Account Bank that as of receipt of such notice it shall no longer
allow any dispositions by the Pledgor over any amounts standing to the credit on the
respective Account. The Collateral Agent shall notify the Pledgor accordingly.
	 
	5.	 	REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	5.1	 	The Pledges shall become enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing, unremedied and
unwaived, the requirements set forth in Section 1273 para. 2, 1204 et seq. of the German Civil
Code with regard to the enforcement of any of the Pledges are met (Pfandreife) and the
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	 	 	the Pledgees, gives notice to the Pledgor that the
Pledges in question are enforceable. After the Pledges have become enforceable, the Collateral
Agent may in its absolute discretion enforce all or any part of these Pledges in any manner it
sees fit.

	5.2	 	The realization of the Pledges (or any part thereof) shall not require a prior court ruling
or any other enforceable title (vollstreckbarer Titel). Section 1277 of the German Civil Code
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) is thus excluded.
	 
	5.3	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, shall be entitled to realize the
Pledges — either in whole or in part — in any legally permissible manner.
	 
	5.4	 	The Collateral Agent shall give the Pledgor at least 10 (ten) Business Days prior written
notice of the intention to realize any of the Pledges (the “Realization Notice”). Such
Realization Notice is not necessary if the observance of the notice period will have a
materially adversely affect the security interests of the Pledgees. Such Realization Notice
shall in particular not be required, if:
	 
	5.4.1	 	the Pledgor ceases to make payments to third parties generally within the meaning of Section
190 para. 1 no. 2 of the Swiss Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Act);
	 
	5.4.2	 	the Pledgor becomes over-indebted within the meaning of Section 725 para 2 of the Swiss Code
of Obligations;
	 
	5.4.3	 	the Pledgor files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or similar
proceedings over its assets;
	 
	5.4.4	 	any third party files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or
similar proceedings over the assets of the Pledgor, provided such application is not
unfounded; or
	 
	5.4.5	 	a preliminary insolvency administrator or an insolvency administrator or any similar kind of
receiver, liquidator or administrator has been appointed over the assets of the Pledgor.

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	5.5	 	If the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, decides not to enforce the Pledges
over all of the Accounts, it shall be entitled to determine, in its sole discretion, which of
the Accounts shall be realized.
	 
	5.6	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may take all measures and enter into
all agreements with the Account Banks or any third-party creditor which it considers necessary
or expedient in connection with the realization of the balances on the Accounts, taking into
account the legitimate interests of the Pledgor. In particular, the Collateral Agent may, on
behalf of the Pledgor, declare the termination of time deposits or similar contractual
arrangements made in respect of the Accounts.
	 
	5.7	 	For the purpose of realizing the balances on the Accounts, the Pledgor shall, upon the
Collateral Agent’s request, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) furnish
the Collateral Agent with all documents of title and other relevant documents held by the
Pledgor, and shall, at its own expense, forthwith render all assistance which is necessary or
expedient in respect of the realization of the balances on the Accounts.
	 
	5.8	 	Following the realization of all or part of the Pledges, the net proceeds (net proceeds shall
mean proceeds less any taxes and costs) shall be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations.
	 
	6.	 	WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENCES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 
	6.1	 	The Pledgor hereby waives all defenses against enforcement that may be raised on the basis of
potential avoidance (Anfechtbarkeit) and set-off pursuant to Sections 1211, 770 of the German
Civil Code. This waiver shall not apply to a set-off with counterclaims that are (i)
uncontested (unbestritten) or (ii) based on a binding non- appealable court decision
(rechtskräftig festgestellt).
	 
	6.2	 	If the Pledges are enforced, or if the Pledgor has discharged any of the Secured Obligations
(or any part of them), Section 1225 of the German Civil Code (legal subrogation of claims to a
pledgor — Forderungsübergang auf den Verpfänder) shall not apply, and no rights of the
Pledgees shall pass to the Pledgor by subrogation or otherwise. Further, the Pledgor shall not
at any time before, on or after an enforcement of the Pledges and as a result of the Pledgor
entering into this Agreement, be entitled to demand indemnification or

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	 	 	compensation from any
Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its affiliates or to assign any of these claims.

	7.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	7.1	 	Upon full and final satisfaction of all Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, acting on
behalf of the Pledgees, shall at the cost and expense of the Pledgor confirm to the Pledgor in
writing the release of the Pledges, do everything necessary to effect that release, and
surrender the surplus proceeds, if any, resulting from any realization of the Pledges to the
Pledgor. This shall not apply to the extent that the Pledgees have to surrender the Accounts
or such proceeds to a third party who is entitled to the Accounts or
to such proceeds. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties are aware that, upon the complete and final
satisfaction of all Secured Obligations, the Pledges will expire and cease to exist due to
their accessory nature (Akzessorietät) by operation of German law. If the Collateral Agent
is authorized to release in whole or in part any pledges under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release such Pledges under this Agreement.
	 
	7.2	 	At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted by the Pledgor to secure
the Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realised in the event of
an enforcement of the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured Obligations
(the “Limit”) not only temporarily, the Pledgees shall on demand of the Pledgor release such
part of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Pledgees may in their reasonable discretion
determine so as to reduce the realisable value of the Security to the Limit.
	 
	8.	 	DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 
	8.1	 	Without prejudice to Clause 8.2, in no event shall the Pledges expire before and unless all
Secured Obligations have been fully and finally discharged and there is no amount outstanding
under the Secured Obligations, whether for principal, interest, fees, discounts or other
costs, expenses, charges or otherwise.
	 
	8.2	 	The Pledges shall provide a continuing security and, to the largest extent possible under
applicable law, no change or amendment whatsoever in and to the
Secured Obligations and to any
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	 	 	Obligations shall affect the validity of this Agreement nor
shall it limit the obligations which are imposed on the Pledgor hereunder.

	8.3	 	This Agreement is in addition to, and independent of, any other security or guarantee the
Pledgees may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations. None of such
security or guarantee shall prejudice, or shall be prejudiced by, the Pledges in any way.
	 
	9.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	The Pledgor represents and warrants (sichert zu) to each of the Pledgees by way of an independent
guarantee (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) that, at the date hereof:
	 
	9.1	 	it is the unrestricted legal and economic owner of its respective German Accounts and is the
unrestricted beneficial owner of the Trust Accounts;
	 
	9.2	 	it does not own any accounts in the Federal Republic of Germany other than its respective
German Accounts and is not the beneficial owner of any other accounts in the Federal Republic
of Germany other than its respective Trust Accounts;
	 
	9.3	 	the information provided in this Agreement relating to its respective Accounts is accurate
and complete in all material respects;
	 
	9.4	 	its respective Accounts are free from any liens, rights of retention
(Zurückbehaltungsrechte), other encumbrances and other third party rights (except the rights
of Novelis Deutschland GmbH as owner of the Trust Accounts, except for security for the ABL
Credit Agreements and except to the extent permitted as a Permitted Lien (as defined in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement);
	 
	9.5	 	the Pledges granted to Pledgees will (upon effectiveness of this Agreement but subject to
receipt of the executed schedule confirmation by the Account Banks) will be subordinated only
to the pledges over the Accounts created in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement but will
rank ahead of any other current or future third party security interest over the Accounts
(except for pledges over accounts to customers or other third parties in a manner permitted by
Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement);

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	9.6	 	the Pledges constituted hereunder are valid and enforceable without enforceable judgment or
other instrument (vollstreckbarer Titel) subject to any qualification in the legal opinion to
be issued by the law firm of Noerr LLP in relation hereto; and
	 
	9.7	 	it has not ceased payments within the meaning of Section 190 para. 1 no. 2 of the Swiss Debt
Collection and Bankruptcy Act, nor is it over-indebted within the meaning of Section 725 para.
no. 2 of the Swiss Code of obligations or in terms of the Swiss generally accepted accounting
principles (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung, nor it is unable, or has admitted
inability, to pay its debts as they fall due and is not deemed to, or declared to be, unable
to pay its debts.
	 
	10.	 	UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR
	 
	The Pledgor undertakes:
	 
	10.1	 	to notify promptly (unverzüglich), substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Notice of
Pledge), its Account Banks of the creation of the Pledges over the Accounts, and to obtain
from each such Account Bank a confirmation of the receipt of the notice vis-à-vis the
Collateral Agent;
	 
	10.2	 	to ensure that its Account Banks release the Accounts from any charges (pledges, rights of
retention, rights of set-off, etc.), including charges created pursuant to the respective
Account Bank’s standard terms and conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen), or subordinate
such rights, by the relevant Account Bank signing a confirmation substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 4 (Form of Acknowledgement). It is understood among the Parties that a failure
by an Account Bank to submit such confirmation to the Collateral Agent does not affect the
validity or enforceability of the Pledges;
	 
	10.3	 	upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Pledgor shall upon the
request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to deliver to the
Collateral Agent information on the current status of the Accounts;
	 
	10.4	 	to provide (and to instruct the Account Banks to provide) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
the Pledgees, with all information, evidence and documentation which the Collateral Agent,
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	 	 	request in connection with the administration
and realization of the Accounts. After any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has
occurred, (i) the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, is hereby authorized to
obtain all information and documents (including bank account extracts and other information on
the current status of the Accounts) directly from the Account Banks in its own name and at the
Pledgor’s costs, and (ii) the Pledgees and their designees are permitted to inspect, audit and
make copies of, and extracts from, all records and all other papers in the possession of the
Pledgor which pertain to the Accounts;

	10.5	 	at the request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to promptly
(unverzüglich) grant to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, pledges
(substantially in the form of this Agreement) over any new accounts governed by German law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, accounts pledged to customers or other third parties in a manner permitted by Section 6.02 of the
Term Loan Credit Agreement need not be pledged hereunder;
	 
	10.6	 	not to close or to terminate the Accounts except as permitted under, and under the conditions
provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as
permitted in connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);
	 
	10.7	 	not to transfer any of the Accounts to another bank or relocate any of the Accounts to
another branch of the relevant Account Bank unless such transfer does not affect the Pledges
and except as permitted under, and under the conditions provided in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in connection with any changes
to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);
	 
	10.8	 	to obtain the Collateral Agent’s written consent, unless otherwise provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as provided in connection with any
changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements), prior to the establishment of a new account,
including any sub-account, re-designated account or re-numbered account pursuant to Clause
2.1.1(B) above. Upon the Pledgees’ request, the Pledgor shall give all declarations and render
all reasonable assistance which is necessary in order to perfect the Pledgees’ pledge over the
so established account;

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	10.9	 	not to create or permit to subsist any encumbrance, except for any Permitted Lien, over any
of the Accounts, or knowingly do or permit to be done, anything which is likely to be expected
to jeopardize or otherwise prejudice the existence, validity or ranking of the Pledges;
	 
	10.10	 	to inform the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) upon
gaining knowledge of any attachments (Pfändungen) of third parties that relate to the Accounts
or any other third-party measures, except for the creation of a Permitted Lien, which impair
or jeopardize the Pledges. In the event of any such attachment, the Pledgor shall provide the
Collateral Agent with a copy of the attachment and/or transfer order (Pfändungs- und/oder
Überweisungsbeschluss) and any other documents which the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Pledgees, requests that are necessary or expedient for a defense against such attachment. In
addition, the Pledgor shall inform the third party promptly (unverzüglich) in writing of the
Pledges and render, at its own expense, to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, all
assistance required or expedient to protect its Pledges; and
	 
	10.11	 	The Pledgor shall, at its own expense, execute and do all such assurances, acts and things
as the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably require

	 	10.11.1.1	 	for perfecting or protecting the security under this Agreement; and
	 
	 	10.11.1.2	 	in the case of the enforcement of security, to facilitate the realization of all
or any part of the collateral which is subject to this Agreement and the exercise of
all powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Pledgees.

	11.	 	LIMITATION OF ENFORCEMENT

If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement are for the exclusive
benefit of the Affiliates of the Pledgor (except for the (direct or indirect) Subsidiaries of the
Pledgor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute a repayment of capital
(“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend (“Dividendenausschüttung”), then
the limitations set forth in Section 7.12 (Swiss Guarantors) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement
shall apply to any enforcement of the Pledges and to the proceeds of such enforcement.

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	12.	 	ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS

The Pledgor hereby declares pursuant to Section 8 of the German Money Laundering Act
(Geldwäschegesetz) that (i) it is the economic owner (wirtschaftlicher Berechtigter) of its German
Accounts and that it did not, and still does not, act for the account of third parties in
connection with the establishment and the maintenance of the German Accounts, and that (ii) it is
the economic owner (wirtschaftlicher Berechtigter) of the Trust Accounts owned by Novelis
Deutschland GmbH.

13. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement and
the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the intention of the
parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in
concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be
resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and
control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any
right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to (a)
the provisions of the intercreditor agreement, dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the
"Intercreditor Agreement”), among the grantors party thereto; Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving
Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and Bank of America, N.A., as
Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent (each term as defined therein) and
(b) the provisions of section 11.22 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement; for the avoidance of doubt,
the in rem aspects of the security granted under this Agreement shall be exclusively governed by
this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
govern and control. Except as provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof, shall govern and
control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

	14.	 	NOTICES
	 
	14.1	 	Any notice or other communication in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered personally, sent by registered mail or sent by fax (with confirmation copy
by registered mail) to the following addresses:

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	14.1.1	 	If to the Pledgees and Collateral Agent:

	 	 	 	 
	 	Address:

	 	Bank of America, N.A. 

1455 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 	Attention: 

Fax:

	 	Account Officer

+ 1 415-503-5011

	14.1.2	 	If to Pledgor:

	 	 	 	 

	 	Address: 

Attention: 

Fax:

	 	Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland

Management

+41 44 386 2151

		 	 or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified to the other
party in writing.
	 
	14.2	 	Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in English or in German. If
in German, such notice or communication shall be accompanied by a translation into English.
	 
	15.	 	WAIVER
	 
	15.1	 	No failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder by the
Pledgees shall operate as a waiver hereunder. Nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any right or
remedy.
	 
	15.2	 	Any rights of the Pledgees pursuant to this Agreement, including the rights under this
Clause, may be waived only in writing.
	 
	16.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier shall be equally as effective as delivery of an
original executed

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	 	 	counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart
of this Agreement by telecopier also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.

	17.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	17.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
	 
	17.2	 	For any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement the courts in Frankfurt
am Main, Federal Republic of Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction. The Pledgees, however, shall also be entitled to take legal action against
the Pledgor before any other court having jurisdiction over the Pledgor or any of the
Pledgor’s assets.
	 
	18.	 	LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 
	18.1	 	Without extending the Collateral Agent’s liability as set forth in Section 11.03 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, neither of the Pledgees nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for
any loss or damage suffered by the Pledgor except for such loss or damage which is incurred as
a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of a Pledgee or the Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.2	 	The Pledgor shall indemnify the Pledgees and the Collateral Agent and any person appointed by
either the Pledgees or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement against any losses, actions,
claims, expenses, demands and liabilities which are incurred by or made against the Pledgees
and/ or the Collateral Agent for any action or omission in the exercise of the powers
contained herein other than to the extent that such losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands
and liabilities are incurred by or made against the Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent as a
result of the gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) or willful misconduct (Vorsatz) of the
Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

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	19.	 	AMENDMENTS
	 
	 	 	Any amendment to, or modification of, this Agreement, including this Clause, shall be effective
only if made in writing, unless mandatory law provides for more stringent formal requirements.
	 
	20.	 	ANNEXES, SCHEDULES
	 
	All Schedules to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.
	 
	21.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	21.1	 	Should any provision of this Agreement be or become invalid or unenforceable, or should this
Agreement be accidentally incomplete or become incomplete, this shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. In lieu of the invalid or unenforceable
provision or in order to remedy any incompleteness, a provision shall apply which comes as close as possible to that which
the Parties had intended or would have intended if they had considered the matter. In the
event that any Pledge granted under this Agreement shall be impaired or be or become
invalid or unenforceable this shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
Pledge granted under this Agreement.
	 
	21.2	 	To the extent that the Pledges have not been properly created or, where applicable, their
nominal denominations have not been made in Euro, the Pledgor undertakes that it will without
promptly (unverzüglich) cure any legal defects, make all necessary acts, and (in the event
that these legal defects render this Agreement invalid or otherwise affect the perfection and
enforceability of the security interest created thereby) re-execute this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

List of Lenders and other Secured Parties

	1.	 	Bank of America, N.A.

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SCHEDULE 2 PART I

List of German Accounts

Novelis AG

Deutsche Bank Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code (BLZ)	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis AG
	 	EUR
	 	Deutsche Bank /

Hannover
	 	25070024
	 	cashpool header
	 	 	 	Achim Keiser

Tel.: +49-511-3652953

Email:

achim.keiser@db.com
	 	Deutsche Bank AG,

Filiale Hannover,

Georgsplatz 20,

30159 Hannover,

Germany

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Commerzbank Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code (BLZ)	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis AG
	 	DKK
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	NOK
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	SEK
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	GBP
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	USD
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany

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	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code (BLZ)	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis AG
	 	CHF
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	AUD
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	CAD
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Master Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	CHF
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Receivables Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Receivables Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	GBP
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Receivables Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany
	Novelis AG
	 	USD
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	10040000
	 	Receivables Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany

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SCHEDULE 2 PART II

List of Trust Accounts

Novelis AG

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code (BLZ)	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Germany GmbH
	 	EUR

CAD

CHF

GBP

USD
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	 10040000
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:

0 frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,

Potsdamer Str. 125,

10783 Berlin,

Germany

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SCHEDULE 3

Notice of Pledge

[Letterhead of Pledgor]

	 	 	 
	From:

	 	Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	[Account Bank]
	 
	 	 
	Date:

	 	[ ]
	 
	 	 
	Re:

	 	Accounts Nos. [ ] (the “Accounts”)

We hereby give you the notice that by a pledge agreement dated [•], 2010 (the “Account Pledge
Agreement”) we have pledged in favor of Bank of America, N.A. (the “Collateral Agent”) and the
other pledgees set out in the Account Pledge Agreement (together with the Collateral Agent, the
“Secured Parties”) all present and future credit balances, including all interest payable, from
time to time standing to the credit on each of the above Accounts (which shall include all
sub-accounts, renewals, re-designation, replacements and extensions thereof). A copy of the
Account Pledge Agreement is attached hereto.

Please note that we have waived all rights of confidentiality (Bankgeheimnis) in relation to all
accounts held with you for the benefit of the Secured Parties. We hereby instruct you to provide
the Collateral Agent with all information requested by it concerning the Accounts.

Until you receive notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent, we may continue to operate the
Account(s) and in particular may dispose of the amounts credited to the Account(s). Upon receipt of
the aforesaid notice to the contrary, you as Account Bank, shall not permit any dispositions by us
of amounts credited to the Account(s).

Please acknowledge receipt of this notice and your agreement to the terms hereof by signing the
enclosed copy and returning the same to Bank of America, N.A., 1455 Market Street, San Francisco,
CA 94103, U.S.A., Fax: + 1 415-503-5011, to the attention of the Account Officer, in its capacity
as Collateral Agent with a copy to ourselves.

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Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of

Novelis AG

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SCHEDULE 4

Form of Acknowledgement

	 	 	 
	From:

	 	[Account Bank]

(the Account Bank)
	 
	To:

	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	as Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	1455 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A 

Fax: + 1 415-503-5011

Attention: Account Officer
	 
	 	 
	Copy to:

	 	Novelis AG

Sternenfeldstrasse 19, 8700 Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland

Switzerland

Acknowledgement
of Receipt of Notification of Pledge according to Account Pledge Agreement dated (...) — Bank Account No. (...)

Dear Sirs,

We acknowledge receipt of the above notice and confirm that we have neither received any previous
notice of pledge relating to the Account nor are we aware of any third party rights in relation to
the Account which rank in priority before the pledges over the Account granted to the Collateral
Agent by the Pledgor, except for the pledges granted under the Account Pledge Agreement in
connection with the ABL Credit Agreement dated on or about 17 December 2010 We have not assessed
the validity of the pledge.

We hereby agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Account or invoke any rights of
retention in relation to the Account during the existence of the pledge, other than in relation to
charges payable in connection with the maintenance of the Account or other bank charges or fees
payable in the ordinary course of business or in relation to amounts arising from the return of
direct debits or cheques credited to the above Account.

We agree that the pledge in our favor over the Account granted pursuant to our General Business
Conditions shall rank behind all the pledges over the Account granted to the Collateral Agent by
the Pledgor pursuant to the Account Pledge Agreement dated [•] of which we have been
notified by the Pledgor.

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We take note of the fact that until notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent to be served
to us as Account Bank, the Pledgor may continue to operate the Account and in particular may
dispose over the amounts standing to the credit of the Account.

Please send such aforesaid notice directly to

[details/address of Account Bank]

 

(duly authorised signatory of the Account Bank)

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Signatories

 

EXECUTION COPY

NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA

as Pledgor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

and

other Parties
as Pledgees

 

SECOND RANKING ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

(VERPFÄNDUNG VON BANKKONTEN)

 

Term Loan: Account Pledge by Novelis Switzerland SA

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	TABLE OF CONTENTS	 	PAGE	 
	1. DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	 	2	 
	2. CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 	 	4	 
	3. SECURED OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	5	 
	4. DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNT
	 	 	5	 
	5. REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	6	 
	6. WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENCES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 	 	8	 
	7. RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	8	 
	8. DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 	 	9	 
	9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	9	 
	10. UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	 	10	 
	11. LIMITATION OF ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	13	 
	12. ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS
	 	 	13	 
	13. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
	 	 	13	 
	14. NOTICES
	 	 	14	 
	15. WAIVER
	 	 	15	 
	16. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	15	 
	17. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	15	 
	18. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	15	 
	19. AMENDMENTS
	 	 	16	 
	20. ANNEXES, SCHEDULES
	 	 	16	 
	21. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	16	 
	SCHEDULE 1 List of Lenders and other Secured Parties
	 	 	- 1 -	 
	SCHEDULE 2 List of Bank Accounts
	 	 	- 2 -	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Notice of Pledge
	 	 	- 3 -	 
	SCHEDULE 4 Form of Acknowledgement
	 	 	- 5 -	 

Term Loan: Account Pledge by Novelis Switzerland SA

 

 

This ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made on December 17, 2010

Among:

	(1)	 	Novelis Switzerland SA, a stock corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland, having
its business address at Route des Laminoirs, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland (the “Pledgor”);
	 
	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below) (the “Collateral Agent”),
	 
	(3)	 	the institutions listed in Schedule 1 (List of Lenders and other Secured Parties) hereto in
their capacity as lenders or other secured parties under or in connection with the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (as defined below) (together with the Collateral Agent, the “Original
Pledgees ”); and
	 
	(4)	 	the Future Pledgees, as defined herein.

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the
Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders party thereto, and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, the Lenders thereunder
have agreed to extend to the Borrower credit in the form of initial term loans (the “Initial
Term Loans”), and, if so requested by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative
Agent and provided the approached existing lender elects to provide the respective commitment,
in the form of incremental term loans effected by joinder agreements to the Term Loan Credit
Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loans”), and certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of
all or any portion of the Term Loans then ourstanding (the “Other Term Loans”, and, together
with the Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”).
	 
	(B)	 	It is one of the conditions for granting the Term Loans that the Pledgor enters into this
Agreement.

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	(C)	 	In connection with an ABL revolving loan agreement dated dated on or about the date hereof
(the “ABL Credit Agreement”), the Pledgor has agreed to grant a first ranking pledge over its
Accounts (as defined below) as security for the obligations arising under or in connection
with the ABL Credit Agreement.
	 
	(D)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to grant a second ranking pledge over its Accounts as security for the
Pledgees’ respective claims against the Loan Parties under or in connection with the Term Loan
Credit Agreement.
	 
	(E)	 	The Pledgor and other members of the group have entered or will enter into certain cash
pooling arrangements (the “Cash Pooling Arrangements”), including the DB Cash Pooling
Arrangements and the Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement (each term as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement). In connection with the change of the cash management system of the Novelis
group the Pledgor intends to, inter alia, open new accounts with Deutsche Bank AG (“Deutsche
Bank Accounts”).

NOW, IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 
	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

“Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness” shall mean the agreement on the abstract acknowledgement
of indebtedness (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis) entered into among Novelis Deutschland GmbH and
Novelis Aluminium Holding Company with the Collateral Agent on or about the date hereof in
connection with the Credit Agreement.

“Account Banks” shall mean the credit institutions administering any of the Accounts, including the
banks specified as account banks in Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts) and “Account Bank” shall
mean any of them.

“Accounts” shall mean all bank accounts (including without limitation giro accounts and accounts
for saving deposits (Spareinlagen), time deposits (Termineinlagen) or call money deposits
(Tagesgeldeinlagen)) which the Pledgor holds at present or may at any time hereafter open with any
credit institution in the Federal Republic of Germany including any sub-account, renewal,
redesignation or replacement thereof (including but not limited to the accounts specified in
Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts)) and “Account” means any one of them.

“Future Pledgee” shall mean any Person that (i) is a transferee with respect to the Pledges by
operation of law following the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of any part of the Secured Obligations

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from any of the Original Pledgees or Future Pledgee to such future pledgee and/or (ii) becomes a
creditor of a Loan Party, as a successor of a Pledgee, a Future Pledgee or otherwise or by way of
becoming a lender, issuing bank or agent, in each case, under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document and/or (iii) accedes to this agreement by ratification pursuant to sub-clause
3.3 hereof as pledgee.

“Lenders” has the meaning given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Pledgees” means the Original Pledgees and the Future Pledgees, and “Pledgee” means any of them.

“Pledges” means the pledges created pursuant to Clause 2.

“Secured Obligations” shall mean

(I) (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or
in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued but for such
proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the due
and punctual payment of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each
Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement; and

	(II)	 	the Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness.
	 
	1.2	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.
	 
	1.3	 	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	1.4	 	Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of a term in the singular shall include the
definition of such term in the plural and vice versa.

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	1.5	 	This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English
language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement.
However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement,
the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.
	 
	1.6	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a “Clause”, “sub-clause” or “Schedule” shall, subject to
any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, a sub-clause or a schedule
hereof.
	 
	2.	 	CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 
	2.1	 	The Pledgor hereby pledges to each of the Pledgees:
	 
	2.1.1	 	any present and future credit balances, including interest, standing from time to time to
the credit of,
	 
	(A)	 	its Accounts;
	 
	(B)	 	any present and future replacement accounts, sub-accounts, re-designated accounts and
renumbered accounts which are opened or will be opened in the future in replacement of, or in
connection with, its Accounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Deutsche Bank
Accounts to be opened after the date hereof); and
	 
	2.1.2	 	all other present and future rights to receive payments in connection with its Accounts,
including claims for damages or unjust enrichment.
	 
	2.2	 	Each of the Original Pledgees hereby accepts the Pledges for itself.
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent accepts, as representative without power of attorney (Vertreter ohne
Vertretungsmacht) the respective Pledges for and on behalf of each Future Pledgee. Each Future
Pledgee will ratify and confirm the declarations and acts so made by the Collateral Agent on
its behalf by accepting the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of the Secured Obligations (or part of them) from a Pledgee or by
becoming party to any Loan Document. Upon such ratification (Genehmigung) such Future Pledgee
becomes a party to this Agreement, it being understood that any future or conditional claim
(zukünftiger oder

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	 	 	bedingter Anspruch) of such Future Pledgee arising under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document shall be secured by the Pledges constituted hereunder.

	2.4	 	All parties hereby confirm that the validity of the Pledges granted hereunder shall not be
affected by the Collateral Agent acting as representative without power of attorney for each
Future Pledgee.
	 
	2.5	 	The validity and effect of each of the Pledges shall be independent of the validity and the
effect of the other Pledges created hereunder. The Pledges to each of the Pledgees shall be
separate and individual pledges ranking pari passu with the other Pledges created hereunder.
	 
	2.6	 	The Pledges created hereunder shall be subordinated to any pledges created over the Accounts
in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement, but shall rank ahead of any other security
interest or third party right currently in existence or created in the future over any of the
Accounts, including the Account Banks’ pledges.
	 
	2.7	 	Each of the Pledges is in addition, and without prejudice, to any other security the Pledgees
may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	2.8	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that nothing in this Agreement shall exclude a
transfer of all or part of the Pledges created hereunder by operation of law upon the transfer
or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of all or part
of the Secured Obligations by any Pledgee to a Future Pledgee.
	 
	3.	 	SECURED OBLIGATIONS

The security created hereunder secures the payment of all Secured Obligations. The Pledgor hereby
expressly agrees that the provisions of Section 1210 para. 1 sentence 2 of the German Civil Code
shall not apply to this Agreement.

	4.	 	DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNT
	 
	4.1	 	In relation to the Account Banks, the Pledgor shall be authorized to dispose over (verfügen)
its Accounts in the ordinary course of business. This

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	 	 	authorization shall, in particular, include the right to withdraw and transfer funds from
the Accounts. The Accounts may only be closed to the extent and under the conditions
permitted under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as
permitted in connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements). The Pledgees,
acting through the Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to revoke the authorization granted
under this Clause 4 at any time after any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has
occurred.

	4.2	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived, the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, shall irrevocably and at any and all times be
entitled to (i) notify each Account Bank of the forthcoming enforcement of the Pledges and
(ii) instruct each and every Account Bank that as of receipt of such notice it shall no longer
allow any dispositions by the Pledgor over any amounts standing to the credit on the Accounts.
The Collateral Agent shall notify the Pledgor accordingly.
	 
	5.	 	REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	5.1	 	The Pledges shall become enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing, unremedied and
unwaived, the requirements set forth in Section 1273 para. 2, 1204 et seq. of the German Civil
Code with regard to the enforcement of any of the Pledges are met (Pfandreife) and the
Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, gives notice to the Pledgor that the
Pledges in question are enforceable. After the Pledges have become enforceable, the Collateral
Agent may in its absolute discretion enforce all or any part of these Pledges in any manner it
sees fit.
	 
	5.2	 	The realization of the Pledges (or any part thereof) shall not require a prior court ruling
or any other enforceable title (vollstreckbarer Titel). Section 1277 of the German Civil Code
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) is thus excluded.
	 
	5.3	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, shall be entitled to realize the
Pledges — either in whole or in part — in any legally permissible manner.
	 
	5.4	 	The Collateral Agent shall give the Pledgor at least 10 (ten) Business Days prior written
notice of the intention to realize any of the Pledges (the “Realization Notice”). Such
Realization Notice is not necessary if the

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	 	 	observance of the notice period will have a materially adversely affect the security
interests of the Pledgees. Such Realization Notice shall in particular not be required, if:
	 
	5.4.1	 	the Pledgor ceases to make payments to third parties generally within the meaning of Section
190 para. 1 no. 2 of the Swiss Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Act);
	 
	5.4.2	 	the Pledgor becomes over-indebted within the meaning of Section 725 para 2 of the Swiss Code
of Obligations;
	 
	5.4.3	 	the Pledgor files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or similar
proceedings over its assets;
	 
	5.4.4	 	any third party files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or
similar proceedings over the assets of the Pledgor, provided such application is not
unfounded; or
	 
	5.4.5	 	a preliminary insolvency administrator or an insolvency administrator or any similar kind of
receiver, liquidator or administrator has been appointed over the assets of the Pledgor.
	 
	5.5	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may take all measures and enter into
all agreements with the Account Banks or any third-party creditor which it considers necessary
or expedient in connection with the realization of the balances on the Accounts, taking into
account the legitimate interests of the Pledgor. In particular, the Collateral Agent may, on
behalf of the Pledgor, declare the termination of time deposits or similar contractual
arrangements made in respect of the Accounts.
	 
	5.6	 	For the purpose of realizing the balances on the Accounts, the Pledgor shall, upon the
Collateral Agent’s request, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) furnish
the Collateral Agent with all documents of title and other relevant documents held by the
Pledgor, and shall, at its own expense, forthwith render all assistance which is necessary or
expedient in respect of the realization of the balances on the Accounts.

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	5.7	 	Following the realization of all or part of the Pledges, the net proceeds (net proceeds shall
mean proceeds less any taxes and costs) shall be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations.
	 
	6.	 	WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENCES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 
	6.1	 	The Pledgor hereby waives all defenses against enforcement that may be raised on the basis of
potential avoidance (Anfechtbarkeit) and set-off pursuant to Sections 1211, 770 of the German
Civil Code. This waiver shall not apply to a set-off with counterclaims that are (i)
uncontested (unbestritten) or (ii) based on a binding non- appealable court decision
(rechtskräftig festgestellt).
	 
	6.2	 	If the Pledges are enforced, or if the Pledgor has discharged any of the Secured Obligations
(or any part of them), Section 1225 of the German Civil Code (legal subrogation of claims to a
pledgor — Forderungsübergang auf den Verpfänder) shall not apply, and no rights of the
Pledgees shall pass to the Pledgor by subrogation or otherwise. Further, the Pledgor shall not
at any time before, on or after an enforcement of the Pledges and as a result of the Pledgor
entering into this Agreement, be entitled to demand indemnification or compensation from any
Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its affiliates or to assign any of these claims.
	 
	7.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	7.1	 	Upon full and final satisfaction of all Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, acting on
behalf of the Pledgees, shall at the cost and expense of the Pledgor confirm to the Pledgor in
writing the release of the Pledges, do everything necessary to effect that release, and
surrender the surplus proceeds, if any, resulting from any realization of the Pledges to the
Pledgor. This shall not apply to the extent that the Pledgees have to surrender the Accounts
or such proceeds to a third party who is entitled to the Accounts or to such proceeds. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Parties are aware that, upon the complete and final satisfaction of
all Secured Obligations, the Pledges will expire and cease to exist due to their accessory
nature (Akzessorietät) by operation of German law. If the Collateral Agent is authorized to
release in whole or in part any pledges under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Agent is authorized to release such Pledge under this Agreement.

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	7.2	 	At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted by the Pledgor to secure
the Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realised in the event of
an enforcement of the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured Obligations
(the “Limit”) not only temporarily, the Pledgees shall on demand of the Pledgor release such
part of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Pledgees may in their reasonable discretion
determine so as to reduce the realisable value of the Security to the Limit.
	 
	8.	 	DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 
	8.1	 	Without prejudice to Clause 8.2, in no event shall the Pledges expire before and unless all
Secured Obligations have been fully and finally discharged and there is no amount outstanding
under the Secured Obligations, whether for principal, interest, fees, discounts or other
costs, expenses, charges or otherwise.
	 
	8.2	 	The Pledges shall provide a continuing security and, to the largest extent possible under
applicable law, no change or amendment whatsoever in and to the Secured Obligations and to any
document relating to the Secured Obligations shall affect the validity of this Agreement nor
shall it limit the obligations which are imposed on the Pledgor hereunder.
	 
	8.3	 	This Agreement is in addition to, and independent of, any other security or guarantee the
Pledgees may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations. None of such
security or guarantee shall prejudice, or shall be prejudiced by, the Pledges in any way.
	 
	9.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Pledgor represents and warrants (sichert zu) to each of the Pledgees by way of an independent
guarantee (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) that, at the date hereof:

	9.1	 	it is the unrestricted legal and economic owner of the Accounts;
	 
	9.2	 	it does not own any other accounts in the Federal Republic of Germany other than the
Accounts;

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	9.3	 	the information provided in this Agreement relating to its Accounts is accurate and complete
in all material respects;
	 
	9.4	 	its Accounts are free from any liens, rights of retention (Zurückbehaltungsrechte), other
encumbrances and other third party rights (except for the lien as security for the ABL Credit
Agreements and except to the extent permitted as a Permitted Lien (as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement);
	 
	9.5	 	the Pledges granted to the Pledgees will (upon effectiveness of this Agreement but subject to
receipt of the executed schedule confirmation by the Account Banks) be subordinated only to
the pledges over the Accounts created in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement but will
rank ahead of any other current or future third party security interest over the Accounts
(except for pledges over accounts to customers or other third parties in a manner permitted by
Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement);
	 
	9.6	 	the Pledges constituted hereunder are valid and enforceable without enforceable judgment or
other instrument (vollstreckbarer Titel) subject to any qualification in the legal opinion to
be issued by the law firm of Noerr LLP in relation hereto; and
	 
	9.7	 	it has not ceased payments within the meaning of Section 190 para. 1 no. 2 of the Swiss Debt
Collection and Bankruptcy Act, nor is it over-indebted within the meaning of Section 725 para.
no. 2 of the Swiss Code of obligations or in terms of the Swiss generally accepted accounting
principles (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung, nor it is unable, or has admitted
inability, to pay its debts as they fall due and is not deemed to, or declared to be, unable
to pay its debts.
	 
	10.	 	UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR

The Pledgor undertakes:

	10.1	 	to notify promptly (unverzüglich), substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Notice of
Pledge), its Account Banks of the creation of the Pledges, and to obtain from each such
Account Bank a confirmation vis-à-vis the Collateral Agent of the receipt of the notice;

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	10.2	 	to ensure that its Account Banks releases the Accounts from any charges (pledges, rights of
retention, rights of set-off, etc.), including charges created pursuant to the Account Bank’s
standard terms and conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen), or subordinate such rights,
by the relevant Account Bank signing a confirmation substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 4 (Form of Acknowledgement). It is understood among the parties that a failure by an
Account Bank to submit such confirmation to the Collateral Agent does not affect the validity
or enforceability of the Pledges;
	 
	10.3	 	upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, and upon the request of the
Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to deliver to the Collateral Agent
information on the current status of the Accounts;
	 
	10.4	 	to provide (and to instruct the Account Banks to provide) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
the Pledgees, with all information, evidence and documentation which the Collateral Agent,
acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably request in connection with the administration
and realization of the Accounts. After any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has
occurred, (i) the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, is hereby authorized to
obtain all information and documents (including bank account extracts and other information on
the current status of the Accounts) directly from the Account Banks in its own name and at the
Pledgor’s costs, and (ii) the Pledgees and their designees are permitted to inspect, audit and
make copies of, and extracts from, all records and all other papers in the possession of the
Pledgor which pertain to the Accounts;
	 
	10.5	 	at the request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to promptly
(unverzüglich) grant to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, pledges
(substantially in the form of this Agreement) over any new accounts governed by German law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, accounts pledged to customers or other third parties in a
manner permitted by Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement need not be pledged
hereunder;
	 
	10.6	 	not to close or to terminate the Accounts except as permitted under, and under the conditions
provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as
permitted in connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);

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	10.7	 	not to transfer the Accounts to another bank or relocate the Accounts to another branch of
the relevant Account Bank unless such transfer does not affect the
Pledges and except as permitted under, and under the conditions provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in connection with
any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);
	 
	10.8	 	to obtain the Collateral Agent’s written consent, unless otherwise provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as provided in connection with any
changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements), prior to the establishment of a new account,
including any sub-account, re-designated account or re-numbered account pursuant to Clause
2.1.1(B) above. Upon the Pledgees’ request, the Pledgor shall give all declarations and render
all reasonable assistance which is necessary in order to perfect the Pledgees’ pledge over the
so established account;
	 
	10.9	 	not to create or permit to subsist any encumbrance, except for any Permitted Lien, over the
Accounts, or knowingly do or permit to be done, anything which is likely to be expected to
jeopardize or otherwise prejudice the existence, validity or ranking of the Pledges;
	 
	10.10	 	to inform the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) upon
gaining knowledge of any attachments (Pfändungen) of third parties that relate to the Accounts
or any other third-party measures, except for the creation of a Permitted Lien, which impair
or jeopardize the Pledges. In the event of any such attachment, the Pledgor shall provide the
Collateral Agent with a copy of the attachment and/or transfer order (Pfändungs- und/oder
Überweisungsbeschluss) and any other documents which the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Pledgees, requests that are necessary or expedient for a defense against such attachment. In
addition, the Pledgor shall inform the third party promptly (unverzüglich) in writing of the
Pledges and render, at its own expense, to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the
Pledgees, all assistance required or expedient to protect its Pledges; and
	 
	10.11	 	The Pledgor shall, at its own expense, execute and do all such assurances, acts and things
as the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably require
	 
	10.11.1	 	for perfecting or protecting the security under this Agreement; and

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	10.11.2	 	in the case of the enforcement of security, to facilitate the realization of all or any
part of the collateral which is subject to this Agreement and the exercise of all powers,
authorities and discretions vested in the Pledgees.
	 
	11.   LIMITATION OF ENFORCEMENT

If and to the extent (i) the obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement are for the exclusive
benefit of the Affiliates of the Pledgor (except for the (direct or indirect) Subsidiaries of the
Pledgor) and (ii) that complying with such obligations would constitute a repayment of capital
(“Kapitalrückzahlung”) or the payment of a (constructive) dividend (“Dividendenausschüttung”), then
the limitations set forth in Section 7.12 (Swiss Guarantors) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement
shall apply to any enforcement of the Pledges and to the proceeds of such enforcement.

	12.	 	ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS

The Pledgor hereby declares pursuant to Section 8 of the German Money Laundering Act
(Geldwäschegesetz) that it is the economic owner (wirtschaftlicher Berechtigter) of the Accounts
and that it did not, and still does not, act for the account of third parties in connection with
the establishment and the maintenance of the Accounts.

	13.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement and
the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the intention of the
parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together and
construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any
actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of
the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to (a) the provisions of the intercreditor agreement,
dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the grantors party
thereto; Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent; and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term Loan
Collateral Agent (each term as defined therein) and (b) the provisions of section 11.22 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement; for the avoidance of doubt, the in rem aspects of the security granted under
this Agreement shall be exclusively governed by this Agreement. In the

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event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in this
paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof, shall
govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

	14.	 	NOTICES
	 
	14.1	 	Any notice or other communication in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered personally, sent by registered mail or sent by fax (with confirmation copy
by registered mail) to the following addresses:
	 
	14.1.1	 	If to the Pledgees and Collateral Agent:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.

	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Account Officer

	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+ 1 415-503-5011

	14.1.2	 	If to Pledgor:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 	Novelis Switzerland SA
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Route des Laminoirs, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	General Manager
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+ 41.27.457-6525

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	with a copy to:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Novelis AG
	 

	 	Address:
	 	Sternenfeldstrasse 19

8700 Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Legal Counsel
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+ 41.44.386-2151

	 	 	or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified to the other
party in writing.
	 
	14.2	 	Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in English or in German. If
in German, such notice or communication shall be accompanied by a translation into English.

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	15.	 	WAIVER
	 
	15.1	 	No failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder by the
Pledgees shall operate as a waiver hereunder. Nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any right or
remedy.
	 
	15.2	 	Any rights of the Pledgees pursuant to this Agreement, including the rights under this
Clause, may be waived only in writing.
	 
	16.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier shall be equally as effective as delivery of an
original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart
of this Agreement by telecopier also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.
	 
	17.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	17.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
	 
	17.2	 	For any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement the courts in Frankfurt
am Main, Federal Republic of Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction. The Pledgees, however,
shall also be entitled to take legal action against the Pledgor before any other court having
jurisdiction over the Pledgor or any of the Pledgor’s assets.
	 
	18.	 	LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 
	18.1	 	Without extending the Collateral Agent’s liability as set forth in Section 11.03 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, neither of the Pledgees nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for
any loss or damage suffered by the Pledgor except for

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	 	 	such loss or damage which is incurred as a result of the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of a Pledgee or the Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.2	 	The Pledgor shall indemnify the Pledgees and the Collateral Agent and any person appointed by
either the Pledgees or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement against any losses, actions,
claims, expenses, demands and liabilities which are incurred by or made against the Pledgees
and/ or the Collateral Agent for any action or omission in the exercise of the powers
contained herein other than to the extent that such losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands
and liabilities are incurred by or made against the Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent as a
result of the gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) or willful misconduct (Vorsatz) of the
Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.
	 
	19.	 	AMENDMENTS

Any amendment to, or modification of, this Agreement, including this Clause, shall be effective
only if made in writing, unless mandatory law provides for more stringent formal requirements.

	20.	 	ANNEXES, SCHEDULES

All Schedules to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.

	21.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	21.1	 	Should any provision of this Agreement be or become invalid or unenforceable, or should this
Agreement be accidentally incomplete or become incomplete, this shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. In lieu of the invalid or unenforceable
provision or in order to remedy any incompleteness, a provision shall apply which comes as
close as possible to that which the Parties had intended or would have intended if they had
considered the matter. In the event that any Pledge granted under this Agreement shall be
impaired or be or become invalid or unenforceable this shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other Pledge granted under this Agreement.
	 
	21.2	 	To the extent that the Pledges have not been properly created or, where applicable, their
nominal denominations have not been made in Euro, the Pledgor undertakes that it will without
promptly (unverzüglich) cure any legal

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	 	 	defects, make all necessary acts, and (in the event that these legal defects render this
Agreement invalid or otherwise affect the perfection and enforceability of the security
interest created thereby) re-execute this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

List of Lenders and other Secured Parties

	1.	 	Bank of America, N.A.

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SCHEDULE 2

List of Bank Accounts

Novelis Switzerland SA

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank /	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account
 Holder	 	Currency	 	Account
Location	 	Type of Account	 	Account
 Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Switzerland 

SA

	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	Cash Pool Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,
Potsdamer Str. 125,
10783 Berlin,
Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Switzerland 

SA

	 	CHF
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	Cash Pool Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,
Potsdamer Str. 125,
10783 Berlin,
Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Switzerland 

SA

	 	USD
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	Cash Pool Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,
Potsdamer Str. 125,
10783 Berlin,
Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Switzerland 

SA

	 	GBP
	 	Commerzbank Berlin
	 	Cash Pool Account
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer

Tel.: +49-30-26534209

Email:
frank-bauer@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank AG,
Potsdamer Str. 125,
10783 Berlin,
Germany

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SCHEDULE 3

Notice of Pledge

[Letterhead of Pledgor]

	 	 	 

	From:

	 	Novelis Switzerland SA

Route des Laminoirs, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	[Account Bank]

[Address]

[City]

Germany
	 
	 	 
	Date:

	 	[ ]
	 
	 	 
	Re:

	 	Accounts Nos. [ ] (the “Accounts”)

We hereby give you the notice that by a pledge agreement dated December [•], 2010 (the “Account
Pledge Agreement”) we have pledged in favor of [ ] (the “Collateral Agent”) and the other pledgees
set out in the Account Pledge Agreement (together with the Collateral Agent, the “Secured Parties”)
all present and future credit balances, including all interest payable, from time to time standing
to the credit on the above Account(s) (which shall include all sub-accounts, renewals,
re-designation, replacements and extensions thereof). A copy of the Account Pledge Agreement is
attached hereto.

Please note that we have waived all rights of confidentiality (Bankgeheimnis) in relation to all
accounts held with you for the benefit of the Secured Parties. We hereby instruct you to provide
the Collateral Agent with all information requested by it concerning the Account(s).

Until you receive notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent, we may continue to operate the
Account(s) and in particular may dispose of the amounts credited to the Account(s). Upon receipt of
the aforesaid notice to the contrary, you as Account Bank, shall not permit any dispositions by us
of amounts credited to the Account(s).

Please acknowledge receipt of this notice and your agreement to the terms hereof by signing the
enclosed copy and returning the same to [ ], to the attention of [ ], in its capacity as
Collateral Agent with a copy to ourselves.

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Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of

Novelis Switzerland SA

Term Loan: Account Pledge by Novelis Switzerland SA

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SCHEDULE 4

Form of Acknowledgement

	 	 	 

	From:

	 	[Account Bank]

(the Account Bank)
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	Bank of America, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.

Fax: + 1 415-503-5011

Attention: Account Officer
	 
	 	 
	Copy to:

	 	Novelis Switzerland SA

Route des Laminoirs, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland

Fax: +41 27-457-6525

Attention: General Manager

Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notification of Pledge according to Account Pledge Agreement dated
December 17, 2010 — Bank Account No. [•]

Dear Sirs,

We acknowledge receipt of the above notice and confirm that we have neither received any previous
notice of pledge relating to the Account(s) nor are we aware of any third party rights in relation
to the Account(s), which rank in priority before the pledges over the Account(s) granted to the
Collateral Agent by the Pledgor, except for the pledges granted under the Account Pledge Agreement
in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement dated on or about 17 December 2010. We have not
assessed the validity of the pledge.

We hereby agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Account(s) or invoke any
rights of retention in relation to the Account(s) during the existence of the pledge, other than in
relation to charges payable in connection with the maintenance of the Account(s) or other bank
charges or fees payable in the ordinary course of business or in relation to amounts arising from
the return of direct debits or cheques credited to the above Account(s).

Term Loan: Account Pledge by Novelis Switzerland SA

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We agree that the pledge in our favor over the Account(s) granted pursuant to our General Business
Conditions shall rank behind all the pledges over the Account(s) granted to the Collateral Agent
and the other Pledgees by the Pledgor pursuant to the Account Pledge Agreement dated December
17, 2010 of which we have been notified by the Pledgor.

We take note of the fact that until notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent to be served
to us as Account Bank, the Pledgor may continue to operate the Account(s) and in particular may
dispose over the amounts standing to the credit of the Account(s).

Please send such aforesaid notice directly to

	 	 	 

	 

	 	[Account Bank to insert notice details]
	 

	 	[Address]
	 

	 	Fax: [•]

 

(duly authorised signatory of the Account Bank)

Term Loan: Account Pledge by Novelis Switzerland SA

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Signatories

Term Loan: Account Pledge by Novelis Switzerland SA

 

 

Execution Copy

NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

NOVELIS INC.

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

as Pledgors

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent and Original Pledgee 1

and

other Parties

as Pledgees

 

SECOND RANKING ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

(VERPFÄNDUNG VON BANKKONTEN)

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	TABLE OF CONTENTS	 	PAGE
	1. DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	 	2	 
	2. CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 	 	4	 
	3. SECURED OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	6	 
	4. DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNTS
	 	 	6	 
	5. REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	6	 
	6. WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENSES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 	 	8	 
	7. RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	9	 
	8. DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 	 	9	 
	9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	10	 
	10. UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGORs
	 	 	11	 
	11. ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS
	 	 	13	 
	12. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
	 	 	13	 
	13. NOTICES
	 	 	14	 
	14. WAIVER
	 	 	15	 
	15. COUNTERPARTS
	 	 	16	 
	16. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	16	 
	17. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	16	 
	18. AMENDMENTS
	 	 	17	 
	19. ANNEXES, SCHEDULES
	 	 	17	 
	20. SEVERABILITY
	 	 	17	 
	SCHEDULE 1 List of Lenders and other Secured Parties
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	SCHEDULE 2 PART I List of Bank Accounts of Pledgor 1
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	SCHEDULE 2 PART II List of Bank Accounts of Pledgor 2
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	SCHEDULE 2 PART III List of Bank Accounts of Pledgor 3
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	SCHEDULE 3 Notice of Pledge
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	SCHEDULE 4 Form of Acknowledgement
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This ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made on December 17, 2010

Among:

	(1)	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland, with its
registered office at 25/28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, registered with the Irish
Register of Companies under no. 319611, (the “Pledgor 1”);
	 
	(2)	 	Novelis Inc., is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, having its head office
at Two Alliance Center, 3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000, Atlanta, GA 30326, U.S.A., registered
under the corporate registration number 765937-7, (the “Pledgor 2”);
	 
	(3)	 	Novelis Luxembourg S.A., a company with limited liability existing under the laws of
Luxembourg, having its registered office at Zone Industrielle Riedgen L-3401 Dudelange,
registered with the Trade and Companies Register under number B 19.358, (the “Pledgor 3” and
together with the Pledgor 1 and the Pledgor 2 the “Pledgors”);
	 
	(5)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. (in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below), the “Collateral Agent”),
	 
	(3)	 	the institutions listed in Schedule 1 (List of Lenders and other Secured Parties) hereto in
their capacity as lenders or other secured parties under or in connection with the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (as defined below) (together with the Collateral Agent, the “Original
Pledgees ”); and
	 
	(4)	 	the Future Pledgees, as defined herein.

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the
Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders party thereto, and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the Lenders thereunder
have agreed to extend to the

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	 	 	Borrower credit in the form of initial term loans (the “Initial Term Loans”), and, if so
requested by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent and provided the
approached existing lender elects to provide the respective commitment, in the form of
incremental term loans effected by joinder agreements to the Term Loan Credit Agreement
(the “Incremental Term Loans”), and certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of all or
any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding (the “Other Term Loans”, and, together with
the Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”).
	 
	(B)	 	It is one of the conditions for granting the Term Loans that the Pledgors enter into this
Agreement.
	 
	(C)	 	In connection with an ABL revolving loan agreement dated on or about the date hereof, (the
“ABL Credit Agreement”), the Pledgors have agreed to grant a first ranking pledge over its
Accounts (as defined below) as security for the obligations arising under or in connection
with the ABL Credit Agreement.
	 
	(D)	 	The Pledgors have agreed to grant a second ranking pledge over its Accounts (as defined
below) as security for the Pledgees’ (as defined below) respective claims against the Loan
Parties under or in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	(E)	 	The Pledgors and other members of the group have entered or will enter into certain cash
pooling arrangements (the “Cash Pooling Arrangements”), including the DB Cash Pooling
Arrangements and the Commerzbank Cash Pooling Agreement (each term as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement). In connection with the change of the cash management system of the Novelis
group the Pledgors intend to, inter alia, open new accounts with Deutsche Bank AG (“Deutsche
Bank Accounts”).

NOW, IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 
	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

“Abstract Acknowledgment of Indebtedness” shall mean the agreement on the abstract acknowledgement
of indebtedness (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis) entered into among Novelis Deutschland GmbH and
Novelis Aluminium Holding Company with the Collateral Agent on or about the date hereof in
connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

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“Account Banks” shall mean the credit institutions administering any of the Accounts, including the
banks specified as account banks in Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts) and “Account Bank” shall
mean any of them.

“Accounts” shall mean all bank accounts (including without limitation giro accounts and accounts
for saving deposits (Spareinlagen), time deposits (Termineinlagen) or call money deposits
(Tagesgeldeinlagen)) which a Pledgors hold at present or may at any time hereafter open with any
credit institution in the Federal Republic of Germany including any sub-account, renewal,
redesignation or replacement thereof (including but not limited to the accounts specified in
Schedule 2 (List of Bank Accounts)) and “Account” means any one of them.

“Future Pledgee” shall mean any Person that (i) is a transferee with respect to the Pledges by
operation of law following the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of any part of the Secured Obligations from any of the Original Pledgees or
Future Pledgee to such future pledgee and/or (ii) becomes a creditor of a Loan Party, as a
successor of a Pledgee, a Future Pledgee or otherwise or by way of becoming a lender, issuing bank
or agent, in each case under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and/or (iii)
accedes to this agreement by ratification pursuant to sub-clause 3.3 hereof as pledgee.

“Lenders” has the meaning given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Pledgees” shall mean the Original Pledgees and the Future Pledgees, and “Pledgee” means any of
them.

“Pledges” shall mean the pledges created pursuant to Clause 2.

“Secured Obligations” shall mean

(I) (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or
in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued but for such
proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the
due and punctual payment of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each

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Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement; and

(II) the Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness.

	1.2	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.
	 
	1.3	 	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	1.4	 	Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of a term in the singular shall include the
definition of such term in the plural and vice versa.
	 
	1.5	 	This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English
language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement.
However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement,
the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.
	 
	1.6	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a “Clause”, “sub-clause” or “Schedule” shall, subject to
any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, a sub-clause or a schedule
hereof.
	 
	2.	 	CREATION OF PLEDGES
	 
	2.1	 	Each Pledgor hereby pledges to each of the Pledgees:
	 
	2.1.1	 	any present and future credit balances, including interest, standing from time to time to
the credit of,
	 
	(A)	 	its Accounts;
	 
	(B)	 	any present and future replacement accounts, sub-accounts, re-designated accounts and
renumbered accounts which are opened or will be opened in the future in replacement of, or in
connection with, its Accounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Deutsche Bank
Accounts to be opened after the date hereof); and

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	2.1.2	 	all other present and future rights to receive payments in connection with its Accounts,
including claims for damages or unjust enrichment.
	 
	2.2	 	Each of the Original Pledgees hereby accepts the Pledges for itself.
	 
	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent accepts, as representative without power of attorney (Vertreter ohne
Vertretungsmacht) the respective Pledges for and on behalf of each Future Pledgee. Each Future
Pledgee will ratify and confirm the declarations and acts so made by the Collateral Agent on
its behalf by accepting the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of the Secured Obligations (or part of them) from a Pledgee or by
becoming party to any Loan Document. Upon such ratification (Genehmigung) such Future Pledgee
becomes a party to this Agreement, it being understood that any future or conditional claim
(zukünftiger oder bedingter Anspruch) of such Future Pledgee arising under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be secured by the Pledges constituted
hereunder.
	 
	2.4	 	All parties hereby confirm that the validity of the Pledges granted hereunder shall not be
affected by the Collateral Agent acting as representative without power of attorney for each
Future Pledgee.
	 
	2.5	 	The validity and effect of each of the Pledges shall be independent of the validity and the
effect of the other Pledges created hereunder. The Pledges to each of the Pledgees shall be
separate and individual pledges ranking pari passu with the other Pledges created hereunder.
	 
	2.6	 	The Pledges created hereunder shall be subordinated to any pledges created over the Accounts
in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement, but shall rank ahead of any other security
interest or third party right currently in existence or created in the future over any of the
Accounts, including the Account Banks’ pledges.
	 
	2.7	 	Each of the Pledges is in addition, and without prejudice, to any other security the Pledgees
may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	2.8	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that nothing in this Agreement shall exclude a
transfer of all or part of the Pledges created hereunder by operation of law upon the transfer
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	 	 	novation or assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of all or part of the Secured Obligations by
any Pledgee to a Future Pledgee.
	 
	3.	 	SECURED OBLIGATIONS

The security created hereunder secures the payment of all Secured Obligations. The Pledgors hereby
expressly agrees that the provisions of Section 1210 para. 1 sentence 2 of the German Civil Code
shall not apply to this Agreement.

	4.	 	DISPOSALS OVER ACCOUNTS
	 
	4.1	 	In relation to the Account Banks, each Pledgor shall be authorized to dispose over (verfügen)
its respective Accounts in the ordinary course of business. This authorization shall, in
particular, include the right to withdraw and transfer funds from its respective Accounts. The
Accounts may only be closed to the extent and under the conditions permitted under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in connection with
any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements). The Pledgees, acting through the Collateral
Agent, shall be entitled to revoke the authorization granted under this Clause 4 at any time
after any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has occurred.
	 
	4.2	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived, the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, shall irrevocably and at any and all times be
entitled to (i) notify each Account Bank of the forthcoming enforcement of the Pledges and
(ii) instruct each and every Account Bank that as of receipt of such notice it shall no longer
allow any dispositions by the relevant Pledgor over any amounts standing to the credit on the
respective Account. The Collateral Agent shall notify the relevant Pledgor accordingly.
	 
	5.	 	REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	5.1	 	The Pledges shall become enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing, unremedied and
unwaived, the requirements set forth in Section 1273 para. 2, 1204 et seq. of the German Civil
Code with regard to the enforcement of any of the Pledges are met (Pfandreife) and the
Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, gives notice to the relevant Pledgor that
the Pledges in question are enforceable. After the Pledges have become enforceable, the

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	 	 	Collateral Agent may in its absolute discretion enforce all or any part of these Pledges in
any manner it sees fit.
	 
	5.2	 	The realization of the Pledges (or any part thereof) shall not require a prior court ruling
or any other enforceable title (vollstreckbarer Titel). Section 1277 of the German Civil Code
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) is thus excluded.
	 
	5.3	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, shall be entitled to realize the
Pledges — either in whole or in part — in any legally permissible manner.
	 
	5.4	 	The Collateral Agent shall give the relevant Pledgor at least 10 (ten) Business Days prior
written notice of the intention to realize any of the Pledges (the “Realization Notice”). Such
Realization Notice is not necessary if the observance of the notice period will have a
materially adversely affect the security interests of the Pledgees. Such Realization Notice
shall in particular not be required, if:
	 
	5.4.1	 	the relevant Pledgor ceases to make payments to third parties generally (within the meaning
of the relevant rules of the applicable insolvency regime);
	 
	5.4.2	 	the relevant Pledgor becomes over-indebted (within the meaning of the relevant rules of the
applicable insolvency regime);
	 
	5.4.3	 	any Pledgor files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings,
examinerships or similar proceedings over its assets;
	 
	5.4.4	 	any third party files an application for the institution of insolvency proceedings or
similar proceedings over the assets of any Pledgor, provided such application is not
unfounded; or
	 
	5.4.5	 	a preliminary insolvency administrator or an insolvency administrator or any similar kind of
receiver, liquidator or administrator has been appointed over the assets of any Pledgor.
	 
	5.5	 	If the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, decides not to enforce the Pledges
over all of the Accounts, it shall be entitled to determine, in its sole discretion, which of
the Accounts shall be realized.

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	5.6	 	The Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may take all measures and enter into
all agreements with the Account Banks or any third-party creditor which it considers necessary
or expedient in connection with the realization of the balances on the Accounts, taking into
account the legitimate interests of the relevant Pledgor. In particular, the Collateral Agent
may, on behalf of the Pledgors, declare the termination of time deposits or similar
contractual arrangements made in respect of the Accounts.
	 
	5.7	 	For the purpose of realizing the balances on the Accounts, each Pledgor shall, upon the
Collateral Agent’s request, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) furnish
the Collateral Agent with all documents of title and other relevant documents held by the
relevant Pledgor, and shall, at its own expense, forthwith render all assistance which is
necessary or expedient in respect of the realization of the balances on the Accounts.
	 
	5.8	 	Following the realization of all or part of the Pledges, the net proceeds (net proceeds shall
mean proceeds less any taxes and costs) shall be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations.
	 
	6.	 	WAIVER OF PLEDGORS’ DEFENSES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 
	6.1	 	The Pledgors hereby waive all defenses against enforcement that may be raised on the basis of
potential avoidance (Anfechtbarkeit) and set-off pursuant to Sections 1211, 770 of the German
Civil Code. This waiver shall not apply to a set-off with counterclaims that are (i)
uncontested (unbestritten) or (ii) based on a binding non- appealable court decision
(rechtskräftig festgestellt).
	 
	6.2	 	If the Pledges are enforced, or if a Pledgor has discharged any of the Secured Obligations
(or any part of them), Section 1225 of the German Civil Code (legal subrogation of claims to a
pledgor — Forderungsübergang auf den Verpfänder) shall not apply, and no rights of the
Pledgees shall pass to the relevant Pledgor by subrogation or otherwise. Further, no Pledgor
shall at any time before, on or after an enforcement of the Pledges and as a result of the
relevant Pledgor entering into this Agreement, be entitled to demand indemnification or
compensation from any Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its affiliates or to assign any of
these claims.

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	7.	 	RELEASE OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	7.1	 	Upon full and final satisfaction of all Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent, acting on
behalf of the Pledgees, shall at the cost and expense of the Pledgors confirm to the Pledgors
in writing the release of the Pledges, do everything necessary to effect that release, and
surrender the surplus proceeds, if any, resulting from any realization of the Pledges to the
relevant Pledgor. This shall not apply to the extent that the Pledgees have to surrender the
Accounts or such proceeds to a third party who is entitled to the Accounts or to such
proceeds. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties are aware that, upon the complete and final
satisfaction of all Secured Obligations, the Pledges will expire and cease to exist due to
their accessory nature (Akzessorietät) by operation of German law. If the Collateral Agent is
authorized to release in whole or in part any of the pledges under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorized to release the Pledges under this Agreement.
	 
	7.2	 	At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted by a Pledgor to secure the
Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realised in the event of an
enforcement of the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured Obligations (the
“Limit”) not only temporarily, the Pledgees shall on demand of such Pledgor release such part
of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Pledgees may in their reasonable discretion
determine so as to reduce the realisable value of the Security to the Limit.
	 
	8.	 	DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 
	8.1	 	Without prejudice to Clause 8.2, in no event shall the Pledges expire before and unless all
Secured Obligations have been fully and finally discharged and there is no amount outstanding
under the Secured Obligations, whether for principal, interest, fees, discounts or other
costs, expenses, charges or otherwise.
	 
	8.2	 	The Pledges shall provide a continuing security and, to the largest extent possible under
applicable law, no change or amendment whatsoever in and to the Secured Obligations and to any
document relating to the Secured Obligations shall affect the validity of this Agreement nor
shall it limit the obligations which are imposed on the Pledgors hereunder.

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	8.3	 	This Agreement is in addition to, and independent of, any other security or guarantee the
Pledgees may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations. None of such
security or guarantee shall prejudice, or shall be prejudiced by, the Pledges in any way.
	 
	9.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Pledgor represents and warrants (sichert zu) to each of the Pledgees by way of an independent
guarantee (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) that, at the date hereof:

	9.1	 	it is the unrestricted legal and economic owner of its respective Accounts;
	 
	9.2	 	it does not own any other accounts in the Federal Republic of Germany other than the
Accounts;
	 
	9.3	 	the information provided in this Agreement relating to its respective Accounts is accurate
and complete in all material respects;
	 
	9.4	 	except for any security for the ABL Credit Agreement or to the extent permitted as a
Permitted Lien (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), its respective Accounts are
free from any liens, rights of retention (Zurückbehaltungsrechte), other encumbrances and
other third party rights ;
	 
	9.5	 	the Pledges granted by it to the Pledgees will (upon effectiveness of this Agreement but
subject to receipt of the executed schedule confirmation by the Account Banks) be subordinated
only to the pledges over the Accounts created in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement but
will rank ahead of any other current or future third party security interest over the Accounts
(except for pledges over accounts to customers or other third parties in a manner permitted by
Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement);
	 
	9.6	 	the Pledges constituted by it hereunder are valid and enforceable without enforceable
judgment or other instrument (vollstreckbarer Titel) subject to any qualification in the legal
opinion to be issued by the law firm of Noerr LLP in relation hereto; and
	 
	9.7	 	it has not ceased payments within the meaning of the relevant rules of the applicable
insolvency regime nor is it over-indebted within the meaning of the

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	 	 	relevant rules of the applicable insolvency regime, nor is it illiquid/imminently illiquid
within the meaning of the relevant rules of the applicable insolvency regime.
	 
	10.	 	UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGORS

Each Pledgor undertakes:

	10.1	 	to notify promptly (unverzüglich), substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Notice of
Pledge), its Account Banks of the creation of the Pledges, and to obtain from each such
Account Bank a confirmation of receipt of notice vis-à-vis the Collateral Agent;
	 
	10.2	 	to ensure that its Account Banks release the Accounts from any charges (pledges, rights of
retention, rights of set-off, etc.), including charges created pursuant to the respective
Account Bank’s standard terms and conditions (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen), or subordinate
such rights, by the relevant Account Bank signing a confirmation substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 4 (Form of Acknowledgement). It is understood among the Parties that a failure
by an Account Bank to submit such confirmation to the Collateral Agent does not affect the
validity or enforceability of the Pledges;
	 
	10.3	 	upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the relevant Pledgor shall
upon the request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, deliver to the
Collateral Agent information on the current status of the Accounts;
	 
	10.4	 	to provide (and to instruct the Account Banks to provide) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
the Pledgees, with all information, evidence and documentation which the Collateral Agent,
acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably request in connection with the administration
and realization of the Accounts. After any of the events described in Clauses 5.1 or 5.4 has
occurred, (i) the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, is hereby authorized to
obtain all information and documents (including bank account extracts and other information on
the current status of the Accounts) directly from the Account Banks in its own name and at the
Pledgors’ costs, and (ii) the Pledgees and their designees are permitted to inspect, audit and
make copies of, and extracts from, all records and all other papers in the possession of the
Pledgors which pertain to the Accounts;

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	10.5	 	at the request of the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, to promptly
(unverzüglich) grant to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, pledges
(substantially in the form of this Agreement) over any new accounts governed by German law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, accounts pledged to customers or other third parties in a
manner permitted by Section 6.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement need not be pledged
hereunder;
	 
	10.6	 	not to close or to terminate the Accounts except as permitted under, and under the conditions
provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as
permitted in connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);
	 
	10.7	 	not to transfer any of the Accounts pledged by it to another bank or relocate any of the
Accounts pledged by it to another branch of the relevant Account Bank unless such transfer
does not affect the Pledges and except as permitted under, and under the conditions provided
in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as permitted in
connection with any changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements);
	 
	10.8	 	to obtain the Collateral Agent’s written consent, unless otherwise provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as provided in connection with any
changes to the Cash Pooling Arrangements), prior to the establishment of a new account,
including any sub-account, re-designated account or re-numbered account pursuant to Clause
2.1.1(B) above. Upon the Pledgees’ request, each Pledgor shall give all declarations and
render all reasonable assistance which is necessary in order to perfect the Pledgees’ pledge
over the so established account;
	 
	10.9	 	not to create or permit to subsist any encumbrance, except for any Permitted Lien, over any
of the Accounts, or knowingly do or permit to be done, anything which is likely to be expected
to jeopardize or otherwise prejudice the existence, validity or ranking of the Pledges;
	 
	10.10	 	to inform the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, promptly (unverzüglich) upon
gaining knowledge of any attachments (Pfändungen) of third parties that relate to the Accounts
or any other third-party measures, except for the creation of a Permitted Lien, which impair
or jeopardize the Pledges. In the event of any such attachment, the relevant Pledgor shall
provide the Collateral Agent with a copy of the attachment and/or transfer

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		 	order (Pfändungs-
und/oder Überweisungsbeschluss) and any other documents
which the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Pledgees, requests that are necessary or
expedient for a defense against such attachment. In addition, the relevant Pledgor shall
inform the third party promptly (unverzüglich) in writing of the Pledges and render, at its
own expense, to the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, all assistance
required or expedient to protect its Pledges; and
	 
	10.11	 	each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, execute and do all such assurances, acts and things
as the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Pledgees, may reasonably require

	 	10.11.1	 	for perfecting or protecting the security under this Agreement; and
	 
	 	10.11.2	 	in the case of the enforcement of security, to facilitate the realization of all or
any part of the collateral which is subject to this Agreement and the exercise of all
powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Pledgees.

	11.	 	ECONOMIC OWNERSHIP OF THE ACCOUNTS

Each Pledgor hereby declares pursuant to Section 8 of the German Money Laundering Act
(Geldwäschegesetz) that it is the economic owner (wirtschaftlicher Berechtigter) of its Accounts
and that it did not, and still does not, act for the account of third parties in connection with
the establishment and the maintenance of such Accounts.

	12.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement and
the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the intention of the
parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together and
construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any
actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of
the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to (a) the provisions of the intercreditor agreement,
dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor

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Agreement”), among the grantors party
thereto; Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving
Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and Bank of America, N.A., as
Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent (each term as defined therein) and
(b) the provisions of section 11.22 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement; for the avoidance of doubt,
the in rem aspects of the security granted under this Agreement shall be exclusively governed by
this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
govern and control. Except as provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof, shall govern and
control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

	13.	 	NOTICES
	 
	13.1	 	Any notice or other communication in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered personally, sent by registered mail or sent by fax (with confirmation copy
by registered mail) to the following addresses:
	 
	13.1.1	 	If to the Pledgees and Collateral Agent:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 

	 	 	 	1455 Market Street
	 

	 	 	 	San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Account Officer
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: + 1 415-503-5011

	13.1.2	 	If to Pledgor 1:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company
	 

	 	 	 	25/28 North Wall Quay,
	 

	 	 	 	Dublin 1, Irland
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Secretary
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+3531 6492649

	13.1.3	 	 If to Pledgor 2:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Novelis Inc.
	 

	 	 	 	Two Alliance Center, 3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000
	 

	 	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30326
	 

	 	 	 	U.S.A.
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Randal P. Miller

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	 	Fax:
	 	+1-404-760-0124

	13.1.4	 	If to Pledgor 3:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	Novelis Luxembourg S.A.
	 

	 	 	 	Zone Industrielle
	 

	 	 	 	Riedgen L-3401 Dudelange
	 

	 	 	 	Luxembourg
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Plant Manager
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+352518664210
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	With a copy to	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Novelis AG
	 

	 	 	 	Sternenfeldstr. 19
	 

	 	 	 	CH-8700 Küsnacht ZH
	 

	 	 	 	+41 443862309
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Legal Department
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+41 443862309

		 	or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified to the other
party in writing.
	 
	13.2	 	Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in English or in German. If
in German, such notice or communication shall be accompanied by a translation into English.
	 
	14.	 	WAIVER
	 
	14.1	 	No failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder by the
Pledgees shall operate as a waiver hereunder. Nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any right or
remedy.
	 
	14.2	 	Any rights of the Pledgees pursuant to this Agreement, including the rights under this
Clause, may be waived only in writing.

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	15.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	15.1	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier shall be equally as effective as delivery of an
original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart
of this Agreement by telecopier also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.
	 
	16.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	16.1	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
	 
	16.2	 	For any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement the courts in Frankfurt
am Main, Federal Republic of Germany shall have exclusive jurisdiction. The Pledgees, however,
shall also be entitled to take legal action against any Pledgor before any other court having
jurisdiction over such Pledgor or any of such Pledgor’s assets.
	 
	17.	 	LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
	 
	17.1	 	Without extending the Collateral Agent’s liability as set forth in Section 11.03 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, neither of the Pledgees nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for
any loss or damage suffered by any Pledgor except for such loss or damage which is incurred as
a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of a Pledgee or the Collateral Agent.
	 
	17.2	 	Each Pledgor shall indemnify the Pledgees and the Collateral Agent and any person appointed
by either the Pledgees or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement against any losses,
actions, claims, expenses, demands and liabilities which are incurred by or made against the
Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent for any action or omission in the exercise of the powers
contained herein other than to the extent that such losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands
and liabilities are incurred by or made against the Pledgees

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	 	 	and/ or the Collateral Agent as a result of the gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) or
willful misconduct (Vorsatz) of the Pledgees and/ or the Collateral Agent, as the case may
be.
	 
	18.	 	AMENDMENTS

Any amendment to, or modification of, this Agreement, including this Clause, shall be effective
only if made in writing, unless mandatory law provides for more stringent formal requirements.

	19.	 	ANNEXES, SCHEDULES

All Schedules to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.

	20.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	20.1	 	Should any provision of this Agreement be or become invalid or unenforceable, or should this
Agreement be accidentally incomplete or become incomplete, this shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. In lieu of the invalid or unenforceable
provision or in order to remedy any incompleteness, a provision shall apply which comes as
close as possible to that which the Parties had intended or would have intended if they had
considered the matter. In the event that any Pledge granted under this Agreement shall be
impaired or be or become invalid or unenforceable this shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other Pledge granted under this Agreement.
	 
	20.2	 	To the extent that the Pledges have not been properly created or, where applicable, their
nominal denominations have not been made in Euro, each Pledgor undertakes that it will without
promptly (unverzüglich) cure any legal defects, make all necessary acts, and (in the event
that these legal defects render this Agreement invalid or otherwise affect the perfection and
enforceability of the security interest created thereby) re-execute this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

List of Lenders and other Secured Parties

	1.	 	Bank of America, N.A.

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SCHEDULE 2 PART I

List of Bank Accounts of Pledgor 1

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis 
	 	EUR	 	DB Hannover	 	25070024	 	Business account	 	 	 	Achim Keiser	 	Deutsche Bank AG
	Aluminium
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Georgsplatz 20
	Holding 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	30159 Hannover
	Company
	 		 		 		 		 	 	 		 	Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis 
	 	EUR	 	Commerzbank AG	 	10040000	 	 	 	 	 	Frank Bauer	 	Commerzbank AG,
	Aluminium
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tel.: +49-30-26534209	 	Potsdamer Str. 125,
	Holding 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Email:	 	10783 Berlin,
	Company
	 		 		 		 	 	 	 	 	frank-bauer@commerzbank.com	 	Germany

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SCHEDULE 2 PART II

List of Bank Accounts of Pledgor 2

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Inc.

	 	EUR
	 	DB Hannover
	 	25070024	 	 	Business account
	 	 		 	 	Achim Keiser
	 	Deutsche Bank AG

Georgsplatz 20

30159 Hannover

Germany

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SCHEDULE 2 PART III

List of Bank Accounts of Pledgor 3

Commerzbank AG

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Luxembourg SA

	 	EUR
	 	Commerzbank
	 	10040000	 	 	Cash pool
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer, Oliver Lipska 

Tel: +49 30 2653 4209
frank.bauer@commerzbank.com
Oliver.lipska@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank

Postdamer Strasse

125

B-10783 Berlin

Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Luxembourg SA

	 	GBP
	 	Commerzbank
	 	10040000	 	 	Cash pool
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer, Oliver Lipska 

Tel: +49 30 2653 4209
frank.bauer@commerzbank.com
Oliver.lipska@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank

Postdamer Strasse

125

B-10783 Berlin

Germany
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Luxembourg SA

	 	USD
	 	Commerzbank
	 	10040000	 	 	Cash pool
	 	 	 	Frank Bauer, Oliver Lipska 

Tel: +49 30 2653 4209
frank.bauer@commerzbank.com
Oliver.lipska@commerzbank.com
	 	Commerzbank

Postdamer Strasse

125

B-10783 Berlin

Germany

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Deutsche Bank AG

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bank / Account	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Account Holder	 	Currency	 	Location	 	Bank Sort Code	 	Type of Account	 	Account Number	 	Contact	 	Address
	Novelis Luxembourg SA

	 	EUR
	 	DB Hannover
	 	25070024	 	 	Cash pool
	 	 	 	Achim Keiser
	 	Deutsche Bank AG

Georgsplatz 20

30159 Hannover

Germany

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SCHEDULE 3

Notice of Pledge

[Letterhead of Pledgor]

	 	 	 

	From:

	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company

25/28 North Wall Quay

Dublin 1

Ireland
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	[Account Bank]
	 
	 	 
	Date:

	 	[ ]
	 
	 	 
	Re:

	 	Accounts Nos. [ ] (the “Accounts”)

We hereby give you the notice that by a pledge agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the
“Account Pledge Agreement”) we have pledged in favor of Bank of America, N.A. (the “Collateral
Agent”) and the other pledgees set out in the Account Pledge Agreement (together with the
Collateral Agent, the “Secured Parties”) all present and future credit balances, including all
interest payable, from time to time standing to the credit on each of the above Accounts (which
shall include all sub-accounts, renewals, re-designation, replacements and extensions thereof).
A copy of the Account Pledge Agreement is attached hereto.

Please note that we have waived all rights of confidentiality (Bankgeheimnis) in relation to all
accounts held with you for the benefit of the Secured Parties. We hereby instruct you to provide
the Collateral Agent with all information requested by it concerning the Accounts.

Until you receive notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent, we may continue to operate the
Account(s) and in particular may dispose of the amounts credited to the Account(s). Upon receipt of
the aforesaid notice to the contrary, you as Account Bank, shall not permit any dispositions by us
of amounts credited to the Account(s).

Please acknowledge receipt of this notice and your agreement to the terms hereof by signing the
enclosed copy and returning the same to Bank of America, N.A., 1455 Market Street, CA 94103,
U.S.A., Fax: + 1 312-453-5555, to the attention of the Account Officer, in its capacity as
Collateral Agent with a copy to ourselves.

Yours faithfully,

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For and on behalf of

[Pledgor]

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SCHEDULE 4

Form of Acknowledgement

	 	 	 

	From:

	 	[Account Bank]
	 

	 	(the Account Bank)
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	as Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	1455 Market Street
	 

	 	San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Fax: + 1 415-503-5011
	 

	 	Attention: Account Officer
	 
	 	 
	Copy to:

	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company
	 

	 	25/28 North Wall Quay
	 

	 	Dublin 1
	 

	 	Ireland

Date: (____)

Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notification of Pledge according to Account Pledge Agreement dated
(__) — Bank Account No. (__)

Dear Sirs,

We acknowledge receipt of the above notice and confirm that we have neither received any previous
notice of pledge relating to the Account nor are we aware of any third party rights in relation to
the Account which rank in priority before the pledges over the Account granted to the Collateral
Agent by the Pledgor, except for the pledges granted under the Account Pledge Agreement in
connection with the ABL Credit Agreement dated on or about 17 December 2010 We have not assessed
the validity of the pledge.

We hereby agree not to make any set-off or deduction from the Account or invoke any rights of
retention in relation to the Account during the existence of the pledge, other than in relation to
charges payable in connection with the maintenance of the Account or other bank charges or fees
payable in the ordinary course of business or in relation to amounts arising from the return of
direct debits or cheques credited to the above Account.

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We agree that the pledge in our favor over the Account granted pursuant to our General Business
Conditions shall rank behind all the pledges over the Account granted to the Collateral Agent by
the Pledgor pursuant to the Account Pledge Agreement dated December 17, 2010 of which we have been
notified by the Pledgor.

We take note of the fact that until notice to the contrary from the Collateral
Agent to be served to us as Account Bank, the Pledgor may continue to operate the Account
and in particular may dispose over the amounts standing to the credit of the Account.

Please send such aforesaid notice directly to

[details/address of Account Bank]

(duly authorised signatory of the Account Bank)

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Signatories

 

EXECUTION COPY

NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

as Transferor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

SECURITY TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

(Sicherungsübereignungs- und —abtretungsvertrag betreffend

gewerbliche Schutzrechte)

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	 	2	 
	2. ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
	 	 	6	 
	3. Use of the Collateral/License
	 	 	7	 
	4. SECURITY PURPOSE
	 	 	8	 
	5. LIST OF COLLATERAL
	 	 	8	 
	6. BOOKKEEPING AND DATA PROCESSING
	 	 	8	 
	7. RIGHT OF INSPECTION
	 	 	9	 
	8. REGISTRATION OF THE COLLATERAL
	 	 	9	 
	9. RIGHT OF REALIZATION
	 	 	11	 
	10. PRESERVATION OF TRANSFEROR’S NOMINAL SHARE CAPITAL
	 	 	13	 
	11. WAIVER OF ASSIGNOR’S DEFENSES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 	 	15	 
	12. RELEASE OF COLLATERAL
	 	 	16	 
	13. NEGATIVE UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	16	 
	14. POSITIVE UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	17	 
	15. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	19	 
	16. FURTHER ASSURANCE
	 	 	20	 
	17. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
	 	 	20	 
	18. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
	 	 	20	 
	19. INDEMNITY
	 	 	21	 
	20. LIMITATION PERIOD
	 	 	22	 
	21. NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 	 	22	 
	22. PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER
	 	 	23	 
	23. AMENDMENTS
	 	 	23	 
	24. GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION
	 	 	23	 
	SCHEDULE 1 Design Models
	 	 	- 1 -	 
	SCHEDULE 2 Licenses
	 	 	- 2 -	 
	SCHEDULE 3 Other IP Rights
	 	 	- 3 -	 
	SCHEDULE 4 Patents
	 	 	- 4 -	 
	SCHEDULE 4 Patents
	 	 	- 4 -	 
	SCHEDULE 5 Trademarks
	 	 	- 5 -	 
	SCHEDULE 6 Utility Models
	 	 	- 6 -	 
	SCHEDULE 7 Pending Proceedings
	 	 	- 7 -	 
	SCHEDULE 8 Übertragungserklärung / Declaration of Assignment
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This SECURITY TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (the
“Agreement”) is dated December 17, 2010 and made

Between:

	(1)	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung)
organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, registered with the Commercial
Register of the local court of Göttingen, Germany under HRB 772 (previously: Alcan Deutschland
GmbH), having its business address at Hannoversche Strasse 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany (the
“Transferor”); and
	 
	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. (in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below), the “Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “ABL Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, the ABL Borrowers (as defined below), AV METALS INC., a
corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act (“Holdings”), the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank, U.S. Swingline
Lender, Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as
European Swingline Lender (as the foregoing capitalized terms are defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement), the lenders thereunder have agreed to grant revolving loans and other extensions
of credit (the “ABL Loans”) to the ABL Borrowers.
	 
	(B)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Term Loan Borrower”), Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
lenders party thereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
“Term Loan Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (as the foregoing capitalized terms
are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), the lenders thereunder have agreed to extend
credit to the Term Loan Borrower in the form of initial term loans (the “Initial Term Loans”)
and, if so requested by the Term Loan Borrower by written notice to the Term Loan
Administrative Agent and provided that the approached existing lender elects to provide the
respective commitment, in the form of incremental commitment term loans effected by a
respective joinder agreement to the Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loans”),
and certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of the Term Loans then

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	 	 	outstanding (the “Other Term Loans” and, together with the Initial Term Loans and the
Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”).
	 
	(C)	 	The ABL Loans and the Term Loans are collectively referred to as the “Loans”, and the ABL
Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement are collectively referred to as the
“Credit Agreements” and each a “Credit Agreement”).
	 
	(D)	 	It is one of the conditions for granting the Loans that the Transferor enters into this
Agreement.
	 
	(E)	 	The Transferor has agreed to grant its intellectual property rights (as set forth below) as
security for the Secured Parties’ (as defined below) respective claims against the Loan
Parties (as defined below) under or in connection with the Credit Agreements.

NOW IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“ABL Borrowers” shall mean the “Borrowers” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Abstract Acknowledgments of Indebtedness” shall mean (i) the Abstract Acknowledgment of
Indebtedness and Guarantee (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis und Garantie) among Novelis
Aluminium Holdings Company, Novelis Deutschland GmbH and the Collateral Agent, granted in
connection with the ABL Credit Agreement and (ii) the Abstract Acknowledgment of
Indebtedness and Guarantee (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis und Garantie) among Novelis
Aluminium Holdings Company, Novelis Deutschland GmbH and the Collateral Agent, granted in
connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and “Abstract Acknowledgement of
Indebtedness” shall mean each of them.
	 
	 	 	“Borrowers” means collectively the ABL Borrowers and the Term Loan Borrower.
	 
	 	 	“Canadian Intellectual Property” means Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Other IP Rights
established under the laws of Canada, including any province, territory or political
subdivision thereof.
	 
	 	 	“Collateral” means the Design Models, Know-How, Patents, Trademarks, Utility Models, Other
IP Rights, the rights to use any Copyrights in all presently known ways and any and all
present and future rights arising under the Licenses.
	 
	 	 	“Copyrights” (Urheberrechte) means all present and future copyrights in works protected by
copyright law, such as copyrights, use rights, exploitation rights, other proprietary rights
(verwandte Schutzrechte) including data base rights, and other

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	 	 	economic rights (vermögensrechtliche Befugnisse) arising therefrom, currently held or to be
acquired by the Transferor, but only to the extent that aforesaid rights may be transferred,
assigned or pledged by the Transferor, as the case may be.
	 
	 	 	“Design Models” (Geschmacksmuster) means all present and future design models (whether
registered or unregistered) currently held or to be acquired by the Transferor (including
without limitation those set out in Schedule 1 hereto).
	 
	 	 	“Event of Default” shall mean any Event of Default as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement
and/or any Event of Default as defined in the Term Loan Agreement, as the context requires.
	 
	 	 	“Know-How” means all presently existing or future inventions, know-how, trade secrets,
procedures, formulae and other intangible property which is not protected by any other
intellectual property rights, as well as title to physical embodiments of the aforementioned
including, without limitation, any written descriptions, discs, CD-ROMs, specimen, drawings
and plans relating to the Transferor’s business.
	 
	 	 	“Lenders” shall mean the Lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement and/or the Lenders under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the context requires.
	 
	 	 	“Licenses” means all present and future licenses granted by the Transferor in relation to
any Copyright, Design Model, Know-how, Patent, Trademark, Utility Model, and/or Other IP
Right, including, without limitation, all pecuniary claims arising in connection with such
licenses (including, without limitation, licenses set out in Schedule 2 hereto).
	 
	 	 	“Lien” shall mean the Lien as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement and/or in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, as the context requires.
	 
	 	 	“Loan Parties” shall mean the Loan Parties as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement and/or the
Loan Parties as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the context requires.
	 
	 	 	“Other IP Rights” means rights in designations (Kennzeichenrechte) other than Trademarks,
domain names (Domainnamen) and any other intellectual property rights, other than the
Copyrights, Design Models, Know-how, Patents, Trademarks and Utility Models, currently held,
applied for or to be acquired by the Transferor (including without limitation those set out
in Schedule 3 hereto).
	 
	 	 	“Patents” (Patente) means all present and future patents and patent applications currently
held or to be acquired by the Transferor (including without limitation those set out in
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	 	 	“Permitted Lien” has the meaning given to such term in the ABL Credit Agreement or the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, as the context requires.
	 
	 	 	“PPSA” shall mean the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and the regulations
promulgated thereunder and other applicable personal property security legislation of the
applicable Canadian province or provinces in respect of the Canadian Loan Parties (including
the Civil Code of Quebec and the regulations respecting the register of personal and movable
real rights promulgated thereunder) as all such legislation now exists or may from time to
time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified, supplemented or replaced, together with all
rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto.
	 
	 	 	“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the receivables purchase agreement and any
related servicing agreements between Novelis Deutschland GmbH, on the one hand, and Novelis
AG, on the other hand, providing, inter alia, for the sale and transfer of receivables by
Novelis Deutschland GmbH to Novelis AG, as such agreement may be amended, modified,
supplemented or replaced from time to time, in order that the receivables subject thereto
may be included in the borrowing base established under the ABL Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Obligations” shall comprise
	 
	 	 	(I) (a) obligations of the ABL Borrowers and the other Loan Parties from time to time
arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have
accrued but for such proceeding) during the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the ABL Loans, when and as
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the ABL Borrowers and the other Loan
Parties under the ABL Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due,
including payments in respect of Reimbursement Obligations, interest thereon and obligations
to provide cash collateral, (iii) Extraordinary Expenses and (iv) all other monetary
obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary,
direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the
pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding), of the ABL Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under the ABL Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the due and punctual payment of all Secured Bank
Product Obligations (for purposes of clause (I) “Loan Parties”, “Insolvency Proceeding”,
“Letter of Credit”, “Reimbursement Obligations”, “Extraordinary Expenses” and “Loan
Documents” and “Secured Bank Product Obligations” have the meaning set forth in the ABL
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	 	 	(II) (a) obligations of the Term Loan Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time
arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have
accrued but for such proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) on the Term Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon
one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations,
including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Term Loan Borrower and the other
Loan Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the
due and punctual payment of all obligations of the Term Loan Borrower and the other Loan
Parties under each Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement (for purposes of clause (II), “Loan Parties”, “Hedging
Agreement”, “Secured Party” and “Secured Hedge Provider” have the meaning set forth in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement); and
	 
	 	 	(III) the Abstract Acknowledgements of Indebtedness.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, all Secured Parties as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement and all Secured Parties as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Security Period” means the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date upon
which the Collateral Agent is satisfied that (a) none of the Secured Parties is under any
commitment, obligation or liability (whether actual or contingent) pursuant to the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and/or the ABL Credit Agreement to make advances or provide other financial
accommodation to any of the Loan Parties and (b) all of the Secured Obligations have been
unconditionally, finally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full.
	 
	 	 	“Trademarks” (Marken) means all present and future trademarks (whether registered or
unregistered) and trademark applications currently held or to be acquired by the Transferor
(including without limitation those set out in Schedule 5 hereto).
	 
	 	 	“United Kingdom Intellectual Property” means Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Other IP
Rights established under the laws of the United Kingdom, including any state, territory or
political subdivision thereof.
	 
	 	 	“United States Intellectual Property” means Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Other IP
Rights established under the laws of the United States, including any state, territory or
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	 	 	goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by such Trademarks.
	 
	 	 	“Utility Models” (Gebrauchsmuster) means all present and future utility models and utility
model applications currently held or to be acquired by the Transferor (including without
limitation those set out in Schedule 6 hereto).
	 
	1.2	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.
	 
	1.3	 	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
given in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and/or the ABL Credit Agreement, as the context
requires.
	 
	1.4	 	Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of a term in the singular shall include the
definition of such term in the plural and vice versa.
	 
	1.5	 	This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English
language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement.
However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement,
the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.
	 
	1.6	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a “Clause”, “sub-clause” or “Schedule” shall, subject to
any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, a sub-clause or a schedule
hereof.
	 
	2.	 	ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
	 
	2.1	 	The Transferor hereby assigns and transfers the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, together
with all present and future rights in relation to the Collateral.
	 
	2.2	 	The Collateral Agent who is acting as Collateral Agent for and on behalf of the Secured
Parties hereby accepts the assignment and transfer of the Collateral and of the present and
future rights relating thereto.
	 
	2.3	 	Title to present Collateral shall pass over to the Collateral Agent upon execution of this
Agreement and all future Collateral shall be assigned and transferred to the Collateral Agent
upon its creation.
	 
	2.4	 	To the extent that the Transferor currently holds or will hold in the future co-ownership
(Mitinhaberschaft) or a inchoate right to title (Anwartschaftsrecht) in any Collateral or
parts thereof, the Transferor hereby assigns and transfers such co-ownership or inchoate right
to title to the Collateral Agent.

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	2.5	 	Delivery of possession of physical evidence of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent is
hereby replaced by the agreement that the Transferor holds such physical evidence in
gratuitous custody (unentgeltliche Vewahrung) for the Collateral Agent (Besitzkonstitut). The
Transferor further assigns all present and future claims against third parties obtaining
actual possession of such physical evidence to the Collateral Agent who accepts such
assignment.
	 
	2.6	 	Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, it is hereby clarified that the security
assignment agreed hereunder shall be construed and interpreted to the effect that the
Collateral Agent is not granted an assignment of any Canadian Intellectual Property, United
States Intellectual Property, or United Kingdom Intellectual Property, but is pledged and
granted a lien on, and security interest in — or, in the case of the United Kingdom
Intellectual Property, a first fixed charge over —  such Intellectual Property, in accordance
with the applicable local laws. The foregoing shall be without prejudice to the provisions
agreed hereunder, which shall apply to such pledge, lien, and security interest mutatis
mutandis.
	 
	2.7	 	The Collateral Agent and the Transferor recognize that on even date herewith they have
executed a Patent Security Agreement (German Grantor), (the “US Patent Security Agreement”)
and a Trademark Security Agreement (German Grantor) (the “US Trademark Security Agreement”)
which are governed by U.S. law. Any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent under
Section 2 of the US Patent Security Agreement and the US Trademark Security Agreement shall
remain unaffected by the terms of this Agreement. In all other respects, the terms of this
Agreement shall prevail over the US Patent Security Agreement and the US Trademark Security
Agreement in the event of contradictions.
	 
	2.8	 	The Collateral Agent and the Transferor shall enter into a security agreement governed by the
laws of England and Wales under which the Transferor will grant a fixed charge over United
Kingdom Intellectual Property.
	 
	3.	 	Use of the Collateral/License
	 
	3.1	 	Until the realization of the Collateral pursuant to Clause 9 (Right to Realization), the
Transferor shall be entitled to use the Collateral in the ordinary course of business and on
arm’s length terms. For this purpose, the Collateral Agent hereby grants to the Transferor an
exclusive license (which shall only be transferable and sublicensable with the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreements) to use the
Collateral which has been assigned to the Collateral Agent without any royalties being due
therefore. Such license shall be granted without any warranty or representation whatsoever
with respect to the existence, validity, merchantability of the respective rights and freedom
from third party rights to the Collateral. Subject to Clause 8 and to the extent applicable,
the Transferor shall be entitled to apply for the registration of any Collateral in its own
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	4.	 	SECURITY PURPOSE
	 
	 	 	The security created hereunder secures the payment of all Secured Obligations. The security
created hereunder shall also cover any future extension of the Secured Obligations and the
Assignor herewith expressly agrees that the assignment shall secured the Secured Obligations
as extended or increased from time to time.
	 
	5.	 	LIST OF COLLATERAL
	 
	5.1	 	At the date hereof, the Transferor shall at its own expense provide the Collateral Agent with
detailed lists of the Collateral, with the exception of Copyrights, such list to be attached
hereto as Schedules 1 through 6 (the “Collateral List”).
	 
	5.2	 	The Transferor shall at its own expense provide the Collateral Agent with an updated
Collateral List within fifteen (15) days after the end of each calendar half-year (showing the
status as of the end of the preceding calendar month), for the first time after the end of the
second quarter of 2011, or at shorter intervals at the reasonable request of the Collateral
Agent, which shall be substantially in the form of the Collateral List (“Updated Collateral
List”).
	 
	5.3	 	The Collateral List and any Updated Collateral List referred to in Clauses 5.1 and 5.2 are
for notification purposes only and if for any reason whatsoever the relevant Collateral
contemplated to be assigned and transferred hereunder is not, or is inaccurately contained in
the lists presented then the assignment and transfer of title in the Collateral shall not be
affected thereby in any way.
	 
	5.4	 	The Transferor may deliver any Updated Collateral Lists on a CD-Rom as a Microsoft Excel file
or any other readable and compatible electronic medium satisfactory by the Collateral Agent.
	 
	6.	 	BOOKKEEPING AND DATA PROCESSING
	 
	6.1	 	If any information or documents which are necessary to identify the Collateral have been
handed over by the Transferor to a third party for its bookkeeping, the Transferor hereby
assigns to the Collateral Agent, who accepts such assignment, its right to demand from such
third party the return of such information or documents. The Collateral Agent may only
exercise the right to demand referred to above upon becoming entitled, in accordance with
Clause 9 (Right of Realization) hereof, to enforce the security interest created hereunder and
at any time thereafter. Upon the Collateral Agent becoming entitled to exercise the right to
demand, the Transferor hereby undertakes to then instruct the third party to provide the
Collateral Agent upon the Collateral Agent demand with such information and documents which
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	6.2	 	If details concerning the Collateral or any part thereof have been stored in an electronic
data processing system or on a disk, then on the Collateral Agent becoming entitled, in
accordance with Clause 9 (Right of Realization) hereof, to enforce the security interest
created hereunder and at all times thereafter, the Transferor shall allow the Collateral Agent
access to such computer system or disk, including the peripheral equipment and all data
concerning the Collateral or the relevant part thereof to the extent necessary or expedient to
enforce the security interests created hereunder. In addition, software operators and other
required personnel shall be made available to the extent reasonably required and any
assistance required shall be provided to the Collateral Agent. If a third party handles the
electronic processing of data, the Transferor hereby assigns to the Collateral Agent, who
accepts such assignment, all rights against such third party relating to such access and
services. The Collateral Agent may only exercise the rights referred to above upon becoming
entitled, in accordance with Clause 9 (Right of Realization) hereof, to enforce the security
interest created hereunder and at any time thereafter. Upon the Collateral Agent becoming
entitled to exercise the rights vis-à-vis a third party as referred to above, the Transferor
hereby undertakes to then instruct such third party to handle the processing of data on behalf
of the Collateral Agent upon its request, provided that the Transferor shall be given access
to any data it requires in its ordinary course of business.
	 
	7.	 	RIGHT OF INSPECTION
	 
	7.1	 	The Transferor undertakes to provide the Collateral Agent promptly at its reasonable request
with all information and documents which are necessary for perfecting and/or enforcing the
security created hereby.
	 
	7.2	 	The Transferor permits the representative designated by the respective Administrative Agent
during the term of this Agreement and in reasonable intervals, to inspect upon reasonable
notice its records during normal business hours, or to have them inspected by a duly
authorized representative for the purpose of inspecting and checking any of the Collateral, in
accordance with the provisions in the Credit Agreement.
	 
	8.	 	REGISTRATION OF THE COLLATERAL
	 
	8.1	 	At the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent in order to protect its legitimate
interests, the Transferor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent without undue
delay (however, not later than forty five (45) Business Days after such request) declarations
of consent which must be certified (notariell beglaubigte Übertragungserklärungen) or in
writing, each substantially in the form of Schedule 8 hereto, as required for the registration
of the assignment, pledge or lien — as the case may be in the respective jurisdiction — of
the material Collateral to the Collateral Agent in the US, the UK, Canada, Switzerland and
Germany, and IP registries covering the European Union , to the exclusion of any other
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	8.2	 	At the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent in order to protect its legitimate
interests (however, not later than forty five (45) Business Days after such request), and
subject to the proviso below, the Transferor shall execute, deliver, and submit to the
relevant government office(s) for filing or registration, and pay the requisite fee for such
filing or registration, all documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent and
necessary to validate or perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent created
hereunder for the Secured Parties in any material Collateral that the Transferor owns in
Switzerland, Canada, the UK and the US, and IP registries covering the European Union ,to the
exclusion of any other jurisdiction. In particular:

	 	(i)	 	with respect to Collateral established under U.S. law, other than abandoned
Collateral, the Transferor will (a) execute, deliver, and submit an agreement
substantially in the form of the US Patent Security Agreement or the US Trademark
Security Agreement, as applicable, for recording in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and U.S. Copyright Office with respect to the United States Intellectual
Property which is the subject of an application or issued registration, (b) execute and
deliver and file Form UCC-1s in the applicable Secretary of State’s Office and (c)
record in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office, as
applicable, documentation necessary to bring title to such material Collateral current
into the name of the Transferor;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	with respect to United Kingdom Intellectual Property, within forty five (45)
Business Days of this Agreement, execute and deliver forms TM 24 in respect of the
Trademarks and forms P 21/77 in respect of the Patents and forms DF12 A in respect of
Designs in a form reasonably required by the Collateral Agent for recording at the UK
Intellectual Property Office the security interests over United Kingdom Intellectual
Property granted for the Collateral Agent’s benefit under this agreement or any
document executed pursuant to this agreement or the Credit Agreements, (b) provide to
the Collateral Agent any additional documentation necessary to record at the UK
Intellectual Property Office the security interests over United Kingdom Intellectual
Property granted for the Collateral Agent’s benefit under this agreement or any
document executed pursuant to this agreement or the Credit Agreements. The Collateral
Agent shall have the right to apply to the UK Intellectual Property Office to record
the creation of the security interests over United Kingdom Intellectual Property for
the Collateral Agent’s benefit;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	with respect to material Collateral established under Canadian law, the
Transferor will file any additional or cause to be filed registrations under the PPSA
required by the Collateral Agent in respect of the appropriate Security Documents;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	with respect to material Collateral established under Swiss law, the Transferor
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	 	 	 	such documents and instruments for recording the security granted to the Collateral
Agent hereunder;

	 	 	provided that, in each of the foregoing sub-clauses (iii) and (iv), the cost of recording
such documents and instruments, or of bringing the title to such material Collateral
current, is not unreasonable when compared to the value of the Collateral and its
materiality to the business of the Transferor.
	 
	8.3	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to be registered in the public registers of all
jurisdictions other than set forth in sub-clause 8.2, subject to the specific requirements of
each jurisdiction, either as the owner of the Collateral (for example in Germany) or as the
pledgee of the Collateral, as the case may be. Insofar as additional declarations or actions
by the Transferor are necessary for the transfer of title or the establishment of a pledge in
the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, the Transferor shall, upon the Collateral Agent’s
request, make such declarations and undertake such actions at its own expense. The foregoing
is not intended to limit any rights that the Collateral Agent may have with respect to the
realization of any security granted hereunder in any jurisdiction upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived.
	 
	8.4	 	Without limiting any of the Collateral Agent’s rights under Clause 9 (Right to Realization)
hereof, the Collateral Agent shall, in the event of its registration as owner of the
Collateral and to the extent reasonable, maintain the Collateral at the expense of the
Transferor and exercise the rights deriving from the Collateral at the expense of the
Transferor.
	 
	9.	 	RIGHT OF REALIZATION
	 
	 	 	At any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and
unwaived and any of the Secured Obligations have not been paid when due and payable:
	 
	9.1	 	The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to terminate the license granted pursuant to Clause 3
hereof with immediate effect and to enforce this Agreement and realize the Collateral, subject
to the limitations set forth in Clause 10 (Preservation of the Transferor’s Nominal Share
Capital). Following the termination of the license granted pursuant to Clause 3 hereof, the
Transferor agrees not to assert against the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent’s licensees
(if any) or acquirers of the Collateral or any other legal successor to the Collateral or
parts thereof, any rights which would limit or preclude a realization or use of the Collateral
or parts thereof. In particular, without limitation, the Transferor shall not assert any
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	9.2	 	The Collateral Agent has the right to sell the Collateral or part thereof by way of private
sale (freier Verkauf) (or in respect of rights under Licenses also to notify the licensees of
the assignment or other rights granted hereunder and to collect any payment claims thereunder)
to the extent necessary to satisfy any outstanding Secured Obligations.
	 
	9.3	 	In the case of a realization of the Collateral, the Transferor shall promptly provide the
Collateral Agent with all documents of title and other documents relating to the Collateral
and shall render all assistance which is necessary in respect of such realization.
	 
	9.4	 	When realizing the Collateral, the Collateral Agent may take all measures and enter into all
agreements which it considers necessary or expedient in connection therewith, taking into
account legitimate interests of the Transferor. The Collateral Agent may request the
Transferor to sell the Collateral for and on behalf of the Collateral Agent or in strict
accordance with the Collateral Agent’s directions and the Transferor shall promptly comply
with such request or directions. Any proceeds derived by the Transferor of such sale shall be
delivered to the Collateral Agent without undue delay.
	 
	9.5	 	Solely with respect to the:

	 	9.5.1	 	Canadian Intellectual Property, the Collateral Agent will have, in addition to
the foregoing rights and remedies that are applicable, the rights and remedies which
are to be provided for under any security agreement governed under the laws of Canada
entered into after the date hereof with respect to the Canadian Intellectual Property;
and
	 
	 	9.5.2	 	United States Intellectual Property, the Collateral Agent will have, in
addition to the foregoing rights and remedies that are applicable, the rights and
remedies which are provided for under Section 9.1 of the United States Security
Agreement, dated December 17, 2010 among, inter alios, Novelis, Inc., the Transferor as
one of the guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Collateral Agent..

	 	 	The foregoing sub-clauses 9.5.1 and 9.5.2 shall be subject to the condition that Clause 10
(Preservation of Transferor’s Nominal Share Capital) shall apply to any realization of the
United States Intellectual Property and the Canadian Intellectual Property.
	 
	9.6	 	The Collateral Agent will notify the Transferor in writing at least ten (10) Business Days
prior to the realization of the Collateral (the “Realization Notice”). Such Realization Notice
is not necessary if the observance of the notice period will materially adversely affect the
security interests of the Secured Parties. Such Realization Notice shall in particular not be
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	 	9.6.1	 	the Transferor ceases to make payments to third parties generally (within the
meaning of Section 17 (2), Sentence 2 of the German Insolvency Regulation,
Insolvenzordnung);
	 
	 	9.6.2	 	the Transferor becomes over-indebted (within the meaning of Section 19 of the
German Insolvency Regulation), or illiquid (within the meaning of Section 17 of the
German Insolvency Regulation);
	 
	 	9.6.3	 	the Transferor files an application for the institution of insolvency
proceedings or similar proceedings over its assets;
	 
	 	9.6.4	 	any third party files an application for the institution of insolvency
proceedings or similar proceedings over the assets of the Transferor, provided such
application is not unfounded; or
	 
	 	9.6.5	 	a preliminary insolvency administrator (vorläufiger Insolvenzverwalter) or an
insolvency administrator or any similar kind of receiver, liquidator or administrator
has been appointed over the assets of the Transferor.

	10.	 	PRESERVATION OF TRANSFEROR’S NOMINAL SHARE CAPITAL
	 
	10.1	 	Subject to Clause 10.2 through Clause 10.6 below, the Collateral Agent shall not enforce the
Collateral to the extent (i) the Collateral secures obligations of one of the Transferor’s
shareholders or of an affiliated company (verbundenes Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than a
Subsidiary of the Transferor, or the Transferor itself), and (ii) the enforcement of the
Collateral for such obligations would reduce, in violation of Section 30 of the German Limited
Liability Companies Act (GmbHG), the net assets (assets minus liabilities minus provisions and
liability reserves (Reinvermögen), in each case as calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as
consistently applied) of the Transferor to an amount that is insufficient to maintain its
registered share capital (Stammkapital) (or would increase an existing shortage in its net
assets below its registered share capital); provided that for the purpose of determining the
relevant registered share capital and the net assets, as the case may be:

	 	10.1.1	 	The amount of any increase of the Transferor’s registered share capital
(Stammkapital) implemented after the date of this Agreement that is effected without
the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent shall be deducted from the registered
share capital of the Transferor;
	 
	 	10.1.2	 	any loans provided to the Transferor by a direct or indirect shareholder or an
affiliate thereof (other than a Subsidiary of the Transferor) shall be disregarded and
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	 	 	 	are subordinated pursuant to Section 39(1) Nr. 1 through Nr. 5 of the German
Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) or subordinated in any other way by law or
contract;
	 
	 	10.1.3	 	any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual obligations and liabilities
incurred by the Transferor in violation of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents
shall be disregarded and not accounted for as liabilities;
	 
	 	10.1.4	 	any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value that, in the opinion
of the Collateral Agent, is significantly lower than their market value and that are
not necessary for the business of the Transferor (nicht betriebsnotwendig) shall be
accounted for with their market value; and
	 
	 	10.1.5	 	the assets of the Transferor will be assessed at liquidation values
(Liquidationswerte) if, at the time the managing directors prepare the balance sheet in
accordance with Clause 10.2.1 below and absent the demand a positive going concern
prognosis (positive Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be established.

	10.2	 	The limitations set out in Clause 10.1 only apply:

	 	10.2.1	 	if and to the extent that the managing directors of the Transferor have confirmed in
writing to the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days a Realization Notice or
the commencement of enforcement under this Agreement the value of the Collateral which
cannot be enforced without causing the net assets of the Transferor to fall below its
registered share capital, or increase an existing shortage in net assets below its
registered share capital (taking into account the adjustments set out above) and such
confirmation is supported by a current balance sheet and other evidence satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties
raises any objections against that confirmation within five (5) Business Days after its
receipt; or
	 
	 	10.2.2	 	if, within twenty (20) Business Days after an objection under Clause 10.2.1 has been
raised by the Collateral Agent or a Secured Party, the Collateral Agent receives a
written audit report (“Auditor’s Determination”) prepared at the expense of the
Transferor by a firm of auditors of international standing and reputation that is
appointed by the Transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, to the
extent such report identifies the amount by which the net assets of the Transferor are
necessary to maintain its registered share capital as at the date of the Realization
Notice or the commencement of enforcement (taking into account the adjustments set out
above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in accordance with generally
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	 	 	 	ordnungsgemäßer Buchführung) as consistently applied by the Transferor in the
preparation of its most recent annual balance sheet. The Auditor’s Determination
shall be binding for all Parties except for manifest error.

	10.3	 	In any event, the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall be
entitled to enforce the Collateral up to those amounts that are undisputed between them and
the Transferor or determined in accordance with Clause 10.1 and Clause 10.2. In respect of the
exceeding amounts, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to further pursue the Secured
Parties’ claims (if any) and the Transferor shall be entitled to provide evidence that the
excess amounts are necessary to maintain its registered share capital (calculated as at the
date of the Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement and taking into account the
adjustments set out above). The Collateral Agent is entitled to enforce those parts of the
Collateral that are not enforced by operation of Clause 10.1 above at any subsequent point in
time. This Clause 10 shall apply again as of the time such additional enforcement is made.
	 
	10.4	 	Clause 10.1 shall not apply as to the amount of Loans borrowed and passed on (whether by way
of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the Transferor or any of its Subsidiaries as
long as the respective shareholder loan is outstanding or the respective equity contribution
has not been dissolved or otherwise repaid, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
purchase price payment received by the Transferor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
	 
	10.5	 	Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German GmbH (Gesellschaft
mit beschränkter Haftung, Limited Liability Company) to enter into security arrangements in
support of obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the limitations set forth in
Clause 10.1 shall no longer apply. Should any such guarantees become subject to legal
restrictions that are less stringent than the limitations set forth in Clause 10.1 above, such
less stringent limitations shall apply. Otherwise, Clause 10.1 shall remain unaffected by
changes in applicable law.
	 
	10.6	 	The limitations provided for in Clause 10.1 above shall not apply where (i) the Transferor
has a fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch)
vis-à-vis the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement (Beherrschungsvertrag) or a
profit and loss pooling agreement (Gewinnabführungsvertrag) is or will be in existence with
the Transferor and the Transferor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) reimbursement claim
(Ausgleichsanspruch).
	 
	11.	 	WAIVER OF ASSIGNOR’S DEFENSES AND OF SUBROGATION RIGHTS
	 
	11.1	 	The Transferor hereby waives all defenses against enforcement that may be raised on the basis
of potential avoidance (Anfechtbarkeit) and set-off (Aufrechenbarkeit) of the Secured
Obligations. This waiver shall not apply to a set-off with counterclaims that

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	 	 	are (i) uncontested (unbestritten) or (ii) based on a binding non- appealable court decision
(rechtskräftig festgestellt).

	11.2	 	If the security created hereunder is enforced, or if the Transferor has discharged any of the
Secured Obligations (or any part of them), no rights of the Secured Parties shall pass to the
Transferor by subrogation or otherwise. Further, the Transferor shall not at any time before,
on or after an enforcement of the security created hereunder and as a result of the Transferor
entering into this Agreement, be entitled to demand indemnification or compensation from any
Borrower, Guarantor or any of its affiliates or to assign any of these claims.
	 
	12.	 	RELEASE OF COLLATERAL
	 
	12.1	 	Upon the expiry of the Security Period, the Collateral Agent shall promptly at the cost and
expense of the Transferor retransfer the Collateral and all other rights and claims assigned
or transferred to it pursuant to this Agreement to the Transferor, and release any liens and
security interests granted to it by the Transferor pursuant to the Agreement, and any
supplementary security agreements, including those pertaining to United States Intellectual
Property and United Kingdom Intellectual Property and surrender the excess proceeds, if any,
resulting from any realization thereof. The Collateral Agent will, however, transfer any
Collateral to a third person if and to the extent so required by applicable mandatory law,
provided that the Collateral Agent will inform the Transferor of such transfer in advance. If
the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part any transferred collateral
under both the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent
is authorized to release the Collateral under this Agreement.
	 
	12.2	 	At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted by the Transferor to
secure the Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realised in the
event of an enforcement of the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured
Obligations (the “Limit”) not only temporarily, the Collateral Agent shall on demand of the
Transferor release such part of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Collateral Agent
may in its reasonable discretion determine so as to reduce the realisable value of the
Security to the Limit.
	 
	13.	 	NEGATIVE UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	 	 	At all times during the Security Period, the Transferor undertakes vis-à-vis the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties:
	 
	13.1	 	not to dispose of, encumber, abandon, weaken the strength of (such as the good reputation of
a trademark) or allow the Collateral or parts thereof to lapse, including any lapse of rights
due to non-use or allow the forfeiture (Verwirkung) of any rights to the Patents, Utility
Models, Design Models or Trademarks with respect to third parties,

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	 	 	except as reasonably required in the ordinary course of business and upon giving prior
notice thereof to the Collateral Agent, or as permitted under the Credit Agreement or under
this Agreement;
	 
	13.2	 	not to amend or to re-file specifications of the Collateral or parts thereof and not to grant
further licenses or other rights with respect to the Collateral or parts thereof to third
parties, except as reasonably required in the ordinary course of business and upon giving
prior notice thereof to the Collateral Agent, or as permitted under the Credit Agreement or
under this Agreement;
	 
	13.3	 	not to dispute the validity of the Collateral or of new applications for registration with
regard to the Collateral;
	 
	13.4	 	not to take or participate in any action which would impair the enforceability, legality or
validity of the security interest of the Collateral Agent created hereunder or the security
purpose as described in Clause 4 (Security Purpose) hereof; and
	 
	13.5	 	not to create or agree or attempt to create or permit to exist (in favor of any person other
than the Collateral Agent), any Lien over the whole or any part of the Collateral or agree to
do so, except as permitted under the Credit Agreement or under this Agreement.
	 
	14.	 	POSITIVE UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	 	 	At all times during the Security Period, the Transferor undertakes vis-à-vis the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties:
	 
	14.1	 	to inform the Collateral Agent immediately of any attachment and/or garnished claims
(Pfändung und/oder Überweisung von Forderungen) of which it becomes aware in respect of the
Collateral or any part thereof or any other measures which may materially impair or jeopardize
the Collateral Agent’s and/or Secured Parties’ rights relating thereto. In the event of an
attachment, the Transferor undertakes to forward to the Collateral Agent without undue delay a
copy of the record of attachment (Pfändungsprotokoll), the attachment order
(Pfändungsbeschluß), the garnishee order (Überweisungsbeschluß), as the case may be, and any
other documents which the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and that are necessary or
expedient for a defense against such attachment. The Transferor shall further be obliged to
inform as soon as possible the attaching creditors or other third parties asserting rights
with respect to the transferred rights and claims in writing of the Collateral Agent’s rights
in respect of the claims and the existence of this Agreement. All costs and expenses
reasonably incurred for necessary countermeasures of the Collateral Agent shall be borne by
the Transferor;

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	14.2	 	to promptly inform the Collateral Agent if it becomes aware that third parties infringe any
of the Collateral or parts thereof, dispute the validity of the Collateral or parts hereof or
allege that the Collateral or parts hereof violate the rights of third parties in a way which
materially impairs or jeopardizes or can reasonably be expected to materially impair or
jeopardize the Collateral Agent’s and/or the Secured Parties’ rights relating to the
Collateral and assert all claims and to litigate if, at the reasonable discretion of the
Transferor, this is required for the defense against the alleged claims in the ordinary course
of business. All expenses incurred in this respect are to be borne by the Transferor. All
compensation claims becoming due after the date hereof, become part of the Collateral. Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, unremedied and unwaived the
Collateral Agent may take over any judicial or extra judicial proceedings upon reasonable
request and at the Transferor’s expense to the extent necessary to preserve legitimate
interests of the Collateral Agent;
	 
	14.3	 	to identify the assignment and transfer by way of security of the Collateral immediately in
its books and records in the exhibit (Anhang) to its Financial Statements and to refrain from
any acts or omissions which could prevent third parties who may have a legitimate interest in
obtaining knowledge of the assignment from obtaining knowledge thereof;
	 
	14.4	 	to make all statements and take all actions at its own expense which are required and
appropriate in the ordinary course of business in order to maintain the registration of the
material Collateral, as shall be consistent with commercially reasonable business judgment,
including payment of renewal fees, and have the Collateral registered if not registered so far
and to deliver to the Collateral Agent at its reasonable request copies of respective
documents evidencing such actions;
	 
	14.5	 	to establish, and, to the extent already existing, to continue, at its own cost and expenses
a permanent surveillance of reasonable extent for publications of applications and/or
registrations of intellectual property rights which may infringe or otherwise legally collide
with the Collateral;
	 
	14.6	 	to inform the Collateral Agent promptly of the occurrence of any event which may result in
any of the representations and warranties included in Clause 15 (Representations and
Warranties) hereof being untrue; and
	 
	14.7	 	to notify the Collateral Agent without undue delay of any event or circumstance which might
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability hereof.

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	15.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	 	 	The Transferor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties by way of an independent guarantee (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) the
following:
	 
	15.1	 	The execution and performance hereof do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law or
the articles of association of the Transferor, any order of any court or governmental agency
to which it is bound, (ii) violate in any material way any provision of any agreement or other
instrument to which the Transferor is bound, (iii) be in any material way in conflict with,
result in a breach of or constitute (with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any
such agreement or other instrument, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon any property or assets of the Transferor, except for liens created hereby.
	 
	15.2	 	The obligations of the Transferor hereunder are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against
the Transferor in accordance with their terms (with respect to the right assigned pursuant to
Clause 6 (Bookkeeping and Data-Processing) hereof, subject to any qualifications in the legal
opinion to be rendered by the law firm of Noerr LLP in relation hereto, and subject to any
confidentiality agreements).
	 
	15.3	 	With the exception of the registration contemplated in Clause 8, no consents, licenses,
approvals or authorizations of, registrations with or declarations to any governmental,
authority are required in connection with the execution and performance hereof.
	 
	15.4	 	Subject to the Licenses, if any, the Transferor has valid rights in and good title to the
relevant Collateral and has full power and authority (corporate and otherwise) to grant to the
Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral and to execute and perform its
obligations in accordance with the terms hereof, without the consent or approval of any other
person.
	 
	15.5	 	Any material claims of third parties (including employees of the Transferor as inventors)
with respect to the Collateral have been satisfied by the Transferor at its expense.
	 
	15.6	 	To the Transferor’s best knowledge, the lists attached to this Agreement as Schedule
1 through Schedule 6 on the date of this Agreement include any and all material
Collateral existing on such date, with the exception of Copyrights.
	 
	15.7	 	The Collateral is owned by the Transferor free and clear of any Liens, except for Permitted
Liens, charges or other encumbrances in favor of third parties and has not been transferred
nor assigned to third parties (except as permitted under the Credit Agreement).

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	15.8	 	The Collateral is at the date hereof not subject to any infringement, opposition, nullity or
cancellation proceedings before any registration authority or court in any jurisdiction, and
at the date hereof the Transferor has no reason to believe and is not aware of any
circumstances pursuant to which any such challenge might be anticipated other than those
proceedings set out in Schedule 7 hereto.
	 
	15.9	 	Except for Permitted Liens, the security interest created hereby constitutes a valid, first
priority security interest in the Collateral enforceable against the Transferor and third
parties.
	 
	15.10	 	Neither the Transferor nor any of its German subsidiaries is in a state of insolvency
(Zahlungsunfähigkeit) or over-indebtedness (Überschuldung) pursuant to the German Insolvency
Code (Insolvenzordnung) or the German Limited Liability Companies Act (Gesetz betreffend die
Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung), or in a state of imminent insolvency (drohende
Zahlungsunfähigkeit) pursuant to the German Insolvency Code.
	 
	15.11	 	The Transferor has its “centre of main interest” (as that term is used in Article 3 (1) of
The Council of the European Union Regulation No. 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings) in its
jurisdiction of incorporation.
	 
	16.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCE
	 
	 	 	The Transferor shall at its own expense do all such things as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably require to perfect or protect the security intended to be created hereby or any
part thereof, or to facilitate the realization of the Collateral or any part thereof; or to
facilitate the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the rights, powers, authorities
and discretions vested in it. The Transferor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to take
any such action on behalf of the Transferor upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which
is continuing, unremedied and unwaived.
	 
	17.	 	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
	 
	17.1	 	The Transferor shall not assign or delegate any of its rights and duties hereunder.
	 
	17.2	 	All covenants, promises and agreements of the Transferor hereunder shall inure to the benefit
of the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns.
	 
	18.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
	 
	18.1	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the
Secured Parties as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and as sub-agent and bailee for
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to
Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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	18.2	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to (a) the provisions of
the intercreditor agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor
Agreement”), among Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined therein), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined therein); and the grantors
party thereto, and (b) the provisions of section 11.22 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement; for
the avoidance of doubt, the in rem aspects of the security granted under this Agreement shall
be exclusively governed by this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency
between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in this
paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Agreements, including
Article X of the ABL Credit Agreement and Section 11.19 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent.
	 
	19.	 	INDEMNITY
	 
	19.1	 	Without extending the liability of the Collateral Agent or of the Secured Parties under the
Loan Documents, neither the Collateral Agent nor the Secured Parties shall be liable for any
loss or damage suffered by the Transferor in connection herewith save in respect of such loss
or damage which is suffered as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the
Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties.
	 
	19.2	 	The Transferor shall indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and keep the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties indemnified against any and all damages, losses,
actions, claims, expenses, demands and liabilities which may be incurred by or made against
the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties for anything done or omitted by the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers contained
herein and occasioned by any breach of the Transferor of any of its obligations or
undertakings herein contained other than to the extent that such damages, losses, actions,
claims, expenses, demands and liabilities are incurred or made against the Collateral Agent or
the Secured Parties as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Collateral Agent or, as the case may be, the Secured Parties.

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	20.	 	LIMITATION PERIOD
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent and the Transferor hereby agree that the obligations set out in this
Agreement shall become time barred after 20 years. With respect to the commencement,
suspension (Hemmung), interruption (Unterbrechung) and expiry of the limitation period, the
mandatory provisions of German law shall apply.
	 
	21.	 	NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 
	21.1	 	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by mail or fax transmission (to be affirmed
in writing) to the following addresses:

	21.2	 	If to the Transferor:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Hannoversche Straße 1
	 	 	37075 Göttingen
	 

	 	Germany	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+ 49.551.304-4902
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Management (Geschäftsführung)

	21.3	 	If to the Collateral Agent:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	1455 Market Street
	 	 	San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Account Officer
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+ 1 415-503-5011

with a copy to:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2700
	 	 	Chicago, IL 60606, USA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attention:
	 	Seth E. Jacobson
	 

	 	Fax:
	 	+1.312.407-8511
	 

	 	Phone:
	 	+1.312.407-0889

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	 	 	or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified in writing.
	 
	21.4	 	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in the
English language or, if in any other language, accompanied by a translation into English. In
the event of any conflict between the English text and the text in any other language, the
English text shall prevail.
	 
	22.	 	PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER
	 
	22.1	 	Without prejudice to any other provision hereof, if at any time any one (or more)
provision(s) hereof is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any
jurisdiction or with respect to any party, or if the parties become aware of any omission
(Vertragslücke) hereto of any terms which were intended to be included in this Agreement, such
invalidity, illegality, unenforceability in such jurisdiction or with respect to such party or
parties or such omission (Vertragslücke) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, render invalid, illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions in any
other jurisdiction or with respect to any other party or parties hereto and shall not affect
or impair the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. Such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or such omission (Vertragslücke) shall be replaced
by the parties with a provision which comes as close as reasonably possible to the commercial
intentions of the invalid, illegal, unenforceable or omitted provision.
	 
	22.2	 	No forbearance or failure to exercise, nor any delay, on the part of the Collateral Agent, in
exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of such right,
power or remedy, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy
thereunder preclude any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and not
exclusive of any right or remedies provided by law. Every right, power or remedy is specially
waived by the Collateral Agent by and instrument in writing.
	 
	23.	 	AMENDMENTS
	 
	 	 	Any amendments, changes or variations to this Agreement may be made only with the agreement
of the Transferor and the Collateral Agent in writing. For the avoidance of doubt, this
applies also to this Clause 21.
	 
	24.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION
	 
	24.1	 	This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the
Federal Republic of Germany.
	 
	24.2	 	The place of jurisdiction for any and all claims or disputes arising under or in connection
with this Agreement shall be the district court (Landgericht) in Frankfurt

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	 	 	am Main, Federal Republic of Germany. The Collateral Agent shall, however, also be entitled
to take legal action against the Transferor before any other competent court of law having
jurisdiction over the Transferor or any of its assets.

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SCHEDULE 1

Design Models

-CD-ROM-

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SCHEDULE 2

Licenses

-CD-ROM-

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SCHEDULE 3

Other IP Rights

-NONE-

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SCHEDULE 4

Patents

-CD-ROM-

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SCHEDULE 5

Trademarks

-CD-ROM-

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SCHEDULE 6

Utility Models

-NONE-

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SCHEDULE 7

Pending Proceedings

-NONE-

- 7 -

 

SCHEDULE 8

Übertragungserklärung / Declaration of Assignment

	 	 	 
	Übertragungserklärung	 	Declaration of Assignment
	 
	 	 
	Die unterzeichnete Gesellschaft, Novelis Deutschland GmbH,
eine deutsche Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung,
eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Göttingen
unter HRB 772, (die “Gesellschaft”)

	 	The undersigned company, Novelis
Deutschland GmbH, a German limited
liability company registered with the
commercial register of the local court of
Göttingen under HRB 772, (the ,,Company”)
	 
	 	 
	überträgt [verpfändet] hiermit sämtliche

	 	hereby assigns and transfers [pledges] the
	 
	 	 
	[Patente/ Geschmacksmuster/ Marken/ Gebrauchsmuster],

	 	[Patents/ Design Models/ Trademarks/Utility
Models],
	 
	 	 
	gemäß der beigefügten Anlage(die “Schutzrechte”)

	 	as listed in the schedules hereto, (the
“IP Rights”)
	 
	 	 
	an

	 	to

Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.

 

Ort / Place, Datum / Date

 

Unterschrift /Signature

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Name: _____________________

Titel/Title:
__________________

	 	 	 

	Notarielle Beglaubigung der Unterschrift(en) und notarielle
Bescheinigung der Zeichnungsberechtigung des/der
Unterzeichnenden ist erforderlich.

	 	Legalization by notary public of the
signature/s and notarial attestation of
the signatures authority to sign in the
name of the Company required.

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SIGNATORIES

 

 

Execution Copy

NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

AGREEMENT RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

(VERTRAG
IN BEZUG AUF GRUNDSTÜCKE)

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TABLE OF CONTENTS	 	PAGE
	1.

	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	 	2	 
	2.

	 	NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	5	 
	3.

	 	SECURITY PURPOSE AGREEMENT
	 	 	8	 
	4.

	 	FURTHER UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	14	 
	5.

	 	RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND INSPECTION
	 	 	15	 
	6.

	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	15	 
	7.

	 	INSURANCE OF THE REAL ESTATE
	 	 	17	 
	8.

	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
	 	 	17	 
	9.

	 	LIMITATION PERIOD
	 	 	18	 
	10.

	 	NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 	 	18	 
	11.

	 	PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER
	 	 	19	 
	12.

	 	AMENDMENTS
	 	 	20	 
	13.

	 	GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION
	 	 	20	 
	14.

	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 	 	20	 
	SCHEDULE 1
Real Estate
	 	 	- 1 -	 
	SCHEDULE 2
Land Charges
	 	 	- 4 -	 
	SCHEDULE 3
Pending Registrations of Land Charges in favor of Chargor
(Eigentümergrundschuld)
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This AGREEMENT RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY (Vertrag in Bezug auf Grundstücke) (this “Agreement”) is
made on December 17, 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung)
organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, registered with the Commercial
Register of the local court of Göttingen, Germany under HRB 772, having its business address
at Hannoversche Straße, 37075 Göttingen, Germany, (the “Chargor”); and
	 
	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. (in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below), the “Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “ABL Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, the ABL Borrowers (as defined below), AV METALS INC., a
corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act (“Holdings”), the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank, U.S. Swingline
Lender, Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as
European Swingline Lender (as the foregoing capitalized terms are defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement), the lenders thereunder have agreed to grant revolving loans and other extensions
of credit (the “ABL Loans”) to the ABL Borrowers.
	 
	(B)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Term Loan Borrower”), Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
lenders party thereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
“Term Loan Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (as the foregoing capitalized terms
are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), the lenders thereunder have agreed to extend
credit to the Term Loan Borrower in the form of initial term loans (the “Initial Term Loans”)
and, if so requested by the Term Loan

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	 	 	Borrower by written notice to the Term Loan Administrative Agent and provided that the
approached existing lender elects to provide the respective commitment, in the form of
incremental commitment term loans effected by a respective joinder agreement to the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loans”), and certain refinancing indebtedness
in respect of all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding (the “Other Term Loans”
and, together with the Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans referred to as the
“Term Loans”).

	(C)	 	The ABL Loans and the Term Loans are collectively referred to as the “Loans”, and the ABL
Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement are collectively referred to as the
“Credit Agreements” and each a “Credit Agreement”).
	 
	(D)	 	The Chargor has agreed in connection with the entry into the Credit Agreements to undertake
not to sell or encumber its real property, to transfer existing encumbrances upon request and
to take certain other actions.
	 
	(E)	 	The Chargor is the owner or holder of the real estate or the hereditary building rights, as
the case may be, listed on Schedule 1 (the “Real Estate”). The land charges listed on Schedule
2 that exist on the real estate have been transferred to the Chargor and are thus held by the
Chargor as owner land charges (Eigentümergrundschulden).

NOW, IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE

	1.1	 	In this Agreement:

“ABL Borrowers” shall mean the “Borrowers” as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement.

“Abstract Acknowledgments of Indebtedness” shall mean (i) the Abstract
Acknowledgment of Indebtedness and Guarantee (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis und
Garantie) among Novelis Aluminium Holdings Company, Novelis Deutschland GmbH
and the Collateral Agent, granted in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement
and (ii) the Abstract Acknowledgment of Indebtedness and

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Guarantee (Abstraktes
Schuldanerkenntnis und Garantie) among Novelis Aluminium Holdings Company,
Novelis Deutschland GmbH and the Collateral Agent, granted in connection with
the Term Loan Credit Agreement and “Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness”
shall mean each of them

“Declaration of Consent” shall mean the notarized declaration of consent of the
Chargor to the entry of the Collateral Agent in the land register as
beneficiary of all Land Charges created, assigned or transferred.

“Event of Default” shall mean any Event of Default as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement and/or any Event of Default as defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, as the context requires.

“Land Charges” shall mean the existing land charges listed in Schedule 2 and
any future land charge created in favor and for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent or the Chargor as owner land charges (Eigentümergrundschulden) over the
Real Estate.

“Lenders” shall mean the Lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement and/or the
Lenders under the Term Loan Agreement, as the context requires.

“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement
or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever intended to assure
payment of any indebtedness or the performance of any other obligation,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement.

“Loan Documents” shall mean the “Loan Documents” as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement and the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, as the context requires.

“Loan Parties” shall mean the Loan Parties as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement and the Loan Parties as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Notarial Land Charge Assignment Declaration” shall mean any assignment

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declaration (Abtretungserklärung) with notarial confirmation of the signatures
that will be executed in connection with Clause 2.2 of this Agreement and
pursuant to which certain land charges registered in favor of, or held by, the
Chargor will be assigned to the Collateral Agent.

“Permitted Lien” has the meaning given to such term in the ABL Credit Agreement
or the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the context requires.

“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the receivables purchase agreement
and any related servicing agreements between Novelis Deutschland GmbH, on the
one hand, and Novelis AG, on the other hand, providing, inter alia, for the
sale and transfer of receivables by Novelis Deutschland GmbH to Novelis AG, as
such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to
time, in order that the receivables subject thereto may be included in the
borrowing base established under the ABL Credit Agreement.

“Secured
Obligations” shall comprise

(I) (a) obligations of the ABL Borrowers and the other Loan Parties from time
to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing
(and interest that would have accrued but for such proceeding) during the
pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding) on the ABL Loans, when and as due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the ABL Borrowers and the
other Loan Parties under the ABL Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of
Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of Reimbursement
Obligations, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral, (iii)
Extraordinary Expenses and (iv) all other monetary obligations, including fees,
costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during
the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the ABL Borrowers and the other Loan Parties
under the ABL Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the due
and punctual payment of all Secured Bank Product Obligations (for purposes of
clause (I) “Loan Parties”, “Insolvency Proceeding”, “Letter of Credit”,
“Reimbursement Obligations”, “Extraordinary Expenses” and “Loan Documents” and
“Secured Bank

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Product Obligations” have the meaning set forth in the ABL Credit
Agreement);

(II) (a) obligations of the Term Loan Borrower and the other Loan Parties from
time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i)
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing
(and interest that would have accrued but for such proceeding) during the
pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on
the Term Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one
or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary
obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary
obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the Term Loan Borrower and the other Loan
Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
(b) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of the Term Loan Borrower
and the other Loan Parties under each Hedging Agreement entered into with any
Secured Hedge Provider under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (for purposes of
clause (II),”Loan Parties”, “Hedging Agreement”, “Secured Party” and “Secured
Hedge Provider” have the meaning set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement);
and

(III) the Abstract Acknowledgements of Indebtedness.

“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, all Secured Parties as defined in
the ABL Credit Agreement and all Secured Parties as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement.

	1.2	 	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
given in the ABL Credit Agreement and/or the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the context
requires.

	2.	 	NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	2.1	 	Negative Undertakings

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	 	2.1.1	 	The Chargor undertakes, except for Permitted Liens under each and all of the
Credit Agreements, not to sell or transfer the Real Estate or any parts thereof to any
third party without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. The prohibition of
the sale and transfer of any parts of the Real Estate extends to any and all transactions
that have the effect of transferring title to any of the Real Estate to another entity,
including by demergers, spin-offs or other corporate transactions.
	 
	 	2.1.2	 	The Chargor undertakes, except for Permitted Liens under each and all of the
Credit Agreements, not to encumber any parts of the Real Estate and not to agree to or
have subsist any encumbrances (other than encumbrances existing on the date hereof) on
any or all of the Real Estate without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	2.1.3	 	In order to secure the undertakings of the Chargor set forth in Clauses 2.1.1 and
2.1.2, the Chargor shall upon request of the Collateral Agent, procure that easements are
entered in the land registers of the Real Estate providing that title to the Real Estate
may not be transferred and no encumbrances established on any piece of Real Estate
without the approval of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may issue such
requests at any time without the need to have any conditions met. The requests may be
made with respect to all or parts of the Real Estate and also refer to either the
transfer of title or the establishment of encumbrances or both of these undertakings. Any
such easements shall rank prior to all Land Charges.

	2.2	 	Transfer of Land Charges

	 	2.2.1	 	The Chargor will take all actions necessary and desirable, and make all claims
against third parties that might exist in this regard to ensure that the Chargor is fully
registered as the holder of the Land Charges in the respective registers.
	 
	 	2.2.2	 	The Chargor undertakes, except for Permitted Liens, not to assign any of the Land
Charges to a third party, not to agree with any third party on such an assignment and to
take all other actions that are necessary to ensure that the Land Charges continue to
exist as land charges held by the owner of the real property. This includes that the
Chargor shall not apply for a cancellation of any of the Land Charges in the land
register.

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	 	2.2.3	 	Upon request of the Collateral Agent that may be issued at any time without the
need of any conditions being met, the Chargor shall transfer to the Collateral Agent the
Land Charges together with all rights under the submission to immediate foreclosure
(Unterwerfung unter die sofortige Zwangsvollstreckung). The request may be made with
respect to all individual of the Land Charges and, if in part, several requests may be
made.
	 
	 	2.2.4	 	Upon receipt of a request, the Chargor will deliver to the Collateral Agent the
relevant certificates of the Land Charges, to the extent issued, alternatively, the
Chargor shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Collateral Agent of having commenced
judicial call procedures (Aufgebotsverfahren) in relation to the respective certificates
not being delivered, and effect the entry of the Collateral Agent in the land register as
holder of the Land Charges and take all actions that are necessary to ensure that the
Collateral Agent is the full holder of the Land Charges with the ability to enforce them
when the conditions for enforcement are met.
	 
	 	2.2.5	 	As part of the transfer, assignment or creation referenced in Clause 2.2.3 above
and Clause 2.2.8 below the Chargor will submit to the Collateral Agent a certified copy
of (x) the Notarial Land Charge Assignment Declaration or the notarized land charge
creation deed referred to in Clause 2.2.8 below, and (y) the notarized Declaration of
Consent, within 5 (five) Business Days of the execution of the Notarial Land Charge
Assignment Declaration or the execution of the land charge creation deed referred to in
Clause 2.2.8 below the Chargor will submit to the Collateral Agent evidence that the
Declaration of Consent has been filed with the relevant land registers in the required
form and that there are no other prior filings pending.
	 
	 	2.2.6	 	Upon the same time referenced to in Clause 2.2.5 the Chargor undertakes to inform
the Collateral Agent on a continuing basis of the progress of any judicial call
procedures (Aufgebotsverfahren) referred to in Clause 2.2.4 above.
	 
	 	2.2.7	 	The legal relationship between the Collateral Agent and the Chargor as to Land
Charges that have been transferred to the Collateral Agent shall be subject to the
security purpose agreement set forth in Clause 3 below, in addition to any other
agreements and arrangements that might exist among the Parties.

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	 	2.2.8	 	Upon request of the Collateral Agent that may be issued at any time without the
need of any conditions being met, the Chargor shall by a notarial land charge creation
deed and entry in the land register create Land Charges over the Real Estate or other
real property owned by the Chargor after the date hereof, in favour and to the benefit of
the Collateral Agent and in amounts determined by the Collateral Agent, and declare a
submission under immediate foreclosure (Unterwerfung unter die sofortige
Zwangsvollstreckung) pursuant to Section 800 of the German Civil Procedure Code in regard
to such Land Charges. The request may be made with respect to all part or individual of
the Real Estate or the real property owned by the Chargor in the future and, if in part,
several requests may be made.

	3.	 	SECURITY PURPOSE AGREEMENT

	3.1	 	Purpose Agreement

The security purpose agreement stipulated in this Clause 3 shall relate to all Land Charges
assigned, transferred to, or created with, the Collateral Agent as beneficiary pursuant to
this Agreement.

	3.2	 	Security Purpose

	 	3.2.1	 	The Land Charges plus interest and additional benefits (Nebenleistungen) and the
assignment of claims for restitution (Abtretung der Rückgewährungsansprüche) pursuant to
Clause 3.3 (the “Assignment of Restitution Claims”) and any related personal assumption
of liability (persönliche Haftungsübernahme) (together the “Security Interests” and each
being a “Security Interest”) shall secure the prompt and punctual payment in full of the
Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	3.2.2	 	The Security Interests shall also secure any future extension of the Secured
Obligations and the Chargor herewith explicitly consents to any such extension.

	3.3	 	Assignment of Claims for Restitution

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	 	3.3.1	 	If, at the time of the transfer, assignment or creation of the Land Charges to or
for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, there are other land charges or mortgages
(Grundschulden, Hypotheken) on the Real Estate, ranking prior or equal to the relevant
Land Charges, the Chargor hereby assigns to the Collateral Agent as of such time all
present and future claims it has to reassignment of such prior and equal ranking land
charges or mortgages, including any part thereof, together with interest and ancillary
rights, the right to be issued with a declaration of consent (Löschungsbewilligung), a
declaration of waiver (Verzichtserklärung) and/or a declaration of non-valuation
(Nicht-Valutierungserklärung) as well as all claims to payment of any excess proceeds
(Übererlöse) in the event such land charge is realised. If the right to the reassignment
of the prior and equal ranking land charges has already been assigned to another person,
the right to the reassignment of these rights is hereby assigned.
	 
	 	3.3.2	 	If any present or future return claim (Rückgewähranspruch) of a prior or equal
ranking mortgage has been assigned to a third party, the Chargor hereby assigns as of the
time referenced in Clause 3.3.1 the claim of reassignment to the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	3.3.3	 	The Chargor shall notify the Collateral Agent without undue delay after claims
specified in Clauses 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 have arisen and the Collateral Agent shall in such
case be entitled to notify the debtors of the rights assigned under Clauses 3.3.1 and
3.3.2 above.
	 
	 	3.3.4	 	In relation to certificated land charges and mortgages (Briefgrundschulden,
Hypotheken), the present or future right to be provided with the certificate and the
right to present such certificate at the land registry in order to create part
certificates (Teilgrundschuldbriefe) shall also be assigned to the Collateral Agent
together with the Assignment of Restitution Claims.
	 
	 	3.3.5	 	Upon request of the Collateral Agent, the Chargor shall make all declarations
which are necessary in order to enforce the claims that have been assigned pursuant to
Clauses 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.4 above. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to obtain
information from the beneficiaries of the prior ranking and equal ranking Land Charges
with respect to the claims that such beneficiaries have secured against these Land
Charges.

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	3.4	 	Realizations of Land Charges

	 	3.4.1	 	Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing, unwaived and
unremedied, the Collateral Agent as mortgagee shall be entitled to realize the Land
Charges and the other Security Interests transferred to or created for the benefit of the
Collateral Agent by way of foreclosure (Zwangsversteigerung) or any other manner the
Collateral Agent determines in its free discretion for and on behalf of the Secured
Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also be entitled to realize the Land Charges by way
of a private sale (freier Verkauf).

	 	3.4.2	 	The Collateral Agent as mortgagee shall be entitled to file an application for
sequestration (Zwangsverwaltung) under the same circumstances.

	 	3.4.3	 	The Collateral Agent will notify the Chargor seven (7) Business Days prior to the
commencement of any enforcement measures (Zwangsvollstreckungsmaßnahmen) (the
“Realization Notice”). The same shall apply in the event of a private sale of the Land
Charges as referred to in Clause 3.4.1. However, such notification shall not be necessary
if the Chargor has ceased to make payments (Zahlungseinstellung) or a motion for
commencement of insolvency proceedings has been filed in respect of the Chargor.

	3.5	 	Preservation of the Chargor  ́s Nominal Share Capital

	 	3.5.1	 	Subject to Clause 3.5.2 through Clause 3.5.6 below, the Collateral Agent shall not
enforce the Security Interests to the extent (i) the Security Interests secure
obligations of one of the Chargor’s shareholders or of an affiliated company (verbundenes
Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than a Subsidiary of the Chargor or the Chargor
itself), and (ii) the enforcement of the Security Interests for such obligations would
reduce, in violation of Section 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG),
the net assets (assets minus liabilities minus provisions and liability reserves
(Reinvermögen), in each case as calculated in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as consistently
applied by the Chargor in preparing its unconsolidated balance sheets (Jahresabschluß
gemäß § 42 GmbHG, §§ 242, 264 HGB) of the Chargor to an amount that is insufficient to
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	 	 	 	registered share capital (Stammkapital) (or would increase an existing shortage in its
net assets below its registered share capital); provided that for the purpose of
determining the relevant registered share capital and the net assets, as the case may
be:

	 	(a)	 	The amount of any increase of the Chargor’s registered share capital
(Stammkapital) implemented after the date of this Agreement that is effected without
the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent shall be deducted from the
registered share capital of the Chargor;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any loans provided to the Chargor by a direct or indirect shareholder or an
affiliate thereof (other than a Subsidiary of the Chargor) shall be disregarded and
not accounted for as a liability to the extent that such loans are subordinated
pursuant to Section 39(1) Nr. 1 through Nr. 5 of the German Insolvency Code
(Insolvenzordnung) or subordinated in any other way by law or contract;
	 
	 	(c)	 	any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual obligations and
liabilities incurred by the Chargor in violation of the provisions of any of the Loan
Documents shall be disregarded and not accounted for as liabilities;
	 
	 	(d)	 	any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value that, in the
opinion of the Collateral Agent, is significantly lower than their market value and
that are not necessary for the business of the Chargor (nicht betriebsnotwendig) shall
be accounted for with their market value; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	the assets of the Chargor will be assessed at liquidation values
(Liquidationswerte) if, at the time the managing directors prepare the balance sheet
in accordance with Clause 3.5.2.(a) below and absent the demand a positive going
concern prognosis (positive Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be established.

	3.5.2	 	The limitations set out in Clause 3.5.1 only apply:

	 	(a)	 	if and to the extent that the managing directors of the Chargor have
confirmed in writing to the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days of receipt
of a Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement

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	 	 	 	under this Agreement the value of the Security Interests which cannot be enforced
without causing the net assets of the Chargor to fall below its registered share
capital, or increase an existing shortage in net assets below its registered share
capital (taking into account the adjustments set out above) and such confirmation
is supported by a current balance sheet and other evidence satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties
raises any objections against that confirmation within five (5) Business Days after
its receipt; or

	 	(b)	 	if, within twenty (20) Business Days after an objection under Clause 3.5.2(a)
has been raised by the Collateral Agent or a Secured Party, the Collateral Agent
receives a written audit report (“Auditor’s Determination”) prepared at the expense of
the Chargor by a firm of auditors of international standing and reputation that is
appointed by the Chargor and reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, to the
extent such report identifies the amount by which the net assets of the Chargor are
necessary to maintain its registered share capital as at the date of the Realization
Notice or the commencement of enforcement (taking into account the adjustments set out
above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applicable in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsgemäßer
Buchführung) as consistently applied by the Chargor in the preparation of its most
recent annual balance sheet. The Auditor’s Determination shall be binding for all
Parties except for manifest error.

	 	3.5.3	 	In any event, the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Secured Parties,
shall be entitled to enforce the Security Interests up to those amounts that are
undisputed between them and the Chargor or determined in accordance with Clause 3.5.1 and
Clause 3.5.2 In respect of the exceeding amounts, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled
to further pursue the Secured Parties’ claims (if any) and the Chargor shall be entitled
to provide evidence that the excess amounts are necessary to maintain its registered
share capital (calculated as at the date of the Realization Notice or the commencement of
enforcement and taking into account the adjustments set out above). The Collateral Agent
is entitled to enforce those parts of the Security Interests that are not enforced by
operation of Clause 3.5.1 above at any subsequent point in time. This Clause 3.5 shall
apply again as of the time such additional enforcement is made.

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	 	3.5.4	 	Clause 3.5.1 shall not apply as to the amount of Loans borrowed and passed on
(whether by way of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the Chargor or any of its
Subsidiaries as long as the respective shareholder loan is outstanding or the respective
equity contribution has not been dissolved or otherwise repaid but excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt, any purchase price payment received by the Chargor under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
	 
	 	3.5.5	 	Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German GmbH
(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Limited Liability Company) to enter into security
arrangements in support of obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the
limitations set forth in Clause 3.5.1 shall no longer apply. Should any such guarantees
become subject to legal restrictions that are less stringent than the limitations set
forth in Clause 3.5.1 above, such less stringent limitations shall apply. Otherwise,
Clause 3.5.1 shall remain unaffected by changes in applicable law.
	 
	 	3.5.6	 	The limitations provided for in Clause 3.5.1 above shall not apply where (i) the
Chargor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs- oder
Rückgewähranspruch) vis-à-vis the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement
(Beherrschungsvertrag) or a profit and loss pooling agreement (Gewinnabführungsvertrag)
is or will be in existence with the Chargor and the Chargor has a fully valuable
(vollwertig) compensation claim (Ausgleichsanspruch).

	3.6	 	Further Assurances

The Chargor shall at its own expense do all such things as the Collateral Agent may require to
perfect or protect the security intended to be created or any part thereof, or to facilitate
the realization of the Security Interest or any part thereof; or to facilitate the exercise by
the Collateral Agent of any of the rights, powers, authorities and discretions vested in it.
The Chargor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to take any such action on behalf of the
Chargor.

	3.7	 	Release of the Land Charges

Upon the expiry of the Security Period, the Collateral Agent shall at the request and cost and
expense of the Chargor release the Land Charges to the Chargor by providing

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a release declaration (Löschungsbewilligung) in the relevant form. The Collateral Agent will,
however, transfer the Land Charges to a third person if and to the extent so required by law.
If the Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part any transferred
collateral under the both the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent is authorized to release the Land Charges under this Agreement.

	4.	 	FURTHER UNDERTAKINGS

At all times during the Security Period, the Chargor undertakes vis-à-vis the Collateral Agent
and the Secured Parties:

	4.1	 	to promptly inform the Collateral Agent of the introduction of any enforcement measures
(Einleitung von Zwangsvollstreckungsmaßnahmen) or of any attachments (Pfändung) of which it
becomes aware in respect of the Real Estate or any part thereof or any other measures which
may materially impair or jeopardize the Collateral Agent’s rights relating thereto. In the
event of an attachment, the Chargor undertakes to forward to the Collateral Agent immediately
a copy of the minutes of attachment (Pfändungsprotokoll) and all other documents which are
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent and which are necessary for a defense against
such attachment. In addition, the Chargor shall inform the attaching creditor without undue
delay of the existence and effect of this Agreement and of the Collateral Agent’s rights to
the Real Estate;
	 
	4.2	 	to maintain at all times the buildings and all items in relation to its Real Estate covered
by the Land Charges to the extent that they are material in a state adequate for their use by
the Chargor, taking into account fair wear and tear (gewöhnliche Abnutzung); and
	 
	4.3	 	in case of any existing or future building insurances (Gebäudeversicherungen) entered into by
the Chargor in relation to any buildings on the Real Estate, to notify the relevant insurer on
behalf of the Collateral Agent of the Land Charges at the time of their transfer, assignment
or creation.

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	5.	 	RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND INSPECTION

The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to request any information, proof of as well as the
delivery of any documents necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the Land
Charges as from the time of the transfer, assignment and creation of Land Charges to or for
the benefit of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall at that time also be entitled
to request such information, certificates and documents from public authorities, insurance
companies or any other third parties at the costs of the Chargor. The Collateral Agent shall
(acting reasonably) then also be entitled to inspect the encumbered real estate, the buildings
and the accessory as well as all documents concerning the encumbered property during normal
business hours (notwithstanding any provisions in the Credit Agreements).

	6.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Chargor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties by
way of an independent guarantee (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) the following:

	6.1	 	All information provided by the Chargor to the Collateral Agent in connection with the
preparation and execution of this Agreement regarding the Land Charges and/or the Real Estate,
in particular the extracts from the land register and the hereditary building right register
and the Real Estate  ́s current state and use, is true and complete and does to the best
knowledge of the Chargor not omit any information which, if disclosed, would make that
information untrue or misleading.
	 
	6.2	 	All present Land Charges as set forth in Schedule 2 have been unconditionally, irrevocably
and effectively re-transferred and re-assigned by each relevant chargee entered in the land
register to the Chargor. In case of certified land charges all land charge certificates have
been handed over to the Chargor and are in his possession.
	 
	6.3	 	Except for the pending registration of the land charge in favor of the Chargor
(Eigentümergrundschuld) with respect to certain real property (as set forth in Schedule 3
hereto), which has been filed but not yet registered in the respective land registers, the
Chargor has not filed, nor is aware that any third party has filed for any entry in the land
register which is not reflected in the extracts from the land

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	 	register and/or hereditary building rights register provided to the Collateral Agent as of
the date of this Agreement.

	6.4	 	The execution and performance hereof do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law or
the articles of association of the Chargor, any order of any court or governmental agency to
which it is bound, (ii) violate in a material way any provision of any agreement or other
instrument to which the Chargor is bound, (iii) be in a material way in conflict with, result
in a breach of or constitute (with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any such
agreement or other instrument, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
any property or assets of the Chargor, except for liens created by the Land Charges or as
permitted under each and all of the Credit Agreements.
	 
	6.5	 	The Obligations of the Chargor hereunder are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against
the Chargor in accordance with their terms (subject to any qualification rendered in any legal
opinion in relation thereto).
	 
	6.6	 	No consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, registrations with (except for the
registration of the Land Charges with the relevant land register) or declarations to any
governmental authority are required in connection with the execution and performance of the
transfer, assignment and creation of the Land Charges in accordance with Clauses 2.2.3 and
2.2.8 above.
	 
	6.7	 	The Chargor holds proper legal title in the Real Estate. The Chargor has and will have full
power and authority (corporate and otherwise) to grant or transfer to the Collateral Agent the
Security Interests and to execute and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms
hereof, without the consent or approval of any other person.
	 
	6.8	 	The Chargor has not disposed and will not dispose of any of the land charge certificates
relating to the Land Charges not being submitted at the time of their transfer, assignment and
creation according to Clause 2.2.3 and Clause 2.2.8.
	 
	6.9	 	The Land Charges constitute a valid security interest in the Real Estate and will after their
transfer, assignment or creation to or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent be enforceable
against the Chargor.

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	6.10	 	The Chargor is not in a state of insolvency (Zahlungsunfähigkeit) or over-indebtedness
(Überschuldung) pursuant to the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) or the German
Limited Liability Companies Act (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter
Haftung), or in a state of imminent insolvency (drohende Zahlungsunfähigkeit) pursuant to the
German Insolvency Code. The Chargor is not subject to any composition or insolvency
proceedings.
	 
	6.11	 	The Chargor has its “centre of main interest” as that term is used in Article 3(1) of The
Council of the European Union Regulation No.1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings in its
jurisdiction of incorporation.
	 
	7.	 	INSURANCE OF THE REAL ESTATE

Unless otherwise provided for in the Credit Agreements, all buildings, facilities and
accessories on the Real Estate shall be insured, if not already insured, by the Chargor and at
its own costs against all risks which are usually insured or the insurance of which is deemed
to be necessary by the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably. If such insurance is not
sufficiently obtained, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to insure the Real Estate at the
costs of the Chargor.

	8.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS

	8.1	 	The Collateral Agent is acting hereunder in its capacity as “Collateral Agent” for the
Secured Parties as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and as sub-agent and bailee for
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to
Section 7.4 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

	8.2	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreements, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together
and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event
of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreements shall control and govern. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to (a) the provisions of
the

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	 	 	intercreditor agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor
Agreement”), among Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as defined therein), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined therein); and the grantors
party thereto, and (b) the provisions of section 11.22 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
for the avoidance of doubt, the in rem aspects of the security granted under this Agreement
shall be exclusively governed by this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for
in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Agreements,
including Article X of the ABL Credit Agreement and Section 11.19 of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent.

	9.	 	LIMITATION PERIOD

The Collateral Agent and the Chargor hereby agree that the obligations set out in this
Agreement shall become time barred after 20 years. With respect to the commencement,
suspension (Hemmung), interruption (Unterbrechung) and expiry of the limitation period, the
mandatory provisions of German law shall apply.

	10.	 	NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 
	10.1	 	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by mail or fax transmission (to be affirmed
in writing) to the following addresses:

	 	 	 

	If to any of the Chargor:
	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	
	 	Hannoversche Straße 1

37075 Göttingen

Germany

Fax:            +49 551 604 430

Attention: Management (Geschäftsführung)

	 
	If to the Collateral Agent:
	 	Bank of America, N.A.

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	 	1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.

Attn: Account Officer

Fax:   + 1 415-503-5011

or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified in
writing.

	10.2	 	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in the
English language or, if in any other language, accompanied by a translation into English. In
the event of any conflict between the English text and the text in any other language, the
English text shall prevail.
	 
	11.	 	PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER
	 
	11.1	 	Without prejudice to any other provision hereof, if at any time any one (or more)
provision(s) hereof is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any
jurisdiction or with respect to any party, or if the parties become aware of any omission
(Vertragslücke) hereto of any terms which were intended to be included in this Agreement, such
invalidity, illegality, unenforceability in such jurisdiction or with respect to such party or
parties or such omission (Vertragslücke) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, render invalid, illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions in any
other jurisdiction or with respect to any other party or parties hereto and shall not affect
or impair the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. Such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or such omission (Vertragslücke) shall be replaced
by the parties with a provision which comes as close as reasonably possible to the commercial
intentions of the invalid, illegal, unenforceable or omitted provision.
	 
	11.2	 	No forbearance or failure to exercise, nor any delay, on the part of the Collateral Agent, in
exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of such right,
power or remedy, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy
thereunder preclude any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and not
exclusive of any right or remedies provided by law. Every right, power or remedy is specially
waived by the Collateral Agent by and instrument in writing.

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	12.	 	AMENDMENTS

Any amendments, changes or variations to this Agreement may be made only with the agreement of
the Chargor and the Collateral Agent in writing. For the avoidance of doubt, this applies also
to this Clause 12.

	13.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION

	13.1	 	This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the
Federal Republic of Germany.
	 
	13.2	 	The place of jurisdiction for any and all claims or disputes arising under or in connection
with this Agreement shall be the district court (Landgericht) in Frankfurt am Main, Federal
Republic of Germany. The Collateral Agent shall, however, also be entitled to take legal
action against the Assignor before any other competent court of law having jurisdiction over
the Assignor or any of its assets.
	 
	14.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES

All costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the preparation and execution
hereof shall be borne by the Chargor.

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SCHEDULE 1

Real Estate

The information contained in this schedule represents current information as of
September 30, 2010.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Entity of	 	 	 	Owned or	 	Landlord/Owner if	 	Description of
	Record	 	Location Adress	 	Leased	 	Leased	 	Lease Documents
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Hannoversche

Strasse 1

37075 Göttingen

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Liebrechtstraße

37075 Göttingen

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Gustav Becker 

Str. 3
06484 Quedlinburg
Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Adelheidstr. 5

06484 Quedlinburg
Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Gaterslebener

Strasse 1

06469 Nachterstedt

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Wiesenstrasse 24-30

58507 

Luedenscheid

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	An der Gersbeuler

Str. 

58507 Luedenscheid
Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A

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	Entity of	 	 	 	Owned or	 	Landlord/Owner if	 	Description of
	Record	 	Location Adress	 	Leased	 	Leased	 	Lease Documents
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Obertinsberger Str. 

37
58507 Luedenscheid
Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Altenaer Str. 38

58507 

Luedenscheid 

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Tinsberg

58507 

Luedenscheid

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Lennestr. 84-92

58840 Plettenberg 

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Auf der Karfte

58840 Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Auf der Werde

58840 

Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Ackerland Unterste

Streppen

58840 

Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Weg, Ohle

58840 Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Am Eisenwerk 28-30

58840 Ohle,

Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A

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	Entity of	 	 	 	Owned or	 	Landlord/Owner if	 	Description of
	Record	 	Location Adress	 	Leased	 	Leased	 	Lease Documents
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Am Obergraben

58840 Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Vorm Friedhahn

58840 Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Am Friedhahn

58840 Plettenberg

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Breitenbachstraße

32A, 33

13509 Berlin

Germany
	 	Owned
	 	N/A
	 	N/A
	 
	Novelis Deutschland 

GmbH

	 	Holzhauser Strasse

96-100

13509 Berlin

Germany
	 	Leased
	 	Land Berlin
	 	December 12, 1982
-June 30, 

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SCHEDULE 2

Land Charges

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Real Estate	 	Address	 	Land Charge
	1.

	 	Local Court
Göttingen

District
Weende

Folio No. 2366
	 	company grounds at

Hannoversche Straße 1-25,

Hannoversche Straße 37-41,

Liebrechtstraße

in Weende
	 	1.)   10 Certificated Land Charges
(Abt. III, No. 13 — 22),

(i)    Land Charges
Abt. III No. 13-18 of equal rank
to each other,

(ii)   Land Charges
Abt. III No. 19-22 of equal rank
to each other and

(iii) each a Joint
Land Charge together with
Hereditary Building Rights Nr. 1
and 2 below),

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.

b)   each in the
amount of EUR 2,556,459.41

2.)   Uncertificated Joint Land
Charge (Abt. III, No. 23)
together with Real Estate Nr.
2-11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Local Court
Plettenberg

District Ohle

Folio
No. 407A
	 	in Ohle:

a)   structure area and
undeveloped area at Lennestraße

b)   farmland at Unterste
Streppen

	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1 and 3-11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

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	 	 	Real Estate	 	Address	 	Land Charge
	3.

	 	Local Court
Plettenberg

District Ohle
Folio
No. 814
	 	in Ohle:

a)   structure area and undeveloped area
at Lennestraße 84, 86-92 pathway area

       farmland at Auf der
Karfte

d)   structure area and
undeveloped area at Unterste Karfte

       grassland at Auf de Werde

f)   structure area,
undeveloped area and water space at Am
Eisenwerk 28, 30, 30A

g)   public street area at
Lennestraße

h)   public street area and
water space at Am Obergraben

i)   railway property at Am
Friedhahn and at Vorm Friedhahn

	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1, 2 and 4-11

a)   to the benefit of Citicorp
North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of EUR
500,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.

	 	Local Court
Quedlinburg

District
Quedlinburg 
Folio
No. 2635
	 	structure area and undeveloped area at
Adelheidstraße 5 in Quedlinburg
	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 3) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-3 and 5-11

a)   to the benefit of
Novelis Deutschland GmbH,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

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	 	 	Real Estate	 	Address	 	Land Charge
	5.

	 	Local Court
Aschersleben

District
Gatersleben

Folio
No. 1219
	 	structure area, undeveloped area and
farmland in Gatersleben
	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. 111, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-5 and 7-11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6.

	 	Local Court
Aschersleben

District
Nachterstedt
Folio
No. 960
	 	structure area and undeveloped area at
Gaterslebener Straße in Nachterstedt
	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-6 and 8-11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7.

	 	Local Court
Aschersleben

District
Aschersleben

Folio No. 6997
	 	structure area, undeveloped area and
living area at Über der Eine 33B in
Aschersleben
	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-7 and 9-11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8.

	 	Local Court
Lüdenscheid

District
Lüdenscheid- Stadt

Folio No. 361
	 	in Lüdenscheid-Stadt
a)   company grounds at
Wiesenstraße 24, 27, 30 and Kampstraße

b)   pathway area at An der
Garsbeuler Straße

c)   structure area at
Obertinsberger Straße 37

d)   public street area at
Wiesenstraße

	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 11) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-8 and 10, 11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

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	 	 	Real Estate	 	Address	 	Land Charge
	9.

	 	Local Court
Lüdenscheid

District
Lüdenscheid- Stadt

Folio No. 14240
	 	in Lüdenscheid-Stadt

a)   structure area and
undevel- oped area at Altenaer Straße
38, 38A, 38B 

b)   public street area at An
der Obertinsberger Straße 

      Farmland at Tinsberg

d)   public street area at
Wiesenstraße

	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-9 and 11

a)   to the benefit of
Citicorp North America Inc.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10.

	 	Local Court
Hohenschönhausen

(Berlin)

District Wittenau

Folio No. 4784
	 	in Wittenau (Berlin)

a)   structure area and
undeveloped area at Breitenbachstraße
32A, 33

b)   structure area and
undeveloped area between
Breitenbachstraße and Miraustraße

	 	Uncertificated Joint Land Charge
(Abt. III, No. 1) together with
Real Estate Nr. 1-10

a)   to the benefit of
Novelis Deutschland GmbH.,

b)   in the amount of
EUR 500,000,000

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SCHEDULE 3

Pending Registrations of Land Charges in favor of Chargor (Eigentümergrundschuld)

With respect to the following real estate, registration of the land charges in favor of Chargor
have been filed but not yet registered in the respective land registers:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Land Register	 	Local Court	 	Folio	 	Cadastral Section	 	Parcel
	(Grundbuch)	 	(Amtsgericht)	 	(Blatt)	 	(Flur)	 	(Flurstück)
	Weende

	 	Göttingen
	 	 	2366,	 	 	 	10	 	 	126/25, 126/48
	 
	Weende

	 	Göttingen
	 	 	2366	 	 	 	11	 	 	43/1, 26/1, 43/4,
17/2, 26/3, 17/5,
15/2, 15/4, 14/7,
14/10, 22/6, 22/3,
14/11, 43/6, 17/6
	 
	Ohle

	 	Plettenberg
	 	 	407 A	 	 	 	11	 	 	7, 170
	 
	Ohle

	 	Plettenberg
	 	 	814,	 	 	 	7	 	 	88, 473
	 
	Ohle

	 	Plettenberg
	 	 	 	 	 	 	11	 	 	170, 105, 104, 77,
78, 79, 87, 111, 101,
103, 115,120, 124,
126, 127, 128, 129,
130, 163, 192, 191,
193, 190, 196, 197,
195, 202, 204, 205,
206, 208, 212, 214,
222, 217, 227, 228,
226, 174, 210, 218,
113, 11, 238, 237,
236, 239, 242, 240,
244, 250
	 
	Aschersleben

	 	Gatersleben
	 	 	1219	 	 	 	6	 	 	45/72
	 
	Aschersleben

	 	Nachterstedt
	 	 	960	 	 	 	2	 	 	16/4, 16/12
	 
	Aschersleben

	 	Aschersleben
	 	 	6997	 	 	 	34	 	 	11/120
	 
	Lüdenscheid

	 	Lüdenscheid-Stadt
	 	 	361	 	 	 	46	 	 	141, 142, 156, 169,
148, 147
	 
	Lüdenscheid

	 	Lüdenscheid-Stadt
	 	 	361	 	 	 	47	 	 	27, 34, 35, 52, 22, 84
	 
	Lüdenscheid

	 	Lüdenscheid-Stadt
	 	 	361	 	 	 	67	 	 	413, 416
	 
	Lüdenscheid

	 	Lüdenscheid-Stadt
	 	 	14240	 	 	 	47	 	 	14, 20, 47/9, 51, 82

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Signatories

 

 

Execution Copy

NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

as Debtors

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS

AND GUARANTEE

(Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis
und Garantie)

 

 

 

	 	 	 
	TABLE OF CONTENTS	 	Page
	1. DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	2
	2. ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS
	 	3
	3. GUARANTEE
	 	3
	4. LIMITATION AS TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE GERMAN DEBTOR
	 	5
	5. SECURITY PURPOSE
	 	8
	6. ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
	 	8
	7. WAIVERS
	 	9
	8. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
	 	9
	9. CONTRACT FOR BENEFIT OF THIRD PARTIES
	 	9
	10. SUBORDINATION
	 	9
	11. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
	 	10
	12. TAX
	 	10
	13. INDEMNITY
	 	11
	14. LIMITATION PERIOD
	 	11
	15. NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 	11
	16. PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER
	 	12
	17. AMENDMENTS
	 	13
	18. GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION
	 	13
	19. COSTS AND EXPENSES
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THIS ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTEE (this “Agreement”) is made on December
17, 2010

BETWEEN:

	1.	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company, a limited liability company organized under the laws of
Ireland, with registration number 316911, having its registered office at 25/28 North Wall
Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (the “Irish Debtor”);

	2.	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung)
organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, registered with the Commercial
Register of the local court in Göttingen, Germany under HRB 772, having its business address
at Hannoversche Strasse 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany (the “German Debtor”); and

	3.	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. (in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below), the “Collateral Agent”).

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the
Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the lenders party thereto, and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and
as Collateral Agent, the lenders thereunder have agreed to extend to the Borrower credit in
the form of initial term loans (the “Initial Term Loans”), and, if so requested by the
Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent and provided the approached existing
lender elects to provide the respective commitment, in the form of incremental term loans
effected by joinder agreements to the Credit Agreement (the “Incremental Term Loans”), and
certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of the Term Loans then
outstanding (the “Other Term Loans” and, together with the Initial Term Loans and the
Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”).

	(B)	 	In order to induce the Lenders to make extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, the Debtors have agreed to issue an

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	 	 	abstract acknowledgement of debt to further secure the obligations of the Borrower to the
Secured Parties under the Loan Documents.

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.
   DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE

	1.1	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.

	1.2	 	Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	1.3	 	The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings:

	 	 	“Debtors” shall mean collectively the Irish Debtor and the German Debtor, each being a
“Debtor”.

	 	 	“Lenders” shall mean the Lenders under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	 	 	“Loan Documents” shall mean the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement and “Loan Document” shall mean any of them.

	 	 	“Loan Parties” shall comprise the Loan Parties as defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.

	 	 	“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the agreement (as amended from time to time)
between Novelis Deutschland GmbH and Novelis AG pursuant to which certain receivables owned
or to be created by the Pledgor under certain of its supply contracts have been sold and
assigned to Novelis AG by way of a true sale.

	 	 	“Secured Obligations” shall mean (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties
from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest
that would have accrued but for such proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other
monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of

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	 	 	whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the due
and punctual payment of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under
each Hedging Agreement entered into with any counterparty that is a Secured Party under the
Secured Hedge Provider.

2.    ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS

	2.1	 	Each of the Debtors hereby acknowledges by way of an abstract acknowledgement of indebtedness
(in Form eines abstrakten Schuldanerkenntnisses) that it owes to the Collateral Agent sums
equal to, and in the currency of, the Secured Obligations owed by it (the “Abstract
Acknowledgement of Indebtedness”).

	2.2	 	Each of the Debtors undertakes to pay to the Collateral Agent the amount referred to in
clause 2.1 above upon first written demand after the Secured Obligations have become due.

	2.3	 	The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand and receive full or
partial payment of the obligations under this Agreement from each of the Debtors, irrespective
of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents.

	2.4	 	The Debtors’ obligations under this Agreement shall not affect the existence of the Secured
Obligations for which the Secured Parties shall have an independent right to demand payment
according to the terms applicable to the Secured Obligations, nor any of the Debtors’
obligations, promises and other liabilities under the other Loan Documents as the same are
supplemented or amended from time to time.

	2.5	 	The Collateral Agent and the Debtors agree that the Debtors’ obligations under this Agreement
shall not increase the total amount of the Secured Obligations. Accordingly, payment of the
Secured Obligations and payment of the obligations under this Agreement may be collected only
once and any discharge of any obligations under this Agreement shall, to the same extent,
discharge the corresponding Secured Obligations and vice versa.

3.    GUARANTEE

	3.1	 	Each of the Debtors, acting as joint and several debtors (Gesamtschuldner), hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees by way of an independent guarantee (Garantie) (the
“Guarantee”) to the Collateral Agent, each existing lender under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, each party that becomes a

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	   	 	lender thereunder in the future by way of assignment, novation or accession to the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, and each other Secured Party the due and punctual fulfillment of all
Secured Obligations.

	3.2	 	Each of the Debtors shall effect payment under the Guarantee promptly upon the Collateral
Agent’s demand and confirmation (Garantie auf erstes Anfordern) that any amount claimed from
the Debtors hereunder is equal to the monies not paid under the Secured Obligations when due.

	3.3	 	Any sum falling within the ambit of Clause 3.1 which may not be recoverable from the Debtors
on the basis of this Guarantee for any reason whatsoever shall nonetheless be recoverable from
the Debtors hereunder on the basis of a primary obligation to the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders to indemnify them against any loss (including loss of profit) incurred by them or any
of them in consequence of any party (other than the Lenders) to the Term Loan Credit Agreement
or another Loan Document failing to perform any obligation thereunder.

	3.4	 	The Collateral Agent may at any time without thereby discharging, impairing or otherwise
affecting the obligations of the Debtors hereunder (i) give or agree to give any time or other
indulgence to any party in respect of the Secured Obligations, (ii) (to the extent this is not
to the detriment of the Debtors) offer or agree to or enter into any agreement for any
variation of the Secured Obligations, (iii) settle with any party with respect to Secured
Obligations or any of them or (iv) prove or abstain from proving (anmelden) a Secured
Obligation in a bankruptcy, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of a Loan Party.

	3.5	 	The obligation of the Debtors hereunder are (and are intended to be) a continuing and
independent security to the Collateral Agent, each Secured Party and each Lender, as the case
may be, for the due and punctual payment of each and every sum of principal, interest and all
other moneys payable with respect to the Secured Obligations and accordingly the Guarantee (i)
shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or derogation from any other encumbrance,
guarantee or other security now or at any time hereafter held by or on behalf of the
Collateral Agent such Secured Party or such Lender in respect of the Secured Obligations, (ii)
shall not be or be construed to be satisfied by any discharge of or payment of or on account
of the Secured Obligations which has not resulted in a final and irrevocable settlement of the
respective obligation, and (iii) shall at all times extend to cover the balance of principal,
interest and all other moneys which are now or may at any time hereafter be due and payable
with respect to the Secured Obligations.

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	3.6	 	The Collateral Agent shall not be obliged before asserting or enforcing the obligations of
the Guarantors hereunder (i) to take action or obtain judgment against any Loan Party in any
court, (ii) to make or file any claim or proof in any bankruptcy, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization of any such party or (iii) to enforce or seek to enforce any other encumbrance,
guarantee or other security now or at any time hereafter held by or on behalf of the
Collateral Agent or such Lender in respect of the Secured Obligations.

	3.7	 	Where any payment has been made by the Debtors to the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party or
any Lender hereunder the Debtors shall not take the benefit of subrogation (Übergang von
Rechten) (if any) of any rights or any encumbrance, guarantee or other security now or any
time hereafter held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any Lender in respect of the
Secured Obligations until the Secured Obligations have been discharged in full.

	3.8	 	This agreement may be enforced against the Debtors by the Collateral Agent, as agent for the
Lenders, in any proceedings, including enforcement proceedings.

4.    LIMITATION AS TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE GERMAN DEBTOR

	4.1	 	Subject to Clause 4.2 through Clause 4.6 below, the Collateral Agent shall not enforce the
obligations created hereunder (the “Guarantee Obligations”) to the extent (i) the Guarantee
Obligations secure obligations of one of the German Debtor’s shareholders or of an affiliated
company (verbundenes Unternehmen) of a shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) (other than a Subsidiary of the German Debtor, or
the German Debtor itself), and (ii) the enforcement of the Guarantee Obligations for such
obligations would reduce, in violation of Section 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies
Act (GmbHG), the net assets (assets minus liabilities minus provisions and liability reserves
(Reinvermögen), in each case as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in Germany (Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung) as consistently applied by the
German Debtor in preparing its unconsolidated balance sheets (Jahresabschluß gemäß § 42 GmbHG,
§§ 242, 264 HGB) of the German Debtor to an amount that is insufficient to maintain its
registered share capital (Stammkapital) (or would increase an existing shortage in its net
assets below its registered share capital); provided that for the purpose of determining the
relevant registered share capital and the net assets, as the case may be:

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	 	4.1.1	 	The amount of any increase of the German Debtor’s registered share capital
(Stammkapital) implemented after the date of this Agreement that is effected without
the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent shall be deducted from the
registered share capital of the German Debtor;
	 
	  	4.1.2	 	any loans provided to the German Debtor by a direct or indirect shareholder
or an affiliate thereof (other than a Subsidiary of the German Debtor) shall be
disregarded and not accounted for as a liability to the extent that such loans are
subordinated pursuant to Section 39(1) Nr. 1 through Nr. 5 of the German Insolvency
Code (Insolvenzordnung) or subordinated in any other way by law or contract;
	 
	 	4.1.3	 	any shareholder loans, other loans and contractual obligations and
liabilities incurred by the German Debtor in violation of the provisions of any of the
Loan Documents shall be disregarded and not accounted for as liabilities;
	 
	 	4.1.4	 	any assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value that, in
the opinion of the Collateral Agent, is significantly lower than their market value
and that are not necessary for the business of the German Debtor (nicht
betriebsnotwendig) shall be accounted for with their market value; and
	 
	 	4.1.5	 	the assets of the German Debtor will be assessed at liquidation values
(Liquidationswerte) if, at the time the managing directors prepare the balance sheet
in accordance with Clause 4.2.1 below and absent the demand a positive going concern
prognosis (positive Fortbestehensprognose) cannot be established.

	4.2	 	The limitations set out in Clause 4.1 only apply:

	 	4.2.1	 	if and to the extent that the managing directors of the German Debtor have
confirmed in writing to the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days of a demand
for payment or the commencement of enforcement under this Agreement the value of the
Guarantee Obligations which cannot be enforced without causing the net assets of the
German Debtor to fall below its registered share capital, or increase an existing
shortage in net assets below its registered share capital (taking into account the
adjustments set out above) and such confirmation is supported by a current balance
sheet and other evidence satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and neither the
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	 	 	 	Agent nor any of the Secured Parties raises any objections against that
confirmation within five (5) Business Days after its receipt; or

	 	4.2.2	 	if, within twenty (20) Business Days after an objection under Clause 4.2.1
has been raised by the Collateral Agent or a Secured Party, the Collateral Agent
receives a written audit report (“Auditor’s Determination”) prepared at the expense of
the German Debtor by a firm of auditors of international standing and reputation that
is appointed by the German Debtor and reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent,
to the extent such report identifies the amount by which the net assets of the German
Debtor are necessary to maintain its registered share capital as at the date of the
Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement (taking into account the
adjustments set out above). The Auditor’s Determination shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable in Germany
(Grundsätze ordnungsgemäßer Buchführung) as consistently applied by the German Debtor
in the preparation of its most recent annual balance sheet. The Auditor’s
Determination shall be binding for all Parties except for manifest error.

	4.3	 	In any event, the Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall be
entitled to enforce the Guarantee Obligations up to those amounts that are undisputed between
them and the German Debtor or determined in accordance with Clause 4.1 and Clause 4.2. In
respect of the exceeding amounts, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to further pursue
their claims (if any) and the German Debtor shall be entitled to provide evidence that the
excess amounts are necessary to maintain its registered share capital (calculated as at the
date of the Realization Notice or the commencement of enforcement and taking into account the
adjustments set out above). The Secured Parties are entitled to enforce those parts of the
Guarantee Obligations that are not enforced by operation of Clause 4.1 above at any subsequent
point in time. This Clause 4 shall apply again as of the time such additional enforcement is
made.

	4.4	 	Clause 4.1 shall not apply as to the amount of Loans borrowed and passed on (whether by way
of shareholder loan or equity contribution) to the German Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries as
long as the respective shareholder loan is outstanding or the respective equity contribution
has not been dissolved or otherwise repaid but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
purchase price payment received by the German Debtor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

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	4.5	 	Should it become legally permissible for managing directors of a German GmbH (Gesellschaft
mit beschränkter Haftung, Limited Liability Company) to enter into security arrangements in
support of obligations of their shareholders without limitations, the limitations set forth in
Clause 4.1 shall no longer apply. Should any such guarantees become subject to legal
restrictions that are less stringent than the limitations set forth in Clause 4.1 above, such
less stringent limitations shall apply. Otherwise, Clause 4.1 shall remain unaffected by
changes in applicable law.

	4.6	 	The limitations provided for in Clause 4.1 above shall not apply where (i) the German Debtor
has a fully valuable (vollwertig) recourse claim (Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch)
vis-à-vis the relevant shareholder or (ii) a domination agreement (Beherrschungsvertrag) or a
profit and loss pooling agreement (Ergebnisabführungsvertrag) is or will be in existence with
the German Debtor and the German Debtor has a fully valuable (vollwertig) compensation claim
(Ausgleichsanspruch).

5.    SECURITY PURPOSE

	 	 	The purpose of the Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness and Guarantee is to secure the
prompt, full and irrevocable discharge of any and all Secured Obligations.

6.    ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER

	6.1	 	The Collateral Agent shall, at any time, have the right to assign and to transfer all or any
part of its rights or obligations or both under this Agreement to any of the Secured Parties
or any person becoming a Secured Party and the respective Debtor shall execute and deliver all
such documents and take all such actions and make all such declarations which the Collateral
Agent may reasonably require in connection with such transfer and assignment. For the
avoidance of doubt, it is hereby set forth that, if an assignment and transfer occurs, all
accessory rights (akzessorische Nebenrechte) connected with or related to the Abstract
Acknowledgement of Indebtedness, in particular any guaranty (Bürgschaft) or pledge
(Pfandrecht), shall also be assigned or transferred to the respective assignee or transferee.

	6.2	 	The Debtors shall not be entitled to assign or transfer all or any part of their rights or
obligations or both hereunder.

	6.3	 	Each of the Debtors hereby agrees and consents to any accession of any new party, and any
change to the parties to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document (by way of
transfer, assignment or novation) or any

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	 	 	transfer or assignment to the terms as contemplated under the respective provisions in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

	6.4	 	Each of the Debtors furthermore agrees that notwithstanding any such accession, change,
transfer or assignment, this Agreement shall remain in full force and shall continue to secure
the Secured Obligations for the benefit of the Secured Parties or any assignee, transferee, or
any other successor in the same manner as if such assignee, transferee, or any other successor
in title had been named in this (a) Agreement or (b) the Term Loan Credit Agreement, or any
other Loan Document, respectively, instead of, or in addition to, the (y) Collateral Agent or
(z) the present parties to the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document,
respectively.

7.    WAIVERS

	 	 	Each of the Debtors hereby waives all defences (Einwendungen) it may have, including the
defences of revocation (Anfechtbarkeit), set-off (Aufrechenbarkeit) and comparable defences
under foreign law. The waiver shall not apply to set-off with counterclaims that are
uncontested (unbestritten) or based on an unappealable court decision (rechtskräftig
festgestellt).

8.    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

	 	 	All covenants, promises and agreements of each of the Debtors hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns.

9.    CONTRACT FOR BENEFIT OF THIRD PARTIES

	 	 	This Agreement constitutes a contract in favor of the Lenders and the Secured Parties as
third party beneficiaries pursuant to § 328 (1) of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches
Gesetzbuch — BGB) so that each such Lender and Secured Party shall, subject to any
limitations provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement which may require action by the
Collateral Agent and subject to all provisions of this Agreement, be entitled to claim
performance of the obligations assumed hereby directly from and against the Debtors.

10.  SUBORDINATION

	 	 	Each Debtor hereby agrees that any existing or future claim of any of them against another
Loan Party or Debtor or any of their direct or indirect shareholders or affiliates of such
shareholders is hereby subordinated to the claims against the Lenders and the Collateral
Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and this Agreement

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	 	 	(Rangrücktritt von Konzernforderungen) and, after an Event of Default as defined under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing, such claims of any Debtor, if
the Collateral Agent so requests, shall be collected, enforced and received by such Debtor
as trustee for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties and be paid over to the Collateral
Agent for payment to the Lenders on account of the indebtedness of the relevant Debtor but
without affecting or impairing in any manner the liability of such Debtor under the other
provisions of this Agreement.

11.   INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

	 	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is
the intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall
be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and
control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral granted to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and
the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties
hereunder are subject to (a) the provisions of the intercreditor agreement, dated on or
about December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the grantors party thereto;
Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent; and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term
Loan Collateral Agent (each term as defined therein) and (b) the provisions of section
11.22 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement; for the avoidance of doubt, the in rem aspects of
the security granted under this Agreement shall be exclusively governed by this Agreement.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern
and control. Except as provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof, shall govern
and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

12.   TAX

	 	 	The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.16 and 7.10 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandis,

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	 	 	and shall apply to this Agreement, the parties hereto and the Secured Parties as if set
forth herein.

13.    INDEMNITY

	13.1	 	The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any Debtor in
connection herewith save in respect of such loss or damage which is suffered as a result of
the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Collateral Agent.

	13.2	 	Each of the Debtors shall indemnify the Collateral Agent and keep the Collateral Agent
indemnified against any and all damages, losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands and
liabilities which may be incurred by or made against the Collateral Agent for anything done or
omitted in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers contained herein and occasioned by
any breach of such Debtor of any of its obligations or undertakings herein contained other
than to the extent that such damages, losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands and
liabilities are incurred or made against the Collateral Agent as a result of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent.

14.    LIMITATION PERIOD

	 	 	The Collateral Agent and the Debtors hereby agree that the obligations set out in this
Agreement shall become time barred after 10 years. With respect to the commencement,
suspension (Hemmung), interruption (Unterbrechung) and expiry of the limitation period, the
mandatory provisions of German law shall apply.

15.    NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE

	15.1	 	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by mail or fax transmission (to be affirmed
in writing) to the following addresses:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	If to the Irish Debtor:
	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company
	 

	 	 	 	c/o Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 

	 	 	 	Hannoversche Strasse 1
	 

	 	 	 	37075 Göttingen
	 

	 	 	 	Germany
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Management
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: +49.551.304 4902

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If to the German Debtor:

	 	Novelis Deutschland GmbH
	 

	 	Hannoversche Strasse 1
	 

	 	37075 Göttingen
	 

	 	Germany
	 

	 	Attention: Management (Geschäftsführung)
	 

	 	Fax: +49.551.304 4902
	 
	 	 
	  
 
 
 
If to the Collateral Agent:

	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 

	 	1455 Market Street
	 

	 	San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
	 

	 	Attention: Account Officer
	 

	 	Fax:       + 1 415-503-5011

		 	or to such other address as the recipient may notify or may have notified in writing.

	15.2	 	Any notice or other communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in the
English language or, if in any other language, accompanied by a translation into English. In
the event of any conflict between the English text and the text in any other language, the
English text shall prevail.

16.    PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER

	16.1	 	Without prejudice to any other provision hereof, if at any time any one (or more)
provision(s) hereof is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any
jurisdiction or with respect to any party, or if the parties become aware of any omission
(Vertragslücke) hereto of any terms which were intended to be included in this Agreement, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in such jurisdiction or with respect to such party
or parties or such omission (Vertragslücke) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, render invalid, illegal or unenforceable such provision or provisions in any
other jurisdiction or with respect to any other party or parties hereto and shall not affect
or impair the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. Such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or such omission (Vertragslücke) shall be replaced
by the parties with a provision which comes as close as reasonably possible to the commercial
intentions of the invalid, illegal, unenforceable or omitted provision.

	16.2	 	No forbearance or failure to exercise, nor any delay, on the part of the Collateral Agent, in
exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of such right,
power or remedy, nor shall any single or

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	 	 	partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any further or other
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers
and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law. Every right, power or remedy shall continue in full force and effect until
such right, power or remedy is specially waived by the Collateral Agent by an instrument in
writing.

17.    AMENDMENTS

	 	 	Any amendments, changes or variations to this Agreement may be made only with the agreement
of the Debtors and the Collateral Agent in writing. For the avoidance of doubt, this
applies also to this clause 17.

18.    GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION

	18.1	 	This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the
Federal Republic of Germany.

	18.2	 	The place of jurisdiction for any and all claims or disputes arising under or in connection
with this Agreement shall be the district court (Landgericht) in Frankfurt am Main, Federal
Republic of Germany. The Collateral Agent shall, however, also be entitled to take legal
action against each of the Debtors before any other competent court of law having jurisdiction
over the respective Debtor of any of its assets.

19.    COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	All costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the preparation and execution
hereof shall be borne by the Debtors.

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Signatories

 

 Attachment 1

NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

as Pledgor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

and

other Parties

as Pledgees

 

FIRST RANKING SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

relating to the shares in

Novelis Deutschland GmbH

(Geschäftsanteilsverpfändung)

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page
	1. DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 	2
	2. PLEDGED SHARES
	 	8
	3. PLEDGE
	 	8
	4. SCOPE OF THE PLEDGES
	 	9
	5. PURPOSE OF THE PLEDGES
	 	10
	6. EXERCISE OF SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS
	 	10
	7. ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLEDGES
	 	10
	8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	12
	9. UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR
	 	14
	10. INDEMNITY
	 	15
	11. DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 	15
	12. RELEASE (PFANDFREIGABE)
	 	16
	13. PARTIAL INVALIDITY, WAIVER
	 	16
	14. AMENDMENTS
	 	17
	15. NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 	17
	16. APPLICABLE LAW, JURISDICTION
	 	18
	SCHEDULE 1 List of Lenders and other Secured Parties
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	SCHEDULE 2 Form of notice to be delivered to the Company
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	SCHEDULE 3 Required Consents
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This SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made on December 17, 2010

Among:

	(1)	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland, with its
registered office at 25/28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, registered with the Irish
Companies Registration Office with registration number 316911 (the “Pledgor);
	 
	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the United
States of America, having its business address at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103,
U.S.A. in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below) (the “Collateral Agent”);
	 
	(3)	 	the institutions listed in Schedule 1 (List of Lenders and other Secured Parties) hereto in
their capacity as lenders or other secured parties under or in connection with the Term Loan
Credit Agreement (as defined below) (together with the Collateral Agent the “Original
Pledgees”); and
	 
	(4)	 	the Future Pledgees, as defined herein.

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement dated on or about December 17, 2010 (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”) among, inter alios, NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the
Canada Business Corporations Act (“Holdings”), the subsidiary guarantors and the lenders party
thereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and
as Collateral Agent, the lenders thereunder have agreed to extend to the Borrower credit in
the form of initial term loans (the “Initial Term Loans”), and, if so requested by the
Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent and provided the approached existing
lender elects to provide the respective commitment, in the form of incremental term loans
effected by joinder agreements (the “Increase Joinders”) to the Term Loan Credit Agreement
(the “Incremental Term Loans”), and certain refinancing indebtedness in respect of all or any
portion of the Term Loans then outstanding (the “Other Term Loans”, and, together with the
Initial Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans referred to as the “Term Loans”).
	 
	(B)	 	It is one of the conditions for making the Term Loans that the Pledgor enters into this
Agreement.

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	(C)	 	The Pledgor has agreed to grant a pledge over its shares in the Company (as defined below) as
security for the Pledgees’ (as defined below) respective claims against the Loan Parties (as
defined below) under or in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	(D)	 	Further, the Pledgor has entered into an agreement on the abstract acknowledgement of
indebtedness (Abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis) with, inter alios, the Collateral Agent on or
about the date hereof in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Abstract
Acknowledgement of Indebtedness”).
	 
	(E)	 	Furthermore, in connection with a revolving credit facility agreement dated on or about
December 17, 2010 (the “ABL Credit Agreement”), the Pledgor has agreed to grant a second
ranking pledge over its shares in the Company as security for the obligations arising under or
in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement.

NOW, IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
	 
	1.1.	 	In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	“Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and “Agent” shall mean
any of them.
	 
	 	 	“Arrangers” shall mean Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC and “Arranger” shall mean any of them.
	 
	 	 	“Bookrunner” shall mean Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” shall mean a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open
for general business in New York City, Chicago, London, Zurich and Frankfurt am Main.
	 
	 	 	“Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial making of a loan by a Lender under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Collateral” shall mean all of the collateral, pledge collateral and mortgaged property
referred to in the Security Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended
under the terms of the Security Documents to be subject to liens in favor of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

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	 	 	“Company” shall mean Novelis Deutschland GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit
beschränkter Haftung) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany having its
business address at Hannoversche Strasse 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany which is registered in
the commercial register at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Göttingen under HRB 772.
	 
	 	 	“Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement” shall mean that certain
contribution, intercompany, contracting and offset agreement dated as of the date hereof by
and among certain of the Loan Parties (other than certain Foreign Subsidiaries), the
Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Default” shall mean the non-payment by any of the Borrowers of any amounts payable under
any of the Loan Documents when due.
	 
	 	 	“Delegate” shall mean any delegate, agent, attorney, trustee or co-trustee
appointed by the Collateral Agent or any receiver.
	 
	 	 	“Existing Shares” has the meaning given to such term in Clause 2 hereof.
	 
	 	 	“Fee Letter” shall mean that certain fee letter among the Borrower, the Arrangers and the
Bookrunners, dated on or about the date hereof, setting forth certain fees payable in
connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and
restated, supplemented, revised or modified from time to time.
	 
	 	 	“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary of Holdings that is organized under the laws of
a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia.
	 
	 	 	“Future Pledgee” shall mean any Person that (i) is a transferee with respect to the Pledges
by operation of law following the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or
assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of any part of the Secured Obligations from any of the
Original Pledgees or Future Pledgee to such future pledgee and/or (ii) becomes a creditor of
a Loan Party, as a successor of a Pledgee, a Future Pledgee or otherwise or by way of
becoming a lender, issuing bank or agent, in each case, under the Term Loan Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document and/or (iii) accedes to this agreement by ratification pursuant
to sub-clause 3.3 hereof as pledgee.
	 
	 	 	“Future Shares” shall mean all additional shares in the capital of the Company (irrespective
of their nominal value) which the Pledgor may acquire in the future by way of a share
transfer, an increase of the capital of the Company or otherwise.
	 
	 	 	“Hedging Agreement” shall mean any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements
or arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices,
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	 	 	purposes of hedging a
the Holding’s, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiaries’ exposure to interest or
exchange rates, loan credit exchanges, security or currency valuations or commodity prices,
in each case not for speculative purposes.
	 
	 	 	“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the intercreditor agreement dated on or about December
17, 2010 by and among, inter alios, the companies parties thereto, the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, the administrative agent under the ABL Credit Agreement and the
collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and such other persons as may become party
thereto from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, setting
forth certain rights and obligations among, inter alios, the lenders under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and the lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
	 
	 	 	“Lenders” shall mean the lenders listed on Schedule 1 hereto and the financial institutions
or lenders that are a party to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, or that have become a party
to the Term Loan Credit Agreement after the date hereof, other than any such financial
institution or lender that has ceased to be a party to the Term Loan Credit Agreement
pursuant to an assignment of its obligations to an existing or a new lender.
	 
	 	 	“Loan Documents” shall mean the Term Loan Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement,
the Notes (if any), the Security Documents, each guarantee executed by a Foreign Subsidiary,
the Fee Letter, each Hedging Agreement entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider, and all
other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, certificates, agreements or
documents, whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party
for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Loan Parties” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower, 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc.,
Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, Aluminum Upstream
Holdings LLC, Novelis Acquisitions LLC, Novelis Brand LLC, Novelis Corporation, Novelis
North America Holdings Inc., Novelis PAE Corporation, Novelis South America Holdings LLC,
Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, Novelis Services Limited, Novelis UK Ltd., Novelis AG,
Novelis Switzerland SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Deutschland GmbH, Novelis do Brasil
Ltda., Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda., Novelis Luxembourg S.A., Novelis PAE S.A.S. and the
Pledgor, and each other subsidiary that is or becomes a party to the Term Loan Credit
Agreement as a Subsidiary Guarantor.
	 
	 	 	“Notes” shall mean any notes evidencing the Terms Loans issued pursuant to the Term Loan
Credit Agreement.

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	 	 	“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.
	 
	 	 	“Pledges” shall mean the pledges made pursuant to sub-clauses 3.1 and 4.1, and “Pledge”
shall mean any of them.
	 
	 	 	“Pledgees” shall mean the Original Pledgees and the Future Pledgees, and “Pledgee” means any
of them.
	 
	 	 	“PLPA” shall mean the profit and loss pooling agreement initially entered into by Alcan
Deutschland Holdings GmbH & Co. KG and the Company, dated December 02, 2002 (notarial deed
number 52/2002 of notary public Prof. Dr. Alexander Riesenkampff) which was transferred by
operation of law from Alcan Deutschland Holdings GmbH & Co. KG to the Pledgor and which now
continues to be in existence between the Pledgor and the Company.
	 
	 	 	“Receiver” shall mean a receiver or receiver and manager or, where permitted by law, an
administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Collateral, and that term will
include any appointee under joint and/or several appointments.
	 
	 	 	“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean, as the context requires, (i) any subsidiary of Holdings
other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (ii) any subsidiary of Borrower other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Hedge Provider” shall mean (i) any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedging
Agreement with the Borrower or any Loan Party that was a Lender, Arranger, Bookrunner or
Agent (or an Affiliate of a Lender, Arranger, Bookrunner or Agent) on the date of entering
into such Hedging Agreement (or, with respect to Hedging Agreements in effect at the date
hereof, on the date hereof), (ii) any other Person that is counterparty to a Hedging
Agreement with the Borrower or any Loan Party if, at or prior to the time such Hedging
Agreement is entered into, Borrower shall designate such Person as a “Secured Hedge
Provider” in a notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, which Person
shall execute a Secured Hedge Provider Joinder and (iii) any Person that is a counterparty
to a Hedging Agreement with the Borrower or any Loan Party that is in effect on the Closing
Date and was entered into prior to the Closing Date to the extent that (x) the Borrower
shall designate such Person as a “Secured Hedge Provider” in a notice to the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent, which Person shall execute a Secured Hedge Provider Joinder
on or prior to the thirtieth day after the Closing Date and (y) such Secured Hedge Provider
shared in the collateral granted in connection with the Borrower’s and Novelis Corporation’s
existing term loan facility (which is further identified in the Term Loan Credit Agreement).

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	 	 	“Secured Hedge Provider Joinder” shall mean a letter agreement in accordance with the terms
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement or in such other form as may be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to which such person (i) appoints the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents with respect to
Collateral, as provided therein, and (ii) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents as if it were a Lender.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Obligations” shall mean
	 
	 	 	(I) (a) obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising
under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued but for
such proceeding) during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the
Term Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates
set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees,
costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or
otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the due and punctual payment of
all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each Hedging Agreement
entered into with any Secured Hedge Provider under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and
	 
	 	 	(II) the Abstract Acknowledgement of Indebtedness.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent,
any Receiver or Delegate, the Lenders and any Secured Hedge Provider (to the extent such
Secured Hedge Provider executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a Secured Hedge
Provider Joinder) and “Secured Party” shall mean any of them.
	 
	 	 	“Security Documents” shall mean each security agreement entered into, and mortgages created,
in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement by the guarantors under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, any Security Trust Deed, and each other security document, deed of trust,
charge or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local or foreign law to
grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property as collateral for the Secured
Obligations, and all UCC or other financing statements or financing change statements,
control agreements, bailee

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	 	 	notification letters, or instruments of perfection required by
the Term Loan Credit Agreement, any security agreement, any mortgage or any other such
security document, charge or pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security
interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to any security agreement entered into,
and mortgages created, in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement by the guarantors
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and any other document or instrument utilized to pledge
or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security interest or lien on any property as
collateral for the Secured Obligations or to perfect, obtain control over or otherwise
protect the interest of the Collateral Agent therein.
	 
	 	 	“Security Trust Deed” shall mean any security trust deed to be executed by, among others,
the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and any Loan Party granting security over
U.K. or Irish assets of any Loan Party.
	 
	 	 	“Shares” shall mean the Existing Shares and the Future Shares.
	 
	 	 	“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as
otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.
	 
	 	 	“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board
of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Term Loan Credit
Agreement subsequent to the Closing Date.
	 
	1.2.	 	In this Agreement, references to a person include its successors and assigns, and references
to a document are references to that document as amended, restated, novated and/or
supplemented from time to time.
	 
	1.3.	 	The references in this Agreement to the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, in each case to amendments and supplements thereto, are for identification of the
Secured Obligations only and shall not constitute an incorporation of the provisions of such
documents into this Share Pledge Agreement.
	 
	1.4.	 	Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of a term in the singular shall include the
definition of such term in the plural and vice versa.
	 
	1.5.	 	This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English
language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement.
However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement,
the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail.
	 
	1.6.	 	Any reference in this Agreement to a “Clause”, a “sub-clause” or a “Schedule” shall, subject
to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, a sub-clause or schedule
hereof.

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	2.	 	PLEDGED SHARES
	 
	 	 	The Company has a nominal share capital (Stammkapital) of EUR 111,500,000 (in words: Euro
one hundred eleven million five hundred thousand) consisting of 2 (two) shares that have a
nominal value of Euro 100,350,000 (in words: Euro one hundred million three hundred and
fifty thousand) and EUR 11,150,000 (in words: Euro eleven million one hundred and fifty
thousand), respectively (the “Existing Shares”). The Existing Shares are held by the
Pledgor.
	 
	3.	 	PLEDGE
	 
	3.1.	 	The Pledgor hereby pledges to each of the Pledgees the Shares together with all ancillary
rights and claims associated with the Shares as more particularly specified in Clause 4.
	 
	3.2.	 	Each of the Original Pledgees hereby accepts the Pledge for itself.
	 
	3.3.	 	The Collateral Agent hereby accepts, as representative without power of attorney (Vertreter
ohne Vertretungsmacht), the Pledges for and on behalf of each Future Pledgee. Each Future
Pledgee will ratify and confirm the declarations and acts so made by the Collateral Agent on
its behalf by accepting the transfer or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption
(Vertragsübernahme)) of the Secured Obligations (or part of them) from a Pledgee or by
becoming party to any Loan Document. Upon such ratification (Genehmigung) such Future Pledgee
becomes a party to this Agreement, it being understood that any future or conditional claim
(zukünftiger oder bedingter Anspruch) of such Future Pledgee arising under the Loan Documents
shall be secured by the Pledges constituted hereunder.
	 
	3.4.	 	All parties hereby confirm that the validity of the Pledges granted hereunder shall not be
affected by the Collateral Agent acting as representative without power of attorney for each
Future Pledgee.
	 
	3.5.	 	The Pledgor herewith authorises the Collateral Agent to notify, on its behalf, the Company of
the Pledges and/or the identity of any Future Pledgee and the new pledges created pursuant to
sub-clause 3.3 above. Upon request of the Collateral Agent, the Pledgor shall without undue
delay give such notice and provide the Collateral Agent with a copy thereof.
	 
	3.6.	 	The validity and effect of each of the Pledges shall be independent of the validity and the
effect of the other Pledges created hereunder. Subject to Clause 3.7, the Pledges to each of
the Pledgees shall be separate and individual pledges ranking pari passu with the other
Pledges created hereunder.

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	3.7.	 	Each of the Pledges is in addition, and without prejudice, to any other security the Pledgees
may now or hereafter hold in respect of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	3.8.	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that nothing in this Agreement shall exclude a
transfer of all or part of the Pledges created hereunder by operation of law upon the transfer
or assignment (including by way of novation or assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of all or part
of the Secured Obligations by any Pledgee to a Future Pledgee, to the extent possible under
applicable law.
	 
	4.	 	SCOPE OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	4.1.	 	The Pledges constituted by this Agreement include:
	 
	4.1.1.	 	the present and future rights to receive:

	 	4.1.1.1.	 	dividends attributable to the Shares, if any; and
	 
	 	4.1.1.2.	 	liquidation proceeds, redemption proceeds (Einziehungsentgelt), repaid capital in
case of a capital decrease, any compensation in case of termination (Kündigung) and/or
withdrawal (Austritt) or expulsion (Ausschluss) or exclusion for good cause (Ausschluss
aus wichtigem Grund) of a shareholder of the Company, the surplus in case of surrender
(Preisgabe), any repayment claim for any additional capital contributions (Nachschüsse)
and all other pecuniary claims associated with the Shares;
	 
	 	(collectively, the “Proceeds”)

	4.1.2.	 	the right to subscribe for newly issued shares of the Company; and
	 
	4.1.3.	 	subject to Clause 6 below, all other rights and benefits attributable to the Shares (to the
extent capable of being pledged) (including without limitation all present and future
pecuniary claims of the Pledgor against the Company arising under or in connection with any
domination and/or profit transfer agreement (Beherrschungs- und/oder Gewinnabführungsvertrag)
 — in particular the PLPA — or partial profit transfer agreement (Teilgewinnabführungsvertrag)
which may exist or be entered into between the Pledgor and the Company).
	 
	4.2.	 	Until such time as the Collateral Agent, acting for and on behalf of the Pledgees, gives
notice to the Company that it is entitled to realize the Pledges created hereunder (see
Sub-clause 7.1. below), the Pledgor shall have the right to receive and retain any and all
dividends and distributions paid or payable in respect of the Shares, provided, however, that:

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	 	i)	 	other distributions (other than dividends) paid or payable (other than
in cash) and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
exchange for any Shares,
	 
	 	ii)	 	dividends or other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of
any Shares in connection with the partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in
connection with the reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in-surplus, and
	 
	 	iii)	 	cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed in respect of principal of,
or in redemption of, or in exchange for any Shares,

shall be – irrespective of whether such assets have been received by the Pledgor or the
Pledgees or whether they are covered by the Pledges hereunder – transferred to the
Collateral Agent by way of a security transfer or security assignment
(Sicherungsübereignung/ Sicherungsabtretung) which shall hold such assets as trustee
(Sicherungstreuhänder) segregated from its other property or funds. Such security shall be
realized by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Clause 7 below and any applicable law
and regulation.

	5.	 	PURPOSE OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	 	 	The Pledges hereunder are created in order to secure the prompt and complete satisfaction of
any and all Secured Obligations owed to any of the Pledgees from time to time. The Pledges
shall also cover any future extension of the Secured Obligations and the Pledgor herewith
expressly agrees that the provisions of Section 1210 para 1 sentence 2 of the German Civil
Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) shall not apply to this Agreement.
	 
	6.	 	EXERCISE OF SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS
	 
	 	 	The shareholder rights, including the voting rights, attached to the Shares remain with the
Pledgor. The Pledgor, however, shall at all times until the full satisfaction of all Secured
Obligations or the release of the Pledges exercise its shareholder rights, including its
voting rights and the rights under the PLPA, in good faith to ensure that the validity,
legality and enforceability of the Pledges and the existence or value of all or part of the
Shares are not in any way materially adversely affected, other than through dividend
payments pursuant to Clause 4.2 above. The Pledgor undertakes that no resolutions are passed
which constitute a breach of its obligations under Clause 9 below.
	 
	7.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	7.1.	 	If a Default exists and is continuing and, in addition, the requirements set forth in
Sections 1273 para 2, 1204 et seq. of the German Civil Code with regard to the

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	 	 	enforcement of
any of the Pledges are met (Pfandreife), then in order to enforce the Pledges (or any of
them), the Pledgees, acting through the Collateral Agent, may at any time thereafter avail
themselves of all rights and remedies that a pledgee has against a pledgor under the laws of
the Federal Republic of Germany.
	 
	7.2.	 	Notwithstanding Section 1277 of the German Civil Code, the Pledgees are entitled to exercise
their rights, in particular to sell the Shares, without obtaining enforceable judgment or
other instrument (vollstreckbarer Titel). The Pledgees shall be entitled to have the Shares
sold at public auction.
	 
	7.3.	 	The Collateral Agent shall, as soon as known to him, without undue delay, inform the Pledgor
in writing of the place and time of any such public auction. The Pledgor, however, hereby
agrees that in any case ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Pledgor shall be
sufficient for the realisation of the Pledges and the Collateral Agent shall not be obliged to
deliver any further notices that would otherwise be required by law as a prerequisite to
enforcement of a pledge (including, but not limited to the notices set out under Section 1234
of the German Civil Code) to the Pledgor prior to such public auction. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Collateral Agent, shall, as soon as known to the Collateral Agent, inform the
Pledgor of any changes to the date and time of the public auction and otherwise keep the
Pledgor reasonably informed about the enforcement proceedings. The public auction may take
place at any place in the Federal Republic of Germany designated by the Collateral Agent.

	 
	7.4.	 	If the Pledgees, acting through the Collateral Agent, should seek to enforce the Pledges
under Sub-clause 7.1, the Pledgor shall, at its own expense, render forthwith all necessary
assistance in order to facilitate the prompt sale of the Shares or any part thereof and/or the
exercise by the Pledgees, acting through the Collateral Agent, of any other right they may
have as Pledgees. 
	 
	7.5.	 	Following satisfaction of the requirements for enforcement under Sub-clause 7.1 above, all
subsequent dividend payments and all payments based on similar ancillary rights attributed to
the Shares may be applied by the Pledgees, acting through the Collateral Agent, in whole or in
part in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations or treated as additional collateral.
	 
	7.6.	 	The Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion, determine which of several security
interests, if applicable, shall be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations. The Pledgor hereby
expressly waives its right pursuant to Section 1230 sentence 2 of the German Civil Code to
limit the realisation of the Pledges and pledges over shares in any other companies to such
number of pledges as are necessary to satisfy the Secured Obligations and agrees further that
the Collateral Agent may decide to enforce the Pledges over the Shares in the Company
individually at separate public auctions or together with pledges over shares in any other
companies at one single public auction

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	 	 	(Gesamtverwertung). When enforcing the Pledges, the
Collateral Agent shall take into account the legitimate interests of the Pledgor (to the
extent not prejudicial to the interests of the Pledgees in obtaining satisfaction of the
Secured Obligations).
	 
	7.7.	 	The Pledgor hereby expressly waives all defenses of revocation (Einrede der Anfechtbarkeit)
and set-off (Einrede der Aufrechenbarkeit) pursuant to Sections 770, 1211 of the German Civil
Code.
	 
	7.8.	 	The Pledgor hereby expressly waives its defenses based on defenses the Borrowers or other
Loan Parties might have against any of the Secured Obligations (Einreden des Hauptschuldners)
pursuant to Section 1211 para 1 sentence 1 alternative 1 of the German Civil Code.
	 
	7.9.	 	If the Pledges are enforced, or if the Pledgor has discharged any of the Secured Obligations
(or any part of them), Section 1225 of the German Civil Code (legal subrogation of claims to a
pledgor — Forderungsübergang auf den Verpfänder) shall not apply, and no rights of the
Pledgees shall pass to the Pledgor by subrogation or otherwise. Further, the Pledgor shall not
at any time before, on or after an enforcement of the Pledges and as a result of the Pledgor
entering into this Agreement, be entitled to demand indemnification or compensation from the
Company or any of its affiliates or to assign any of these claims.
	 
	8.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Pledgees by way of an independent guarantee
(selbständiges Garantieversprechen) that:
	 
	8.1.	 	the Company and the Pledgor itself are validly existing and neither unable to pay their
respective debt when due (zahlungsunfähig), over-indebted (überschuldet) or deemed unable to
pay their respective debt as it falls due (drohend zahlungsunfähig) (all within the meaning of
Sections 17 to 19 of the German Insolvency Act (Insolvenzordnung)) nor subject to any
insolvency proceedings (Insolvenzverfahren) or any refusal of opening insolvency proceedings
for lacking assets (Abweisung mangels Masse) (within the meaning of Section 26 of the German
Insolvency Act);
	 
	8.2.	 	the statements made in Clause 2 above are true and correct;
	 
	8.3.	 	the Existing Shares are fully paid in and there is no obligation of a shareholder to make
additional contributions (keine Nachschusspflicht);
	 
	8.4.	 	the Existing Shares have not been repaid in any way;
	 
	8.5.	 	all facts capable of being entered into the commercial register of the Company have been
entered into, or, pending entry, submitted for registration to, the commercial

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	 	 	register, and,
in particular, no shareholder resolutions regarding changes in the articles of association of
the Company have been passed which are not entered into the commercial register;
	 
	8.6.	 	all necessary authorisations, if any, including but not limited to the shareholders consent
required pursuant to the articles of association of the Company, to enable or entitle the
Pledgor to enter into this Agreement have been obtained and are in full force and effect and
are attached as photocopy to this Agreement in Schedule 3;
	 
	8.7.	 	except for the PLPA, there are no silent partnership agreements or similar arrangements by
which a third party is entitled to a participation in the profits or revenue of the Company;
	 
	8.8.	 	the place from which the Company is in fact administered and where all material managerial
decisions are taken (tatsächlicher Verwaltungssitz) is situated in the Federal Republic of
Germany;
	 
	8.9	 	the Pledgor is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Existing Shares, free of any
encumbrances, liens, charges and restrictions on pledge or transfer (other than the Pledges
created hereunder and the pledges created in connection with or as permitted by the Term Loan
Credit Agreement);
	 
	8.10	 	the execution and performance hereof, do not and will not (i) violate any provisions of law
or the articles of association of the Pledgor or the Company, or any order of any court or any
rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory
body by which the Pledgor and/ or the Company is bound, (ii) violate in any material way any
provision or any agreement or other instrument by which the Pledgor and/ or the Company is
bound, (iii) result in a breach of or constitute (with notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under any such agreement or other instrument, or (iv) result in the creation or
imposition of any lien upon any property or assets of the Pledgor or the Company, except for
liens created hereby;
	 
	8.11	 	the obligations of the Pledgor hereunder are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against
the Pledgor in accordance with their terms; subject to any qualification in the legal opinion
to be issued by the law firm of Noerr LLP in relation hereto, and
	 
	8.12	 	the Pledges constitute legal, valid and binding pledges under the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany in the Shares, the Proceeds and the rights pledged pursuant to Clauses
4.1.2 and 4.1.3, enforceable against the Pledgor and third parties in accordance with the
terms hereof and in particular without enforceable judgment (vollstreckbarer Titel), subject
to any qualification in the legal opinion to be issued by the law firm of Noerr LLP in
relation hereto.

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	9.	 	UNDERTAKINGS OF THE PLEDGOR
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor undertakes to each of the Pledgees, during the term of this Agreement,
	 
	9.1.	 	not to encumber, permit to subsist (to the extent possible), create or agree to create any
other security interest or third party right in or over the Shares except as set out in this
Agreement and in connection with or as permitted by the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	9.2.	 	to promptly effect any contributions in cash (Bareinlage) or kind (Sacheinlage) to be made in
respect of the Shares;
	 
	9.3.	 	to promptly notify the Collateral Agent of any change in the shareholding in or capital of
the Company or any encumbrance over the Shares (or part of them) (unless such encumbrance is
permitted under the Term Loan Credit Agreement). In the case of any attachment (Pfändung) in
respect of any of the Shares, the Proceeds or the rights pledged in clauses 4.1.2 or 4.1.3,
the Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent, such notice to be accompanied by any
documents the Pledgees might need to defend themselves against any claim of a third party. In
particular, the Pledgor shall promptly forward to the Collateral Agent a copy of the
attachment order (Pfändungsbeschluss), any transfer order (Überweisungsbeschluss) and all
other documents necessary for a defense against the attachment;
	 
	9.4.	 	not to amend, vary, supplement or waive any provision of the constitutional documents of the
Company in a manner which could reasonably be expected to be materially prejudicial to the
interest of the Pledgees;
	 
	9.5.	 	to notify the Collateral Agent forthwith of any shareholders’ meeting at which a
shareholders’ resolution is intended to be adopted which could reasonably be expected to be
materially prejudicial to the interest of the Pledgees. The Pledgor shall allow, following the
occurrence of any of the circumstances which permit the Pledgees to enforce the Pledges in
accordance with Clause 7 above, the Pledgees or, as the case may be, their proxy or any other
person designated by the Pledgees, to participate in all such shareholders’ meetings of the
Company. Subject to the provision contained in sub-clause 11.1, the Pledgees’ right to attend
the shareholders’ meeting shall lapse immediately upon complete satisfaction and discharge of
the Secured Obligations. In any event, as long as any of the Pledges remains in effect, the
Pledgor shall send, upon request of the Collateral Agent, to the Collateral Agent, for and on
behalf of the Pledgees, a copy of the protocol of any shareholders’ meeting during which any
resolutions have been passed that have, or may have, an effect on the Shares or affect the
Pledges in any way.

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	9.6.	 	in the event of any increase in the capital of the Company not to allow, without the prior
written consent of the Pledgees, acting through the Collateral Agent, any party other than
itself to subscribe for any Future Shares;
	 
	9.7.	 	not to change the articles of association of the Company to the effect that any transfer of
Shares shall only be possible with the consent of any other person, other than the
shareholders, and
	 
	9.8.	 	insofar as additional declarations or actions are necessary for the creation of the Pledges
(or any of them) in favour of the Pledgees (or any of them), the Pledgor shall at the
Collateral Agent’s request make such declarations and undertake such actions at the Pledgor’s
costs and expenses.
	 
	10.	 	INDEMNITY
	 
	10.1.	 	Neither of the Pledgees nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for any loss or damage
suffered by the Pledgor except for such loss or damage which is incurred as a result of the
wilful misconduct or gross negligence of a Pledgee or the Collateral Agent.
	 
	10.2.	 	The Pledgor will indemnify the Pledgees and the Collateral Agent and keep the Pledgees and
the Collateral Agent indemnified against any and all damages, losses, actions, claims,
reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorney fees), demands and liabilities which may be
incurred by or made against the Pledgees (or any of them) or the Collateral Agent for anything
done or omitted in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers contained herein or
occasioned by any breach of the Pledgor of any of its obligations or undertakings herein
contained other than to the extent that such damages, losses, actions, claims, expenses,
demands and liabilities are incurred by or made against the Pledgees (or any of them) as a
result of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Pledgee or, as the case may be,
the Collateral Agent.
	 
	11.	 	DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE
	 
	11.1.	 	This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until complete satisfaction of the
Secured Obligations. The Pledges shall not cease to exist, if the Borrowers or any of the
other Loan Parties have only temporarily discharged the Secured Obligations.
	 
	11.2.	 	This Agreement shall create a continuing security and no change, amendment, or supplement
whatsoever in the Term Loan Credit Agreement or in any document or agreement related thereto
shall affect the validity or the scope of this Agreement nor the obligations which are imposed
on the Pledgor pursuant to it.
	 
	11.3.	 	This Agreement is independent from any other security or guarantee which may have been or
will be given to the Pledgees or the Collateral Agent. None of such other

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	 	 	security or
guarantee shall prejudice, or shall be prejudiced by, or shall be merged in any way with this
Agreement.
	 
	11.4.	 	Waiving Section 418 of the German Civil Code, the Pledgor hereby agrees that the security
created hereunder shall not be affected by any transfer or assumption of the Secured
Obligations to, or by, any third party.
	 
	12.	 	RELEASE (PFANDFREIGABE)
	 
	12.1.	 	Upon complete and irrevocable satisfaction of the Secured Obligations, the Pledgees will as
soon as reasonably practical declare the release of the Pledges (Pfandfreigabe) to the Pledgor
as a matter of record. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties are aware that upon full and
complete satisfaction of the Secured Obligations the Pledges, due to their accessory nature
(Akzessorietät), cease to exist by operation of German mandatory law. If the Collateral Agent
is authorized to release in whole or in part any pledges under the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the Collateral Agent is authorized to release such Pledges under this Agreement.
	 
	12.2.	 	At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted by the Pledgor to secure
the Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realised in the event of
an enforcement of the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured Obligations
(the “Limit”) not only temporarily, the Pledgees shall on demand of the Pledgor release such
part of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Pledgees may in their reasonable discretion
determine so as to reduce the realisable value of the Security to the Limit.
	 
	13.	 	PARTIAL INVALIDITY, WAIVER
	 
	13.1.	 	If at any time, any one or more of the provisions hereof is or becomes invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, such provision shall as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent necessary without affecting or impairing the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or of such provisions
in any other jurisdiction. The invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be deemed to
be replaced with such valid, legal or enforceable provision which comes as close as possible
to the original intent of the parties and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.
Should a gap (Regelungslücke) become evident in this Agreement, such gap shall, without
affecting or impairing the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
hereof, be deemed to be filled in with a valid, legal and enforceable provision which comes as
close as possible to the original intent of the parties.
	 
	13.2.	 	No failure to exercise, or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall be
deemed as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or

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	 	 	remedy
prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
The rights and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies provided by law.
	 
	13.3.	 	In particular, the Pledges shall not be affected and shall in any event extend to any and
all Shares in the Company even if the number or nominal value of the Existing Shares or the
aggregate share capital of the Company as stated in Clause 2 are inaccurate or deviate from
the actual facts.
	 
	14.	 	AMENDMENTS
	 
	 	 	Changes and amendments to this Agreement including this Clause 14 shall be made in writing,
unless notarial form by operation of law is required.
	 
	15.	 	NOTICES AND THEIR LANGUAGE
	 
	15.1.	 	All notices and communications under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by letter, posted or delivered by hand, or fax. Each notice or
communication shall be given to the relevant party at the address or fax number and marked for
the attention of the person(s) or department from time to time specified in writing by that
party to the other. The initial address, fax number and person(s) or department so specified
by each party are set out below:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	If to the Pledgor:
	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company
	 

	 	 	 	25/28 North Wall Quay,
	 

	 	 	 	Dublin 1, Irland
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: +3531 6492649
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Pledgees and the Collateral
	 	Bank of America, N.A.
	 

	 	Agent:
	 	1455 Market Street
	 

	 	 	 	San Francisco, CA 94103
	 

	 	 	 	U.S.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Account Officer
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: + 1 415-503-5011

	15.2.	 	Save for the notice pursuant to Section 1280 of the German Civil Code (which shall be
substantially in the form of Schedule 2 attached hereto) any notice or other communication
under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in the English language or, if in any
other language, accompanied by a translation into English. In the event of any conflict
between the English text and the text in any other language, the English text shall prevail.

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	16.	 	APPLICABLE LAW, JURISDICTION
	 
	16.1.	 	This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
	 
	16.2.	 	The place of jurisdiction for any and all disputes arising under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be the district court (Landgericht) in Frankfurt am Main. The Pledgees,
however, shall also be entitled to take action against the Pledgor in any other court of
competent jurisdiction, in which case the Pledgor shall also be entitled to initiate
counterclaims (Widerklage) in such other court. Further, the taking of proceedings against the
Pledgor in any one or more jurisdictions shall not preclude the taking of proceedings in any
other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not) if and to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
	 
	17.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
	 
	 	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is
the intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall
be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and
control. Except as provided for in this Clause 17, notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including Article X thereof, shall govern and
control the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and
control.

*****

The Notary is hereby instructed to give notice of this Agreement and the Pledges of the rights
pursuant to Clause 3 (Pledge) and Clause 4 (Scope of the Pledges) to the Company by means of
sending to the Company a notice substantially in the form of Schedule 2 hereto which shall be
accompanied by a certified copy of this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE 1

List of Lenders and other Secured Parties

	1.	 	Bank of America, N.A.

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SCHEDULE 2

Form of notice to be delivered to the Company

[Letterhead of Notary]

An

Novelis Deutschland GmbH

Verpfändung
der Geschäftsanteile an Novelis Deutschland GmbH durch Novelis Aluminium Holding
Company

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

namens und in Vollmacht von Novelis Aluminium Holding Company zeige ich Ihnen hiermit, unter
anderem gemäß § 1280 des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches, an, dass mit notarieller Urkunde des
unterzeichnenden Notars vom [17] Dezember 2010,
Urkundenrolle Nr. [●]/2010, Novelis Aluminium
Holding Company ihre sämtlichen bestehenden und zukünftigen Geschäftsanteile an der Novelis
Deutschland GmbH verpfändet hat.

Des Weiteren sind sämtliche (bestehende und zukünftige) aus den Geschäftsanteilen resultierende
Nebenansprüche, insbesondere auf Gewinne, Liquidationserlöse, Einziehungsentgelte,
Abfindungsansprüche wegen Kündigung und/oder Austritt eines Gesellschafters sowie
Abfindungsansprüche wegen etwaiger Preisgabe eines Geschäftsanteils und Ansprüche auf Rückzahlung
von Nachschüssen von der Verpfändung umfasst. Ebenfalls umfasst sind sämtliche (bestehenden und
zukünftigen) Zahlungsansprüche der Verpfänderin gegen die Gesellschaft, die aus oder im
Zusammenhang mit einem gegenwärtig oder in Zukunft bestehenden Beherrschungs- und/oder
Gewinnabführungsvertrag oder Teilgewinnabführungsvertrag entstehen.

Als Anlage ist eine beglaubigte Abschrift meiner Urkunde beigefügt.

Ich darf Sie bitten, mir den Erhalt dieser Anzeige durch Übersendung einer gegengezeichneten Kopie
der nachstehenden Erklärung zu bestätigen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

[Notary]

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Hiermit bestätige ich den Erhalt der obigen Anzeige:

	 	 	 

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	(Ort, Datum)
	 	Geschäftsführer

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SCHEDULE 3

Required Consents

Shareholder’s Consent pursuant

to § 4 of the Company’s Articles of Association

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Number 1024 of the Roll of Notarial Deeds for 2010-S

Transacted

in Frankfurt am Main, this 17th day of December, 2010.

Before me, the undersigning

Dr. Karl-Heinz Schmiegelt,

civil law notary

with offices in Frankfurt/Main

appeared today:

	1.	 	Ms Katja Findeisen, Attorney-at-Law, born 24 November 1979, with business address at Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, An der Welle 3, 60322 Frankfurt am Main.
	 
	 	 	Deponent no. 1 stated that in the following she would not act for herself but in the name and
on behalf of

	 	a)	 	Bank of America, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws
of the United States of America, having a business address, among others, at 135 S.
LaSalle, Suite 927, IL-135-09-27, Chicago, IL 60603, U.S.A.,
	 
	 	 	 	based upon a power of attorney dated 14 December 2010, a faxed copy of which is
attached hereto as appendix A.a,
	 
	 	b)	 	Citibank, N.A., a national banking organization organized under the laws of the
United States of America, with registered offices at 3900 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV
89109, U.S.A.,
	 
	 	 	 	based upon a power of attorney dated 15 December 2010, a faxed copy of which is
attached hereto as appendix A.b,
	 
	 	c)	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.., a national banking organization organized under the
laws of the United States of America, with registered offices at 1111 Polaris Parkway,
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	 	 	 	based upon a power of attorney dated 14 December 2010, a faxed copy of which is
attached hereto as appendix A.c,

	 	d)	 	UBS AG, a company organized under the laws of Switzerland, acting through its
Stamford Branch, with the Stamford Branch having its registered offices at 677
Washington Blvd. Stamford, CT 06901, U.S.A,
	 
	 	 	 	based upon a power of attorney dated 14 December 2010, a faxed copy of which is
attached hereto as appendix A.d,
	 
	 	e)	 	Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, a company organized under the laws of Germany
with its corporate seat in Frankfurt/Main, acting through its New York and Grand Cayman
Branches,
	 
	 	 	 	as proxy without power of attorney;

	2.	 	Mr Rudolf Grunwald, Director, born 23 March 1960, with business address at The Royal Bank of
Scotland N.V. Niederlassung Deutschland, Junghofstraße 22, 60311 Frankfurt am Main.
	 
	 	 	Deponent no. 2 stated that in the following he would not act for himself but in the name and
on behalf of

	 	 	 	The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a company organized under the laws of Scotland under
company registration number SC090312 with registered address at 36 St Andrew Square,
Edinburgh, EH2 2YB, Scotland,
	 
	 	 	 	based upon a power of attorney dated 27 October 2010, a faxed copy of which is attached
hereto as appendix B.

To the extent that deponent number 1 is acting as agent without power of attorney, she shall not be
liable for the non-ratification of her declarations for any reason, and the parties confirm that
they waive any rights, if any, against deponent number 1 in this respect. The declaration of
ratification shall become effective upon receipt by the notary Dr Schmiegelt of the original or of
a copy of the declaration, whether transmitted on paper, by telefax or as a scan file.The originals
of the above-mentioned powers of attorney and of the declaration of ratification by Commerzbank
Aktiengesellschaft will be provided to the notary in due course with the exception of the power of
attorney referred to by deponent no. 2. Certified copies of the originals filed subsequently shall
be sealed to the present deed.

The proxies do not assume any liability as to the validity or the scope of the powers of attorney
presented. The notary advised the deponents that he is obliged to verify the powers of
representation of the deponents and to examine the documents presented with respect to a proof of
such powers. After a discussion of the documentation presented today and promised to be submitted
in due course, the deponents declared that they did not wish any further proof of their power of
representation and asked the notary to continue with the notarisation.

Both deponents identified themselves to the notary by submission of their valid German
identification cards.

The notary asked the deponents regarding a prior involvement according to sec. 3 para. 1 sent. 1
no. 7 of the German Notarisation Act (Beurkundungsgesetz). After having been instructed by the
notary the deponents and the notary answered this question in the negative.

The deponents requested the notary to notarise this deed in the English language for the
convenience of the parties represented by them and confirmed that they are in adequate command of
the English language. The notary declared that he is in adequate command of the English language as
well.

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The deponents, acting as aforesaid, then asked the notary to record the following declarations:

In a deed notarised today by the acting notary under no. 1023/2010-S (the “Reference Deed”),
Novelis Aluminium Holding Company, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland, with its
registered office at 25/28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, registered with the Irish Companies
Registration Office with registration number 316911 (the Pledgor), offered to Bank of America,
N.A., and the other parties represented in this deed (the Offerees) to conclude a junior ranking
share pledge agreement regarding all its present and future shares (the Shares) in Novelis
Deutschland GmbH, Göttingen (the Company) (the Offer). Counterpart copies (Ausfertigungen) of the
Reference Deed have been delivered to the Offerees to the attention of the deponents.

The Offerees hereby accept the Offer. Furthermore, the Offerees formally repeat all unilateral
declarations (einseitige Erklärungen) provided for in Attachment 2 of the Reference Deed,
including the instruction to the notary concerning the notification of the Company of the pledge.
For this purpose, the deponents refer to (verweist auf) the Reference Deed. A counterpart copy
(Ausfertigung) of the Reference Deed was at hand at notarisation. The deponents declared that they
are aware of the content of the Reference Deed and that they waive their right to have the
Reference Deed attached to this deed.

As the pledge over the Shares granted by the Pledgor by way of the agreement contained in
Attachment 1 to the Reference Deed (the Term Loan Pledge) came into existence with the completion
of the Reference Deed and the pledge in favour of the Offerees (the ABL Pledge) is created by
acceptance of the Offer with the completion of the present deed, the ABL Pledge will rank junior to
the Term Loan Pledge, which is hereby expressly acknowledged by the Offerees.

The parties make it clear for the avoidance of doubt that the invalidity of the declaration of any
party (e.g. in case of the non-ratification by Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft of the acceptance of
the offer) shall not affect the validity of the declarations of the other parties.

According to the Offer, the costs of this deed shall be borne by the Pledgor.

All approvals, consents and similar declarations that may still be required shall take effect for
and against all parties upon receipt by the officiating notary.

The notary advised the deponents

	 	•	 	that the pledge is a security instrument of strictly accessory nature (i.e. that it
comes into legal existence only if, to the extent that, and as long as, the underlying
secured claims do in fact exist, and that the owners of the secured claims and the pledgees
must be identical);
	 
	 	•	 	that if the underlying secured claims are novated this will cause the pledge to lapse
by operation of law in relation to such novated claims;
	 
	 	•	 	that the articles of association may impose restrictions on a transfer or pledge of
shares;
	 
	 	•	 	that there is no bona fide creation, acquisition nor ranking of a pledge of shares
(i.e. the pledgees are not protected if the shares purported to be pledged do not exist, have
been previously transferred to a third party or have been previously encumbered for the
benefit of a third party) if not otherwise provided for in sec. 16 para.3 German Limited
Liability Companies Act (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung);

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	 	•	 	that there is no court ruling of the German Federal High Court of Justice
(Bundesgerichtshof) in relation to the validity of a pledge for the benefit of future
pledgees created by way of the agent bank acting as agent without power of attorney for all
future pledgees who will become members of the group of lenders after the notarization in
accordance with the terms of the underlying credit agreements and that, if the pledges in
favour of the future pledgees are validly created herein, it may be questioned whether such
pledges shall have the same rank as the pledges in favour of the Pledgee; and
	 
	 	•	 	that the parties hereto are, by operation of law, jointly and severally liable with
respect to the payment of all notarial fees, irrespective of any internal agreement passed in
that respect.

This deed was read aloud by the notary to the deponents, was approved by the deponents and was
signed by the deponents and the notary at 13:00 CET in their own hands as follows:

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Exhibit M-6

Execution Copy

Dated 17 December 2010

Between

NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

as Original Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS
LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.,
NOVELIS UK LTD, NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848
CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC., NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, NOVELIS
PAE, S.A.S., NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”), NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT
LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR
THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS
DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES
THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

McCann FitzGerald

Solicitors

Riverside One

Sir John Rogerson’s Quay

Dublin 2

EDV\2309705.7

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. Creation of security
	 	 	1	 
	2. Guarantee
	 	 	6	 
	3. Representations — General
	 	 	8	 
	4. Restrictions on Dealings
	 	 	10	 
	5. Land
	 	 	10	 
	6. Investments
	 	 	14	 
	7. Intellectual Property
	 	 	17	 
	8. Accounts
	 	 	18	 
	9. Relevant Contracts
	 	 	21	 
	10. Plant and Machinery
	 	 	23	 
	11. Insurance Policies
	 	 	23	 
	12. When Security Becomes Enforceable
	 	 	24	 
	13. Enforcement of Security
	 	 	24	 
	14. Receiver
	 	 	26	 
	15. Powers of Receiver
	 	 	27	 
	16. Application of proceeds
	 	 	29	 
	17. Taxes, Expenses and Indemnity
	 	 	29	 
	18. Delegation
	 	 	29	 
	19. Further Assurances
	 	 	30	 
	20. Power of Attorney
	 	 	30	 
	21. Preservation of Security
	 	 	31	 
	22. Miscellaneous
	 	 	33	 
	23. Loan Parties
	 	 	34	 
	24. Release
	 	 	35	 
	25. Counterparts
	 	 	35	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	26. Notices
	 	 	35	 
	27. The Collateral Agent as Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	28. Governing Law
	 	 	37	 
	29. Enforcement
	 	 	37	 
	30. Interpretation
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 1 - Security Assets
	 	 	45	 
	Schedule 2 - Forms of Letter for Security Accounts
	 	 	51	 
	Schedule 3 - Forms of Letter for Insurance Policies
	 	 	58	 
	Schedule 4 - Forms of Letter for Primary Contracts
	 	 	63	 
	Schedule 5 - Form of Deed of Accession
	 	 	67	 
	Schedule 6 - Powers of a Receiver
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THIS DEED is dated 17 December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY a company registered in Ireland with company number 316911
(hereinafter referred to as the Original Chargor); and
	 
	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (as defined below)) (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	Each Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
Party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY

	1.1	 	Mortgage and Fixed Charge over the Secured Premisesh

	 	 	As continuing security for the payment, performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations
and as a legal mortgage of land, each Chargor as beneficial owner and also in the case of
registered land as registered owner (or the person entitled to be registered as owner)
hereby CHARGES by deed the Secured Premises with the payment, performance and discharge to
the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured Parties of the Secured
Obligations, subject to such terms, conditions, covenants and obligations as are set out in
this Deed and hereby ASSENTS to the registration of this charge for present and future
advances as a burden on the Secured Premises.
	 
	 	 	The address in the State of the Collateral Agent for service of notices and its description is:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	c/o McCann FitzGerald
	 

	 	 	 	Riverside One
	 

	 	 	 	Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
	 

	 	 	 	Dublin 2
	 

	 	 	 	(Attn: EdeV)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Description:
	 	Financial Institution

	 	 	The charge created by this clause 1.2 is a first fixed charge.
	 
	1.2	 	Fixed Charge over Real Property (other than the Secured Premises)

	 	 	As continuing security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Obligations, each
Chargor as beneficial owner (and also in the case of registered land as registered owner or
the person entitled to be registered as registered owner) hereby by way of first fixed
charge CHARGES unto the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties all that Chargor’s right, title and interest from time to time in and to each of the
following assets:

	 	(a)	 	all its other estate, right, title or interests in any land or buildings now
belonging to such Chargor (including, specifically, but not limited to, the Secured
Premises) (whether or not the legal estate is vested in such Chargor or registered in
the name of

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	 	 	 	such Chargor), and all future estate, right, title or interests of such Chargor in
such lands, hereditaments and premises and in any other freehold or leasehold
property (whether or not registered) vested in or held by or on behalf of such
Chargor from time to time and/or the proceeds of sale thereof together in all cases
(to the extent the same are not otherwise subject to a fixed charge hereunder) all
fixtures (including trade fixtures) and all fixed plant and machinery from time to
time therein with the payment performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations;
and

	 	(b)	 	the benefit of all present and future licences, covenants, permissions,
consents and authorisations (statutory or otherwise) held by such Chargor in connection
with the use of any of the Real Property and the right to recover and receive all
compensation or other monies which may at any time become payable to it in respect
thereof.

	1.3	 	Investments

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment,
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges:

	 	(i)	 	by way of a first legal mortgage the Charged Shares; this
includes any Charged Shares specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets)
opposite its name or in Part 2 of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by
which it became party to this Deed; and

	 	(ii)	 	(to the extent that they are not the subject of a mortgage
under sub-paragraph (i) above) by way of a first fixed charge its interest in
all shares, stocks, debentures, bonds, warrants, coupons or other securities
and investments (including all Cash Equivalents) owned by it or held by any
nominee on its behalf.

	 	(b)	 	A reference in this Deed to any share, stock, debenture, bond, warrant, coupon
or other security or investment includes:

	 	(i)	 	any dividend, interest or other distribution paid or payable;

	 	(ii)	 	any right, money or property accruing, derived, incidental or
offered at any time by way of redemption, substitution, exchange, bonus or
preference, under option rights or otherwise;

	 	(iii)	 	any right against any clearance system;

	 	(iv)	 	any Related Rights; and

	 	(v)	 	any right under any custodian or other agreement,

	 	 	 	in relation to that share, stock, debenture, bond, warrant, coupon or other security
or investment.

	1.4	 	Plant and machinery

	 	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment, performance and
discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges by way of first fixed charge all plant,
machinery, computers, office equipment or vehicles or interest specified in Part 3 of
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its name or in Part 3 of the schedule to any Deed of
Accession by which it became party to this Deed and any and all other plant, machinery,
computers, office equipment or vehicles (or interest therein) owned by it.

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	1.5	 	Credit balances

	 	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment, performance and
discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges by way of a first fixed charge all of
its rights in respect of each amount standing to the credit of each account with any person,
including its Security Accounts and the debt represented by that account, other than any
account the subject of a Security Interest in favour of any other person in accordance with
the terms set out in Section 6.02(y) of the Credit Agreement.

	1.6	 	Book debts etc.

	 	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment, performance and
discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges by way of a first fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	all of its book and other debts;

	 	(b)	 	all other moneys due and owing to it; and

	 	(c)	 	the benefit of all rights, securities and guarantees of any nature enjoyed or
held by it in relation to any item under paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

	1.7	 	Insurance Policies

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment,
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby assigns absolutely, subject
to a proviso for re-assignment on redemption, all amounts payable to it under or in
connection with each of its Insurance Policies and all of its rights in connection with
those amounts.

	 	(b)	 	To the extent that they are not effectively assigned under paragraph (a) above,
each Chargor charges by way of first fixed charge all amounts and rights described in
paragraph (a) above.

	 	(c)	 	A reference in this Clause 1.7 to any amounts excludes all amounts received or
receivable under or in connection with any third party liability insurance and required
to settle a liability of a Loan Party to a third party.

	1.8	 	Other contracts

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment,
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby assigns absolutely, subject
to a proviso for re-assignment on redemption, all of its rights in respect of its
Primary Contracts.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the obligations of the Chargor under Clause 1.1(b), to the
extent that any such right described in paragraph (a) above is not assignable or
capable of assignment, the assignment of that right purported to be effected by
paragraph (a) shall operate as an assignment of any damages, compensation,
remuneration, profit, rent or income which that Chargor may derive from that right or
be awarded or entitled to in respect of that right.

	 	(c)	 	To the extent that they do not fall within any other Subclause of this Clause 1
and are not effectively assigned under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, each Chargor
charges by way of first fixed charge all of its rights under each Secondary Contract.

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	1.9	 	Intellectual property

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment,
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges by way of a first
fixed charge all of its rights in respect of any Intellectual Property; this includes
any specified in Part 5 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its name or in Part 5
of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, whilst an Event of Default is
continuing, to exercise its rights and remedies under Clause 12 (When Security Becomes
Enforceable) and Clause 13 (Enforcement of Security) at such time as the Collateral
Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other
purpose, each Chargor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable,
non-exclusive license and, to the extent permitted under all relevant licenses of
Intellectual Property granting such Chargor rights in Intellectual Property, a
sublicense (in each case, exercisable without payment of royalties or other
compensation to such Chargor) to use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual
Property now owned or hereafter acquired by or licensed to such Chargor, wherever the
same may be located; provided that the quality of any products in connection
with which the trademarks are used will not be materially inferior to the quality of
such products manufactured or sold by such Chargor prior to such Event of Default.
Such license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may
be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout
thereof.

	1.10	 	Miscellaneous

	 	 	Each Chargor as beneficial owner as continuing security for the payment, performance and
discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges by way of a first fixed charge:

	 	(a)	 	any beneficial interest, claim or entitlement it has to any assets of any
pension fund;

	 	(b)	 	its goodwill;

	 	(c)	 	the benefit of any authorisation (statutory or otherwise) held in connection
with its business or the use of any Security Asset;

	 	(d)	 	the right to recover and receive compensation which may be payable to it in
respect of any authorisation referred to in paragraph (c) above; and

	 	(e)	 	its uncalled capital.

	1.11	 	Floating charge

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor, as beneficial, owner as continuing security for the payment,
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations hereby charges by way of a first
floating charge all of its assets whatsoever and wheresoever not otherwise effectively
mortgaged, charged or assigned under this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, the Collateral Agent may by notice
to a Chargor convert the floating charge created by that Chargor under this Deed into a
fixed charge as regards any of that Chargor’s assets specified in that notice, if:

	 	(i)	 	an Event of Default is continuing;

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	 	(ii)	 	the Collateral Agent considers those assets to be in danger of
being seized or sold under any form of distress, attachment, execution or other
legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy; or

	 	(iii)	 	that Chargor fails to comply, or takes or threatens to take
any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, is likely
to result in it failing to comply with its obligations under paragraph (a) of
Clause 4 (Restrictions on dealing).

	 	(c)	 	The floating charge created under this Deed will (in addition to the
circumstances in which the same will occur under general law) automatically convert
into a fixed charge over all of each Chargor’s assets:

	 	(i)	 	if an Examiner is appointed to any Chargor or the Collateral
Agent receives notice of an intention to appoint an Examiner to any Chargor;

	 	(ii)	 	on the convening of any meeting of the members of that Chargor
to consider a resolution to wind that Chargor up (or not to wind that Chargor
up); or

	 	(iii)	 	on the presentation of a petition to appoint an Examiner to
any Chargor or where the protection of the court is sought by a Related
Company.

	 	(d)	 	The giving by the Collateral Agent of a notice under paragraph (b) above in
relation to any asset of a Chargor will not be construed as a waiver or abandonment of
the Collateral Agent’s rights to give any other notice in respect of any other asset or
of any other right of any other Secured Party under this Deed or any other Loan
Document.

	 	 	 	Any charge which has been converted into a fixed charge in accordance with
paragraphs (b) or (c) above may, by notice in writing given at any time by the
Collateral Agent to the relevant Chargor, be reconverted into a floating charge in
relation to the Security Assets specified in such notice.

	1.12	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent as collateral
agent and trustee for the Secured Parties;

	 	(ii)	 	is a continuing security for the payment, discharge and
performance of all the Secured Obligations; and

	 	(iii)	 	is made by each Chargor as beneficial owner.

	 	(b)	 	If a Chargor assigns or charges an agreement under this Deed and the assignment
or charge breaches a term of that agreement because a third party’s consent has not
been obtained:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor must notify the Collateral Agent immediately;

	 	(ii)	 	unless the Collateral Agent otherwise requires, the Chargor
must, and each other Chargor must ensure that the Chargor will, use all
reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent as soon as practicable; and

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	 	(iii)	 	the Chargor must promptly supply to the Collateral Agent a
copy of the consent obtained by it.

	 	(c)	 	Each Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and benefits
which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Clause
1 or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under this Deed
(or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers and
discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or the
Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by the
Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of the Security Trust Deed and this Deed.

	 	(d)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
Schedule 1 (Security Assets) or in the schedule to any Deed of Accession (if any) by
which any Chargor became party to this Deed does not affect the validity or
enforceability of this Security.

	2.	 	GUARANTEE

	2.1	 	Guarantee

	 	 	Each Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:

	 	(a)	 	guarantees as principal obligor to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured
Party due and punctual performance by each Loan Party of all of the Secured Obligations
now or in the future due, owing or incurred by such Loan Party;

	 	(b)	 	undertakes with the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party that whenever
another Loan Party does not pay or discharge any Secured Obligation now or in the
future due, owing or incurred by that Loan Party, it shall immediately on the
Collateral Agent’s written demand pay or discharge such Secured Obligation as if it was
the principal obligor; and

	 	(c)	 	indemnifies the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party immediately on
written demand against any cost, loss or liability suffered by the Collateral Agent or
other Secured Party if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable,
invalid or illegal. The amount of the cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the
amount which the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have been
entitled to recover.

	2.2	 	Continuing Guarantee

	 	 	This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums
payable by any Loan Party under the Loan Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment
or discharge in whole or in part.

	2.3	 	Reinstatement

	 	 	If any payment by a Loan Party or any discharge given by the Collateral Agent or other
Secured Party (whether in respect of the obligations of any Loan Party or any security for
those obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result of insolvency or any
similar event:

	 	(a)	 	the liability of each Chargor shall continue as if the payment, discharge,
avoidance or reduction had not occurred; and

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	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be entitled to recover
the value or amount of that security or payment from each Chargor, as if the payment,
discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred.

	2.4	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of each Chargor under this Clause 2 (Guarantee) will not be affected by an
act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 2 (Guarantee), would reduce,
release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 2 (Guarantee) (without
limitation and whether or not known to it or any Secured Party) including:

	 	(i)	 	any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Chargor, any
other Loan Party or other person;

	 	(ii)	 	the release of any other Chargor, any other Loan Party or any other person
under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of
the Group;

	 	(iii)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets
of, any Chargor, any other Loan Party or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or
any failure to realise the full value of any security;

	 	(iv)	 	any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of a Chargor, any other Loan Party or
any other person;

	 	(v)	 	any amendment, novation, supplement, extension (whether of maturity or
otherwise) or restatement (in each case, however fundamental and of whatsoever nature)
or replacement of a Loan Document or any other document or security;

	 	(vi)	 	any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person
under any Loan Document or any other document or security; or

	 	(vii)	 	any insolvency or similar proceedings.

	2.5	 	Demands

	 	(a)	 	The making of one demand under Clause 2.1 (Guarantee) shall not preclude the
Collateral Agent from making any further demands.

	 	(b)	 	Any delay of the Collateral Agent in making a demand under Clause 2.1
(Guarantee) shall not be treated as a waiver of its rights to make such demand.

	2.6	 	Chargor Intent

	 	 	Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 2.4 (Waiver of Defences), each Chargor
expressly confirms that it intends that this guarantee shall extend from time to time to any
(however fundamental) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to any of the Loan
Documents and/or any facility or amount made available under any of the Loan Documents for
the purposes of or in connection with any of the following: business acquisitions of any
nature; increasing working capital; enabling investor distributions to be made; carrying out
restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other indebtedness; making
facilities available to new borrowers; any other variation or extension of the purposes for

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	 	 	which any such facility or amount might be made available from time to time; and any fees,
costs and/or expenses associated with any of the foregoing.

	2.7	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	Each Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce
any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that
Chargor under this Clause 2 (Guarantee). This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any
provision of a Loan Document to the contrary.

	2.8	 	Deferral of Chargors’ rights

	 	(a)	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under or
in connection with the Loan Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the
Collateral Agent otherwise directs (in which case it shall take such action as it is
directed), no Chargor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of
performance by it of its obligations under the Loan Documents:

	 	(i)	 	to be indemnified by a Loan Party;

	 	(ii)	 	to claim any contribution from any other Chargor of any Loan
Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents; and/or

	 	(iii)	 	to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of
subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of any Secured Party under the Loan
Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in
connection with, the Loan Documents by any Secured Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Chargor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such
rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to
enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Secured Parties by the Loan
Parties under or in connection with the Loan Documents to be repaid in full on trust
for the Secured Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Collateral
Agent or as the Collateral Agent may direct.

	2.9	 	Additional security

	 	 	This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or
security now or subsequently held by any Secured Party.

	2.10	 	Credit Agreement

	 	 	The provisions of Sections 2.06(f), 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.23 and 7.10 of the
Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandi, and shall apply to this Deed, the
Chargors, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent as if set forth
herein.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS — GENERAL

	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:

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	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create (save that the
legal mortgage created in Clause 1.3(a)(i) will take effect in equity until such time
as the Collateral Agent exercises its discretion under Clause 6.2(b)) and is not liable
to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or examinership or otherwise;

	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms

	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the guarantee and the Security
purported to be created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or

	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies
in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or created
under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law);

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents (save for any consent envisaged by Clause 1.12(b) and
which is being sought as required by such Clause), including all filings, notices,
registrations and recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the
voting or other rights provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect
of the Security Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to
perfect the Security as against any third party; and

	 	(e)	 	schedule 1 (Security Assets) to this Deed or, in the case of an Additional
Chargor, the Schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became a party to this Deed
properly identifies:

	 	(i)	 	in Part 1 thereof, all estates and interests in freehold or
leasehold property owned by the Chargors in the Territory at the date of this
Deed or such Deed of Accession;

	 	(ii)	 	in Part 2 thereof, all Charged Shares and other shares, stocks,
debentures, bonds, warrants, coupons and other securities and investments owned
by the Chargors in the Territory at the date of this Deed or such Deed of
Accession;

	 	(iii)	 	in Part 4 thereof, all agreements or contracts to which any
the Chargor is party at the date of this Deed or such Deed of Accession and
which would fall within paragraphs (b) to (h) inclusive of the definition of
Primary Contracts;

	 	(iv)	 	in Part 5 thereof, all Intellectual Property owned by the
Chargors in the Territory at the date of this Deed or such Deed of Accession
and which is material to their business; and

	 	(v)	 	in Part 6 thereof, all bank accounts held by the Chargors in
the Territory at the date of this Deed or such Deed of Accession

	3.2	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by each Chargor on the date of this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by:

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	 	(i)	 	each Chargor which becomes party to this Deed by Deed of
Accession, on the date on which that Chargor becomes a Chargor; and

	 	(ii)	 	each Chargor on each date during the Security Period.

	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to be
made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	No Chargor may:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets; or

	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.	 	LAND

	5.1	 	Information for Report on Title

	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:

	 	(a)	 	the information supplied by it or on its behalf to the lawyers who prepared any
Report on Title relating to any of its Mortgaged Property for the purpose of that
Report on Title was true in all material respects at the date it was expressed to be
given; and

	 	(b)	 	the information referred to in paragraph (a) above was at the date it was
expressed to be given complete and did not omit any information which, if disclosed
would make that information untrue or misleading in any material respect.

	5.2	 	Title

	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that except as disclosed in any Report on Title relating to any of its Mortgaged Property:

	 	(a)	 	it is the legal and beneficial owner of its Mortgaged Property;

	 	(b)	 	no breach of any law, regulation or covenant is outstanding which affects or
would be reasonably likely to affect materially the value, saleability or use of its
Mortgaged Property;

	 	(c)	 	there are no covenants, agreements, stipulations, reservations, conditions,
interests, rights or other matters whatsoever affecting its Mortgaged Property which
conflict with its present use or adversely affect the value, saleability or use of any
of the Mortgaged Property, in each case to any material extent;

	 	(d)	 	nothing has arisen or has been created or is subsisting which would be an
overriding interest or an unregistered interest which overrides first registration or
registered dispositions over its Mortgaged Property and which would be reasonably
likely to affect materially its value, saleability or use;

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	 	(e)	 	all facilities (including access) necessary for the enjoyment and use of its
Mortgaged Property (including those necessary for the carrying on of its business at
the Mortgaged Property) are enjoyed by that Mortgaged Property and none of those
facilities are on terms entitling any person to terminate or curtail its use or on
terms which conflict with or restrict its use, where the lack of those facilities would
be reasonably likely to affect materially its value, saleability or use;

	 	(f)	 	it has received no notice of any adverse claims by any person in respect of its
Mortgaged Property which if adversely determined would or would be reasonably likely to
materially adversely affect the value, saleability or use of any of its Mortgaged
Property, nor has any acknowledgement of such been given to any person in respect of
its Mortgaged Property; and

	 	(g)	 	its Mortgaged Property is held by it free from any Security Interest (other
than as permitted by the Credit Agreement) or any lease or licence which would be
reasonably likely to affect materially its value, saleability or use.

	5.3	 	Repair

	 	 	Each Chargor must keep:

	 	(a)	 	its Premises in good and substantial repair and condition; and

	 	(b)	 	its Fixtures in a good state of repair and in good working order and condition.

	5.4	 	Compliance with leases and covenants

	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	perform all the material terms on its part contained in any lease, agreement
for lease, licence or other agreement or document which gives that Chargor a right to
occupy or use property comprised in its Mortgaged Property;

	 	(b)	 	not do or allow to be done any act as a result of which any material lease
comprised in its Mortgaged Property may become liable to forfeiture or otherwise be
terminated; and

	 	(c)	 	duly and punctually comply with all material covenants and stipulations
affecting the Mortgaged Property or the facilities (including access) necessary for the
enjoyment and use of the Mortgaged Property and indemnify each Secured Party in respect
of any breach of those covenants and stipulations.

	5.5	 	Acquisitions

	 	 	If a Chargor acquires any freehold or leasehold property after the date of this Deed, it
must:

	 	(a)	 	notify the Collateral Agent immediately;

	 	(b)	 	immediately on request by the Collateral Agent and at the cost of that Chargor,
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a legal mortgage in favour of the
Collateral Agent of that property in any form (consistent with, and no more
onerous than, this Deed) which the Collateral Agent may require;

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	 	(c)	 	if the title to that freehold or leasehold property is registered at the Land
Registry of Ireland or required to be so registered, give the Land Registry of Ireland
written notice of this Security; and

	 	(d)	 	if applicable, ensure that this Security is correctly noted in the Register of
Title against that title at the Land Registry of Ireland.

	5.6	 	Notices

	 	 	Each Chargor must, within 14 days after the receipt by it of any application, requirement,
order or notice served or given by any public or local or any other authority with respect
to its Mortgaged Property (or any part of it) which would or would be reasonably likely to
have a material adverse effect on the value, saleability or use of any of the Mortgaged
Property:

	 	(a)	 	deliver a copy to the Collateral Agent; and

	 	(b)	 	inform the Collateral Agent of the steps taken or proposed to be taken to
comply with the relevant requirement.

	5.7	 	Leases

	 	 	No Chargor may in respect of its Mortgaged Property (or any part of it), unless permitted
under the Credit Agreement:-

	 	(a)	 	grant or agree to grant (whether in exercise or independently of any statutory
power) any lease or tenancy;

	 	(b)	 	agree to any amendment or waiver or surrender of any lease or tenancy;

	 	(c)	 	commence any forfeiture proceedings in respect of any lease or tenancy;

	 	(d)	 	confer upon any person any contractual licence or right to occupy;

	 	(e)	 	consent to any assignment of any tenant’s interest under any lease or tenancy;

	 	(f)	 	agree to any rent reviews in respect of any lease or tenancy; or

	 	(g)	 	serve any notice on any former tenant under any lease or tenancy (or any
guarantor of that former tenant) which would entitle it to a new lease or tenancy.

	5.8	 	The Land Registry of Ireland

	 	 	Each Chargor hereby consents to the registration as burdens on the folio of any registered
land of which it is the registered owner or, as applicable, the person entitled to be
registered as registered owner as well as on the folio of any further registered lands of
which it may from time to time become the registered owner or, as applicable, the person
entitled to be registered as registered owner, of:

	 	(a)	 	the first ranking fixed mortgage and charge created by this Deed on the said
land;

	 	(b)	 	on crystallisation of the floating charge created by this Deed on the said
land, such crystallised floating charge; and

	 	(c)	 	the power of any Receiver appointed under this Deed to charge the said land.

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	5.9	 	Deposit of title deeds

	 	 	Each Chargor must deposit with the Collateral Agent all deeds and documents of title
relating to its Mortgaged Property and Land Registry of Ireland search certificates and
similar documents received by it or on its behalf.

	5.10	 	Development

	 	 	No Chargor may unless expressly permitted under the Credit Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	make or permit others to make any application for planning permission in
respect of any part of the Mortgaged Property; or

	 	(b)	 	carry out or permit to be carried out on any part of the Mortgaged Property any
development for which the permission of the local planning authority is required,

	 	 	except as part of carrying on its principal business where it would not or would not be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the value, saleability or use of the
Mortgaged Property or the carrying on of the principal business of that Chargor.

	5.11	 	Investigation of title

	 	 	Each Chargor must grant the Collateral Agent or its lawyers on request all reasonable
facilities within the power of that Chargor to enable the Collateral Agent or its lawyers
(at the expense of that Chargor) after this Security has become enforceable to:

	 	(a)	 	carry out investigations of title to the Mortgaged Property; and

	 	(b)	 	make such enquiries in relation to any part of the Mortgaged Property as a
prudent mortgagee might carry out.

	5.12	 	Report on Title

	 	 	Each Chargor must, as soon as practicable after a request by the Collateral Agent at a time
when an Event of Default is continuing, supply the Collateral Agent with a Report on Title
of that Chargor to its Mortgaged Property concerning those items which may properly be
sought to be covered by a prudent mortgagee in a lawyer’s report of this nature.

	5.13	 	Power to remedy

	 	 	If a Chargor fails to perform any covenant or stipulation or any term of this Deed affecting
its Mortgaged Property, that Chargor must allow the Collateral Agent or its agents and
contractors:

	 	(a)	 	to enter any part of its Mortgaged Property;

	 	(b)	 	to comply with or object to any notice served on that Chargor in respect of its
Mortgaged Property; and

	 	(c)	 	to take any action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably consider necessary or
desirable to prevent or remedy any breach of any such covenant, stipulation or term or
to comply with or object to any such notice.

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	 	 	That Chargor must immediately on request by the Collateral Agent pay the costs and expenses
of the Collateral Agent or its agents and contractors incurred in connection with any action
taken by it under this Subclause.

	5.14	 	Unregistered Property

	 	 	Each Chargor shall use reasonable endeavours to:

	 	(a)	 	provide a completed and signed Land Registry application form to complete the
first registration of any unregistered real properties and registration of this
Security at the Land Registry; and

	 	(b)	 	answer any requisitions raised by the Land Registry,

	 	 	including in each case, without limitation, instruction of solicitors in these regards and
providing responses in respect of any title requisitions raised by the Land Registry.

	6.	 	INVESTMENTS
	 
	6.1	 	Investments

	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(a)	 	its Investments are duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid;

	 	(b)	 	its Investments are not subject to any Security Interest, any option to
purchase or similar right (in each case, other than as permitted by the Credit
Agreement);

	 	(c)	 	it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of its Investments (save for any
Investments acquired by or issued to that Chargor after the date of this Deed that are
held by any nominee on its behalf or any Investments transferred to the Collateral
Agent or its nominee pursuant to this Deed);

	 	(d)	 	each Charged Company is a company incorporated with limited liability;

	 	(e)	 	the constitutional documents of each Charged Company do not and could not
restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of this
Security; and

	 	(f)	 	there are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of,
or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan
capital of any Charged Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or
conversion) other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	6.2	 	Certificated Investments

	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	deposit with the Collateral Agent, or as the Collateral Agent may direct, any
bearer instrument, share certificate or other document of title or evidence of
ownership in relation to any Investment immediately in respect of any Investment
subject to this Security on the date of this Deed and thereafter immediately following
the acquisition by, or the issue to, that Chargor of any certificated Investment
(unless the same is required for registering any transfer, in which case the relevant
Chargor must deposit the same immediately after such registration is completed); and

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	 	(b)	 	immediately take any action and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent
any share transfer or other document which may be requested by the Collateral Agent in
order to enable the transferee to be registered as the owner or otherwise obtain a
legal title to that Investment; this includes:

	 	(i)	 	delivering executed and (unless exempt from stamp duty),
pre-stamped share transfers in favour of the Collateral Agent or any of its
nominees as transferee or, if the Collateral Agent so directs, with the
transferee left blank; and

	 	(ii)	 	procuring that those share transfers are registered by the
Charged Company in which the Investments are held in the share register of that
Charged Company and that share certificates in the name of the transferee are
delivered to the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	The Collateral Agent may, at any time, complete the instruments of transfer on
behalf of the Chargor in favour of itself or such other person as it shall select.

	6.3	 	Changes to rights

	 	 	No Chargor may (except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement) take or allow the taking of any action on its behalf which may result in the
rights attaching to any of its Investments being altered or further shares being issued.

	6.4	 	Calls

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must pay all calls and other payments due and payable in respect
of any of its Investments.

	 	(b)	 	If a Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may (at its discretion) pay
those calls or other payments on behalf of that Chargor. That Chargor must immediately
on request reimburse the Collateral Agent for any payment made by the Collateral Agent
under this Subclause and, pending reimbursement, that payment will constitute part of
the Secured Obligations.

	6.5	 	Other obligations in respect of Investments

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must comply with all requests for information which is within its
knowledge and which it is required to comply with by law (including section 81 of the
Companies Act, 1990) or under the constitutional documents relating to any of its
Investments. If a Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may elect to provide any
information which it may have on behalf of that Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor must promptly supply a copy to the Collateral Agent of any
information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.

	 	(c)	 	It is acknowledged and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Deed, each Chargor shall remain liable to observe and perform all of
the conditions and obligations assumed by it in respect of any of its Investments.

	 	(d)	 	No Secured Party will be required in any manner to:

	 	(i)	 	perform or fulfil any obligation of a Chargor;

	 	(ii)	 	make any payment;

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	 	(iii)	 	make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any
payment received by it or a Chargor;

	 	(iv)	 	present or file any claim or take any other action to collect
or enforce the payment of any amount; or

	 	(v)	 	take any action in connection with the taking up of any (or any
offer of any) stocks, shares, rights, monies or other property paid,
distributed, accruing or offered at any time by way of interest, dividend,
redemption, bonus, rights, preference, option, warrant or otherwise,

	 	 	 	in respect of any Investment.

	6.6	 	Voting rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, each Chargor may continue to exercise the voting rights, powers
and other rights in respect of its Investments, provided that (x) it shall promptly
deliver copies of any minutes of shareholder meetings in respect of the Investments to
the Collateral Agent if so requested by the Collateral Agent, and (y) it shall not
exercise such voting rights, powers and other rights in a manner which would result in,
or otherwise permit or agree to, (i) any variation of the rights attaching to or
conferred by any of the Investments which the Collateral Agent considers prejudicial to
the interests of the Secured Parties or which conflict or derogate from any Loan
Documents or (ii) any increase in the issued share capital of a Charged Company (save
to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement), which in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent would prejudice the value of, or the ability of the Collateral Agent
to realise, the security created by this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, if the relevant Investments have been registered in the name of
the Collateral Agent or its nominee, the Collateral Agent (or that nominee) must
exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in respect of the Investments in
any manner which the relevant Chargor may direct in writing. The Collateral Agent (or
that nominee) will execute any form of proxy or other document which the relevant
Chargor may reasonably require for this purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of Default
is continuing, all dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable in
relation to any Investments must be paid to the relevant Chargor. To achieve this:

	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent or its nominee will promptly execute any
dividend mandate necessary to ensure that payment is made direct to the
relevant Chargor); or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if payment is made directly to the Collateral Agent (or its
nominee) before the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or at a time
when an Event of Default is not continuing, the Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will promptly pay that amount to the relevant Chargor.

	 	(d)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall use its reasonable endeavours to
promptly forward to the relevant Chargor all material notices, correspondence and/or
other communication it receives in relation to the Investments.

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	 	(e)	 	Following the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or so long as an
Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent or its nominee may exercise or
refrain from exercising:

	 	(i)	 	any voting rights; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any other powers or rights which maybe exercised by the legal
or beneficial owner of any Investment, any person who is the holder of any
Investment or otherwise

	 	 	 	in each case, in the name of the relevant Chargor, the registered holder or
otherwise and without any further consent or authority on the part of the relevant
Chargor and irrespective of any direction given by any Chargor.

	 	(f)	 	To the extent that the Investments remain registered in the names of the
relevant Chargor, each Chargor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent or its nominee
as its proxy to exercise all voting rights in respect of those Investments following
the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or for so long as an Event of Default
is continuing.

	 	(g)	 	Each Chargor must indemnify the Collateral Agent against any loss or liability
incurred by the Collateral Agent as a consequence of the Collateral Agent acting in
respect of its Investments on the direction of that Chargor.

	6.7	 	Clearance systems

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must, if so requested by the Collateral Agent:

	 	(i)	 	instruct any clearance system to transfer any Investment held
by it for that Chargor or its nominee to an account of the Collateral Agent or
its nominee with that clearance system; and

	 	(ii)	 	take whatever action the Collateral Agent may request for the
dematerialisation or rematerialisation of any Investments held in a clearance
system.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to the rest of this Subclause the Collateral Agent may, at
the expense of the relevant Chargor, take whatever action is required for the
dematerialisation or rematerialisation of the Investments as necessary.

	6.8	 	Custodian arrangements

	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	promptly give notice of this Deed to any custodian of any Investment in any
form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require; and

	 	(b)	 	use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the custodian acknowledges that notice
in any form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.

	7.	 	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
	 
	7.1	 	Representations

	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to each Secured Party that as at the date of this Deed
or, if later, the date it became a Party:

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	 	(a)	 	all Intellectual Property which is material to its business is identified in
Part 5 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its name or in Part 5 of the schedule
to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed; and

	 	(b)	 	it is not aware of any circumstances relating to the validity, subsistence or
use of any of its Intellectual Property which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

	7.2	 	Preservation

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must promptly, if requested to do so by the Collateral Agent, sign
or procure the signature of, and comply with all instructions of the Collateral Agent
in respect of, any document required to make entries in any public register of
Intellectual Property (including the Irish Trade Marks Register and/or Patents
Register) which either record the existence of this Deed or the restrictions on
disposal imposed by this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive or terminate, any of its rights in respect of
Intellectual Property where such amendment, waiver or termination would or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

	 	(ii)	 	take any action which would or could reasonably be expected to
jeopardise the existence or enforceability of any of its rights in respect of
its Intellectual Property save as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

	7.3	 	Further Assurance

	 	 	If any Chargor shall at any time after the date of this Deed (a) obtain any ownership or
other rights in and/or to any additional Intellectual Property or (b) become entitled to the
benefit of any additional Intellectual Property or any renewal or extension thereof,
including any reissue, division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any Intellectual
Property, or any improvement on any Intellectual Property, the provisions of this Deed shall
automatically apply thereto and any such item described in (a) or (b) above (other than any
Excluded Property) shall automatically constitute Intellectual Property for the purpose of
this Deed as if such would have constituted Intellectual Property at the time of execution
hereof and such Intellectual Property (other than any Excluded Property) shall be subject to
the Security and Security Interests created by this Deed without further action by any
party. Concurrently with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section
5.01(d) of the Credit Agreement, each Chargor shall provide to the Collateral Agent written
notice of any of the foregoing Intellectual Property owned by such Chargor which is the
subject of a registration or application and confirm the attachment of the Security and
Security Interests created by this Deed to any rights described in clauses (i) and (ii)
above by the delivery of an executed instrument or other statement(s) in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent as shall be reasonably necessary to create,
record, preserve, protect or perfect the Collateral Agent’s lien and security interest in
such Intellectual Property.

	8.	 	ACCOUNTS
	 
	8.1	 	Accounts

	 	 	Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, all Security Accounts must be
maintained at a branch of the Account Bank approved by the Collateral Agent.

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	8.2	 	Change of Account Bank

	 	 	This Clause 8.2 is subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	(a)	 	Any Account Bank may be changed to another bank and additional banks may be
appointed as Account Banks if the relevant Chargor and the Collateral Agent so agree.

	 	(b)	 	Without prejudice to clause 8.2(a), a Chargor may only open an account with a
new Account Bank after the proposed new Account Bank agrees with the Collateral Agent
and the relevant Chargors, in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to fulfil
the role of the Account Bank under this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	If there is a change of Account Bank, the net amount (if any) standing to the
credit of the Security Accounts maintained with the old Account Bank will be
transferred to the corresponding Security Accounts maintained with the new Account Bank
immediately upon the appointment taking effect and each Chargor and the Collateral
Agent hereby irrevocably gives all authorisations and instructions necessary for any
such transfer to be made.

	 	(d)	 	Each Chargor:

	 	(i)	 	must take any action which the Collateral Agent may require to
facilitate a change of Account Bank in accordance with the preceding provisions
of this Clause 8.2 and any transfer of credit balances (including the execution
of bank mandate forms); and

	 	(ii)	 	irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney to
take any such action if that Chargor should fail to do so.

	 	(e)	 	No Chargor shall, during the subsistence of this Deed, without the Collateral
Agent’s prior consent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights attaching to any
Security Account or close any Security Account unless permitted under the Credit
Agreement.

	 	(f)	 	Each Chargor agrees that it shall, immediately following the opening or
designation of any Net Proceeds Account by such Chargor, notify each of the Collateral
Agent and the relevant Account Bank of such opening or designation (including all
relevant account details).

	8.3	 	Book debts and receipts (non-Euro)

	 	 	In respect of any amounts receivable by a Chargor in a currency other than euros:

	 	(a)	 	each Chargor must immediately deposit and direct their respective Account
Debtors to directly remit all payments on Accounts and all payments constituting
proceeds of Inventory or other Collateral into a Security Account in accordance with
Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement;

	 	(b)	 	to the extent not deposited in or remitted to a Security Account under Clause
8.3(a), each Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary investment;

	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and

	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

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	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and (prior to payment into a Security Account
under Clause 8.3(c)) hold the proceeds of the getting in and realisation subject to,
and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, on trust for the
Collateral Agent; and

	 	(c)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
the Chargor must, except to the extent that the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay
all the proceeds of the getting in and realisation under Clause 8.3(b) into a Security
Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	8.4	 	Book debts and receipts (Euro)

	 	 	In respect of any amounts receivable by a Chargor in euro:

	 	(a)	 	each Chargor must promptly get in and realise its:

	 	(i)	 	securities to the extent held by way of temporary investment;

	 	(ii)	 	book and other debts and other moneys owed to it; and

	 	(iii)	 	royalties, fees and income of any nature owed to it,

	 	 	 	in the ordinary course of its business and pay them into a bank account in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (a “Relevant Account”) and,
prior to payment into the Relevant Account, hold the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, on trust for the Collateral Agent; and

	 	(b)	 	subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
and without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, each Chargor must, except to the extent
that the Collateral Agent otherwise agrees, pay all the proceeds of the getting in and
realisation referred to under Clause 8.4(a) that are not paid into a Relevant Account,
into a Security Account as soon as practicable on receipt.

	8.5	 	Withdrawals

	 	(a)	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the
Collateral Agent (or a Receiver) may (subject to the payment of any claims having
priority to this Security and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) withdraw amounts
standing to the credit of any Security Account for application in accordance with the
Loan Documents.

	 	(b)	 	subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, no Chargor shall be
entitled to receive, withdraw or otherwise transfer any credit balance from time to
time standing to the credit of any Security Account except with the prior consent of
the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	Each Chargor must ensure that none of its Security Accounts is overdrawn at any
time other than in accordance with any Cash Management Document.

	 	(d)	 	Each Chargor must ensure that each Account Bank operates each Security Account
in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the notices given under Clause 8.5 or as
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

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	8.6	 	Notices of charge

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(i)	 	immediately give notice to each relevant Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security
Accounts); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges that notice substantially in the form of Part 2 of
Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Security Accounts) within 14 days of the date
of this Deed or any Deed of Accession by which it becomes a party to this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	As soon as practicable after receipt by the Collateral Agent of the
acknowledgement in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) above from an Account Bank and provided that
no Default is outstanding, the Collateral Agent will send a letter to that Account Bank
substantially in the form of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Forms of letter for Account Bank).

	 	(c)	 	Each Chargor agrees that it shall, in connection with any adjustment to the
priority arrangements and/or instructions to the Account Bank:

	 	(i)	 	immediately following request by the Collateral Agent (acting
reasonably) provide a revised or supplemental notice to each relevant Account
Bank in a form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (acting
reasonably); and

	 	(ii)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each relevant
Account Bank acknowledges any amended notice delivered pursuant to paragraph
(c)(i) above within 14 days of such notice.

	9.	 	RELEVANT CONTRACTS
	 
	9.1	 	Representations

	 	 	Each Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:

	 	(a)	 	each of its Security Contracts is its legally binding, valid, and enforceable
obligation;

	 	(b)	 	it is not in default in any material respect of any of its obligations under
any of its Security Contracts;

	 	(c)	 	(save as otherwise agreed with the Collateral Agent) there is no prohibition on
assignment in any of its Primary Contracts; and

	 	(d)	 	its entry into and performance of this Deed will not conflict with any term of
any of its Primary Contracts.

	9.2	 	Preservation

	 	(a)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless
permitted by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Secondary
Contracts; or

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	 	(ii)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or
enforceability of any of its Secondary Contracts.

	 	 	 	in each case to the extent that the same would have a Material Adverse Effect.

	 	(b)	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent or unless
permitted by the Credit Agreement:

	 	(i)	 	amend or waive any term of, or terminate, any of its Primary
Contracts; or

	 	(ii)	 	take any action which might jeopardise the existence or
enforceability of any of its Primary Contracts.

	9.3	 	Other undertaking

	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	duly and promptly perform in all material respects its obligations under each
of its Security Contracts; and

	 	(b)	 	supply the Collateral Agent and any Receiver with copies of each of its
Security Contracts and any information and documentation relating to any of its
Security Contracts if requested by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	9.4	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, each
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Security Contracts, but
only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default under the terms of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise
(without any further consent or authority on the part of the relevant Chargor and
irrespective of any direction given by the Chargor) any of that Chargor’s rights under
its Security Contracts.

	9.5	 	Notices of assignment

	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately serve a notice of assignment, substantially in the form of Part 1
of Schedule 4 (Forms of letter for Primary Contracts), on each of the other parties to
each of its Primary Contracts; and

	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each of those other parties
acknowledges that notice, substantially in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 4 (Forms of
letter for Primary Contracts) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or the date of
any Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed or, if later, the date of
entry into that Primary Contract (as appropriate).

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	10.	 	PLANT AND MACHINERY

	10.1	 	Maintenance

	 	 	Each Chargor must keep its Plant and Machinery in good repair and in good working order and
condition (subject to reasonable wear and tear).

	10.2	 	Nameplates

	 	 	Each Chargor must take any action which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require to
evidence the interest of the Collateral Agent in its Plant and Machinery; this includes (if
so requested) fixing a nameplate on its Plant and Machinery in a prominent position stating
that:

	 	(a)	 	the Plant and Machinery is charged in favour of the Collateral Agent; and

	 	(b)	 	the Plant and Machinery must not be disposed of without the prior consent of
the Collateral Agent unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	11.	 	INSURANCE POLICIES

	11.1	 	Rights

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (b) below, each
Chargor must diligently pursue its rights under each of its Insurance Policies, but
only if and to the extent that the exercise of those rights in the manner proposed
would not result in a Default.

	 	(b)	 	If an Event of Default is continuing:

	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent may exercise (without any further consent
or authority on the part of any Chargor and irrespective of any direction given
by any Chargor) any of the rights of any Chargor in connection with any amounts
payable to it under any of its Insurance Policies;

	 	(ii)	 	each Chargor must take such steps (at its own cost) as the
Collateral Agent may require to enforce those rights; this includes initiating
and pursuing legal or arbitration proceedings in the name of that Chargor; and

	 	(iii)	 	each Chargor must hold any payment received by it under any of
its Insurance Policies on trust for the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	Section 110(2) of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.

	11.2	 	Notice

	 	 	Each Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	immediately give notice of this Deed to each of the other parties to each of
the Insurance Policies by sending a notice substantially in the form of Part 1 of
Schedule 3 (Insurance Policies); and

	 	(b)	 	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each such other party delivers a
letter of undertaking to the Collateral Agent in the form of Part 2 of Schedule 3
(Insurance Policies) within 14 days of the date of this Deed or the date of any Deed of
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	 	 	 	which it became party to this Deed or, if later, the date of entry into that
Insurance (as appropriate).

	12.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	12.1	 	Powers and rights of the Collateral Agent

	 	 	Notwithstanding anything contained in this Deed, the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the
power and rights conferred on it by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 10 of the
Act shall not be subject to any restriction on such exercise contained in section 96(1)(c)
of the Act.

	12.2	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.
	 
	12.3	 	Enforcement

	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Administrative Agent may direct.

	13.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

	13.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be immediately
exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.

	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under sections
100 and 101 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages does not
apply to this Security. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent reserves the
right to consolidate mortgage securities without restriction.

	 	(d)	 	The notification requirement contained in section 103(2) of the Act shall not
apply to this Deed.

	 	(e)	 	No Chargor shall take any action under section 94 of the Act in respect of the
Security Assets, this Deed or any monies, obligations and/or liabilities hereby
covenanted to be paid or discharged.

	 	(f)	 	The power of leasing conferred upon a mortgagor in possession by section 112 of
the Act and the power of accepting the surrender of leases conferred upon a mortgagor
in possession by section 114 of the Act and any other powers of leasing, surrendering
or accepting surrenders of leases vested in any Chargor shall not be exercisable
without the prior consent in writing of the Collateral Agent nor shall any Chargor,
without the prior consent in writing of the Collateral Agent, confer on any person any
contractual licence to occupy or any other right or interest in any freehold or
leasehold or other immovable property hereby charged or grant any licence or consent to
assign, undertake or part with possession or occupation thereof.

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	 	(g)	 	In accordance with section 112(3)(c) of the Act, each Chargor hereby consents
to the Collateral Agent, while in possession, or any Receiver, leasing all or any part
of the Security Assets, including any part of the Security Assets consisting of land.

	13.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	(a)	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of
entering into possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(i)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on
realisation; or

	 	(ii)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession
might be liable.

	 	(b)	 	The restrictions on taking possession of mortgaged property contained in
section 97 of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	Section 99(1) of the Act shall not apply to this Deed and any obligations
imposed on mortgagees in possession or receivers by virtue of the application of
section 99(1) shall not apply to the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	13.3	 	Privileges

	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges and
immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly appointed
under any law (including the Act).

	13.4	 	Protection of third parties

	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;

	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied,

	 	 	and all the protection to purchasers contained in sections 104, 105 and 106(1) of the Act
shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver or the Collateral
Agent.

	13.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security Asset;
and/or

	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or

	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee, chargee
or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the absence of
manifest error, conclusive and binding on each Chargor.

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	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the costs
and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such redemption
and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	13.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but at
a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may pay
the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as it
considers appropriate.

	14.	 	RECEIVER

	14.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or

	 	(ii)	 	a Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at any
time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.

	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including any restriction under section 108(1) of the
Act) does not apply to this Deed.

	14.2	 	Removal

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand remove any Receiver appointed by it and
may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

	14.3	 	Remuneration

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law will not apply. Section 108(7) of the Act shall not apply
to the commission and/or remuneration of a Receiver appointed pursuant to this Deed.

	14.4	 	Agent of each Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the relevant Chargor for all
purposes and accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly
appointed by a mortgagee under the Act. The relevant Chargor is solely responsible for
the contracts, engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for
liabilities incurred by a Receiver.

	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to a Chargor or to any other
person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

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	14.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	15.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER

	15.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out below in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the
Act (as amended and varied hereby) and in Schedule 6 (Powers of a Receiver).

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of any
other Receiver.

	15.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	15.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of any Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
15.4 Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by any Chargor.

	15.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	15.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

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	 	(c)	 	Fixtures may be severed and sold separately from the property containing them
without the consent of the relevant Chargor.

	15.7	 	Leases

	 	 	A Receiver may let any Security Asset for any term and at any rent (with or without a
premium) which he thinks fit and may accept a surrender of any lease or tenancy of any
Security Asset on any terms which he thinks fit (including the payment of money to a lessee
or tenant on a surrender).

	15.8	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a creditor
of any Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.

	15.9	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or proceedings
in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.

	15.10	 	Receipts

	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.

	15.11	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of any Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any Security
Asset.

	15.12	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	15.13	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of any Chargor.
	 
	15.14	 	Protection of assets

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	effect any repair or insurance (and section 110(2) of the Act shall not apply
to this Deed) and do any other act which any Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct
of its business to protect or improve any Security Asset;

	 	(b)	 	commence and/or complete any building operation; and

	 	(c)	 	apply for and maintain any planning permission, building regulation approval or
any other authorisation,

	 	 	in each case as he thinks fit.

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	15.15	 	Other powers

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers or
discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;

	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial owner
of that Security Asset; and

	 	(c)	 	use the name of any Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	16.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed to apply
them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent permitted by
applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance with the terms
of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party.

	 	(c)	 	The provisions of this Clause 16 shall take effect as and by way of variation
to the provisions of sections 106(3), 107 and 109 of the Act, which provisions as so
varied and extended shall be deemed incorporated in this Deed and as regards section
109 as if they related to a receiver of the Security Assets and not merely a receiver
of the income thereof.

	17.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis reimburse
any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15, 7.10, 11.03
and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 22.2 (Interest).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargors shall pay and within three Business Days of demand indemnify each
Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in relation
to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this Deed, this
Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time may be
subject.

	18.	 	DELEGATION

	18.1	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

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	18.2	 	Terms

	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

	18.3	 	Liability

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
any Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

	19.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	Each Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party create a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);

	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;

	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or

	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting security in favour of the Collateral Agent (equivalent
to the security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of any Chargor
located in any jurisdiction outside Ireland.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;

	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the Collateral
Agent or to its nominee; and

	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the making of
any filing or registration,

	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	20.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor fails
to comply with an obligation under this Deed, each chargor, by way of security, irrevocably
and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its attorney to take any
action which that Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. Each Chargor ratifies and
confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its appointment under this
Clause.

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	21.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	21.1	 	Continuing security

	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

	21.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of any Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in part
on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be
restored on insolvency, liquidation, examinership or otherwise without limitation, the
liability of each Chargor under this Deed will continue or be reinstated as if the
discharge or arrangement had not occurred.

	 	(b)	 	The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party may concede or compromise any
claim that any payment, security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or
restoration.

	21.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of each Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;

	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;

	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets
of, any person;

	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in
respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution
or change in the members or status of any person;

	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document or
security; or

	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	21.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	Each Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security or
claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency, examinership,
winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or any other person
before claiming from that Chargor under this Deed.

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	21.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured
Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of any
Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or
received by the Collateral Agent or that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf) against those amounts;

	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against
those amounts or otherwise; and/or

	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any
Chargor or on account of that Chargor‘s liability under this Deed.

	21.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or

	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	no Chargor will, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or performance by
it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received
or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf);

	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of that Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;

	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party or
its estate in competition with the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party
(or any trustee or agent on its behalf); or

	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution
or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise any right of
set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	Each Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by
it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	21.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.

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	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party (in
its capacity as such or otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this
Security.

	21.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent any Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate document of
title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered such
to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Revolving
Credit Loan Documents such Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery
shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

	21.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	No Chargor may, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security from
any other Loan Party in respect of that Chargor’s liability under this Deed. Each Chargor
will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the Collateral
Agent.

	22.	 	MISCELLANEOUS

	22.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	 	Each Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the Loan
Documents.

	22.2	 	Interest

	 	 	If a Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor shall
pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at a
default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the date
of payment calculated at the Default Rate.

	22.3	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be treated
as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have received notice
of that charge or other interest.

	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	22.4	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan Document
or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account a Chargor has with any Secured
Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and

	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

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	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	22.5	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to each Chargor of any charge or assignment of a
debt owed by that Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan
Document.

	22.6	 	Financial Collateral

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of a Chargor under this Deed
constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the purpose
of and as defined in the European Communities (Financial Collateral Arrangements)
Regulations 2004 (the “Regulations”) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after
this Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial
collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken into account
advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm of national
standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method of valuation
provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable method of
valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	23.	 	LOAN PARTIES

	 	(a)	 	All communications under this Deed to or from a Secured Party must be sent
through the Collateral Agent.

	 	(b)	 	Each Chargor that is a Party to this Deed irrevocably appoints the Original
Chargor to act as its agent:

	 	(i)	 	to give and receive all communications under the Security
Documents or this Deed;

	 	(ii)	 	to supply all information concerning itself to any Secured
Party; and

	 	(iii)	 	to agree and sign all documents under or in connection with
this Deed without further reference to any Loan Party; this includes any
amendment or waiver of this Deed which would otherwise have required the
consent of the Loan Parties.

	 	(c)	 	The Original Chargor hereby accepts the appointment under Clause 23(b).

	 	(d)	 	Any communication given to the Original Chargor in connection with this Deed
will be deemed to have been given also to the other Loan Parties that are party to this
Deed.

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	 	(e)	 	The Collateral Agent may assume that any communication made by the Original
Chargor is made with the consent of each Loan Party that is party to this Deed.

	24.	 	RELEASE

	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required by the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Original Chargor, take whatever action is
reasonably necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or in part)
from this Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted by the
Chargor over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the Chargor
shall take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement,
including serving any notice thereunder. If the Collateral Agent is authorised to release
in whole or in part any Security Asset pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent is authorised to release such Security Asset under this Deed.

	25.	 	COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

	26.	 	NOTICES

	26.1	 	Communications in Writing

	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in writing
and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

	26.2	 	Addresses

	 	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a party to
this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address as set forth in the Credit Agreement
or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the relevant party may
notify to the Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if
a change is made by the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.

	26.3	 	Delivery

	 	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in
connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(a)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

	 	(b)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or, as the
case may be, five days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope
addressed to it at that address.

	 	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent under or in
connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received by the Collateral
Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer
identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details (or any substitute department
or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for this purpose).

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	26.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 26.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	26.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.

	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or

	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral Agent,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English
translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or
other official document.

	27.	 	THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS TRUSTEE

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is a Security Document (as defined in the Security Trust Deed). The
Collateral Agent is party to this Deed in its capacity as collateral agent and trustee
for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed. As between the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties the terms and conditions of the Security
Trust Deed which apply to the Collateral Agent under that agreement also apply to it as
Collateral Agent under this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	On the terms set out in the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed, the
Collateral Agent declares itself trustee of the security and other rights (including
but not limited to the benefit of the covenants contained herein), titles and interests
constituted by this Deed and of all monies, property and assets paid to the Collateral
Agent or to its order or held by the Collateral Agent or its nominee or received or
recovered by the Collateral Agent or its nominee pursuant to or in connection with this
Deed with effect from the date hereof to hold the same on trust for itself and each of
the Secured Parties absolutely in accordance with their entitlements under the Loan
Documents (save as may otherwise be agreed between the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties from time to time).

	 	(c)	 	All moneys received by the Collateral Agent shall be held by it upon trust for
itself and the Secured Parties according to their respective interests to apply the
same in accordance with Clause 16.

	 	(d)	 	The rights, powers and discretions conferred on the Collateral Agent by this
Deed shall be supplemental to the Trustee Acts of Ireland and in addition to any which
may be vested in the Collateral Agent by the Loan Documents, general law or otherwise.

	 	(e)	 	Each of the Parties agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have only those
duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in this Deed or any other
Loan Document (and no others shall be implied).

	 	(f)	 	Where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Acts and the provisions
of this Deed, the provisions of this Deed shall, to the extent allowed by law, prevail.

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	 	(g)	 	Any resignation or replacement of the Collateral Agent or any appointment of a
successor to the Collateral Agent shall take effect in accordance with the provisions
of the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed save that no resignation of the
Collateral Agent as trustee hereunder shall take effect unless at least one other
trustee has been appointed.

	 	(h)	 	Upon the occurrence of the Term Loan Release Date, the trusts set out in this
Deed shall be wound up. At that time the Collateral Agent shall, at the request of and
at the sole cost of the Original Chargor, release, without recourse or warranty, all of
the Security then held by it and the Collateral Agent shall be released from its
obligations under this Deed (save for those which arose prior to such winding-up).

	28.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed
are governed by the laws of Ireland.

	29.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	29.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The Irish courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	The Irish courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any
such dispute in connection with this Agreement. Each Chargor agrees not to argue to the
contrary and waives objection to those courts on the grounds of inconvenient forum or
otherwise in relation to proceedings in connection with this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and

	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include any
dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	29.2	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	(a)	 	Each Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(i)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against it in relation to this
Deed and to ensure that no such claim is made on its behalf;

	 	(ii)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of
any process in connection with those proceedings; and

	 	(iii)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

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	30.	 	INTERPRETATION

	30.1	 	Definitions

	 	 	In this Deed (including its Recitals):

	 	 	Account Bank means a bank with whom a Security Account is maintained.

	 	 	Acquisition Document means in relation to any Chargor, any agreement under which it acquires
or disposes of a business or part of a business (either by share or asset sale) and under
which the aggregate outstanding consideration payable to such Chargor and, as applicable,
other members of the Group at any time is in excess of €250,000.

      Act means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.

	 	 	Additional Chargor means a member of the Group which becomes a Chargor by executing a Deed
of Accession.

	 	 	Cash Management Document means in relation to any Chargor, any agreement between two or more
members of the Group to which it is a party that provides for any cash pooling, set-off or
netting arrangement, including the European Cash Pooling Arrangements.

	 	 	Charged Shares means all shares in any member of the Group incorporated in Ireland from time
to time issued to a Chargor or held by any nominee on its behalf.

	 	 	Charged Company means each member of the Group from time to time whose shares are subject to
the Security under this Deed.

	 	 	Chargor means the Original Chargor or any Additional Chargor.

	 	 	Credit Agreement means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) between, amongst others,
Novelis Inc. as Borrower, AV METALS INC. as Holdings and the other Guarantors party thereto
and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

	 	 	Deed of Accession means a deed substantially in the form of Schedule 5 (Form of Deed of
Accession).

Delegate means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-Collateral Agent appointed by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

Examiner means an examiner appointed under Section 2 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990.

Fixtures means all fixtures and fittings (including trade fixtures and fittings) and fixed
plant and machinery included in a Chargor’s Mortgaged Property.

Group means the Original Chargor and its Affiliates from time to time.

Intercompany Document means, in relation to any Chargor, any rate or loan agreement with any
other member of the Group under which the aggregate outstanding amount payable to such
Chargor is in excess of €250,000.

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Intercreditor Agreement means the intercreditor agreement dated on or about the date of this
Deed and entered into between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., the Collateral Agent and the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Investments means:

	 	(a)	 	the Charged Shares; and

	 	(b)	 	all other shares, stocks, debentures, bonds, warrants, coupons and other
securities and investments,

which a Chargor purports to mortgage or charge under this Deed.

Mortgaged Property means the Secured Premises and all other freehold and leasehold property
which a Chargor purports to mortgage or charge under this Deed.

Original Property means any freehold or leasehold property specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1
(Security Assets).

Party means a party to this Deed.

Plant and Machinery means any plant, machinery, computers, office equipment or vehicles
which a Chargor purports to mortgage or charge under this Deed.

Premises means all buildings and erections included in a Chargor’s Mortgaged Property.

Primary Contract means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any agreement specified in Part 4A of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its
name or in Part 4A of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to
this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	any other agreement to which that Chargor is a party and which that Chargor and
the Collateral Agent have designated a Primary Contract;

	 	(c)	 	any Acquisition Document;

	 	(d)	 	any Cash Management Document;

	 	(e)	 	any Hedging Agreement;

	 	(f)	 	any Intercompany Document;

	 	(g)	 	any letter of credit issued in its favour under which the aggregate
consideration payable at any time is in excess of €250,000; or

	 	(h)	 	any bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument held by it for an amount in
excess of €250,000.

Real Property means all that property referred to in Clauses 1.1 (Mortgage and Fixed Charge
over Secured Premises) and 1.2 (Fixed charge over Real Property (other than the Secured
Premises)) inclusive.

Receiver means a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each case, appointed under this Deed
and that term will include any appointee under a joint and/or several appointment.

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Related Company means a company which is related within the meaning of Section 4(5) of the
Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990.

Related Rights means in relation to any Investment:

	 	(a)	 	the proceeds of sale of the whole or any part of that asset or any monies and
proceeds paid or payable in respect of that asset;

	 	(b)	 	all rights under any licence, agreement for sale, option or lease in respect of
that asset; and

	 	(c)	 	all rights, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies, security
indemnities or covenants for title in respect of that asset.

Report on Title means any report or certificate on title on the Mortgaged Property provided
to the Collateral Agent, together with confirmation from the provider of that Report that it
can be relied upon by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties.

Revolving Credit Collateral Agent has the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

Revolving Credit Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Revolving Credit Loan Documents has the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the guarantee and security agreement dated on or
about the date of this Deed between the Original Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent.

Secondary Contract means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any agreement specified in Part 4B of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its
name or in Part 4B of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to
this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	any other agreement to which that Chargor is a party and which that Chargor and
the Collateral Agent have designated a Secondary Contract; and

	 	(c)	 	any other agreement (other than a Primary Contract) entered into after the date
of this Deed under which the aggregate consideration payable at anytime is in excess of
€250,000.

Secured Premises means the land described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Deed or in Part 1
of the Schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to this Deed and includes
all or any portion of the Secured Premises and also includes a reference to any present or
future estate, right, title and interest of a Chargor in the lands described in Part 1 of
Schedule 1 to this Deed or in Part 1 of the Schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it
became party to this Deed and to any buildings now erected or in the course of erection or
thereafter to be erected thereon and all alterations and/or additions thereto and to all
fixtures (including trade fixtures) from time to time on the Secured Premises and all fixed
plant and machinery of that Chargor both present and future therein or thereon and every
part thereof and includes all easements, rights and privileges, rights to production of
documents and intoxicating liquor licences attaching thereto.

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Security means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this Deed
or any Deed of Accession.

	 	Security Account means in relation to any Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	any account specified in Part 6 of Schedule 1 (Security Assets) opposite its
name or in Part 6 of the schedule to any Deed of Accession by which it became party to
this Deed;

	 	(b)	 	any other account which it purports to charge under this Deed; and

	 	(c)	 	in each case, any replacement account or subdivision or sub-account of any such
account.

Security Assets means any and all assets of each Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.

Security Contracts means in relation to any Chargor, its Primary Contracts and its Secondary
Contracts.

Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating), assignment,
hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating security,
reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a
similar effect.

Security Period means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.

Security Trust Deed means the Security Trust Deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and
the original Chargor.

Term Loan Release Date has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	Territory means Ireland.

	30.2	 	Construction

	 	(a)	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):

	 	(i)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement or the
Intercreditor Agreement have, unless expressly defined in this Deed, the same
meaning in this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	an “agreement” includes any legally binding arrangement,
agreement, contract, deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);
	 
	 	(iii)	 	an “amendment” includes any amendment, supplement, variation,
waiver, novation, modification, replacement or restatement (however
fundamental) and “amend” and “amended” shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	“assets” includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings,
revenues and rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present
or future, actual or contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

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	 	(v)	 	a “consent” includes an authorisation, permit, approval,
consent, exemption, licence, order, filing, registration, recording,
notarisation, permission or waiver;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	references to an Event of Default being “continuing” means that
such Event of Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived
in writing by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(vii)	 	a “disposal” includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease,
licence or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and “dispose” will
be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	“including” means including without limitation and “includes” and “included”
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as
principal, guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or
contingent) for the payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(x)	 	“losses” includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims,
proceedings, costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and
liabilities of any kind and “loss” shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	a “person” includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state
or any undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal
personality) or any two or more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(xii)	 	a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official
directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if
not having the force of law compliance with which is customary) of any
governmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(b)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that person’s
permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of the
Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time being
appointed as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate) in
accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral Agent and
any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are references
to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this Deed and
references to this Deed include its schedules;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision of
law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it may be
applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

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	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for convenience
only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice versa.

	 	(c)	 	The term clearance system means a person whose business is or includes the
provision of clearance services or security accounts or any nominee or depository for
that person.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any covenant of a Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or examinership of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will not
be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	 	(g)	 	Section 75 of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.

	 	30.3	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed
	 
	 	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE
EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES
HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY
CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS
DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL. EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ARTICLE X THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES BY
COLLATERAL AGENT.
	 
	 	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

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	 	 	This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE 1

SECURITY ASSETS

PART 1

SECURED PREMISES

Part A

Unregistered Land

None as at the date hereof

Part B

Registered Land

None as at the date hereof

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PART 2

CHARGED SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 	Name of	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name of
	 	nominee (if any)	 	 	 	 
		 	Charged
	 	by whom shares
	 	Class of shares
	 	Number of shares
	Chargor

	 	Company
	 	are held
	 	held
	 	held

None specified as at the date hereof.

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PART 3

SPECIFIC PLANT AND MACHINERY

	 	 	 

	Chargor

	 	Description
	 
	 	 
	 
	None as at the date hereof
	 	 

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PART 4

SECURITY CONTRACTS

A. Primary Contracts

None as at the date hereof

B. Secondary Contracts

None as at the date hereof

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PART 5

SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

	 	 	 

	Chargor

	 	Description
	 
	 	 
	 
	None as at the date hereof
	 	 

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PART 6

SECURITY ACCOUNTS

	 	 	 	 	 

	Bank

	 	Account number
	 	Sort code

None specified as at the date hereof.

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SCHEDULE 2

FORMS OF LETTER FOR SECURITY ACCOUNTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO ACCOUNT BANK

To: [Account Bank]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent
(the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of
America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement [Chargor] (the Chargor) has charged
(by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in respect of any amount
standing to the credit of any account maintained by it with you at any of your branches in
Ireland (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net Cash
Proceeds Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) details of which are set out below or, in relation to any account designated or
opened as a Net Cash Proceeds Account after the date of this letter, as notified to you
immediately following such opening or designation) and the debts represented by the Security
Accounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST, that under the Term Loan Security
Agreement the Chargor has charged (by way of a fixed charge) in favour of Bank of America,
N.A as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the Term Loan Security
Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority chargee all of its rights in
respect of any Security Account and the debts represented by the Security Accounts.

[The Net Cash Proceeds Account[(s)] at the date of this letter [is]/[are]: [insert details]]

Prior to notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral
Agent any information relating to any Security Account requested from you by the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	(i)  comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to
any Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by you from
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and

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	 	(ii)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction
relating to any Net Cash Proceeds Account received by you from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent;
	 
	(c)	(i)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent; and

	 	(ii)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Net Cash Proceeds
Account to the order of the Term Loan Collateral Agent;
	 
	(d)	(i)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(ii)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Net Cash
Proceeds Account in accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent issued from time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
the relevant Security Account of the Chargor with you.

Following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit
Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, we irrevocably
instruct and authorise you to:

	 	(a)	 	disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent any information relating to any
Security Account requested from you by the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(b)	 	comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any Security
Account received by you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(c)	 	hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account to the order of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(d)	 	pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account in
accordance with the written instructions of the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from
time to time; and

	 	(e)	 	pay all sums received by you for the account of the Chargor to the credit of
each Security Account of the Chargor with you.

We are not permitted to withdraw any amount from any Security Account (other than any Net Cash
Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or,
following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash
Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) advising you that the Revolving Credit Release
Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral
Agent.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us or any Chargor and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or
validity of any request, notice or instruction.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the

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Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined
in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent when the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred.

This letter is governed by Irish law.

Please send to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] and the Term Loan Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACCOUNT BANK

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Novelis Europe Holdings Limited]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent
(the Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of
America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST a
charge upon the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor
to any amount standing to the credit of any of its accounts with us at any of our branches in
Ireland (the Security Accounts) (other than as regards any account constituting a Net Cash Proceeds
Account (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement))
and (2) SECOND or, as regards a Net Cash Proceeds Account, FIRST a charge upon the terms of the
Term Loan Security Agreement over all the rights of the Chargor to any amount standing to the
credit of any of the Security Accounts.

We confirm that we:

	 	(a)	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the
Notice;

	 	(b)	 	have not received notice of any outstanding interest of any third party in any
Security Account;

	 	(c)	 	hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive our rights in respect of and agree
not to make any set-off or deduction from the Security Accounts or invoke any right of
retention in relation to the Security Accounts, other than in relation to our customary
agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or maintenance of the
Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business;

	 	(d)	 	will disclose to you any information relating to any Security Account requested
from us by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Collateral Agent or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that the
Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(e)	 	will comply with the terms of any written notice or instruction relating to any
Security Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) received by us from the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account,
the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the
Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent;

	 	(f)	 	will hold all sums standing to the credit of any Security Account (other than
any Net Cash Proceeds Account) to the order of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(or, in

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	 	 	 	relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, the Term Loan Collateral Agent) or,
following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that
the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent unless otherwise required by
law;

	 	(g)	 	will pay or release any sum standing to the credit of any Security Account
(other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) in accordance with the written instructions
of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds
Account, in accordance with the written instructions of the term Loan Collateral Agent)
or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising us that
the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent issued from time to time unless
otherwise required by law;

	 	(h)	 	will not permit any amount to be withdrawn from any Security Account (other
than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) without the prior written consent the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (or, in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as instructed by the Term Loan
Collateral Agent) advising us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the
Revolving Credit Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or
unless otherwise required by law; and

	 	(i)	 	will pay all sums received by us for the account of the Chargor to a Security
Account (other than any Net Cash Proceeds Account) of the Chargor with us unless
otherwise required by law or instructed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (or,
in relation to any Net Cash Proceeds Account, as instructed by the Term Loan Collateral
Agent) or, following notice to us from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent advising
us that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,

	 	 	 	in each case, in accordance with the terms of, and the instructions provided
under, the Notice.

Nothing contained in any of our arrangements with you shall commit us to providing any facilities
or making advances available to the Chargor.

This letter is governed by Irish law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

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PART 3

LETTER FOR OPERATION OF SECURITY ACCOUNTS ‘

To: [Account Bank]

[DATE]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the
Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of America,
N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

We refer to:

	1.	 	the Term Loan Security Agreement and the Revolving Credit Security Agreement;
	 
	2.	 	the notice (the Notice) to you dated [•] from [Chargor] concerning the accounts referred to
in that notice (the Security Accounts); and
	 
	3.	 	the acknowledgement dated [•] issued by you to in response to the Notice (the
Acknowledgement).

In this letter, Security Account means, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number [•], sort
code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•] and, in relation to [specify Chargor], account number
[•], sort code [•] or account number [•], sort code [•].

We confirm that we consent to the following transactions in relation to the Security Accounts:

	(a)	 	you may make payments on the instructions of the Chargor and debit the amounts involved to
any Security Account of the Chargor;

	(b)	 	you may debit to any Security Account of the Chargor amounts due to you by that Chargor; and

	(c)	 	in order to enable you to make available net overdraft, balance offset, netting or pooling
facilities to the Chargor you may set-off debit balances on any Security Account against
credit balances on any other Security Account with that Chargor if those Security Accounts are
included in group netting arrangements operated by you for the Chargor.

The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may or, following notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent advising you that the Revolving Credit Release Date (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Term Loan Collateral Agent may by notice to you amend or
withdraw these consents. If the consents referred above are withdrawn you will operate the Security
Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Acknowledgement, save that you may immediately set-off
debit balances and credit balances on the Security Accounts as and to the extent that the same
relate to your customary agreed charges or fees payable in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the Security Accounts in the ordinary course of business.

This letter is governed by Irish law.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this
letter.

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Yours faithfully,

  

(Authorised signatory) for and on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent

Yours faithfully,

  

(Authorised signatory) for and on behalf of Bank of America, N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral

Agent

Receipt acknowledged

  

(Authorised signatory) [Account Bank]

[Date]

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SCHEDULE 3

FORMS OF LETTER FOR INSURANCE POLICIES

PART 1

FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT

(for attachment by way of endorsement to the insurance policies)

To: [Insurer]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the
Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [ ] between [ ] and Bank of America,
N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Term Loan Secured Parties
referred to in the Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first
priority assignee all amounts payable to it under or in connection with any contract of
insurance of whatever nature taken out with you by or on behalf of it or under which it has a
right to claim (each an Insurance) and all of its rights in connection with those amounts; and

	2.	 	SECOND, subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all amounts payable to it under or in connection
with any Insurance and all of its rights in connection with those amounts.

A reference in this letter to any amounts excludes all amounts received or receivable under or in
connection with any third party liability Insurance and required to settle a liability of a Loan
Party (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or a Loan Party (as defined in the Revolving
Credit Security Agreement) to a third party.

We confirm that:

	 	(i)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Insurance to perform all the obligations
assumed by it under [the] [that] Insurance;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any]
Insurance; and

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	 	(iii)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Insurance.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Insurance
and you should continue to give notices under [the] [each] Insurance to the Chargor, unless and
until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to the contrary. In this
event, unless the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent otherwise agrees in writing:

	 	(a)	 	all amounts payable to the Chargor under [the] [each] Insurance must be paid to the Term Loan
Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that
the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any rights of the Chargor in connection with those amounts will be exercisable by, and
notices must be given to, the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice
from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined
in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as
it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Insurance[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following
notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined
in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please note on the relevant contracts:

	 	(i)	 	FIRST the Term Loan Collateral Agent’s interest as loss payee and the Term Loan Collateral
Agent’s interest as first priority assignee of those amounts and rights; and

	 	(ii)	 	SECOND the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent’s interest as loss payee and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent’s interest as first priority assignee of those amounts and rights,

and send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at [•] with
a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above and giving
the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

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This letter is governed by Irish law.

Yours faithfully,

 

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

FORM OF LETTER OF UNDERTAKING

To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the
Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of America,
N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [•] on behalf of [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•]
of (1) FIRST an assignment by the Chargor upon the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all
amounts payable to it under or in connection with any contract of insurance of whatever nature
taken out with us by or on behalf of it or under which it has a right to claim and all of its
rights in connection with those amounts and (2) SECOND subject to notice from the Term Loan
Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, an assignment by the Chargor upon the terms of the Revolving Credit
Security Agreement of all amounts payable to it under or in connection with any contract of
insurance of whatever nature taken out with us by or on behalf of it or under which it has a right
to claim and all of its rights in connection with those amounts.

A reference in this letter to any amounts excludes all amounts received or receivable under or in
connection with any third party liability insurance and required to settle a liability of a Loan
Party to a third party.

In consideration of your agreeing to the Chargor continuing their insurance arrangements with us
we:

	4.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;
	 
	5.	 	confirm that we have not received notice of the interest of any third party in those amounts
and rights;
	 
	6.	 	undertake to note on the relevant contracts FIRST the interest of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent as loss payee and as first priority assignee of those amounts and rights and SECOND the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent’s interest as loss payee and as first priority assignee of
those amounts and rights;
	 
	7.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to those contracts which the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us
that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred,
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time request;

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	8.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of any of those contracts and to allow
the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined in
the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party (as defined in
the Revolving Credit Security Agreement) to remedy that breach; and
	 
	9.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate any of those contracts on request by
the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the S Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by Irish law.

Yours faithfully,

 

for [Insurer]

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SCHEDULE 4

FORMS OF LETTER FOR PRIMARY CONTRACTS

PART 1

NOTICE TO COUNTERPARTY

To: [Counterparty]

Copy: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the
Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of America,
N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

This letter constitutes notice to you:

	1.	 	FIRST that under the Term Loan Security Agreement, [Chargor] (the Chargor) has assigned in
favour of Bank of America N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to in the
Term Loan Security Agreement (the Term Loan Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all
of its rights in respect of [insert details of Primary Contract(s)] (the Primary Contract[s]);
and
	 
	2.	 	SECOND subject to notice to you from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the
Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Chargor has assigned in favour of Bank of America, N.A as agent and trustee for the [Secured
Parties] referred to in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement (the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent) as first priority assignee all of its rights in respect of the Primary
Contract[s].

We confirm that:

	 	(a)	 	the Chargor will remain liable under [the] [each] Primary Contract to perform all the
obligations assumed by it under [the] [that] Primary Contract;
	 
	 	(b)	 	none of the Term Loan Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person will at
any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the] [any]
Primary Contract; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	none of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, its agents, any receiver or any other person
will at any time be under any obligation or liability to you under or in respect of [the]
[any] Primary Contract.

The Chargor will also remain entitled to exercise all of its rights under [the] [each] Primary
Contract and you should continue to give notice under [the] [each] Primary Contract to the relevant
Chargor, unless and until you receive notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent or, following
notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined
in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to the
contrary. In this event, all of its rights will be exercisable by, and notices must be given to,
the Term Loan Collateral Agent or as it directs or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that
the

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Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or as it directs.

Please note that the Chargor has agreed that it will not amend or waive any term of or terminate
[any of] the Primary Contract[s] without the prior consent of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent
advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has
occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

The instructions in this letter may not be revoked or amended without the prior written consent of
the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from
the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising you that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Please send to the Term Loan Collateral Agent at [•] and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent at
[•] with a copy to ourselves the attached acknowledgement confirming your agreement to the above
and giving the further undertakings set out in the acknowledgement.

The Term Loan Collateral Agent shall promptly provide notice to you and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent when the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement)
has occurred.

We acknowledge that you may comply with the instructions in this letter without any further
permission from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for or validity of any
request, notice or instruction.

This letter is governed by Irish law,

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

For [Chargor]

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PART 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTERPARTY

	To: Bank of America N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Bank of America N.A. as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent

Copy: [Chargor]

[Date]

Dear Sirs,

Security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] Bank of America, N.A. as Term Loan Collateral Agent (the
Term Loan Security Agreement) and the security agreement dated [      ] between [      ] and Bank of America,
N.A. as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (the Revolving Credit Security Agreement)

We confirm receipt from [Chargor] (the Chargor) of a notice (the Notice) dated [•] of (1) FIRST an
assignment on the terms of the Term Loan Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in
respect of [insert details of the Primary Contract(s)] (the Primary Contract[s]) and (2) SECOND
subject to notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date
(as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, an assignment on the terms of the
Revolving Credit Security Agreement of all of the Chargor’s rights in respect of the Primary
Contract[s].

We confirm that we:

	1.	 	accept the instructions contained in the Notice and agree to comply with the Notice;
	 
	2.	 	have not received notice of the interest of any third party in [any of] the Primary
Contract[s];
	 
	3.	 	undertake to disclose to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent without any reference to or further authority from the Chargor any
information relating to [the][those] Primary Contract[s] which the Term Loan Collateral Agent
or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral
Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security
Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may at any time request;
	 
	4.	 	undertake to notify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
or, following notice from the Term Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan
Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent of any breach by the Chargor of [the] [any of those] Primary
Contract[s] and to allow Term Loan Collateral Agent or any of the other Term Loan Secured
Parties (as defined in the Term Loan Security Agreement) or, following notice from the Term
Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term Loan
Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Security Agreement to remedy that breach;
and
	 
	5.	 	undertake not to amend or waive any term of or terminate [the] [any of those] Primary
Contract[s] on request by the Chargor without the prior written consent of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or, following notice from the Term

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	 	 	Loan Collateral Agent advising us that the Term Loan Release Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Security Agreement) has occurred, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

This letter is governed by Irish law.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Authorised signatory)

[Counterparty]

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SCHEDULE 5

FORM OF DEED OF ACCESSION

THIS DEED is dated [

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	[•] (registered number [•]) with its registered office at [•] (the Additional Chargor);

	(2)	 	NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY in its capacity as Original Chargor under the Security
Agreement referred to below (the Original Chargor); and

	(3)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties under and as defined in
the Security Agreement referred to below (the Collateral Agent).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Additional Chargor is a subsidiary of Novelis Inc.

	(B)	 	The Original Chargor has entered into a guarantee and security agreement dated [•], 200[•]
with the Collateral Agent (the Security Agreement).

	(C)	 	The Additional Chargor has agreed to enter into this Deed and to become a Chargor under the
Security Agreement and the Security Trust Deed.

	(D)	 	The Additional Chargor will also, by execution of separate instruments, become a party to the
Intercreditor Agreement as a Loan Party and the Security Trust Deed as a Chargor (as defined
in the Security Agreement).

	(E)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	Interpretation

	 	 	Terms defined in the Security Agreement have the same meaning in this Deed (including the
Recitals) unless given a different meaning in this Deed. This Deed is a Loan Document.

	2.	 	Accession

	 	 	With effect from the date of this Deed the Additional Chargor:

	 	(a)	 	will become a party to the Security Agreement as a Chargor; and

	 	(b)	 	will be bound by all the terms of the Security Agreement which are expressed to
be binding on a Chargor, including without limitation, the guarantee contained in
clause 2 of the Security Agreement.

	3.	 	Security

	3.1	 	Without limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Deed and the Security
Agreement, and as continuing security for the payment, performance and discharge of the
Secured Obligations and as a legal mortgage of land, the Additional Chargor as beneficial

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	 	 	owner and also in the case of registered land as registered owner (or the person entitled to be
registered as owner) hereby CHARGES by deed the Specified Premises with the payment, performance and
discharge to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured Parties of the
Secured Obligations, subject to such terms, conditions, covenants and obligations as are set out in
this Deed and hereby ASSENTS to the registration of this charge for present and future advances as a
burden on the Specified Premises.
	 
	 	 	The address in the State of the Collateral Agent for service of notices and its description is:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Address:
	 	c/o McCann FitzGerald
	 

	 	 	 	Riverside One
	 

	 	 	 	Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
	 

	 	 	 	Dublin 2
	 

	 	 	 	(Attn: EdeV)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Description:
	 	Financial Institution

	 	 	The charge created by this clause 3.1 is a first fixed charge.

	 	 	In this Deed, “Specified Premises” means the land described in Part 1 of the schedule to
this Deed and includes all or any portion of the Specified Premises and also includes a
reference to any present or future estate, right, title and interest of the Additional
Chargor in the lands described in Part 1 of the schedule to this Deed and to any buildings
now erected or in the course of erection or thereafter to be erected thereon and all
alterations and/or additions thereto and to all fixtures (including trade fixtures) from
time to time on the Specified Premises and all fixed plant and machinery of that Chargor
both present and future therein or thereon and every part thereof and includes all
easements, rights and privileges, rights to production of documents and intoxicating liquor
licences attaching thereto.

	3.2	 	Without limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Deed and the Security
Agreement, the Additional Chargor as beneficial owner, as continuing security for the payment,
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations, hereby:-

	 	(a)	 	charges to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties all its other estate, right, title or interests in any land or buildings now
belonging to the Additional Chargor (including, specifically, but not limited to, the
Specified Premises) (whether or not the legal estate is vested in the Additional
Chargor or registered in the name of the Additional Chargor ), and all future estate,
right, title or interests of the Additional Chargor in such lands, hereditaments and
premises and in any other freehold or leasehold property (whether or not registered)
vested in or held by or on behalf of the Additional Chargor from time to time and/or
the proceeds of sale thereof together in all cases (to the extent the same are not
otherwise subject to a fixed charge hereunder) all fixtures (including trade fixtures)
and all fixed plant and machinery from time to time therein with the payment
performance and discharge of the Secured Obligations;

	 	(b)	 	charges to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties by way of a first legal mortgage all shares owned by it and specified in Part 2
of the schedule to this Deed;

	 	(c)	 	charges to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties by way of a first fixed charge all plant, machinery, computers, office
equipment or vehicles specified in Part 3 of the schedule to this Deed;

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	 	(d)	 	assigns to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties absolutely, subject to a proviso for re-assignment on redemption, all of its
rights in respect of the agreements specified in Part 4 of the schedule to this Deed;
[and]

	 	(e)	 	charges to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the Secured
Parties by way of a first fixed charge all of its rights in respect of any Intellectual
Property specified in Part 5 of the schedule to this Deed[; and

	 	(f)	 	[charges to the Collateral Agent as collateral agent and trustee for the
Secured Parties by way of a first fixed charge all of its rights in respect of any
amount standing to the credit of any Security Account specified in Part 6 of the
schedule to this Deed.]

	4.	 	Miscellaneous

	 	 	With effect from the date of this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	the Security Agreement will be read and construed for all purposes, and the
Additional Chargor will take all steps and actions (including serving any notices), as
if the Additional Chargor had been an original party in the capacity of Chargor (but so
that the security created on this accession will be created on the date of this Deed);

	 	(b)	 	any reference in the Security Agreement to this Deed and similar phrases will
include this Deed and all references in the Security Agreement to Schedule 1 (or any
part of it) will include a reference to the schedule to this Deed (or relevant part of
it); and

	 	(c)	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company for itself and as agent for each other
Chargor agrees to all matters provided for in this Deed.

	5.	 	Law

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed
are governed by Irish law.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed

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SCHEDULE

PART 1

SPECIFIED PREMISES

Part A

Unregistered Land

Part B

Registered Land

PART 2

SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of company in	 	Name of nominee (if	 	 	 	 
	which shares are	 	any) by whom shares	 	Class of shares held	 	Number of shares
	held	 	are held	 		 	held
	[     ]

	 	[     ]
	 	[     ]
	 	[     ]

PART 3

SPECIFIC PLANT AND MACHINERY

[Description]

PART 4

SECURITY CONTRACTS

A. Primary Contracts

	 	 	Description

	 	 	[e.g. Hedging Documents]

	 	 	[e.g. Acquisition Documents]

	 	 	[e.g. Intercompany Loan Agreements]

	B.	 	Secondary Contracts

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PART 5

SPECIFIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

[Description]

PART 6

SECURITY ACCOUNTS

[Account number      Sort code]

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SIGNATORIES (TO DEED OF ACCESSION)

THE ADDITIONAL CHARGOR

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	The Common Seal of
	 	)	 	______________________	 	Director
	[                     
]
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	was hereunto affixed
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	in the presence of
	 	)	 	______________________	 	Director/Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE ORIGINAL CHARGOR
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	The Common Seal of
	 	)	 	______________________	 	Director
	NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	COMPANY
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	was hereunto affixed
	 	)	 	 	 	 
	in the presence of
	 	)	 	______________________	 	Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signed by:
	 	 	 	______________________	 	Authorised Signatory
	for and on behalf of
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	as Collateral Agent for the
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Secured Parties
	 	 	 	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 6

POWERS OF A RECEIVER

	(1)	 	enter upon, take possession of, collect and get in all or any of the Security Assets,
exercise in respect of any shares or securities all voting or other powers or rights available
to a registered holder thereof in such manner as he may think fit and bring, defend or
discontinue any proceedings (including, without limitation, proceedings for the winding up of
any Chargor) or submit to arbitration in the name of any Chargor or otherwise as may seem
expedient to him;
	 
	(2)	 	carry on, manage, develop, reconstruct, amalgamate or diversify the business of any Chargor
or any part thereof or concur in so doing, lease or otherwise acquire and develop or improve
properties or other assets without being responsible for loss or damage;
	 
	(3)	 	raise or borrow any money (including money for the completion with or without modification of
any building in the course of construction and any development or project in which any Chargor
was engaged) from or incur any other liability to the Collateral Agent or others on such terms
with or without security as he may think fit and so that any such security may be or include a
charge on the whole or any part of the Security Assets ranking in priority to the security
constituted by this Deed or otherwise;
	 
	(4)	 	sell by public auction or private contract, let, surrender or accept surrenders, grant
licences or otherwise dispose of or deal with all or any of the Security Assets or concur in
so doing in such manner for such consideration and generally on such terms and conditions as
he may think fit (including, without limitation, conditions excluding or restricting the
personal liability of the Receiver or the Collateral Agent) with full power to convey, let,
surrender, accept surrenders or otherwise transfer or deal with such Security Assets in the
name and on behalf of any Chargor or otherwise and so that the covenants and contractual
obligations may be granted and assumed in the name of and so as to bind such Chargor if the
Receiver shall consider it necessary or expedient so to do; any such sale, lease or
disposition may be for cash, debentures or other obligations, shares, stock, securities or
other valuable consideration and be payable immediately or by instalments spread over such
period as he shall think fit and so that any consideration received or receivable shall ipso
facto forthwith be and become charged with the payment of all Secured Obligations; plant,
machinery and fixtures may be severed and sold separately from the premises containing them
and the Receiver may apportion any rent and the performance of any obligations affecting the
premises sold without the consent of any Chargor;
	 
	(5)	 	promote, procure the formation or otherwise acquire the share capital of any body corporate
with a view to such body corporate purchasing, leasing, licensing or otherwise acquiring
interests in all or any of the Security Assets or otherwise, arrange for companies to trade or
cease to trade and to purchase, lease, licence or otherwise acquire all or any of the Security
Assets on such terms and conditions whether or not including payment by instalments secured or
unsecured as he may think fit;
	 
	(6)	 	make any arrangement or compromise or enter into or cancel any contracts which he shall think
expedient;
	 
	(7)	 	make and effect such repairs, renewals and improvements to the Security Assets or any part
thereof as he may think fit and maintain, renew, take out or increase insurances including,
without limitation, indemnity insurance;
	 
	(8)	 	demolish all or any part of any buildings, structures or fixtures and fittings in and on any
Real Property;

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	(9)	 	appoint managers, agents, officers, and employees for any of such purposes or to guard or
protect the Security Assets at such salaries and commissions and for such periods and on such
terms as he may determine and dismiss the same;
	 
	(10)	 	make or require the directors of any Chargor to make calls, conditionally or unconditionally,
on the members of such Chargor in respect of uncalled capital and enforce payment of any call
so made by action (in the name of such Chargor or the Receiver as may be thought fit) or
otherwise;
	 
	(11)	 	without any consent by or notice to any Chargor, exercise on behalf of any Chargor all the
powers and provisions conferred on a landlord or a tenant by any legislation from time to time
in force relating to rents or otherwise in respect of any part of the Security Assets but
without any obligation to exercise any of such powers and without any liability in respect of
powers so exercised or omitted to be exercised;
	 
	(12)	 	without any consent or notice by or to any Chargor, exercise for and on behalf of any Chargor
and in the name of any Chargor all powers and rights of any Chargor relevant to and necessary
to effect the registration in the Land Registry of the crystallisation of the floating charge
created by this Security Agreement and/or the appointment of a Receiver hereunder;
	 
	(13)	 	settle, arrange, compromise and submit to arbitration any accounts, claims, questions or
disputes whatsoever which may arise in connection with the business of any Chargor or the
Security Assets or any part thereof or in any way relating to the security constituted by this
Security Agreement, bring, take, defend, compromise, submit to and discontinue any actions,
suits, arbitrations or proceedings whatsoever whether civil or criminal in relation to the
matters aforesaid, enter into, complete, disclaim, abandon or disregard, determine or rectify
all or any of the outstanding contracts or arrangements of any Chargor in any way relating to
or affecting the Security Assets or any part thereof and allow time for payment of any debts
either with or without security as he shall think expedient;
	 
	(14)	 	redeem any prior encumbrance and settle and agree the accounts of the encumbrancer; any
accounts so settled and agreed shall (subject to any manifest error) be conclusive and binding
on any Chargor and the money so paid shall be deemed an expense properly incurred by the
Receiver;
	 
	(15)	 	generally, at the option of the Receiver, use the name of any Chargor in the exercise of all
or any of the powers hereby conferred;
	 
	(16)	 	transfer all or any part of the Security Assets to any other company or body corporate,
whether or not formed or acquired for the purpose;
	 
	(17)	 	sell any intellectual property hereby mortgaged or charged or assigned in consideration of a
royalty or other periodical payment;
	 
	(18)	 	exercise, or permit any Chargor or any nominees of any Chargor to exercise, any powers or
rights incidental to the ownership of the Security Assets or any part thereof in such manner
as he may think fit;
	 
	(19)	 	sign any document, execute any deed and do all such other acts and things as may be
considered by the Receiver to be incidental or conducive to any of the matters or powers
conferred on him by Security Agreement or to the realisation of the Collateral Agent’s
security and use the name of any Chargor for all the above purposes;
	 
	(20)	 	take any and all steps or other action (including legal proceedings) for the purposes of
enforcing, protecting or preserving any contractual rights forming part of the Security
Assets;

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	(21)	 	conduct investigations, sampling, site studies and testing in respect of all or any part of
the Security Assets and take any and all remedial and removal action as he thinks fit or as
required by law;
	 
	(22)	 	to the extent permitted by law, and without prejudice to any other right or power conferred
on him by this Deed, exercise all or any of the rights and powers conferred on statutory
receivers under Schedule 1 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (as if references
therein to NAMA were references to the Collateral Agent or the Receiver).

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SIGNATORIES (to Security Agreement)

THE ORIGINAL CHARGOR

Signed and Delivered as a Deed by

duly appointed attorney for and on behalf of

Novelis Aluminium Holding Company

in the presence of

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Witness:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Names:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Occupation:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	Attorney
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	THE COLLATERAL AGENT	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signed by Christopher Kelly Wall
for and on behalf of

Bank of America, N.A. ,

as Collateral Agent for 

the Secured Parties	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	Christopher Kelly Wall
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Witness:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Names:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Occupation:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 

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Execution Copy

Dated 17 December 2010

Between

NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

SHARE CHARGE

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS
LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.,
NOVELIS UK LTD, NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848
CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC., NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, NOVELIS
PAE, S.A.S., NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”), NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT
LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR
THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS
DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES
THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

McCann FitzGerald

Solicitors

Riverside One

Sir John Rogerson’s Quay

Dublin 2

EDV\2309880.7

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page	 
	1. Interpretation
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2. Creation of Security
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3. Representations and Warranties
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4. Restrictions on Dealings
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5. Covenants
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6. When Security Becomes Enforceable
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7. Enforcement of Security
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8. Receiver
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9. Powers of Receiver
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10. Application of Proceeds
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11. Taxes, Expenses and Indemnity
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12. Delegation
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13. Further Assurances
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14. Power of Attorney
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15. Preservation of Security
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	16. Miscellaneous
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17. Financial Collateral
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	18. Release
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	19. Counterparts
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	20. Notices
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	21. The Collateral Agent as Trustee
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	22. Governing Law
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	23. Enforcement
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule — Security Assets
	 	 	24	 

 

 

THIS DEED is dated 17 December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales
(number 05308334) and having its registered office at Latchford Locks Works, Thelwell Lane,
Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN (the “Chargor”); and

	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the “Collateral Agent”).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.

	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION

	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):
	 
	 	 	“Act” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.
	 
	 	 	“Charged Company” means Novelis Aluminium Holding Company, a company registered in Ireland
with company number 316911.
	 
	 	 	“Charged Shares” means all shares in the Charged Company from time to time issued to the
Chargor or held by any nominee on its behalf.
	 
	 	 	“Credit Agreement” means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of
this Deed (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) between, amongst
others, Novelis Inc. as Borrower, AV METALS INC. as Holdings, the other Guarantors party
thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-Collateral Agent appointed by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver.
	 
	 	 	“Group” means the Chargor and its Affiliates from time to time.
	 
	 	 	“Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement dated on or about the date of
this Deed and entered into between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., the Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Party” means a party to this Deed.
	 
	 	 	“Receiver” means a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each case, appointed under this
Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint and/or several appointment.

Term Share
Charge (NEHL)

1

 

	 	 	“Related Rights” means in relation to any Charged Share:

	 	(a)	 	the proceeds of sale of the whole or any part of that asset or any monies and
proceeds paid or payable in respect of that asset;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all rights under any licence, agreement for sale, option or lease in respect of
that asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	all rights, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies, security
indemnities or covenants for title in respect of that asset.

	 	 	“Revolving Credit Collateral Agent” has the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Credit Loan Documents” has the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	Revolving Credit Security Agreement means the share charge dated on or about the date of
this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Security” means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this
Deed.
	 
	 	 	“Security Assets” means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	“Security Interest” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating),
assignment, hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating
security, reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement
having a similar effect.
	 
	 	 	“Security Period” means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	“Security Trust Deed” means the Security Trust Deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and
the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Release Date” has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

	1.2	 	Construction

	 	(a)	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):

	 	(i)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement or in the
Intercreditor Agreement have, unless expressly defined in this Deed, the same
meaning in this Deed;

	 	(ii)	 	an “agreement” includes any legally binding arrangement,
agreement, contract, deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);

	 	(iii)	 	an “amendment” includes any amendment, supplement, variation,
waiver, novation, modification, replacement or restatement (however
fundamental) and “amend” and “amended” shall be construed accordingly;

Term Share
Charge (NEHL)

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	 	(iv)	 	“assets” includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings,
revenues and rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present
or future, actual or contingent, and any interest in any of the above;

	 	(v)	 	a “consent” includes an authorisation, permit, approval,
consent, exemption, licence, order, filing, registration, recording,
notarisation, permission or waiver;

	 	(vi)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that
such Event of Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived
in writing by the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);

	 	(vii)	 	a “disposal” includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease,
licence or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and “dispose” will
be construed accordingly;

	 	(viii)	 	“including” means including without limitation and “includes” and “included”
shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(ix)	 	“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as
principal, guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or
contingent) for the payment or repayment of money;

	 	(x)	 	“losses” includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims,
proceedings, costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and
liabilities of any kind and “loss” shall be construed accordingly;

	 	(xi)	 	a “person” includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state
or any undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal
personality) or any two or more of the foregoing; and

	 	(xii)	 	a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official
directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if
not having the force of law compliance with which is customary) of any
governmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(b)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that person’s
permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of the
Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time being
appointed as Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent (as appropriate) in
accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral Agent and
any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);

	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are references
to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this Deed and
references to this Deed include its schedules;

	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;

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	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision of
law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it may be
applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;

	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for convenience
only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed; and

	 	(vi)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice versa.

	 	(c)	 	The term clearance system means a person whose business is or includes the
provision of clearance services or security accounts or any nominee or depository for
that person.

	 	(d)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.

	 	(e)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or examinership of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will not
be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.

	 	(f)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and

	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	 	(g)	 	Section 75 of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.

	1.3	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed
	 
	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED
TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY,
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ARTICLE X THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF
REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.
	 
	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE

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	  	 	IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT
BE RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND
GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY

	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent as agent and
trustee for itself and the other Secured Parties;

	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of all
the Secured Obligations; and

	 	(iii)	 	is made by the Chargor as beneficial owner.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and benefits
which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Clause
2 or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under this Deed
(or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers and
discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or the
Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by the
Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of the Security Trust Deed and this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
the Schedule (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

	2.2	 	Charged Shares

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor, as beneficial owner, for the purpose of securing the due and
punctual payment of the Secured Obligations hereby charges:

	 	(i)	 	by way of a first legal mortgage the Charged Shares; this
includes any Charged Shares specified in the Schedule (Security Assets); and

	 	(ii)	 	(to the extent that they are not the subject of a mortgage
under sub-paragraph (i) above) by way of a first fixed charge its interest in
the Charged Shares.

	 	(b)	 	A reference in this Deed to any Charged Share includes:

	 	(i)	 	any dividend, interest or other distribution paid or payable;

	 	(ii)	 	any right, money or property accruing, derived, incidental or
offered at any time by way of redemption, substitution, exchange, bonus or
preference, under option rights or otherwise;

	 	(iii)	 	any right against any clearance system;

	 	(iv)	 	any Related Rights; and

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	 	(v)	 	any right under any custodian or other agreement,
	 
	 	 	 	in relation to that Charged Share.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	3.1	 	Nature of security

	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create (save that the
legal mortgage created in Clause 2.2(a)(i) will take effect in equity until such time
as the Collateral Agent exercises its discretion under Clause 5.1(b)) and is not liable
to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or examinership or otherwise;
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or

	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies
in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or created
under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law); and

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other
rights provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security
Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the
Security as against any third party.

	3.2	 	Charged Shares

	 	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:
	 
	 	(a)	 	the Charged Shares are duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Charged Shares are not subject to any Security Interest, any option to
purchase or similar right (in each case, other than as permitted by the Credit
Agreement);
	 
	 	(c)	 	it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Charged Shares (save for any
Charged Shares that are specified in the Schedule to this Deed as being held by a
nominee on its behalf or transferred to the Collateral Agent or its nominee pursuant to
this Deed);
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Charged Company is a company incorporated with limited liability;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the constitutional documents of the Charged Company do not and could not
restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of this
Security; and

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	 	(f)	 	there are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of,
or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan
capital of the Charged Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or
conversion) (in each case, other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement).

	3.3	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to be
made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS

	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,
	 
	 	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.	 	COVENANTS

	5.1	 	Certificated Charged Shares

	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	deposit with the Collateral Agent, or as the Collateral Agent may direct, any
bearer instrument, share certificate or other document of title or evidence of
ownership in relation to any Charged Share; immediately in respect of any Charged Share
subject to this Security on the date of this Deed and thereafter, immediately following
the acquisition by, or the issue to, the Chargor of any certificated Charged Share
(unless the same is required for registering any transfer, in which case the Chargor
must deposit the same immediately after such registration is completed); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	immediately take any action and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent any
share transfer or other document which may be requested by the Collateral Agent in
order to enable the transferee to be registered as the owner or otherwise obtain a
legal title to that Charged Share; this includes:

	 	(i)	 	delivering executed and (unless exempt from stamp duty),
pre-stamped share transfers in favour of the Collateral Agent or any of its
nominees as transferee or, if the Collateral Agent so directs, with the
transferee left blank; and

	 	(ii)	 	procuring that those share transfers are registered by the
Charged Company in which the Charged Shares are held in the share register of
the Charged

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	 	 	 	Company and that share certificates in the name of the transferee are
delivered to the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	The Collateral Agent may, at any time, complete the instruments of transfer on
behalf of the Chargor in favour of itself or such other person as it shall select.

	5.2	 	Changes to rights

	 	 	 	The Chargor may not (except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement) take or allow the taking of any action on its behalf which may
result in the rights attaching to any of the Charged Shares being altered or further shares
being issued.

	5.3	 	Calls

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must pay all calls and other payments due and payable in respect of
any of the Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may (at its discretion) pay
those calls or other payments on behalf of the Chargor. The Chargor must immediately on
request reimburse the Collateral Agent for any payment made by the Collateral Agent
under this Subclause and, pending reimbursement, that payment will constitute part of
the Secured Obligations.

	5.4	 	Other obligations in respect of Charged Shares

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must comply with all requests for information which is within its
knowledge and which it is required to comply with by law (including section 81 of the
Companies Act, 1990) or under the constitutional documents relating to any of the
Charged Shares. If the Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may elect to
provide any information which it may have on behalf of the Chargor.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must promptly supply a copy to the Collateral Agent of any
information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	It is acknowledged and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Deed, the Chargor shall remain liable to observe and perform all of
the conditions and obligations assumed by it in respect of any of the Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(d)	 	No Secured Party will be required in any manner to:

	 	(i)	 	perform or fulfil any obligation of the Chargor;

	 	(ii)	 	make any payment;

	 	(iii)	 	make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any
payment received by it or the Chargor;

	 	(iv)	 	present or file any claim or take any other action to collect
or enforce the payment of any amount; or

	 	(v)	 	take any action in connection with the taking up of any (or any
offer of any) stocks, shares, rights, monies or other property paid,
distributed, accruing or offered at any time by way of interest, dividend,
redemption, bonus, rights, preference, option, warrant or otherwise,

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	 	 	 	in respect of any Charged Share.

	5.5	 	Voting rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, the Chargor may continue to exercise the voting rights, powers
and other rights in respect of the Charged Shares, provided that (x) it shall promptly
deliver copies of any minutes of shareholder meetings in respect of the Charged Shares
to the Collateral Agent if so requested by the Collateral Agent, and (y) it shall not
exercise such voting rights, powers and other rights in a manner which would result in,
or otherwise permit or agree to, (i) any variation of the rights attaching to or
conferred by any of the Charged Shares which the Collateral Agent considers prejudicial
to the interests of the Secured Parties or which conflict or derogate from any Loan
Documents or (ii) any increase in the issued share capital of the Charged Company (save
to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement), which in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent would prejudice the value of, or the ability of the Collateral Agent
to realise, the security created by this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, if the relevant Charged Shares have been registered in the name
of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, the Collateral Agent (or that nominee) must
exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in respect of the Charged Shares in
any manner which the Chargor may direct in writing. The Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will execute any form of proxy or other document which the Chargor may
reasonably require for this purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of Default
is continuing, all dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable in
relation to any Charged Shares must be paid to the Chargor. To achieve this:

	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent or its nominee will promptly execute any
dividend mandate necessary to ensure that payment is made direct to the
Chargor;) or

	 	(ii)	 	if payment is made directly to the Collateral Agent (or its
nominee) before the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or at a time
when an Event of Default is not continuing, the Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will promptly pay that amount to the Chargor.

	 	(d)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall use its reasonable endeavours to
promptly forward to the Chargor all material notices, correspondence and/or other
communication it receives in relation to the Charged Shares.

	 	(e)	 	Following the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or for so long as an
Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent or its nominee may exercise or
refrain from exercising:

	 	(i)	 	any voting rights; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any other powers or rights which maybe exercised by the legal
or beneficial owner of any Charged Share, any person who is the holder of any
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	 	 	 	in each case, in the name of the Chargor, the registered holder or otherwise and
without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor.
	 
	 	(f)	 	To the extent that the Charged Shares remain registered in the name of the
Chargor, the Chargor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent or its nominee as its
proxy to exercise all voting rights in respect of those Charged Shares following the
service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or for so long as an Event of Default is
continuing.
	 
	 	(g)	 	The Chargor must indemnify the Collateral Agent against any loss or liability
incurred by the Collateral Agent as a consequence of the Collateral Agent acting in
respect of the Charged Shares on the direction of the Chargor.

	5.6	 	Custodian arrangements

	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	promptly give notice of this Deed to any custodian of any Charged Share in any
form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the custodian acknowledges that notice
in any form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.

	6.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

	6.1	 	Powers and Rights of the Collateral Agent

	 	 	Notwithstanding anything contained in this Deed, the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the
powers and rights conferred on it by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 10 of the
Act shall not be subject to any restriction on such exercise contained in section 96(1)(c)
of the Act.

	6.2	 	Timing

	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.

	6.3	 	Enforcement

	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Administrative Agent may direct.

	7.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

	7.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be immediately
exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under sections
100 and 101 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages does not

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	 	 	 	apply to this Security. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent reserves the
right to consolidate mortgage securities without restriction.

	 	(d)	 	The notification requirement contained in section 103(2) of the Act shall not
apply to this Deed.

	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not take any action under section 94 of the Act in respect of
the Security Assets, this Deed or any monies, obligations and/or liabilities hereby
covenanted to be paid or discharged.

	7.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	(a)	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of
entering into possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(i)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on
realisation; or

	 	(ii)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession
might be liable.

	 	(b)	 	The restrictions on taking possession of mortgaged property contained in
section 97 of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	Section 99(1) of the Act shall not apply to this Deed and any obligations
imposed on mortgagees in possession or receivers by virtue of the application of
section 99(1) shall not apply to the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	7.3	 	Privileges

	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges and
immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly appointed
under any law (including the Act).

	7.4	 	Protection of third parties

	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;

	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;

	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or

	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied,

	 	 	and all the protection to purchasers contained in sections 104, 105 and 106(1) of the Act
shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver or the Collateral
Agent.

	7.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security Asset;
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	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or

	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee, chargee
or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the absence of
manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the costs
and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such redemption
and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	7.6	 	Contingencies

	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but at
a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may pay
the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as it
considers appropriate.

	8.	 	RECEIVER

	8.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or

	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at any
time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.

	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including any restriction under section 108(1) of the
Act) does not apply to this Deed.

	8.2	 	Removal

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand remove any Receiver appointed by it and
may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

	8.3	 	Remuneration

	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law will not apply. Section 108(7) shall not apply to the
commission and/or remuneration of a Receiver appointed pursuant to this Deed.

	8.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by a
mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
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	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	8.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent

	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.

	9.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER

	9.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out below in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the
Act (as amended and varied hereby).

	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of any
other Receiver.

	9.2	 	Possession

	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in and collect any Security Asset.

	9.3	 	Carry on business

	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.

	9.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

	9.5	 	Borrow money

	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.

	9.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.

	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
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	 	 	 	may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period which he thinks fit.

	9.7	 	Compromise

	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a creditor
of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.

	9.8	 	Legal actions

	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or proceedings
in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.

	9.9	 	Receipts

	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.

	9.10	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any Security
Asset.

	9.11	 	Delegation

	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.

	9.12	 	Lending

	 	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.

	9.13	 	Protection of assets

	 	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its business
to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.

	9.14	 	Other powers

	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers or
discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;

	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial owner
of that Security Asset; and

	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	10.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
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	 	 	 	Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed and this
Deed to apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent
permitted by applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party.

	 	(c)	 	The provisions of this Clause 10 shall take effect as and by way of variation
to the provisions of sections 106(3), 107 and 109 of the Act, which provisions as so
varied and extended shall be deemed incorporated in this Deed and as regards section
109 as if they related to a receiver of the Security Assets and not merely a receiver
of the income thereof.

	11.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis reimburse
any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15, 7.10, 11.03
and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 16.2 (Interest).

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in relation
to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this Deed, this
Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time may be
subject.

	12.	 	DELEGATION

	12.1	 	Power of Attorney

	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

	12.2	 	Terms

	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.

	12.3	 	Liability

	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.

	13.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES

	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

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	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);

	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;

	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or

	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting security in favour of the Collateral Agent (equivalent
to the security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of the Chargor
located in any jurisdiction outside Ireland.

	 	 	This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the Collateral
Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the making of
any filing or registration,
	 
	 	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	14.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor fails
to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security, irrevocably
and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its attorney to take any
action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The Chargor ratifies and
confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its appointment under this
Clause.

	15.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

	15.1	 	Continuing security

	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.

	15.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	(a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in part
on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be
restored on insolvency, liquidation, examinership or otherwise without limitation, the
liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be reinstated as if the
discharge or arrangement had not occurred.

	 	(b)	 	The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party may concede or compromise any
claim that any payment, security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or
restoration.

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	15.3	 	Waiver of defences

	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;

	 	(b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;

	 	(c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets
of, any person;

	 	(d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in
respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

	 	(e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution
or change in the members or status of any person;

	 	(f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document or
security; or

	 	(g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	15.4	 	Immediate recourse

	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security or
claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency, examinership,
winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or any other person
before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

	15.5	 	Appropriations

	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured
Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the
Chargor under this Deed:

	 	(a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or
received by the Collateral Agent or that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf) against those amounts; or

	 	(b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against
those amounts or otherwise; and

	 	(c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the Chargor‘s liability under this Deed.

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	15.6	 	Non-competition

	 	 	Unless:

	 	 	 
	 
	 	(a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or

	 	(b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or performance
by it under this Deed:

	 	(i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received
or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party or
its estate in competition with the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party
(or any trustee or agent on its behalf); or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution
or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise any right of
set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by
it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.

	15.7	 	Additional security

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party;

	 	(b)	 	No prior security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party (in
its capacity as such or otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this
Security.

	15.8	 	Delivery of documents

	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered such
to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Revolving
Credit Loan Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery
shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

	15.9	 	Security held by Chargor

	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The Chargor
will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the Collateral
Agent.

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	16.	 	MISCELLANEOUS

	16.1	 	Covenant to pay

	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the Credit
Agreement.

	16.2	 	Interest

	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated at the Default Rate.

	16.3	 	New Accounts

	 	(a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.

	 	(b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be treated
as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have received notice
of that charge or other interest.

	 	(c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	16.4	 	Time deposits

	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan Document
or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any Secured
Party within the Security Period when:

	 	(a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and

	 	(b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	16.5	 	Notice of assignment

	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a debt
owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan Document.

	17.	 	FINANCIAL COLLATERAL

	 	(a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this Deed
constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the purpose
of and as defined in the European Communities (Financial Collateral Arrangements)
Regulations 2004 (the “Regulations”) the Collateral Agent shall have

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	 	 	 	the right after this Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part
of that financial collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured
Obligations.

	 	(b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken into account
advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm of national
standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method of valuation
provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable method of
valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	18.	 	RELEASE

	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor or the Charged Company, take whatever
action is reasonably necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or
in part) from this Security provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted
by the Chargor over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the
Chargor shall take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement, including serving any notice thereunder. In addition, if the Collateral Agent is
authorised to release in whole or in part any Security Assets hereunder pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorised to release such Security
Assets under this Deed.

	19.	 	COUNTERPARTS

	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

	20.	 	NOTICES

	20.1	 	Communications in Writing

	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in writing
and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

	20.2	 	Addresses

	 	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a party to
this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address as set forth in the Credit Agreement
or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the relevant party may
notify to the Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if
a change is made by the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.

	20.3	 	Delivery

	(a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under
or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	(i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

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	 	(ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	(b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received by
the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the
department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details (or
any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for this
purpose).

	20.4	 	Notification of address and fax number

	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.

	20.5	 	English language

	 	(a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.

	 	(b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	(i)	 	in English; or

	 	(ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral Agent,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English
translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or
other official document.

	21.	 	THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS TRUSTEE

	 	(a)	 	This Deed is a Security Document (as defined in the Security Trust Deed). The
Collateral Agent is party to this Deed in its capacity as collateral agent and trustee
for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed. As between the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties the terms and conditions of the Security
Trust Deed which apply to the Collateral Agent under that agreement also apply to it as
Collateral Agent under this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	On the terms set out in the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed, the
Collateral Agent declares itself trustee of the security and other rights (including
but not limited to the benefit of the covenants contained herein), titles and interests
constituted by this Deed and of all monies, property and assets paid to the Collateral
Agent or to its order or held by the Collateral Agent or its nominee or received or
recovered by the Collateral Agent or its nominee pursuant to or in connection with this
Deed with effect from the date hereof to hold the same on trust for itself and each of
the Secured Parties absolutely in accordance with their entitlements under the Loan
Documents (save as may otherwise be agreed between the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties from time to time).

	 	(c)	 	All moneys received by the Collateral Agent shall be held by it upon trust for
itself and the Secured Parties according to their respective interests to apply the
same in accordance with Clause 10.

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	 	(d)	 	The rights, powers and discretions conferred on the Collateral Agent by this
Deed shall be supplemental to the Trustee Acts of Ireland and in addition to any which
may be vested in the Collateral Agent by the Loan Documents, general law or otherwise.

	 	(e)	 	Each of the Parties agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have only those
duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in this Deed or any other
Loan Document (and no others shall be implied).

	 	(f)	 	Where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Acts of Ireland and the
provisions of this Deed, the provisions of this Deed shall, to the extent allowed by
law, prevail.

	 	(g)	 	Any resignation or replacement of the Collateral Agent or any appointment of a
successor to the Collateral Agent shall take effect in accordance with the provisions
of the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed save that no resignation of the
Collateral Agent as trustee hereunder shall take effect unless at least one other
trustee has been appointed.

	 	(h)	 	Upon the occurrence of the Term Loan Release Date, the trusts set out in this
Deed shall be wound up. At that time the Collateral Agent shall, at the request of and
at the sole cost of the Chargor, release, without recourse or warranty, all of the
Security then held by it and the Collateral Agent shall be released from its
obligations under this Deed (save for those which arose prior to such winding-up).

	22.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed
are governed by the laws of Ireland.

	23.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	23.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	(a)	 	The Irish courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed.

	 	(b)	 	The Irish courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any
such dispute in connection with this Deed. The Chargor agrees not to argue to the
contrary and waives objection to those courts on the grounds of inconvenient forum or
otherwise in relation to proceedings in connection with this Deed.

	 	(c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	(i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	(d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include any
dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

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	23.2	 	Service of process

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor appoints the Charged Company (at its registered address for the
time being) as its agent under this Deed for service of process in any proceedings
before the Irish courts in connection with this Deed and will procure that the Charged
Company accepts such appointment.

	 	(b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of such
event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this purpose.

	 	(c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any process
will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.

	 	(d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	23.3	 	Waiver of immunity

	 	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(a)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that
no such claim is made on its behalf;

	 	(b)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and

	 	(c)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE

SECURITY ASSETS

CHARGED SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of Charged	 	Name of nominee (if

any) by whom shares	 	 	 	Number of shares	 
	Chargor	 	Company	 	are held	 	Class of shares held	 	held	 
	Novelis Europe
	 	Novelis Aluminium	 	 	 	Ordinary Shares of	 	 	647,590,006	 
	Holdings Limited
	 	Holding Company	 	 	 	€0.23626059 each	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Europe
	 	Novelis Aluminium	 	Novelis UK Limited	 	Ordinary Shares of	 	 	1	 
	Holdings Limited
	 	Holding Company	 	 	 	€0.23626059 each	 	 	 	 

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SIGNATORIES

THE CHARGOR

Executed as a Deed by

NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

	 	 	 
	acting through:

	 	Director

Witness:

Name:

Address:

Occupation:

THE COLLATERAL AGENT

Signed by:

Christopher Kelly Wall

Managing Director

(Authorised Signatory)

for and on behalf of

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent for and on

behalf of the Secured Parties

Witness:

Name:

Address:

Occupation:

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Execution Copy

Dated 17 December 2010

Between

NOVELIS UK LTD

as Chargor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

SHARE CHARGE

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE SECURITY INTERESTS GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS DEED AND THE EXERCISE OF
ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS
LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.,
NOVELIS UK LTD, NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848
CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA INC., NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS
LIMITED, NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, NOVELIS
PAE, S.A.S., NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., AV METALS INC. (“HOLDINGS”), NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT
LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR
THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS
DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES
THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS DEED, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.

McCann FitzGerald

Solicitors

Riverside One

Sir John Rogerson’s Quay

Dublin 2

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CONTENTS

	 	 	 
	Clause	 	Page
	1. Interpretation
	 	1
	2. Creation of Security
	 	5
	3. Representations and Warranties
	 	6
	4. Restrictions on Dealings
	 	7
	5. Covenants
	 	7
	6. When Security Becomes Enforceable
	 	10
	7. Enforcement of Security
	 	11
	8. Receiver
	 	12
	9. Powers of Receiver
	 	13
	10. Application of Proceeds
	 	15
	11. Taxes, Expenses and Indemnity
	 	15
	12. Delegation
	 	15
	13. Further Assurances
	 	16
	14. Power of Attorney
	 	16
	15. Preservation of Security
	 	17
	16. Miscellaneous
	 	19
	17. Financial Collateral
	 	20
	18. Release
	 	20
	19. Counterparts
	 	20
	20. Notices
	 	20
	21. The Collateral Agent as Trustee
	 	21
	22. Governing Law
	 	22
	23. Enforcement
	 	22
	Schedule — Security Assets
	 	24

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THIS DEED is dated 17 December 2010

BETWEEN:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS UK LTD a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (number 00279596)
and having its registered office at Latchford Locks Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington,
Cheshire, WA4 1NN (the “Chargor”); and
	 
	(2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (defined below)) (the “Collateral Agent”).

BACKGROUND:

	(A)	 	The Chargor enters into this Deed in connection with the Credit Agreement.
	 
	(B)	 	It is intended that this document takes effect as a deed notwithstanding the fact that a
party may only execute this document under hand.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions
	 
	 	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):
	 
	 	 	“Act” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.
	 
	 	 	“Charged Company” means Novelis Aluminium Holding Company, a company registered in Ireland
with company number 316911.
	 
	 	 	“Charged Shares” means all shares in the Charged Company from time to time issued to the
Chargor or held by any nominee on its behalf.
	 
	 	 	“Credit Agreement” means the term loan credit agreement dated on or about the date of
this Deed (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) between, amongst
others, Novelis Inc. as Borrower, AV METALS INC. as Holdings, the other Guarantors party
thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-Collateral Agent appointed by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver.
	 
	 	 	“Group” means the Chargor and its Affiliates from time to time.
	 
	 	 	“Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement dated on or about the date of
this Deed and entered into between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., the Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Nominee Shares” means each of the shares in the Charged Company specified in the Schedule
(Security Assets) and each other share in the Charged Company from time to time issued to
the Chargor and held by it as nominee for and on behalf of Novelis Europe Holdings Limited.
	 
	 	 	“Party” means a party to this Deed.

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	 	 	“Receiver” means a receiver and manager or a receiver, in each case, appointed under this
Deed and that term will include any appointee under a joint and/or several appointment.
	 
	 	 	“Related Rights” means in relation to any Charged Share:

	 	(a)	 	the proceeds of sale of the whole or any part of that asset or any monies and
proceeds paid or payable in respect of that asset;
	 
	 	(b)	 	all rights under any licence, agreement for sale, option or lease in respect of
that asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	all rights, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies, security
indemnities or covenants for title in respect of that asset.

	 	 	“Revolving Credit Collateral Agent” has the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Credit Loan Documents” has the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Revolving Credit Security Agreement” means the share charge dated on or about the date of
this Deed between the Chargor and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	 	 	“Security” means any Security Interest created, evidenced or conferred by or under this
Deed.
	 
	 	 	“Security Assets” means any and all assets of the Chargor that are the subject of this
Security.
	 
	 	 	“Security Interest” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (fixed or floating),
assignment, hypothecation, set-off or trust arrangement for the purpose of creating
security, reservation of title or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement
having a similar effect.
	 
	 	 	“Security Period” means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the Term
Loan Release Date.
	 
	 	 	“Security Trust Deed” means the Security Trust Deed dated on or about the date of this Deed
and entered into between, amongst others, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and
the Chargor.
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Release Date” has the meaning given to Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

	1.2	 	Construction

	 	(a)	 	In this Deed (including the Recitals):

	 	(i)	 	capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement or in the
Intercreditor Agreement have, unless expressly defined in this Deed, the same
meaning in this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	an “agreement” includes any legally binding arrangement,
agreement, contract, deed or instrument (in each case whether oral or written);

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	 	(iii)	 	an “amendment” includes any amendment, supplement, variation,
waiver, novation, modification, replacement or restatement (however
fundamental) and “amend” and “amended” shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	“assets” includes properties, assets, businesses, undertakings,
revenues and rights of every kind (including uncalled share capital), present
or future, actual or contingent, and any interest in any of the above;
	 
	 	(v)	 	a “consent” includes an authorisation, permit, approval,
consent, exemption, licence, order, filing, registration, recording,
notarisation, permission or waiver;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	references to an Event of Default being continuing means that
such Event of Default has occurred or arisen and has not been expressly waived
in writing by the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as appropriate);
	 
	 	(vii)	 	a “disposal” includes any sale, transfer, grant, lease,
licence or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary and “dispose” will
be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(viii)	 	“including” means including without limitation and “includes” and “included”
shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(ix)	 	“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as
principal, guarantor or surety and whether present or future, actual or
contingent) for the payment or repayment of money;
	 
	 	(x)	 	“losses” includes losses, actions, damages, payments, claims,
proceedings, costs, demands, expenses (including legal and other fees) and
liabilities of any kind and “loss” shall be construed accordingly;
	 
	 	(xi)	 	a “person” includes any individual, trust, firm, fund, company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, government, state or agency of a state
or any undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal
personality) or any two or more of the foregoing; and
	 
	 	(xii)	 	a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official
directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if
not having the force of law compliance with which is customary) of any
governmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.

	 	(b)	 	In this Deed, unless a contrary intention appears:

	 	(i)	 	a reference to any person includes a reference to that person’s
permitted successors, assignees and transferees and, in the case of the
Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, any person for the time being
appointed as Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent (as appropriate) in
accordance with the Loan Documents, and in the case of the Collateral Agent and
any Receiver, any Delegate of the Collateral Agent or Receiver (as
appropriate);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	references to Clauses, Subclauses and Schedules are references
to, respectively, clauses and subclauses of and schedules to this Deed and
references to this Deed include its schedules;

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	 	(iii)	 	a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any
agreement is to that agreement (or that provision) as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time;

	 	(iv)	 	a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or provision of
law is to that statute, statutory instrument or provision of law, as it may be
applied, amended or re-enacted from time to time;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the index to and the headings in this Deed are for convenience
only and are to be ignored in construing this Deed; and
	 
	 	(vi)	 	words imparting the singular include the plural and vice versa.

	 	(c)	 	The term clearance system means a person whose business is or includes the
provision of clearance services or security accounts or any nominee or depository for
that person.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any covenant of the Chargor under this Deed (other than a payment obligation)
remains in force during the Security Period and is given for the benefit of each
Secured Party.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Without prejudice to any other provision of this Deed, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to retain this Deed and not to release any of the Security Assets if
the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably, considers that an amount paid to a Secured
Party under a Loan Document is capable of being avoided or otherwise set aside on the
liquidation or examinership of the payer or otherwise, and any amount so paid will not
be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Security Asset or any
type or description of a Security Asset includes:

	 	(i)	 	any part of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any present and future assets of that type.

	 	(g)	 	Section 75 of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.

	1.3	 	Conflict with the provisions of this Deed
	 
	 	 	NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED
TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY,
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ARTICLE X THEREOF, SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL THE EXERCISE OF
REMEDIES BY COLLATERAL AGENT.
	 
	 	 	WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, IN THE EVENT OF A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS

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	 	 	DEED AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION OF
THE PARTIES HERETO THAT SUCH TERMS AND PROVISIONS IN SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE READ TOGETHER
AND CONSTRUED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO BE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY ACTUAL, IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED AS AFORESAID, THE TERMS
AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL AND GOVERN.

	2.	 	CREATION OF SECURITY
	 
	2.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	All this Security:

	 	(i)	 	is created in favour of the Collateral Agent as agent and
trustee for itself and the other Secured Parties;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	is security for the payment, discharge and performance of all
the Secured Obligations; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	is made by the Chargor as beneficial owner (save in respect of
the Nominee Shares where it is made by the Chargor as legal owner and at the
direction of the beneficial owner, Novelis Europe Holdings Limited).

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor hereby acknowledges that all assets, right, interests and benefits
which are now or in the future granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Clause
2 or otherwise mortgaged, charged, assigned or otherwise granted to it under this Deed
(or any other document in connection herewith) and all other rights, powers and
discretions granted to or conferred upon the Collateral Agent under this Deed or the
Loan Documents (or any other document in connection therewith) shall be held by the
Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of the Security Trust Deed and this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The fact that no or incomplete details of any Security Asset are inserted in
the Schedule (Security Assets) does not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Security.

	2.2	 	Charged Shares

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor, as beneficial owner (other than in respect of the Nominee Shares)
and, in respect of the Nominee Shares, as legal owner and at the direction of the
beneficial owner, Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, for the purpose of securing the due
and punctual payment of the Secured Obligations hereby charges:

	 	(i)	 	by way of a first legal mortgage the Charged Shares; this
includes any Charged Shares specified in the Schedule (Security Assets); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	(to the extent that they are not the subject of a mortgage
under sub-paragraph (i) above) by way of a first fixed charge its interest in
the Charged Shares.

	 	(b)	 	A reference in this Deed to any Charged Share includes:

	 	(i)	 	any dividend, interest or other distribution paid or payable;

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	 	(ii)	 	any right, money or property accruing, derived, incidental or
offered at any time by way of redemption, substitution, exchange, bonus or
preference, under option rights or otherwise;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any right against any clearance system;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any Related Rights; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	any right under any custodian or other agreement,

	 	 	 	in relation to that Charged Share.

	3.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	3.1	 	Nature of security
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:

	 	(a)	 	this Deed creates those Security Interests it purports to create (save that the
legal mortgage created in Clause 2.2(a)(i) will take effect in equity until such time
as the Collateral Agent exercises its discretion under Clause 5.1(b)) and is not liable
to be avoided or otherwise set aside on its liquidation or examinership or otherwise;
	 
	 	(b)	 	this Deed is its legal, valid and binding obligation and is enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms;
	 
	 	(c)	 	no authorisation, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either:

	 	(i)	 	the grant by the Chargor of the Security purported to be
created in favour of the Collateral Agent under this Deed; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies
in respect of the Security Assets (whether specifically granted or created
under this Deed or created or provided for by applicable law); and

	 	(d)	 	all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and
recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other
rights provided for in this Deed or the exercise of remedies in respect of the Security
Assets have been made or will be obtained within periods required to perfect the
Security as against any third party.

	3.2	 	Charged Shares
	 
	 	 	The Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
that:

	 	(a)	 	the Charged Shares are duly authorised, validly issued and fully paid;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Charged Shares are not subject to any Security Interest, any option to
purchase or similar right (in each case, other than as permitted by the Credit
Agreement);
	 
	 	(c)	 	it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Charged Shares (save for any
Nominee Shares or Charged Shares that are specified in the Schedule to this Deed as
being held

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	 	 	 	by a nominee on its behalf or transferred to the Collateral Agent or its nominee
pursuant to this Deed);
	 
	 	(d)	 	it is the sole legal owner of and Novelis Europe Holdings Limited is the sole
beneficial owner of the Nominee Shares;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Charged Company is a company incorporated with limited liability;
	 
	 	(f)	 	the constitutional documents of the Charged Company do not and could not
restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of this
Security; and
	 
	 	(g)	 	there are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of,
or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan
capital of the Charged Company (including any option or right of pre-emption or
conversion) (in each case, other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement).

	3.3	 	Times for making representations and warranties

	 	(a)	 	The representations and warranties set out in this Deed (including in this
Clause) are made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each representation and warranty under this Deed is deemed to be repeated by
the Chargor on each date during the Security Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	When a representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated, it is deemed to be
made by reference to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

	4.	 	RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not:

	 	(a)	 	create or permit to subsist any Security Interest on any of its assets; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether
related or not and whether voluntarily or involuntarily sell, lease, transfer, redeem
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets,

	 	 	unless permitted under the Credit Agreement.

	5.	 	COVENANTS
	 
	5.1	 	Certificated Charged Shares
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	deposit with the Collateral Agent, or as the Collateral Agent may direct, any
bearer instrument, share certificate or other document of title or evidence of
ownership in relation to any Charged Share; immediately in respect of any Charged Share
subject to this Security on the date of this Deed and thereafter, immediately following
the acquisition by, or the issue to, the Chargor of any certificated Charged Share
(unless the same is required for registering any transfer, in which case the Chargor
must deposit the same immediately after such registration is completed); and
	 
	 	(b)	 	immediately take any action and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent any
share transfer or other document which may be requested by the Collateral Agent in

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	 	 	 	order to enable the transferee to be registered as the owner or otherwise obtain a
legal title to that Charged Share; this includes:

	 	(i)	 	delivering executed and (unless exempt from stamp duty),
pre-stamped share transfers in favour of the Collateral Agent or any of its
nominees as transferee or, if the Collateral Agent so directs, with the
transferee left blank; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procuring that those share transfers are registered by the
Charged Company in which the Charged Shares are held in the share register of
the Charged Company and that share certificates in the name of the transferee
are delivered to the Collateral Agent.

	 	(c)	 	The Collateral Agent may, at any time, complete the instruments of transfer on
behalf of the Chargor in favour of itself or such other person as it shall select.

	5.2	 	Changes to rights
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not (except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement) take or allow the taking of any action on its behalf which may
result in the rights attaching to any of the Charged Shares being altered or further shares
being issued.
	 
	5.3	 	Calls

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must pay all calls and other payments due and payable in respect of
any of the Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may (at its discretion) pay
those calls or other payments on behalf of the Chargor. The Chargor must immediately on
request reimburse the Collateral Agent for any payment made by the Collateral Agent
under this Subclause and, pending reimbursement, that payment will constitute part of
the Secured Obligations.

	5.4	 	Other obligations in respect of Charged Shares

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must comply with all requests for information which is within its
knowledge and which it is required to comply with by law (including section 81 of the
Companies Act, 1990) or under the constitutional documents relating to any of the
Charged Shares. If the Chargor fails to do so, the Collateral Agent may elect to
provide any information which it may have on behalf of the Chargor.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must promptly supply a copy to the Collateral Agent of any
information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	It is acknowledged and agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Deed, the Chargor shall remain liable to observe and perform all of
the conditions and obligations assumed by it in respect of any of the Charged Shares.
	 
	 	(d)	 	No Secured Party will be required in any manner to:

	 	(i)	 	perform or fulfil any obligation of the Chargor;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	make any payment;

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	 	(iii)	 	make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any
payment received by it or the Chargor;

	 	(iv)	 	present or file any claim or take any other action to collect
or enforce the payment of any amount; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	take any action in connection with the taking up of any (or any
offer of any) stocks, shares, rights, monies or other property paid,
distributed, accruing or offered at any time by way of interest, dividend,
redemption, bonus, rights, preference, option, warrant or otherwise,

	 	 	 	in respect of any Charged Share.

	5.5	 	Voting rights

	 	(a)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, the Chargor may continue to exercise the voting rights, powers
and other rights in respect of the Charged Shares, provided that (x) it shall promptly
deliver copies of any minutes of shareholder meetings in respect of the Charged Shares
to the Collateral Agent if so requested by the Collateral Agent, and (y) it shall not
exercise such voting rights, powers and other rights in a manner which would result in,
or otherwise permit or agree to, (i) any variation of the rights attaching to or
conferred by any of the Charged Shares which the Collateral Agent considers prejudicial
to the interests of the Secured Parties or which conflict or derogate from any Loan
Documents or (ii) any increase in the issued share capital of the Charged Company (save
to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement), which in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent would prejudice the value of, or the ability of the Collateral Agent
to realise, the security created by this Deed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, if the relevant Charged Shares have been registered in the name
of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, the Collateral Agent (or that nominee) must
exercise the voting rights, powers and other rights in respect of the Charged Shares in
any manner which the Chargor may direct in writing. The Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will execute any form of proxy or other document which the Chargor may
reasonably require for this purpose.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of Default
is continuing, all dividends or other income or distributions paid or payable in
relation to any Charged Shares must be paid to the Chargor. To achieve this:

	 	(i)	 	the Collateral Agent or its nominee will promptly execute any
dividend mandate necessary to ensure that payment is made direct to the
Chargor;) or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if payment is made directly to the Collateral Agent (or its
nominee) before the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or at a time
when an Event of Default is not continuing, the Collateral Agent (or that
nominee) will promptly pay that amount to the Chargor.

	 	(d)	 	Unless and until the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or an Event of
Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall use its reasonable endeavours to
promptly forward to the Chargor all material notices, correspondence and/or other
communication it receives in relation to the Charged Shares.

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	 	(e)	 	Following the service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or for so long as an
Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent or its nominee may exercise or
refrain from exercising:

	 	(i)	 	any voting rights; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any other powers or rights which maybe exercised by the legal
or beneficial owner of any Charged Share, any person who is the holder of any
Charged Share or otherwise

	 	 	 	in each case, in the name of the Chargor, the registered holder or otherwise and
without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor and irrespective
of any direction given by the Chargor.
	 
	 	(f)	 	To the extent that the Charged Shares remain registered in the name of the
Chargor, the Chargor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent or its nominee as its
proxy to exercise all voting rights in respect of those Charged Shares following the
service of a notice by the Collateral Agent or for so long as an Event of Default is
continuing.
	 
	 	(g)	 	The Chargor must indemnify the Collateral Agent against any loss or liability
incurred by the Collateral Agent as a consequence of the Collateral Agent acting in
respect of the Charged Shares on the direction of the Chargor.

	5.6	 	Custodian arrangements
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must:

	 	(a)	 	promptly give notice of this Deed to any custodian of any Charged Share in any
form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the custodian acknowledges that notice
in any form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.

	6.	 	WHEN SECURITY BECOMES ENFORCEABLE
	 
	6.1	 	Powers and Rights of the Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding anything contained in this Deed, the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the
powers and rights conferred on it by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 10 of the
Act shall not be subject to any restriction on such exercise contained in section 96(1)(c)
of the Act.
	 
	6.2	 	Timing
	 
	 	 	This Security will become immediately enforceable if an Event of Default is continuing.
	 
	6.3	 	Enforcement
	 
	 	 	After this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute
discretion enforce all or any part of this Security in any manner it sees fit or as the
Administrative Agent may direct.

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	7.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
	 
	7.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	The power of sale and any other power conferred on a mortgagee by law
(including under the Act) as varied or amended by this Deed will be immediately
exercisable at any time after this Security has become enforceable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	For the purposes of all powers implied by law, the Secured Obligations are
deemed to have become due and payable on the date of this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any restriction imposed by law on the power of sale (including under sections
100 and 101 of the Act) or the right of a mortgagee to consolidate mortgages does not
apply to this Security. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent reserves the
right to consolidate mortgage securities without restriction.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The notification requirement contained in section 103(2) of the Act shall not
apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Chargor shall not take any action under section 94 of the Act in respect of
the Security Assets, this Deed or any monies, obligations and/or liabilities hereby
covenanted to be paid or discharged.

	7.2	 	No liability as mortgagee in possession

	 	(a)	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be liable, by reason of
entering into possession of a Security Asset:

	 	(i)	 	to account as mortgagee in possession or for any loss on
realisation; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	for any default or omission for which a mortgagee in possession
might be liable.

	 	(b)	 	The restrictions on taking possession of mortgaged property contained in
section 97 of the Act shall not apply to this Deed.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Section 99(1) of the Act shall not apply to this Deed and any obligations
imposed on mortgagees in possession or receivers by virtue of the application of
section 99(1) shall not apply to the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.

	7.3	 	Privileges
	 
	 	 	Each Receiver and the Collateral Agent is entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges and
immunities conferred by law (including the Act) on mortgagees and receivers duly appointed
under any law (including the Act).
	 
	7.4	 	Protection of third parties
	 
	 	 	No person (including a purchaser) dealing with the Collateral Agent or a Receiver or its or
his agents will be concerned to enquire:

	 	(a)	 	whether the Secured Obligations have become payable;
	 
	 	(b)	 	whether any power which the Collateral Agent or a Receiver is purporting to
exercise has become exercisable or is being properly exercised;

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	 	(c)	 	whether any money remains due under the Loan Documents; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or to that Receiver is to be
applied,

	 	 	and all the protection to purchasers contained in sections 104, 105 and 106(1) of the Act
shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver or the Collateral
Agent.

	7.5	 	Redemption of prior mortgages

	 	(a)	 	At any time after this Security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent
may:

	 	(i)	 	redeem any prior Security Interest against any Security Asset;
and/or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	procure the transfer of that Security Interest to itself;
and/or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee, chargee
or encumbrancer; any accounts so settled and passed will be, in the absence of
manifest error, conclusive and binding on the Chargor.

	 	(b)	 	The Chargor must pay to the Collateral Agent, immediately on demand, the costs
and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any such redemption
and/or transfer, including the payment of any principal or interest.

	7.6	 	Contingencies
	 
	 	 	If this Security is enforced at a time when no amount is due under the Loan Documents but at
a time when amounts may or will become due, the Collateral Agent (or the Receiver) may pay
the proceeds of any recoveries effected by it into such number of suspense accounts as it
considers appropriate.
	 
	8.	 	RECEIVER
	 
	8.1	 	Appointment of Receiver

	 	(a)	 	Except as provided below, the Collateral Agent may appoint any one or more
persons to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Security Assets if:

	 	(i)	 	this Security has become enforceable; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Chargor so requests the Collateral Agent in writing at any
time.

	 	(b)	 	Any appointment under paragraph (a) above may be by deed, under seal or in
writing under its hand.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Except as provided below, any restriction imposed by law on the right of a
mortgagee to appoint a Receiver (including any restriction under section 108(1) of the
Act) does not apply to this Deed.

	8.2	 	Removal
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand remove any Receiver appointed by it and
may, whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in the place of any Receiver whose
appointment may for any reason have terminated.

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	8.3	 	Remuneration
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent may fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it and any
maximum rate imposed by any law will not apply. Section 108(7) shall not apply to the
commission and/or remuneration of a Receiver appointed pursuant to this Deed.
	 
	8.4	 	Agent of the Chargor

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver will be deemed to be the agent of the Chargor for all purposes and
accordingly will be deemed to be in the same position as a Receiver duly appointed by a
mortgagee under the Act. The Chargor is solely responsible for the contracts,
engagements, acts, omissions, defaults and losses of a Receiver and for liabilities
incurred by a Receiver.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Secured Party will incur any liability (either to the Chargor or to any
other person) by reason of the appointment of a Receiver or for any other reason.

	8.5	 	Relationship with Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed
(either expressly or impliedly) or by law on a Receiver may after this Security becomes
enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to any Security Asset without
first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.
	 
	9.	 	POWERS OF RECEIVER
	 
	9.1	 	General

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver has all the rights, powers and discretions set out below in this
Clause in addition to those conferred on it by any law. This includes all the rights,
powers and discretions conferred on a receiver (or a receiver and manager) under the
Act (as amended and varied hereby).
	 
	 	(b)	 	If there is more than one Receiver holding office at the same time; each
Receiver may (unless the document appointing him states otherwise) exercise all the
powers conferred on a Receiver under this Deed individually and to the exclusion of any
other Receiver.

	9.2	 	Possession
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may take immediate possession of, get in and collect any Security Asset.
	 
	9.3	 	Carry on business
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may carry on any business of the Chargor in any manner he thinks fit.
	 
	9.4	 	Employees

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may appoint and discharge managers, officers, agents, accountants,
servants, workmen and others for the purposes of this Deed upon such terms as to
remuneration or otherwise as he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A Receiver may discharge any person appointed by the Chargor.

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	9.5	 	Borrow money
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may raise and borrow money either unsecured or on the security of any Security
Asset either in priority to this Security or otherwise and generally on any terms and for
whatever purpose which he thinks fit.
	 
	9.6	 	Sale of assets

	 	(a)	 	A Receiver may sell, exchange, convert into money and realise any Security
Asset by public auction or private contract and generally in any manner and on any
terms which he thinks fit.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The consideration for any such transaction may consist of cash, debentures or
other obligations, shares, stock or other valuable consideration and any such
consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over any period
which he thinks fit.

	9.7	 	Compromise
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claim,
account, dispute, question or demand with or by any person who is or claims to be a creditor
of the Chargor or relating in any way to any Security Asset.
	 
	9.8	 	Legal actions
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon any action, suit or proceedings
in relation to any Security Asset which he thinks fit.
	 
	9.9	 	Receipts
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may give a valid receipt for any moneys and execute any assurance or thing which
may be proper or desirable for realising any Security Asset.
	 
	9.10	 	Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may form a Subsidiary of the Chargor and transfer to that Subsidiary any Security
Asset.
	 
	9.11	 	Delegation
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may delegate his powers in accordance with this Deed.
	 
	9.12	 	Lending
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may lend money or advance credit to any customer of the Chargor.
	 
	9.13	 	Protection of assets
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may do any act which the Chargor might do in the ordinary conduct of its business
to protect or improve any Security Asset, in each case as he thinks fit.

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	9.14	 	Other powers
	 
	 	 	A Receiver may:

	 	(a)	 	do all other acts and things which he may consider desirable or necessary for
realising any Security Asset or incidental or conducive to any of the rights, powers or
discretions conferred on a Receiver under or by virtue of this Deed or by law;
	 
	 	(b)	 	exercise in relation to any Security Asset all the powers, authorities and
things which he would be capable of exercising if he were the absolute beneficial owner
of that Security Asset; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	use the name of the Chargor for any of the above purposes.

	10.	 	APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

	 	(a)	 	All moneys from time to time received or recovered by the Collateral Agent or
any Receiver in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or any part of
the Security shall be held by the Collateral Agent on trust for the Secured Parties
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Trust Deed and this
Deed to apply them at such times as the Collateral Agent sees fit, to the extent
permitted by applicable law (subject to the provisions of this Clause), in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Documents but subject always to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Clause does not prejudice the right of any Secured Party to recover any
shortfall from a Loan Party.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The provisions of this Clause 10 shall take effect as and by way of variation
to the provisions of sections 106(3), 107 and 109 of the Act, which provisions as so
varied and extended shall be deemed incorporated in this Deed and as regards section
109 as if they related to a receiver of the Security Assets and not merely a receiver
of the income thereof.

	11.	 	TAXES, EXPENSES AND INDEMNITY

	 	(a)	 	The Chargor must immediately on demand pay, or on an indemnity basis reimburse
any and all amounts for which it is liable under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.15, 7.10, 11.03
and 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any amount due but unpaid shall carry interest from the date of such demand
until so reimbursed at the rate and on the basis mentioned in Clause 16.2 (Interest).
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Chargor shall pay and within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Secured Party against any cost, liability or loss that Secured Party incurs in relation
to all stamp, registration, notarial and other Taxes or fees to which this Deed, this
Security or any judgment given in connection with them, is or at any time may be
subject.

	12.	 	DELEGATION
	 
	12.1	 	Power of Attorney
	 
	 	 	The Collateral Agent or any Receiver may delegate by power of attorney or in any other
manner to any person any right, power or discretion exercisable by it under this Deed.

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	12.2	 	Terms
	 
	 	 	Any such delegation may be made upon any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver may think fit.
	 
	12.3	 	Liability
	 
	 	 	Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Receiver will be in any way liable or responsible to
the Chargor for any loss or liability arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct
on the part of any Delegate.
	 
	13.	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must, at its own expense, take whatever action the .Collateral Agent
or a Receiver may, acting reasonably, require for:

	 	(a)	 	creating, perfecting or protecting any security intended to be created by or
pursuant to this Deed (including procuring that any third party creates a Security
Interest in favour of the Collateral Agent over any Security Asset to which it holds
the legal title as trustee, nominee or agent);
	 
	 	(b)	 	facilitating the realisation of any Security Asset;
	 
	 	(c)	 	facilitating the exercise of any right, power or discretion exercisable by the
Collateral Agent or any Receiver in respect of any Security Asset; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	creating and perfecting security in favour of the Collateral Agent (equivalent
to the security intended to be created by this Deed) over any assets of the Chargor
located in any jurisdiction outside Ireland.

	 	 	  This includes:

	 	(i)	 	the re-execution of this Deed;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the execution of any legal mortgage, charge, transfer,
conveyance, assignment or assurance of any property, whether to the Collateral
Agent or to its nominee; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the giving of any notice, order or direction and the making of
any filing or registration,

	 	 	 	which, in any such case, the Collateral Agent may think expedient.

	14.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing or if the Chargor fails
to comply with an obligation under this Deed, the Chargor, by way of security, irrevocably
and severally appoints the Collateral Agent and each Receiver to be its attorney to take any
action which the Chargor is obliged to take under this Deed. The Chargor ratifies and
confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its appointment under this
Clause.

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	15.	 	PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
	 
	15.1	 	Continuing security
	 
	 	 	This Security is a continuing security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the
Secured Obligations, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.
	 
	15.2	 	Reinstatement

	 	  (a)	 	If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of the Chargor or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in part
on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be
restored on insolvency, liquidation, examinership or otherwise without limitation, the
liability of the Chargor under this Deed will continue or be reinstated as if the
discharge or arrangement had not occurred.
	 
	 	  (b)	 	The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party may concede or compromise any
claim that any payment, security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or
restoration.

	15.3	 	Waiver of defences
	 
	 	 	The obligations of the Chargor under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission or
thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its
obligations under this Deed (whether or not known to it or any Secured Party). This
includes:

	 	  (a)	 	any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
	 
	 	  (b)	 	any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
	 
	 	  (c)	 	the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets
of, any person;
	 
	 	  (d)	 	any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in
respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
	 
	 	  (e)	 	any incapacity lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution
or change in the members or status of any person;
	 
	 	  (f)	 	any amendment (however fundamental) of a Loan Document or any other document or
security; or
	 
	 	  (g)	 	any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any
obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security or
the failure by any member of the Group to enter into or be bound by any Loan Document.

	15.4	 	Immediate recourse
	 
	 	 	The Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security or
claim payment from any person or file any proof or claim in any insolvency, examinership,
winding-up or liquidation proceedings relative to any other Loan Party or any other person
before claiming from the Chargor under this Deed.

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	15.5	 	Appropriations
	 
	 	 	Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured
Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of the
Chargor under this Deed:

	 	  (a)	 	refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or
received by the Collateral Agent or that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf) against those amounts; or
	 
	 	  (b)	 	apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against
those amounts or otherwise; and
	 
	 	  (c)	 	hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from the
Chargor or on account of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed.

	15.6	 	Non-competition
	 
	 	 	  Unless:

	 	  (a)	 	all amounts which may be or become payable by the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
	 
	 	  (b)	 	the Collateral Agent otherwise directs,

	 	 	  the Chargor will not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or performance
by it under this Deed:

	 	  (i)	 	be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received
or receivable by any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf);
	 
	 	  (ii)	 	be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in
respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor’s
liability under this Clause;
	 
	 	  (iii)	 	claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Loan Party or
its estate in competition with the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party
(or any trustee or agent on its behalf); or
	 
	 	  (iv)	 	receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution
or security from or on account of any Loan Party, or exercise any right of
set-off as against any Loan Party.

	 	 	The Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by
it contrary to this Clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral
Agent under this Clause.
	 
	15.7	 	Additional security

	 	  (a)	 	This Deed is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
security now or subsequently held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party;

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	 	  (b)	 	No prior security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party (in
its capacity as such or otherwise) over any Security Asset will merge into this
Security.

	15.8	 	Delivery of documents
	 
	 	 	To the extent the Chargor is required hereunder to deliver any deed, certificate, document
of title or other document relating to the Security to the Collateral Agent for purposes of
possession or control and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered such
to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Revolving
Credit Loan Documents, the Chargor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery
shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.
	 
	15.9	 	Security held by Chargor
	 
	 	 	The Chargor may not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, hold any security
from any other Loan Party in respect of the Chargor’s liability under this Deed. The Chargor
will hold any security held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	16.	 	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	16.1	 	Covenant to pay
	 
	 	 	The Chargor must pay or discharge the Secured Obligations in the manner provided for in the
Loan Documents, including any liability in respect of further advances made under the Credit
Agreement.
	 
	16.2	 	Interest
	 
	 	 	If the Chargor fails to pay any sums on the due date for payment of that sum the Chargor
shall pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment and to the extent interest at
a default rate is not otherwise being paid on that sum) from the date of demand until the
date of payment calculated at the Default Rate.
	 
	16.3	 	New Accounts

	 	  (a)	 	If any subsequent charge or other interest affects any Security Asset, any
Secured Party may open a new account with any Loan Party.
	 
	 	  (b)	 	If a Secured Party does not open a new account, it will nevertheless be treated
as if it had done so at the time when it received or was deemed to have received notice
of that charge or other interest.
	 
	 	  (c)	 	As from that time all payments made to that Secured Party will be credited or
be treated as having been credited to the new account and will not operate to reduce
any Secured Obligation.

	16.4	 	Time deposits
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to any right of set-off any Secured Party may have under any Loan Document
or otherwise, if any time deposit matures on any account the Chargor has with any Secured
Party within the Security Period when:

	 	  (a)	 	this Security has become enforceable; and
	 
	 	  (b)	 	no Secured Obligation is due and payable,

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	 	 	that time deposit will automatically be renewed for any further maturity which that Secured
Party in its absolute discretion considers appropriate unless that Secured Party otherwise
agrees in writing.

	16.5	 	Notice of assignment
	 
	 	 	This Deed constitutes notice in writing to the Chargor of any charge or assignment of a debt
owed by the Chargor to any other member of the Group and contained in any Loan Document.
	 
	17.	 	FINANCIAL COLLATERAL

	 	  (a)	 	To the extent that the assets mortgaged or charged under this Deed constitute
“financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor under this Deed
constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case for the purpose
of and as defined in the European Communities (Financial Collateral Arrangements)
Regulations 2004 (the “Regulations”) the Collateral Agent shall have the right after
this Security has become enforceable to appropriate all or any part of that financial
collateral in or towards the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	 	  (b)	 	For the purpose of paragraph (a) above, the value of the financial collateral
appropriated shall be (i) in the case of cash, the amount standing to the credit of
each of the Security Accounts, together with any accrued but unposted interest, at the
time the right of appropriation is exercised; and (ii) in the case of any other asset,
such amount as the Collateral Agent reasonable determines having taken into account
advice obtained by it from an independent investment or accountancy firm of national
standing selected by it. In each case, the parties agree that the method of valuation
provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable method of
valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

	18.	 	RELEASE
	 
	 	 	At the end of the Security Period (or as required under the Loan Documents), the Collateral
Agent must, at the request and cost of the Chargor or the Charged Company, take whatever
action is reasonably necessary to release the relevant Security Assets (whether in whole or
in part) from this Security, provided that to the extent that any Security Interests granted
by the Chargor over the Term Loan Priority Collateral are released under this Clause, the
Chargor shall take whatever action is required under the Revolving Credit Security
Agreement, including serving any notice thereunder. In addition, if the Collateral Agent is
authorised to release in whole or in part any Security Assets hereunder pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent is authorised to release such Security
Assets under this Deed.
	 
	19.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of those counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	20.	 	NOTICES
	 
	20.1	 	Communications in Writing
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in writing
and, unless otherwise stated, shall be made by fax or letter.

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	20.2	 	Addresses
	 
	 	 	Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a party to
this Deed shall be sent to the relevant party’s address as set forth in the Credit Agreement
or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the relevant party may
notify to the Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent may notify to the other parties, if
a change is made by the Collateral Agent) by not less than five business days’ notice.
	 
	20.3	 	Delivery

	 	  (a)	 	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under
or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

	 	  (i)	 	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
	 
	 	  (ii)	 	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or, as the case may be, five days after being deposited in the post
postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

	 	  (b)	 	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with this Deed shall be effective only when actually received by
the Collateral Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the
department or officer identified with the Collateral Agent’s communication details (or
any substitute department or officer as the Collateral Agent shall specify for this
purpose).

	20.4	 	Notification of address and fax number
	 
	 	 	Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number,
the Collateral Agent shall notify the other parties.
	 
	20.5	 	English language

	 	  (a)	 	Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.
	 
	 	  (b)	 	All other documents provided under or in connection with this Deed must be:

	 	  (i)	 	in English; or
	 
	 	  (ii)	 	if not in English, and if so required by the Collateral Agent,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English
translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or
other official document.

	21.	 	THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS TRUSTEE

	 	  (a)	 	This Deed is a Security Document (as defined in the Security Trust Deed). The
Collateral Agent is party to this Deed in its capacity as collateral agent and trustee
for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed. As between the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties the terms and conditions of the Security
Trust Deed which apply to the Collateral Agent under that agreement also apply to it as
Collateral Agent under this Deed.

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	 	  (b)	 	On the terms set out in the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed, the
Collateral Agent declares itself trustee of the security and other rights (including
but not limited to the benefit of the covenants contained herein), titles and interests
constituted by this Deed and of all monies, property and assets paid to the Collateral
Agent or to its order or held by the Collateral Agent or its nominee or received or
recovered by the Collateral Agent or its nominee pursuant to or in connection with this
Deed with effect from the date hereof to hold the same on trust for itself and each of
the Secured Parties absolutely in accordance with their entitlements under the Loan
Documents (save as may otherwise be agreed between the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties from time to time).
	 
	 	  (c)	 	All moneys received by the Collateral Agent shall be held by it upon trust for
itself and the Secured Parties according to their respective interests to apply the
same in accordance with Clause 10.
	 
	 	  (d)	 	The rights, powers and discretions conferred on the Collateral Agent by this
Deed shall be supplemental to the Trustee Acts of Ireland and in addition to any which
may be vested in the Collateral Agent by the Loan Documents, general law or otherwise.
	 
	 	  (e)	 	Each of the Parties agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have only those
duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in this Deed or any other
Loan Document (and no others shall be implied).
	 
	 	  (f)	 	Where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Acts of Ireland and the
provisions of this Deed, the provisions of this Deed shall, to the extent allowed by
law, prevail.
	 
	 	  (g)	 	Any resignation or replacement of the Collateral Agent or any appointment of a
successor to the Collateral Agent shall take effect in accordance with the provisions
of the Credit Agreement and the Security Trust Deed save that no resignation of the
Collateral Agent as trustee hereunder shall take effect unless at least one other
trustee has been appointed.
	 
	 	  (h)	 	Upon the occurrence of the Term Loan Release Date, the trusts set out in this
Deed shall be wound up. At that time the Collateral Agent shall, at the request of and
at the sole cost of the Chargor, release, without recourse or warranty, all of the
Security then held by it and the Collateral Agent shall be released from its
obligations under this Deed (save for those which arose prior to such winding-up).

	22.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed
are governed by the laws of Ireland.
	 
	23.	 	ENFORCEMENT
	 
	23.1	 	Jurisdiction

	 	  (a)	 	The Irish courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in
connection with this Deed.
	 
	 	  (b)	 	The Irish courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any
such dispute in connection with this Deed. The Chargor agrees not to argue to the
contrary

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	 	 	 	and waives objection to those courts on the grounds of inconvenient forum or
otherwise in relation to proceedings in connection with this Deed.

	 	  (c)	 	This Clause is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only. To the extent
allowed by law, a Secured Party may take:

	 	  (i)	 	proceedings in any other court; and
	 
	 	  (ii)	 	concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

	 	  (d)	 	References in this Clause to a dispute in connection with this Deed include any
dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of this Deed.

	23.2	 	Service of process

	 	  (a)	 	The Chargor appoints the Charged Company (at its registered address for the
time being) as its agent under this Deed for service of process in any proceedings
before the Irish courts in connection with this Deed and will procure that the Charged
Company accepts such appointment.
	 
	 	  (b)	 	If any person appointed as process agent under this Clause is unable for any
reason to so act, the Chargor must immediately (and in any event within 14 days of such
event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
Failing this, the Collateral Agent may appoint another process agent for this purpose.
	 
	 	  (c)	 	The Chargor agrees that failure by a process agent to notify it of any process
will not invalidate the relevant proceedings.
	 
	 	  (d)	 	This Subclause does not affect any other method of service allowed by law.

	23.3	 	Waiver of immunity
	 
	 	 	The Chargor irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	  (a)	 	agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party against it in relation to this Deed and to ensure that
no such claim is made on its behalf;
	 
	 	  (b)	 	consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with those proceedings; and
	 
	 	  (c)	 	waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.

This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this
Deed.

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SCHEDULE

SECURITY ASSETS

CHARGED SHARES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Name of nominee (if	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of Charged	 	any) by whom shares	 	 	 	Number of shares
	Chargor	 	Company	 	are held	 	Class of shares held	 	held
	Novelis UK Ltd (as nominee of Novelis Europe
Holdings Limited)
	 	Novelis Aluminium Holding Company	 	 	 	Ordinary Shares of €0.23626059 each	 	1

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SIGNATORIES

THE CHARGOR

Executed as a Deed by

NOVELIS UK LTD

	 	 	 

	acting through:

	 	Director

Witness:

Name:

Address:

Occupation:

THE COLLATERAL AGENT

Signed by:

Christopher Kelly Wall

Managing Director

(Authorised Signatory)

for and on behalf of

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent for and on

behalf of the Secured Parties

Witness:

Name:

Address:

Occupation:

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Exhibit M – 7

Execution version

EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY PLEDGE AGREEMENT

This Equipment and Inventory Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Pledgor” or “Novelis do
Brasil”); and

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
28255, enrolled with the National Registry of Legal Entities of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF)
under No. 05.781.553/0001-42, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement (as defined below), hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to
as “Bank of America” or the “Collateral Agent”, and together with the Pledgor, hereinafter referred
to as the “Parties”).

WHEREAS:

A) The Collateral Agent and the Pledgor, as a guarantor, have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) among inter alios the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement);

B) Borrower has requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrower to finance the mutual
and collective business enterprise of the Loan Parties. Lenders are willing to provide the credit
facility on the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

C) As a member of the same economic group of the Borrower, the Pledgor shall receive substantial
direct and indirect economic and non-economic benefits from the facilities made available in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement and it is in the corporate interest of the Pledgor to enter into this
Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the Parties hereto agree to enter
into this Agreement, which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions:

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Section I — Definitions

1.1. Capitalised terms used in this Agreement, including the recitals hereto, and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, unless a
contrary indication appears.

1.2. Any references to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as references to
the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties.

1.3. Any references to a Person in this Agreement shall include its successors and assigns.

1.4. Any references to a document is a reference to that document as amended, restated, novated
and/or supplemented through the time such reference becomes effective.

1.5. All references to sections and exhibits in this Agreement are references to sections and
exhibits of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Section II — Purpose of the Pledge

2.1. The pledge hereunder is created in order to secure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, the Secured Obligations.

2.2 For the purposes of Section 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of Secured
Obligations are those described in Exhibit 1 hereto. In the event of any conflict between the
language of Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
govern and control.

Section III — Creation of the Pledge

3.1. Pledgor hereby irrevocably grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, all fixed assets and all inventory located in all locations set forth in Exhibit 2
hereto (“Places of Business”). The fixed assets and inventory are duly described and identified in
Exhibit 3 hereto (collectively, the “Pledged Assets”).

3.2. Under the terms of Article 1,452, sole paragraph, of the Brazilian Civil Code, the Pledgor is
ensured the right to maintain possession of the Pledged Assets, being responsible, however, for
their conservation and maintenance.

Section IV - Restriction on Transfers and Encumbrances

4.1. Except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
Pledged Assets may not be assigned, sold or in any other way transferred by Pledgor or by any other
means whatsoever become subject to any liens or encumbrances, until the termination of this
Agreement, pursuant to Section 14 below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties, shall release any Pledged Assets if so requested by Pledgor, for
purposes of

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allowing the latter to effect an asset sale permitted under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, with
due observance of the provisions contained therein.

Section V - Registration

5.1. Pledgor shall, within 30 (thirty) days after the execution of this Agreement or any amendment
hereto entered into with respect to Section 11 below, register this Agreement, or any such
amendment, as applicable, together with its relevant sworn translation into the Portuguese
language, with the competent Registries of Real Estate of the Cities where the Pledged Assets are
located (Cartórios de Registro de Imóveis), and provide promptly thereafter evidence of any such
registrations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All expenses
incurred in connection with such sworn public translation and with such registrations shall be paid
by the Pledgor.

Section VI — Representations and Warranties

6.1 The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

	(a)	 	it has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to comply with and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, as well as it has taken all necessary corporate
acts to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the creation of the pledge in accordance
with the terms set forth herein;

	(b)	 	this Agreement constitutes its valid obligation, legally binding upon it and enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights
generally;

	(c)	 	the security interest created hereby will, upon completion of the registrations required by
Section 5 hereof, constitute, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below), a
priority, legal, valid and effective security interest against any third parties on the
Pledged Assets, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions, except as enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to creditors’ rights generally; provided, however, that any security interest to be
created hereby on any Pledged Asset which has not been acquired or received by Pledgor until
the date hereof, shall be deemed to have been created, perfected and to be in full force only
(x) after such Pledged Asset is acquired or received by Pledgor, and (y) on the date when the
lien therein has been registered as provided in Section 5 hereof;

	(d)	 	the execution, performance and granting of the security interest created hereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of Pledgor and do not (i)
violate any provision of any charter or other organizational documents of Pledgor, (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute) a default under, or, except for consents and approvals that
have been obtained and are in full force and effect, require the approval or consent of any
person pursuant to, any material contractual obligation of Pledgor, or

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	 	 	violate any applicable law binding on Pledgor, or (iii) result in the creation or
imposition of any lien upon any asset of Pledgor or any income or profits thereof, except
as provided for in the next item;

	(e)	 	Pledgor is the legal owner of the Pledged Assets, which are free from any liens other than
(i) those contemplated herein; (ii) those created under the Equipment and Inventory Pledge
Agreement entered into by and between Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, and Novelis do Brasil Ltda., as of the same date hereof (the
“Revolving Credit Equipment and Inventory Pledge”); (iii) liens eventually created by
operation of law or judicial proceedings in the future; (iv) those created by judicial
proceedings as listed in Exhibit 6 hereto; and (v) Permitted Liens;
	 
	(f)	 	the Pledged Assets are within full disposition and control of Pledgor; and

	(g)	 	except as contemplated herein or in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor has not sold or
granted any preemptive rights or agreed to sell or grant any preemptive right or otherwise
disposed of or agreed to dispose of the benefit of all or any of its rights, title and
interest in and to all or any part of the Pledged Assets.

VII — Covenants

7.1. Pledgor covenants with Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, that until
termination of this Agreement, in accordance with Section 14:

	(a)	 	to the extent required by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it shall, each and every six (6)
month period, until termination of this Agreement (the first six month period counting from
the date hereof), enter into an amendment to this Agreement in order to extend the pledge
created hereunder to any equipment, inventory, spare parts, supplies or other tangible
personal property (the “Additional Assets”) acquired by the Pledgor during such six (6) months
period, such amendment to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 5 hereto
(“Amendment”) (which shall then be subject to all terms and conditions provided herein),
provided, however, that such pledge over the inventory and supplies do not impair the regular
operations of Pledgor. Pledgor shall provide the Collateral Agent with evidence of the
registration of each such Amendment with the appropriate Registries of Real Estate in Brazil
(Cartórios de Registro de Imóveis) within 10 (ten) business days after the effective
registration of such Amendment. Pledgor shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with
such registrations;

	(b)	 	Pledgor will, at its sole cost and expense, make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such
further acts, deeds, conveyances, agreements, assignments, notices of assignment and
additional transfers as the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall from time
to time reasonably request, which may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties to assure, perfect, assign or transfer to
the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties the security interest and the rights
created, transferred or assigned hereunder. All reasonable costs and expenses in connection
with the granting and maintenance of the security interests hereunder, including reasonable
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	 	 	connection with the grant, registration, perfection, maintenance or continuity of the
security interests hereunder or the preparation, execution or registration of documents and
any other acts which the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties may reasonably
incur in connection with the granting, registration, perfection, maintenance or continuity
of such security interest, shall be paid by Pledgor promptly upon demand. Pledgor will not,
and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement which may impair
their ability to comply with, or which may prohibit them from complying with, the
provisions hereof;

	(c)	 	as a means of complying with the obligations set forth herein, it shall, on the date hereof,
execute and deliver irrevocably and irreversibly, as a condition precedent to this Agreement,
in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian Civil Code, to the Collateral Agent (as
representative of the Secured Parties), and to each successor as necessary, a power of
attorney, substantially in the form of Exhibit 4 hereto, to ensure that the Collateral Agent
or such successor has all powers to carry out the acts and rights specified herein, and shall
maintain such power of attorney in full force and effect until the Discharge of Term Loan
Credit Secured Obligations; and

	(d)	 	it shall, upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, as may be evidenced by
written notice from the Collateral Agent to Pledgor (irrespective of any notice to the
contrary by any other third party), comply with all written instructions received by it from
the Collateral Agent in connection with the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the remedies
set forth in Section 9 hereof.

VIII — Records and Inspection

8.1. Pledgor shall cause to be kept accurate and complete records of the Pledged Assets at its
headquarters. Pursuant to the provision of Article 1,450 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the
Collateral Agent and its employees and agents shall have the right, at all times during Pledgor’s
normal business hours and after delivery of a 5-day prior written notification to Pledgor, to (a)
inspect and verify the quality, quantity, value and condition of, or any other matter relating to
the Pledged Assets, (b) inspect all records relating thereto and to make (or require Pledgor to
provide) copies of such records, and (c) enter all premises in which any of the Pledged Assets are
located. In the case of Pledged Assets which are in the possession of a third party, the Collateral
Agent may, after delivery of a 5-day prior written notification, during the existence of an Event
of Default, contact such third party for the purpose of making any such inspection and
verification.

IX — Rights and Powers of the Collateral Agent Upon an Event of Default; Remedies

9.1. Without prejudice to any of the foregoing provisions and the possibility of judicial
enforcement of this Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to instruct Pledgor in writing to deliver the
Pledged Assets or any part thereof to the Secured Parties (directly or through the Collateral
Agent) at any place or places designated by the Collateral Agent and is hereby and by means of the
power of attorney referred to in Section 7.1(c) hereof, irrevocably and irreversibly entitled to
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receive and/or realize upon the Pledged Assets (or any part thereof), and forthwith sell or assign,
give option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of the Pledged Assets or any part thereof,
at such price and upon such terms and conditions as it may (acting reasonably) deem appropriate,
which shall be compatible with the conditions for the negotiation in equivalent conditions in an
extra-judicial sale to be executed by the Collateral Agent, which conditions are hereby accepted,
as of the date hereof, by the Parties as sufficient for the validity and effectiveness of such
extra-judicial sale, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 1,433, Item IV and
Article 1,435, Item V of the Brazilian Civil Code, and apply the proceeds thus received for payment
of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement. Any notice given by the Collateral Agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or has ceased shall be conclusive as against Pledgor and all other third Parties, absent
manifest error. Without limitation of other rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuation
of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to instruct any third Parties to
make payments required by such Pledged Assets directly to the Secured Parties or the Collateral
Agent, as instructed by the Collateral Agent, to be applied for the payment of the Secured
Obligations as provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
undertaking to return to Pledgor any amounts in excess of the Secured Obligations.

X — Use of Proceeds

10.1. Any amounts received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or under the
powers hereby conferred shall, after an Event of Default, be applied by the Collateral Agent as
representative of the Secured Parties for payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, and in any case, upon the
Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations, any amounts in excess of the Secured Obligations
shall be returned to the Pledgor.

XI — Amendments with Respect to the Secured Obligations

11.1. Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder, and the Pledged Assets shall remain subject to the
pledge granted hereby, at all times until termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 14
hereof, without limitation and without any reservation of rights against Pledgor, and whether
notice is given to Pledgor or not, irrespective of whether:

	(a)	 	the liability of Pledgor or any other third party upon or for any part of the Secured
Obligations, or any security or guarantee or right of set-off with respect thereto is, from
time to time, in whole or in part, renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Secured Parties;

	(b)	 	the Term Loan Credit Agreement is amended, modified or supplemented, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms of such agreement; and

	(c)	 	any guaranty or right of set-off at any time held by the Secured Parties (directly or through
the Collateral Agent) for the payment of the Secured Obligations are sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released.

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XII — No Obligation to Protect the Pledged Assets

12.1. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Parties shall have any obligation towards
Pledgor to protect, secure, perfect or insure any other lien at any time held by them as security
for the Secured Obligations or any property subject thereto.

XIII — Pursuit of Rights and Remedies Against Pledgor

13.1. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against Pledgor, the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against any third party or against any guaranty of the Secured Obligations
or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties to pursue such rights or remedies or to collect any payments from such third
party or to realize upon any such securities or guaranties or to exercise any such right of
set-off, or any release of such third parties or of any such securities, guaranties or right of
set-off, shall not relieve Pledgor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties.

XIV — Termination and Release

14.1. Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), then, and only then, shall this Agreement and the security interests and lien created
hereby be released and this Agreement shall terminate, at Pledgor’s expense; otherwise, this
Agreement and the pledge created hereby shall remain in full force and effect.

14.2. No release of this Agreement or of the lien created and evidenced hereby shall be valid
unless executed by the Collateral Agent.

14.3. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall, at Pledgor’s request, at
Pledgor’s expense, execute and/or enter into with Pledgor (and the Secured Parties herein grant to
the Collateral Agent the powers to accomplish it), all documents reasonably required to evidence
the release and the discharge of the security interest and lien created hereby.

XV — Waivers and Amendments

15.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment of any
provision of this Agreement (including any waiver or consent relating thereto) shall be effective
unless it shall be made by means of a written and signed consent by the Collateral Agent, acting on
the instructions of the Administrative Agent.

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XVI — Severability

16.1. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of such provision, and shall not affect any other provisions hereof.

XVII — Authority of the Collateral Agent

17.1. Pledgor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise
by the Collateral Agent of any option, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for
herein or resulting from this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties, be governed by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined
below) and by other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but,
as between the Collateral Agent and Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to
be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, with full and valid authority so to act or
refrain from acting, and Pledgor shall be under no entitlement to make any inquiry with respect to
such authority.

XVIII — Complete Agreement; Successors and Assigns

18.1. This Agreement, together with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
is intended by the Parties as the final expression of their agreement regarding the subject matter
hereof and as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions of such agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, inuring to the benefit of all of them.

18.2. Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent may assign and transfer all of its rights and obligations hereunder to a
replacement Collateral Agent, appointed in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement. Upon such assignment and transfer taking effect, the replacement Collateral Agent shall
be deemed to be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, for the purposes of this
Agreement, in place of the former Collateral Agent.

XIX — Assignment and/or Transfer of the Term Loan Credit Agreement

19.1 In the event of the assignment, transfer and/or novation of the credits of the Secured Parties
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall remain obligated under the terms of this
Agreement and the Pledged Assets shall remain subject to the security interest hereby created in
favor of the Secured Parties, until the termination in full of this Agreement, in accordance with
Section 14, provided that it is notified of the assignment and/or transfer by the Collateral Agent.
Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that such notification will be under the terms, as the case may be,
of the requirements of the notification of Article 290 of the Brazilian Civil Code.

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XX — Waiver of Immunity

20.1 To the extent that Pledgor has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may acquire, for
itself or for any of the Pledged Assets, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction of any court or from
any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in
aid of execution, or otherwise), with respect to itself or its properties, Pledgor hereby
irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.

Section XXI —No Duty on Collateral Agent’s Part

21.1. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral
Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Pledged Assets and shall not impose any duty on
the Collateral Agent to exercise such powers or on the Secured Parties to cause the Collateral
Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that
it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent
nor any Secured Parties nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall
be held responsible by Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder except to the extent
otherwise provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement or under Brazilian Law.

Section XXII — Notices

22.1. Any communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made or delivered to
the following addresses or fax numbers, or to such other address or fax number as may be notified
by the relevant party to the other party in writing:

To Pledgor:

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551 — 15th floor

Torre Empresarial World Trade Center

São Paulo — SP, Brasil

04578-000

Telefax: 55 11 5503-0714

Attention: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida

To the Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Attention: Account Officer

Telecopier No.: 415-503-5011

22.2. Each party undertakes to notify the other party of any change of address.

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Section XXIII — Governing Law

23.1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Section XXIV — Jurisdiction

24.1. The Parties hereto elect the courts of the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo to resolve
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Section XXV — Specific Performance

25.1. The Parties agree and acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes a “título executivo
extrajudicial” pursuant to Article 585, item III of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure and
grants to each Party the right to seek specific performance in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure, including, without limitation, Articles 461,
632 and 466-B without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent
under applicable law.

Section XXVI — Construction

26.1. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the
event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy
by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, among Novelis Inc.,
Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc.,
Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, Novelis Corporation, Novelis PAE Corporation, Novelis Brand LLC,
Novelis South America Holdings LLC, Aluminum Upstream Holdings LLC, Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, Novelis UK Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG, Novelis
Switzerland SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil Ltda.,
Novelis Luxembourg S.A., Novelis PAE, Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc. (“Holdings”),
the other Subsidiaries Of Holdings or Novelis Inc. from time to time party thereto, Bank of
America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and as Term Loan Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound
thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
govern and control.

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Section XXVII — Taxes, Charges and Expenses

27.1. Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees),
including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with, the Pledge,
this Agreement, the execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement, on whomsoever
imposed, shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Pledgor, unless otherwise provided for in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement. If this Agreement is enforced, the Pledgor shall make such additional
payments to the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent is put in the same net-after tax
position that the Collateral Agent would have obtained absent the enforcement of this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Section XXVIII — Other Provisions

28.1. If the Pledgor makes a payment hereunder that is subject to withholding tax, the Pledgor
shall increase the amount of such payment such that, after deduction and payment of all such
withholding taxes, the payee receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if no
such withholding had been imposed; provided, that the relevant persons provide such forms,
certificates and documentation that the Collateral Agent is legally entitled to furnish and would
be required to reduce or eliminate withholding and, with respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes,
would not, in the Collateral Agent’s judgment, subject it to any material unreimbursed costs or
otherwise be disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

Section XXIX — Language

29.1 This Agreement is being executed solely in the English language. Pledgor shall, at its own
expense, arrange for this Agreement to be sworn public translated into Portuguese by a sworn public
translator.

[INTENTIONALLY LEFT IN BLANK]

TERM
LOAN CREDIT
EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY PLEDGE AGREEMENT

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed in the
presence of the undersigned witnesses, in 10 (ten) counterparts of equal content.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

By: ________________________

Name:

Title:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By: ________________________

Name:

Title:

Witnesses:

	 	 	 

	1:

	 	2:
	 
	 	 

	     Name:

	 	     Name:
	     ID:

	 	     ID:

TERM
LOAN CREDIT
EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY PLEDGE AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 1

Basic Terms of the Secured Obligations

For the purposes of Article 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of the Secured
Obligations1 are:

Term Loan Credit Agreement2

	a)	 	Principal Amount

An initial amount of up to US$1,500,000,000.00 (one billion five hundred million United States
Dollars), such amount subject to increase at the request of the Borrower; provided that at the time
of any such increase the Borrower’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.5 to 1.0
and certain other conditions are satisfied.3

	b)	 	Termination

Originally, six years from the date hereof. Such termination date may be extended pursuant to the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	c)	 	Interest

At the Borrower’s option, Term Loans will bear interest at rates per annum equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to
time.

     A. Base Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; provided that
Incremental Term Loans and Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for
in Sections 2.23 and 2.24 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, subject to the provisions thereof.

 

			
	1	 	“Secured Obligations” means the “Secured
Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
herein).
	 
	2	 	All of the capitalized terms in this Exhibit
will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement,
dated December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), entered into by and among,
inter alios, the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (as the
foregoing capitalized terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement). In the event of any discrepancy between this Exhibit 1 and
the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the terms of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	3	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the Borrower is permitted to incur additional secured indebtedness under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or other pari-pasu or subordinated credit
facilities, which would be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
The terms of such additional indebtedness will be determined by the Borrower
and the lenders that become party to any credit agreement memorializing such
further extension of credit.

 

 

     B. Eurodollar Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time provided that Incremental Term Loans and
Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, subject to the provisions thereof.

     C. Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Loan Parties hereunder has not been
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise and for so long as such
amounts have not been paid, such overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of
principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as
provided in the preceding paragraphs or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in Section 2.06(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in
either case, the “Default Rate”).

     D. Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section
2.06(c) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid
shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

     E. Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and, in each case, shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The
applicable Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

     F. Currency for Payment of Interest. All interest paid or payable pursuant to Section
2.06 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be paid in Dollars.

 

 

Exhibit 2

Places of Business

a) São Paulo:

    Av. das Nações Unidas, 12551, 15th floor, Torre Empresarial World Trade Center de São Paulo

    São Paulo, SP

    04578-000

    Brazil

b) Candeias:

    Via das Torres, s/no — Centro Industrial de Aratu

    Candeias, BA

    CEP 43800-000

    Brazil

c) Ouro Preto:

    Av. Américo R. Gianetti, 521 — Saramenha

    Ouro Preto, MG

    CEP 35400-000

    Brazil

d) Pindamonhangaba:

    Av. Buriti, 1087 — Feital

    Pindamonhangaba, SP

    CEP 12441-270

    Brazil

e) Santo André:

    Rua Felipe Camarão, 414 — Utinga

    Santo André, SP

    CEP 09220-902

    Brazil

f) Belo Horizonte:

    Avenida do Contorno, 8.000 — sala 802

    Centro

    Belo Horizonte, MG

    CEP 30110-907

    Brazil

g) Hydropower Plant — Fumaça:

    Est. Miguel Rodrigues A Barroca S/no — Cachoeira do

    Brumado

    Mariana, MG

    CEP 35424-000

    Brazil

 

 

h) Hydropower Plant — Furquim:

    Estrada de Acesso à Usina de Furquim S/no

    Mariana, MG

    CEP 35420-000

    Brazil

i) Hydropower Plant — Brecha:

    Fazenda Usina de Brecha S/no — Piranga

    Guaraciaba, MG

    CEP 35436-000

    Brazil

j) Hydropower Plant — Salto:

    Fazenda Usina de Salto S/no

    Ouro Preto, MG

    CEP 35400-000

    Brazil

k) Hydropower Plant — Brito:

    Estrada do Brito S/no — Brito

    Ponte Nova, MG

    CEP 35430-000

    Brazil

l) Consórcio Candonga (a consortium with CVRD — Cia. Vale Rio Doce)

    Estrada Acesso a Santana do Deserto, km 12

    Rio Doce, MG

    CEP 35442-000

    Brazil

    Consórcio Candonga Office

    Av. Caetano Marinho, 216

    Ponte Nova — MG

    CEP 35430-001

    Brazil

m) Warehouse — Aratu

    Via Matoim s/no — Aratu

    Candeias, BA

    CEP 43800-000

    Brazil

 

 

Exhibit 3

List of Equipment and Inventory

 

 

Exhibit 4

Form of Power of Attorney

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as “Appointer”) irrevocably constitutes
and appoints BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street,
Charlotte, NC 28255, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as
its attorney-in-fact (“Attorney-in-Fact”) to act in its name and place, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or desirable,
pursuant to the terms of the Equipment and Inventory Pledge Agreement, dated December 17, 2010,
entered into by and among the Appointer and the Collateral Agent (as representative of the Secured
Parties) (together with its respective modifications and amendments, the “Agreement”), including,
without limitation, the following:

(a) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, to dispose of, collect,
receive, appropriate, and/or realize upon the Pledged Assets (or any part thereof) and forthwith
sell or assign, give option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Pledged
Assets or any part thereof, at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as it may deem
appropriate, which shall be compatible with the conditions for the negotiation, in equivalent
conditions, to an extra-judicial sale to be carried out by the Appointer, which conditions are
hereby accepted, as of the date hereof, by the Parties as sufficient for the validity and
effectiveness of such extra-judicial sale of the Pledged Assets, irrespective of any prior or
subsequent notice to the Appointer, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 1,433,
Item IV and Article 1,435, Item V of the Brazilian Civil Code, and apply the proceeds thus received
for the payment of the Secured Obligations, and the Collateral Agent is entitled to exercise all
necessary powers for the full compliance of this power of attorney, including, without limitation,
the powers and authority to, acting in strict conformity with applicable law, purchase foreign
currency and make any and all remittances abroad, sign any necessary foreign exchange agreements
with financial institutions in Brazil that may be required to make such remittances and represent
the Appointer before the Central Bank of Brazil and any other Brazilian governmental authority, if
necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Agreement;

(b) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, take all necessary
actions and execute any document before any governmental authority in the case of the public sale
of the Pledged Assets in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement;

(c) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, take any necessary
action and execute any document consistent with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the Term
Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, as the Collateral Agent may
deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of the Agreement; provided that, in the
event of a conflict between the Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Credit

 

 

Agreement shall govern and control; in the event of a conflict between the Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control; and in the event of
a conflict between the Intercreditor Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control; and

(d) The compliance by the Collateral Agent with the powers granted under the terms herein shall not
allow the Appointer to exercise any withholding rights or claims with respect to the Pledged
Assets, all of which the Appointer hereby expressively waives to the extent permitted by law.

Any notice given by the Collateral Agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
has ceased shall be conclusive as against the Appointer and any third Parties.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein, shall have the meaning attributed to them in the
Agreement.

The powers granted herein are in addition to the powers granted by the Appointer to the Collateral
Agent in the manner provided for in the Agreement, and do not cancel or revoke any such powers.

This power of attorney is effective as of December 17, 2010.

This power of attorney is granted as a condition to the Agreement and as a means of complying with
the obligations set forth therein, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian Civil Code, and
shall be irrevocable, remaining valid and in full force and effect until the Agreement has been
terminated in accordance with its terms and conditions.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

	 	 	 

	 

	 	 
	Name:

	 	Name:
	Title:

	 	Title:

 

 

Exhibit 5

Form of Amendment to the Equipment and Inventory Pledge Agreement

This instrument of [•] Amendment to the Equipment and Inventory Pledge Agreement (hereinafter
referred to as the “Amendment”) is made by and between:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Pledgor” or “Novelis do
Brasil”); and

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255,
Charlotte, NC 28255,, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as “Bank of America” or
“Collateral Agent”, and together with the Pledgor, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”).

     WHEREAS, on December 17, 2010 the Parties entered into an Equipment and Inventory Pledge
Agreement (the “Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to amend the Agreement in order to grant to the Collateral
Agent, as representative of the Secured Parties, a priority security interest in the Additional
Pledged Assets (as defined below), subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto have mutually agreed to enter into this Amendment, pursuant
to the terms and conditions set forth below:

1. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
Agreement.

2. Pledgor hereby pledges and transfers the indirect possession of the Additional Assets listed in
the new Exhibit [•] of this document (and which were not set forth in the original Exhibit 3 of the
Agreement or any prior Amendment thereto) (the “Additional Pledged Assets”), to the Secured
Parties, herein represented by the Collateral Agent, and, pursuant to the provision of Article
1,431, sole Paragraph of the Brazilian Civil Code, Pledgor shall maintain the direct possession and
the usable ownership of the Additional Pledged Assets, being authorized to use them during the
regular course of its business and with the obligation to keep and conserve them, remaining the
indirect possession of the Additional Pledged Assets with the Collateral Agent, in order to apply,
mutatis mutandis, all the rights and obligations of the Parties resulting from the Agreement to the
Additional Pledged Assets pledged herein.

 

 

3. Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, that:

(a) the execution, performance and granting of the security interest created hereby was duly
authorized by the required corporate acts by Pledgor and do not or will not (i) violate any
provision of law or contractual obligation applicable to or binding upon Pledgor, (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach of, or constitute (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute) a default under, or, except for consents and approvals that have been obtained
and are in full force and effect, require the approval or consent of any person pursuant to, any
material contractual obligation of Pledgor, or violate any applicable law binding on Pledgor, or
(iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of its assets or any income or
revenues, except for the pledge created by this Amendment in favor of the Collateral Agent, as
representative of the Secured Parties, and

(b) this Amendment and the Agreement, amended as herein prescribed or by any prior Amendment
thereto, constitute each one, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Pledgor, enforceable against
Pledgor pursuant to its terms and conditions, and the security interest hereby granted shall
constitute, when the registrations required by Section 5 of the Agreement are executed, a licit,
valid and perfected security interest upon the Additional Pledged Assets, enforceable pursuant to
its terms against all Secured Parties of Pledgor, in all cases, except as enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to
creditors’ rights generally.

4. All provisions of the Agreement (as amended by any prior Amendment thereto) not expressly
amended by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

5. This Amendment shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Federative
Republic of Brazil. The Parties hereto irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts sitting
in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, in any action or proceeding aimed at settling
any dispute or controversy related to this Amendment, and the Parties hereto irrevocably agree that
all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court. This
Amendment is being executed in English.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed in the presence of
the undersigned witnesses, in [•] ([•]) counterparts of equal content.

[PLACE AND DATE]

	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	1:

	 	 	 	 	 	2:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	ID:
	 	 	 	 	 	ID:	 	 

 

 

Exhibit 6

List of Assets Subject to Liens Created by Judicial Proceedings

 

 

Execution version

FIRST DEMAND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

By this First Demand Guarantee Agreement and in the best form of the law, the parties:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551,
15th floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under
No. 60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association, by
its undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor” or “Novelis
do Brasil”); and;

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street,
Charlotte, NC 28255, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement
(as defined below), hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as
“Bank of America” or the “Collateral Agent”, and together with the Guarantor, hereinafter
referred to as the “Parties”).

WHEREAS:

A) The Collateral Agent and the Guarantor, as a guarantor, have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) among inter alios the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (as such capitalized
terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement);

B) Borrower has requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrower to finance the mutual
and collective business enterprise of the Loan Parties. Lenders are willing to provide the credit
facility on the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

C) As a member of the same economic group of the Borrower, the Guarantor shall receive substantial
direct and indirect economic and non-economic benefits from the facilities made available in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement and it is in the corporate interest of the Guarantor to enter into this
agreement;

D) It is a condition precedent to the Term Loan Credit Agreement that the Guarantor shall have
executed and delivered this First Demand Guarantee Agreement (“Guarantee”) to the Collateral Agent;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the Parties hereto agree to enter
into this Guarantee, which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions:

Section I — Definitions

1.1. In this Guarantee:

TERM LOAN CREDIT

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

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     (a) Capitalized terms not defined in this Guarantee, including the recitals hereto, shall have
the same meaning given to such terms in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, unless a contrary
indication appears.

     (b) Any references to the Collateral Agent in this Guarantee shall be construed as references
to the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties.

     (c) Any references to a Person in this Guarantee shall include its successors and assigns.

     (d) Any references to a document is a reference to that document as amended, restated, novated
and/or supplemented through the time such reference becomes effective.

1.2 All references to sections and exhibits in this Guarantee are references to sections and
exhibits of this Guarantee, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Section II — First Demand Guarantee

2.1. The Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally
grants a first demand guarantee to secure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, the Guaranteed Obligations.

2.2. Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions and to the extent permitted under applicable
Brazilian laws and regulations, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Guarantor shall forthwith upon demand by the
Collateral Agent immediately pay to the Collateral Agent, in the currency prescribed in, and
pursuant to, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the monies in respect of which such default shall have
occurred.

2.3. This Guarantee shall be a first demand and continuing guarantee and shall remain in full force
and effect until the date of the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement). Accordingly, the Secured Obligations shall not be discharged except
by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. Such Secured Obligations shall not
be subject to any prior notice to, demand upon or action against the Borrowers, or to any prior
notice to the Guarantor with regard to any default by the Borrowers, and shall not be affected or
impaired by any of the following: (i) any extension of time, forbearance or concession given to the
Borrowers; (ii) any assertion of, or failure to assert, or delay in asserting, any right, power or
remedy against the Borrowers, or in respect of any security for the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
(iii) any modification or amplification of the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement or of
any other agreement or Loan Documents between the Lenders and the Borrowers; (iv) any failure of
the Borrowers to comply with any requirement of any law, regulation or order; (v) the dissolution,
liquidation, reorganization or any other alteration of the legal structure of the Borrowers; (vi)
any purported or actual assignment of the Term Loan Credit Agreement to any other party; (vii) any
invalidity or unenforceability of the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any of their provisions; or
(viii) any other circumstance (other than complete payment and termination of commitments by or on
behalf of the Borrowers, the Guarantor or any other Guarantor) which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or a guarantor.

2.4. If the Guarantor shall at any time make payment to the Collateral Agent of an amount less than
the full amount then due and payable to the Collateral Agent under this Guarantee, the Collateral
Agent shall have the right to allocate and apply such payment in any way or manner, subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,

TERM LOAN CREDIT

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

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and for such purpose or purposes as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion shall determine
notwithstanding any instruction that the Guarantor may give to the contrary and the Guarantor shall
continue to be liable for the entirety of the Secured Obligations.

2.4.1. If any monies shall have become payable or shall have been paid by the Guarantor under this
Guarantee, the Guarantor shall not, in respect of such monies, seek to enforce repayment or any
other rights or legal remedies of any kind which may accrue to the Guarantor against the Borrowers,
whether by way of subrogation or otherwise, in respect of the amount so payable or so paid or in
respect of any other monies for the time being due to the Guarantor from the Borrowers so long as
any monies remain owing to the Lenders under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and in the event of the
liquidation or winding up of the Borrowers, the Guarantor will not prove in competition with the
Collateral Agent in respect of any monies owing to the Guarantor by the Borrowers on any account
whatsoever but shall assist the Collateral Agent with the proof of all monies to be received in
respect thereof until all monies now or hereafter owing under the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
have been fully paid.

2.5. Absent manifest calculation and communication error, a certificate by an officer of the
Collateral Agent as to the amounts of principal of, and interest under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, or any other amount due and payable at any time by the Borrowers under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement shall be binding upon the Guarantor and shall be conclusive evidence in any legal
proceedings with respect to this Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby waives all requirements as to
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest or notice of any kind with respect to the Term
Loan Credit Agreement.

2.6. Payment obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee will be satisfied only if and
in so far as, after deduction of all costs and expenses, the respective amount is credited in
United States Dollars, by no later than 9:00 a.m. EST on its due date to the bank account notified
to the Guarantor not later than 7 (seven) days prior to the respective obligation falling due.

2.7. The Guarantor waives and shall not exercise any and all rights, benefits and privileges
granted to guarantors which might otherwise be deemed applicable, including but not limited to the
rights, benefits and privileges referred to in Articles 827, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838 and 839 of the
Brazilian Civil Code and the provisions of Article 595 of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

Section III — Registration

3.1. The Guarantor hereby undertakes to arrange for this Guarantee to be translated into Portuguese
by a sworn public translator and further undertakes to obtain the registration of this Guarantee
with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents within 20 (twenty) days as of its execution
date, as provided for by Article 129, third paragraph and Article 130 of Law No. 6.105, of December
31, 1973, and provide satisfactory evidence of such registration to the Collateral Agent no later
than 10 (ten) days counting from the registration of this Guarantee. Any and all costs, expenses,
duties and taxes related to the execution and the registration of this Guarantee shall be borne
solely by the Guarantor.

3.2. The Guarantor shall comply with any other requirement, and furnish evidence thereof to the
Collateral Agent, of any applicable law which may in the future come into force, necessary for the
preservation, creation, perfection and priority in full of the guarantee created hereunder.

TERM LOAN CREDIT

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

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Section IV — Representations and Warranties

4.1. The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Collateral Agent:

     (i) that the Guarantor has the corporate power to, and all necessary corporate and other
action has been taken to authorize it to execute and deliver this Guarantee and to perform fully
and completely all its obligations and liabilities hereunder;

     (ii) that the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guarantee will not
violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or order or decree of any court,
governmental authority, bureau or agency or of the charter or by-laws of the Guarantor or of any
contract, undertaking or agreement to which the Guarantor is a party or which purports to be
binding upon the Guarantor or any of its property or assets and will not result in the imposition
or creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance on, or security interest in, any part thereof
pursuant to the provisions of any such contract, undertaking or agreement;

     (iii) that this Guarantee constitutes a valid obligation of the Guarantor, legally binding
upon it and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

Section V — Miscellaneous

5.1. Should any provision of this Guarantee be or become invalid or unenforceable for any reason,
the validity of the remaining provisions shall not thereby be affected. In such case the parties to
this Guarantee shall without delay replace the invalid or unenforceable provision by a legally
valid and enforceable one which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid provision.

5.2. Any waiver by either party of a breach of any provision in this Guarantee shall not be
considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereof, or as an
Event of Default or an amendment to any other condition or term in this Guarantee.

5.3. No amendment to this Guarantee, including to this provision, shall be valid and binding except
if made in writing and signed by the relevant parties, and duly registered in accordance with
Section III above.

5.4. This Guarantee binds and inures for the benefit of the parties hereto, as well as their heirs
and successors and permitted assignees. Any obligation under this Guarantee may be transferred or
assigned, provided however that any transfer by the Guarantor is subject to the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent.

5.5. Any and all notices or any other communications required or allowed under this Guaranty shall
be in writing, by means of hand delivery, facsimile, courier, or registered letter, with return
receipt requested, pre-paid postage, addressed to the relevant Party who receives them at his/her
respective addresses as provided below, or to any other address as such Party may provide to the
others by means of a notice. Notices to Collateral Agent shall be in English:

	 	 	To the Guarantor:

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NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551 — 15th floor

Torre Empresarial World Trade Center

São Paulo            S.P. Brasil

04578-000

Telefax: 55 11 5503-0714

Attention: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida

To the Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Attention: Bridgett Mandur

Fax No.: 415-503-5011

Phone: 415-436-1097

5.5.1. Each party undertakes to notify the other party of any change of address.

5.6. This Guarantee and any amendment hereto shall be executed solely in the English language.

5.7. The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Collateral Agent evidence, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, of the authority of the person or persons who
will, on behalf of the Guarantor, sign this Guarantee or take any other action or execute any other
document required or permitted to be taken or executed under this Guarantee, and the authenticated
specimen signature of each such person.

5.8. The Guarantor shall, upon receipt of notice from the Collateral Agent, pay all taxes
(including stamp taxes), duties, fees or other charges payable on or in connection with the
execution, issue, delivery, registration or notarization of this Guarantee and shall reimburse the
Collateral Agent or their assigns for any such taxes, duties, fees or other charges paid by the
Collateral Agent or its assignees, unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

5.9. The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.16 and 7.10 of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandi, and shall apply to this Guarantee, the
Guarantor, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent as if set forth herein.

5.10. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the
event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy
by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, among Novelis Inc.,
Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc.,
Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, Novelis Corporation, Novelis PAE Corporation, Novelis Brand LLC,
Novelis South America Holdings LLC, Aluminum Upstream Holdings LLC, Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, Novelis UK Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG, Novelis
Switzerland

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SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil Ltda., Novelis
Luxembourg S.A., Novelis PAE, Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc. (“Holdings”), the
other Subsidiaries Of Holdings or Novelis Inc. from time to time party thereto, Bank of America,
N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (each as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent
and as Term Loan Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), and certain
other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound thereto from time to time. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement
and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

5.11. This Guarantee may be executed in 5 (five) identical counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same Guarantee.

5.12. The validity of this Guarantee, as well as the relationship among the parties hereto shall be
governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The parties hereto irrevocably agree to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts sitting in the City of São Paulo, State of São
Paulo, Brazil, with the exclusion of any other, no matter how privileged it may be, in any action
or proceeding to resolve any dispute or controversy related to or arising from this Guarantee.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Guarantee to be duly executed in the
presence of the undersigned witnesses, in 5 (five) counterparts of equal content.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	1:

	 	 	 	2:	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	ID:
	 	 	 	ID:

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Execution version

ACCOUNTS PLEDGE AGREEMENT

This Accounts Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Pledgor” or “Novelis do
Brasil”); and

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
28255, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below),
hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as “Bank of America” or the
“Collateral Agent”, and together with the Pledgor, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”).

WHEREAS:

A) The Collateral Agent and the Pledgor, as a guarantor, have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) among inter alios the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement);

B) Borrower has requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrower to finance the mutual
and collective business enterprise of the Loan Parties. Lenders are willing to provide the credit
facility on the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

C) As a member of the same economic group of the Borrower, the Pledgor shall receive substantial
direct and indirect economic and non-economic benefits from the facilities made available in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement and it is in the corporate interest of the Pledgor to enter into this
Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the Parties hereto agree to enter
into this Agreement, which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions:

Section I — Definitions

1.1. Capitalised terms used in this Agreement, including in the recitals hereto, and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, unless a
contrary indication appears.

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1.2. Any references to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as references to
the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties.

1.3. Any references to a Person in this Agreement shall include its successors and assigns.

1.4. Any references to a document is a reference to that document as amended, restated, novated
and/or supplemented through the time such reference becomes effective.

1.5. All references to sections and exhibits in this Agreement are references to sections and
exhibits of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Section II — Purpose of the Pledge

2.1. The pledge hereunder is created in order to secure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, the Secured Obligations.

2.2 For the purposes of Section 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of Secured
Obligations are those described in Exhibit 1 hereto. In the event of any conflict between the
language of Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
govern and control.

Section III — Creation of the Pledge

3.1. Pledgor hereby irrevocably grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, the credit rights of Pledgor against the depository banks listed in Exhibit 2
hereto (the “Depositary Banks”), with respect to all and any monies deposited in the bank accounts
held by Pledgor with such Depositary Banks less the amount of R$1,000,000.00 (one million reais)
per bank account (equivalent to approximately US$600,000.00 on the date hereof). The bank accounts
are duly described and identified in Exhibit 2 hereto (the “Pledged Accounts”).

Section IV — Registration

4.1. Pledgor shall, within 20 (twenty) days after the execution of this Agreement or any amendment
hereto entered into with respect to Section 10 below, register this Agreement, or any such
amendment, as applicable, together with its relevant sworn translation into the Portuguese
language, with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents (Cartórios de Títulos e Documentos),
and provide promptly thereafter evidence of any such registrations in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All expenses incurred in connection with such sworn public
translation and with such registrations shall be paid by the Pledgor.

Section V — Representation and Warranties

5.1. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

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	a)	 	it has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to comply with and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, as well as it has taken all necessary corporate
acts to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the creation of the pledge in accordance
with the terms set forth herein;

	b)	 	this Agreement constitutes its valid obligation, legally binding upon it and enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights
generally;

	c)	 	neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the compliance with its terms will
constitute a breach of its Articles of Association or any other corporate documents, as well
as it will not constitute a breach or a default under any other agreement to which it is a
party;

	d)	 	no registration, request, authorization or filing of any kind before any governmental body or
agency or any third party is required in connection with: (i) the creation and maintenance of
the pledge by Pledgor over the Pledged Accounts in accordance with this Agreement, or to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement; (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights established in this
Agreement, except for the registration requirements mentioned in Section 4 above;

	e)	 	it is not engaged in or threatened by any litigation, investigation or process before any
arbitration, judicial or administrative court, the outcome of which might adversely and
materially affect its financial condition, the creation of the security established in this
Agreement or the accomplishment of its obligations hereunder;

	f)	 	it is not threatened to become insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, it has
not been, and it is not threatened to be, declared insolvent or impediment of any legal nature
is declared; and

	g)	 	it is the legal owner of monies deposited in the Pledged Accounts, which are free and clear
of any liens of whatever kind or claims of others except for (i) the pledge created under this
Agreement; (ii) the pledge created under the Accounts Pledge Agreement entered into by and
between Bank of America N.A., as collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement and
Novelis do Brasil Ltda, as of the same date hereof (the “Revolving Credit Accounts Pledge
Agreement”); and (iii) Permitted Liens.

Section VI — Covenants

6.1. Pledgor covenants with Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, that until
termination of this Agreement, in accordance with Section 12:

	(a)	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall not constitute over
the Pledged Accounts any liens or encumbrances, except for the pledge created under this
Agreement, and for the pledge created under the Revolving Credit Accounts Pledge Agreement;

	(b)	 	upon a written request by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, Pledgor shall perform, at its own expenses, any act and shall

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	 	 	execute any and all documents necessary to preserve the rights and powers of Collateral
Agent granted herein; and

	(c)	 	unless provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor undertakes to maintain the
Collateral Agent duly indemnified against any and all proved liabilities, costs and expenses
(including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees and legal expenses) related to or deriving
from: (i) any delay in the payment of all taxes that may accrue or be due in relation to any
part of the Pledged Accounts; (ii) any breach by Pledgor of any of its statements set forth in
Section 5 of this Agreement or of the commitments assumed in this Section 6 and in any other
provisions of this Agreement; or (iii) the creation, perfection or enforcement of the pledge
over the Pledged Accounts (including, but not limited to, the proceedings set forth in Section
3).

Section VII — Notice to the Depositary Banks

7.1. Pledgor hereby undertakes to deliver a notice to each of the Depositary Banks, substantially
in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 4, immediately after the execution of this
Agreement, informing each of the Depositary Banks of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and of the pledge created hereunder. Pledgor also undertakes to, using commercially reasonable
efforts, deliver to the Collateral Agent confirmation of the receipt and acknowledgement by each of
the Depositary Banks of such notice, within 5 (five) business days as of the receipt by Pledgor of
the “Acknowledged by” of such notice from each of the Depositary Banks.

7.2. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (as evidenced by a
written notice from the Collateral Agent to each of the Depositary Banks irrespective of any notice
to the contrary from Pledgor), Pledgor hereby agrees that each of the Depositary Banks shall only
act pursuant to the instructions received from the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties with respect to the Pledged Accounts.

7.3. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Collateral Agent upon the occurrence and
continuation of a Event of Default (as evidenced by a written notice from the Collateral Agent to
each of the Depositary Banks irrespective of any notice to the contrary from Pledgor) from
instructing any of the Depositary Banks, from time to time, in relation to the Pledged Accounts.

Section VIII — Enforcement of the Security

8.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent
may, regardless of any judicial or extra judicial notice, retain the funds from the Pledged
Accounts to repay or settle the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Term Loan Credit
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below), returning any remaining funds
deposited in the Pledged Accounts to Pledgor.

8.2. In due observance of the Intercreditor Agreement, the funds derived from the enforcement of
the Pledged Accounts shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations, including,
without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of the pledge created
hereunder. The Collateral Agent shall return to Pledgor the remaining excess, if any, in the form
of cash in this case, in accordance of Section

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1,435, item V of the Brazilian Civil Code.

8.3. As a means of complying with the obligations set forth herein, the Pledgor shall, on the date
hereof, execute and deliver irrevocably and irreversibly, as a condition precedent to this
Agreement, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian Civil Code, to the Collateral Agent (as
representative of the Secured Parties), and to each successor as necessary, a power of attorney,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 hereto, to ensure that the Collateral Agent or such
successor has all powers to carry out the acts and rights specified herein, and shall maintain such
power of attorney in full force and effect until the date of the Discharge of Term Loan Credit
Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

Section IX — Use of Proceeds

9.1. Any amounts received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or under the
powers hereby conferred shall, after an Event of Default, be applied by the Collateral Agent as
representative of the Secured Parties for payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, and in any case, any
amounts in excess of the Secured Obligations shall return to Pledgor.

Section X — Amendments with Respect to the Secured Obligations

10.1. Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder, and the Pledged Accounts shall remain subject to
the pledge granted hereby, at all times until termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12
hereof, without limitation and without any reservation of rights against Pledgor, and whether
notice is given to Pledgor or not, irrespective of whether:

	(a)	 	the liability of Pledgor or any other third party upon or for any part of the Secured
Obligations, or any security or guarantee or right of set-off with respect thereto is, from
time to time, in whole or in part, renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Secured Parties;

	(b)	 	the Term Loan Credit Agreement is amended, modified or supplemented, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms of such agreement; and

	(c)	 	any guaranty or right of set-off at any time held by the Secured Parties (directly or through
the Collateral Agent) for the payment of the Secured Obligations are sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released.

Section XI — Pursuit of Rights and Remedies Against Pledgor

11.1. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against Pledgor, the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against any third party or against any guaranty of the Secured Obligations
or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties to pursue such rights or remedies or to collect any payments from such third
party or to realize upon any such securities or guaranties or to exercise any such right of
set-off, or any release of such third Parties or of any such securities, guaranties or right of
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hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or
available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties.

Section XII — Termination and Release

12.1. Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), then, and only then, shall this Agreement and the security interests and lien created
hereby be released and this Agreement shall terminate, at Pledgor’s expense; otherwise, this
Agreement and the pledge created hereby shall remain in full force and effect.

12.2. No release of this Agreement or of the lien created and evidenced hereby shall be valid
unless executed by the Collateral Agent.

12.3. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall, at Pledgor’s request, at
Pledgor’s expense, execute and/or enter into with Pledgor (and the Secured Parties herein grant to
the Collateral Agent the powers to accomplish it), all documents reasonably required to evidence
the release and the discharge of such security interest and lien created hereby.

Section XIII — Waivers and Amendments

13.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment of any
provision of this Agreement (including any waiver or consent relating thereto) shall be effective
unless it shall be made by means of a written and signed consent by the Collateral Agent, acting on
the instructions of the Administrative Agent.

Section XIV — Severability

14.1. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of such provision, and shall not affect any other provisions hereof.

Section XV — Authority of the Collateral Agent

15.1. Pledgor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise
by the Collateral Agent of any option, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for
herein or resulting from this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties, be governed by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and by other
agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Collateral Agent and Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as
representative of the Secured Parties, with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from
acting, and Pledgor shall be under no entitlement to make any inquiry with respect to such
authority.

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Section XVI — Complete Agreement; Successors and Assigns

16.1. This Agreement, together with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
is intended by the Parties as the final expression of their agreement regarding the subject matter
hereof and as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions of such agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, inuring to the benefit of all of them.

16.2. Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent may assign and transfer all of its rights and obligations hereunder to a
replacement Collateral Agent, appointed in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement. Upon such assignment and transfer taking effect, the replacement Collateral Agent shall
be deemed to be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, for the purposes of this
Agreement, in place of the former Collateral Agent.

Section XVII — Assignment and/or Transfer of the Term Loan Credit Agreement

17.1 In the event of the assignment, transfer and/or novation of the credits of the Secured Parties
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall remain obligated under the terms of this
Agreement and the Pledged Accounts shall remain subject to the security interest hereby created in
favor of the Secured Parties, until the termination in full of this Agreement, in accordance with
Section 12, provided that it is notified of the assignment and/or transfer by the Collateral Agent.
Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that such notification will be under the terms, as the case may be,
of the requirements of the notification of Article 290 of the Brazilian Civil Code.

Section XVIII — Waiver of Immunity

18.1 To the extent that Pledgor has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may acquire, for
itself or for any of the Pledged Accounts, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction of any court or
from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment
in aid of execution, or otherwise), with respect to itself or its properties, Pledgor hereby
irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.

Section XIX —No Duty on Collateral Agent’s Part

19.1. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral
Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Pledged Accounts and shall not impose any duty on
the Collateral Agent to exercise such powers or on the Secured Parties to cause the Collateral
Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that
it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent
nor any Secured Parties nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall
be held responsible by Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder except to the extent
otherwise provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement or under Brazilian Law.

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Section XX — Notices

20.1. Any communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made or delivered to
the following addresses or fax numbers, or to such other address or fax number as may be notified
by the relevant party to the other party in writing:

To Pledgor:

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551 — 15th floor

Torre Empresarial World Trade Center

São Paulo — SP, Brasil

04578-000

Telefax: 55 11 5503-0714

Attention: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida

To the Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Attention: Account Officer

Telecopier No.: 415-503-5011

20.2. Each party undertakes to notify the other party of any change of address.

Section XXI — Governing Law

21.1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Section XXII— Jurisdiction

22.1. The Parties hereto elect the courts of the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo to resolve
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Section XXIII — Specific Performance

23.1. The Parties agree and acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes a “título executivo
extrajudicial” pursuant to Article 585, item III of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure and
grants to each Party the right to seek specific performance in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure, including, without limitation, Articles 461,
632 and 466-B without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent
under applicable law.

Section XXIV — Construction

24.1. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
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other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid,
the terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the
exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement, among Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., 4260848
Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc., Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, Novelis Corporation, Novelis
PAE Corporation, Novelis Brand LLC, Novelis South America Holdings LLC, Aluminum Upstream Holdings
LLC, Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, Novelis UK Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis
Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG, Novelis Switzerland SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum
Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil Ltda., Novelis Luxembourg S.A., Novelis PAE, Novelis Madeira
Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc. (“Holdings”), the other Subsidiaries Of Holdings or Novelis Inc.
from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent
and as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of
America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent and as Term Loan Collateral Agent (each as defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto
or become bound thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between
the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

Section XXV — Taxes, Charges and Expenses

25.1. Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees),
including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with, the Pledge,
this Agreement, the execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement, on whomsoever
imposed, shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Pledgor, unless otherwise provided for in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement. If this Agreement is enforced, the Pledgor shall make such additional
payments to the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent is put in the same net-after tax
position that the Collateral Agent would have obtained absent the enforcement of this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Section XXVI — Other Provisions

26.1. If the Pledgor makes a payment hereunder that is subject to withholding tax, the Pledgor
shall increase the amount of such payment such that, after deduction and payment of all such
withholding taxes, the payee receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if no
such withholding had been imposed; provided, that the relevant persons provide such forms,
certificates and documentation that the Collateral Agent is legally entitled to furnish and would
be required to reduce or eliminate withholding and, with respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes,
would not, in the Collateral Agent’s judgment, subject it to any material unreimbursed costs or
otherwise be disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

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Section XXVII — Language

27.1 This Agreement is being executed solely in the English language. Pledgor shall, at its own
expense, arrange for this Agreement to be sworn public translated into Portuguese by a sworn public
translator.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives,
have caused this Agreement to be signed in 5 (five) identical counterparts, in their respective
names and to be delivered as of the day and year first above written.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1:

	 	 	 	2:	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	ID:
	 	 	 	ID:

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Exhibit 1

Basic Terms of the Secured Obligations

For the purposes of Article 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of the Secured
Obligations1 are:

Term Loan Credit Agreement2

	a)	 	Principal Amount

An initial amount of up to US$1,500,000,000.00 (one billion five hundred million United States
Dollars), such amount subject to increase at the request of the Borrower; provided that at the time
of any such increase the Borrower’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.5 to 1.0
and certain other conditions are satisfied.3

	b)	 	Termination

Originally, six years from the date hereof. Such termination date may be extended pursuant to the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	c)	 	Interest

At the Borrower’s option, Term Loans will bear interest at rates per annum equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to
time.

     A. Base Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; provided that
Incremental Term Loans and Other Term Loans may have a different

 

			
	1	 	“Secured Obligations” means the “Secured
Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined herein).
	 
	2	 	All of the capitalized terms in this Exhibit
will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement, dated
December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), entered into by and among, inter alios, the
Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (as the foregoing capitalized
terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement). In the event of any
discrepancy between this Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	3	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the Borrower is permitted to incur additional secured indebtedness under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or other pari-pasu or subordinated credit
facilities, which would be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
The terms of such additional indebtedness will be determined by the Borrower
and the lenders that become party to any credit agreement memorializing such
further extension of credit.

 

 

Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
subject to the provisions thereof.

     B. Eurodollar Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time provided that Incremental Term Loans and
Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, subject to the provisions thereof.

     C. Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Loan Parties hereunder has not been
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise and for so long as such
amounts have not been paid, such overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of
principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as
provided in the preceding paragraphs or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in Section 2.06(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in
either case, the “Default Rate”).

     D. Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section
2.06(c) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid
shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

     E. Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and, in each case, shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The
applicable Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

     F. Currency for Payment of Interest. All interest paid or payable pursuant to Section
2.06 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be paid in Dollars.

 

 

Exhibit 2

Pledged Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	ACCOUNT	 	BANK	 	BRANCH	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Banco Brasil	 	3400	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Bradesco	 	2372	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Bradesco	 	2372	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Itau S/A	 	0912	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Caixa	 	2926	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Citibank	 	0001	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Citibank	 	0001	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Unibanco AIG	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Unibanco AIG	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Unibanco AIG	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Banco Brasil	 	0088	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Banco Real	 	0251	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	ItaúBBA Nassau	 	0001	 	 

 

 

Exhibit 3

Form of Power of Attorney

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of business
in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th floor,
enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as “Grantor”) irrevocably constitutes
and appoints BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, having its office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
28255, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as its
attorney-in-fact (“Attorney-in-Fact”) to act in its name and place, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, to do and perform all and every act whatsoever necessary, in connection with the Accounts
Pledge Agreement, dated December 17, 2010 entered into by and among the Grantor and the Collateral
Agent (as representative of the Secured Parties) (together with its respective modifications and
amendments, “Accounts Pledge Agreement”), and pursuant to the terms of such Accounts Pledge
Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default to, without
limitation:

(a) collect and dispose of the amounts received in connection with the Pledged Accounts;

(b) (i) apply the amounts received in connection with the Pledged Accounts to the total or partial
repayment of any amount due and payable to the Collateral Agent by the Borrower under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, (ii) deduct all expenses incurred in relation to the Accounts Pledge Agreement
and returning the excess, if any, to the Pledgor, with due regard to the terms and conditions of
the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Accounts Pledge Agreement,
(iii) make all remittances abroad in respect of the Secured Obligations, and (iv) sign any
necessary foreign exchange contract with financial institutions in Brazil that may be required and
to represent the Pledgor before the Brazilian Central Bank when necessary to accomplish the
purposes of the Accounts Pledge Agreement.

This power of attorney is effective as of the date hereof, provided that the powers to use all or
part of the Pledged Accounts shall only become effective upon the occurrence and the continuation
of an Event of Default.

Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning attributed to them in the
Accounts Pledge Agreement.

The powers granted herein are in addition to the powers granted by the Grantor to Attorney-in-Fact
in the Accounts Pledge Agreement and do not cancel or revoke any of such powers.

This power of attorney is granted as a condition to the Accounts Pledge Agreement and as a means to
comply with the obligations set forth therein, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian
Civil Code.

This power of attorney is effective as of December 17, 2010.

 

 

This power of attorney shall remain valid until the Accounts Pledge Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:
	 	 	 	Name:
	Title:	 	 	 	Title:

 

 

Exhibit 4

Form of Notice

[Novelis do Brasil’s letterhead]

[***DATE***]

     To
[include name of the bank]

     Ref.: Accounts Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated December 17, 2010, entered into by
and among Novelis do Brasil, a Brazilian limited liability company with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551,
15th floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF)
under No. 60.561.800/0001-03 (“Novelis do Brasil”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, having its
office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255, in its capacity as collateral agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (hereinafter referred to as
“Bank of America” or “Collateral Agent”).

Dear Sirs:

     Please be advised that, pursuant to the Agreement referenced above, all of our credit rights
against you, as depository bank, with respect to the monies deposited in our bank account No.
[include no. of the bank account] less the amount of R$1,000,000.00 (equivalent to approximately
US$600,000.00 on the date hereof) have been pledged, as set forth in the Agreement, in favor of the
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.

     Novelis do Brasil hereby irrevocably instructs you as follows: following the occurrence of an
Event of Default, which is continuing, as shall be informed to you by a conclusive and written
notice of the Collateral Agent (irrespective of any notice to the contrary from Novelis do Brasil),
you shall immediately act in accordance with instructions received from the Collateral Agent with
respect to the amounts due by you to Novelis do Brasil (irrespective of any notice to the contrary
from Novelis do Brasil).

     The instructions contained herein may not be revoked, amended or modified without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent.

     Very truly yours,

     Novelis do Brasil Ltda.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 

Name

Title:

Acknowledged by:

 

[include name of the bank]

Name:

Title:

 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 

 

 

Execution version

QUOTA PLEDGE AGREEMENT

This Quota Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and among:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as “Novelis do Brasil”);

(b) NOVELIS INC., a Canadian company, with its principal place of business in the City of Atlanta,
State of Georgia, at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite1500, 30326, hereby represented by its
undersigned legal representative (hereinafter referred to as “Borrower” or “Pledgor”); and

(c) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
28255, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below),
hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as “Bank of America” or the
“Collateral Agent”, and together with Novelis do Brasil and the Pledgor, hereinafter referred to as
the “Parties”).

WHEREAS:

A) The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated
December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Term Loan
Credit Agreement”) among inter alios the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Lenders and the Collateral Agent (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement);

B) Borrower has requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrower to finance the mutual
and collective business enterprise of the Loan Parties. Lenders are willing to provide the credit
facility on the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

C) As the Borrower, the Pledgor shall receive substantial direct and indirect economic and
non-economic benefits from the facilities made available in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and it
is in the corporate interest of the Pledgor to enter into this Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the Parties hereto agree to enter
into this Agreement, which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions:

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Section I — Definitions

1.1. Capitalised terms used in this Agreement, including the recitals hereto, and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, unless a
contrary indication appears.

1.2. Any references to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as references to
the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties.

1.3. Any references to a Person in this Agreement shall include its successors and assigns.

1.4. Any references to a document is a reference to that document as amended, restated, novated
and/or supplemented through the time such reference becomes effective.

1.5. All references to sections and exhibits in this Agreement are references to sections and
exhibits of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Section II — Purpose of the Pledge

2.1. The pledge hereunder is created in order to secure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, the Secured Obligations.

2.2 For the purposes of Section 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of Secured
Obligations are those described in Exhibit 1 hereto. In the event of any conflict between the
language of Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
govern and control.

Section III — Creation of the Pledge

3.1. Pledgor hereby irrevocably grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, 120,130,999 quotas (the “Quotas”), representing 99.99% of the total outstanding
quotas of Novelis do Brasil, duly described in Exhibit 2, which are owned by Pledgor.

3.2 In addition to the Quotas, the Pledgor hereby pledges all quotas representing the capital stock
of Novelis do Brasil which may be from time to time subscribed, purchased or acquired by it,
whether or not in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of or in exchange for any quotas
of Novelis do Brasil held by the Pledgor, together with all options arising from any new quotas or
subscription rights of any nature whatsoever that may be issued or granted by Novelis do Brasil to
the Pledgor in respect of it or its interest in the Novelis do Brasil (“Additional Quotas” and,
together with the Quotas, the “Pledged Quotas”).

Section IV - Restriction on Transfers and Encumbrances

4.1. Except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
Pledged Quotas may not be assigned, sold or in any other way

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transferred by Pledgor or by any other means whatsoever become subject to any liens or
encumbrances, until complete performance of the Secured Obligations, pursuant to Section 12 below.

Section V — Registration

5.1. Pledgor shall, within 20 (twenty) days after the execution of this Agreement or any amendment
hereto entered into with respect to Section 13 below, register this Agreement, or any such
amendment, as applicable, together with its relevant sworn translation into the Portuguese
language, with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents (Cartórios de Títulos e Documentos),
and provide promptly thereafter evidence of any such registrations in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All expenses incurred in connection with such sworn public
translation and with such registrations shall be paid by the Pledgor.

5.2 Novelis do Brasil shall, and the Pledgor shall procure that Novelis do Brasil shall, within
thirty (30) days after the execution of this Agreement, register the amendment of its Articles of
Association to reflect the existence of the Pledged Quotas with the Registry of Commerce of the
State of São Paulo and promptly thereafter deliver evidence of such registration, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All expenses incurred in connection with
such registration shall be paid by Novelis do Brasil.

Section VI — Representations and Warranties

6.1 The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

(a) it has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to execute and deliver and to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, including to grant a pledge over the Pledged Quotas;

(b) it has taken all necessary actions to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, including to grant the pledge over the Pledged Quotas;

(c) it is the legitimate owner of 99.99% of the total outstanding quotas of Novelis do Brasil and
the Pledged Quotas represent 99.99% of the total outstanding quotas, which are free from any liens
other than (i) those contemplated herein; (ii) those created under the Quota Pledge Agreement
entered into by and between Bank of America N.A., as collateral agent under the Revolving Credit
Agreement, Pledgor and Novelis do Brasil Ltda., as of the same date hereof (the “Revolving Credit
Quota Pledge Agreement”) and (iii) Permitted Liens;

(d) no litigation, investigation or proceeding is pending that could materially adversely affect
the Pledged Quotas;

(e) this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it, in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof is limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors
rights generally; and

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(f) no registration, recordation or filing with any governmental body, agency or official under the
laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil is required in connection with the execution or delivery
of this Agreement or necessary for the validity or enforceability hereof or for the perfection or
enforcement of the Pledged Quotas, except for the registration of this Agreement with the competent
Registry of Deeds and Documents and, as a complementary measure, the registration of the Amendment
to the Articles of Association of Novelis do Brasil, deliberating about the creation of the pledge
over the Pledged Quotas, with the relevant Registry of Commerce.

Section VII — Covenants

Except as permitted by the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents:

7.1 The Pledgor and Novelis do Brasil shall not, during the term of this Agreement, take, or
participate in, any action which results or might result in the Pledgor’s loss of ownership of all
or part of the Pledged Quotas, or any other transaction which would have the same result as a sale,
transfer, encumbrance or other disposal of the Pledged Quotas or which would for any other reason
be inconsistent with the security interest of the Collateral Agent or defeat, impair or circumvent
the rights of the Collateral Agent or those created under the Revolving Credit Quota Pledge
Agreement;

7.2 The Pledgor and Novelis do Brasil shall not encumber, permit to subsist, create or agree to
create any other security interest or third party right in or over the Pledged Quotas during the
term of this Agreement, except those created under the Revolving Credit Quota Pledge Agreement, or
as otherwise permitted by the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

7.3 The Pledgor and Novelis do Brasil shall not, during the term of this Agreement, amend the
articles of association of Novelis do Brasil to the extent that such amendment would or might
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the security interest created hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent;

7.4 The pledge set forth hereunder shall be duly reflected in the Amendment to the Articles of
Association of Novelis do Brasil to be executed simultaneously with this Agreement and in future
amendments thereto, until the pledge hereunder is released or terminated; and

7.5 The Pledgor and Novelis do Brasil shall enter into amendments to this Agreement with the
Collateral Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 hereto (each, an “Amendment”) and
in accordance with section 5.11 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement in order to extend the security
interest and lien created hereunder to any Additional Quotas. Novelis do Brasil shall take any
further actions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or
preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted with
respect to such after-acquired Pledged Quotas and in favor of the Collateral Agent.

Section VIII — Enforcement of the Security

8.1 Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to immediately enforce the pledge over the Pledged Quotas

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where the pledge has by then already been perfected, by selling such Pledged Quotas, either
privately in accordance with Article 1,433, item IV, of the Brazilian Civil Code, or through
judicial proceedings, and by applying the proceeds of such sale to satisfy the Secured Obligations.

8.2 Any sale of Pledged Quotas to satisfy the Secured Obligations shall be conducted in the manner
and under the conditions determined by the Collateral Agent. After the application of the proceeds
from such sales to satisfy the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, expenses
incurred in connection with the enforcement of the pledges created hereunder, in accordance with
the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercompany Agreement (as defined below), the Collateral
Agent shall return to the Pledgor the remaining excess, if any, whether in the form of cash or
quotas of Novelis do Brasil.

8.3 The Collateral Agent shall send a notice to the Pledgor informing about the enforcement of the
pledge created hereunder at the time of its enforcement, provided that the failure to send such a
notice shall not in any manner limit the Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder.

8.4 As a means of complying with the obligations set forth herein, the Pledgor shall, on the date
hereof, execute and deliver irrevocably and irreversibly, as a condition precedent to this
Agreement, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian Civil Code, to the Collateral Agent (as
representative of the Secured Parties), and to each successor as necessary, a power of attorney,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 4 hereto, to ensure that the Collateral Agent or such
successor has all powers to carry out the acts and rights specified herein, and shall maintain such
power of attorney in full force and effect until the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, as defined below).

Section IX — Use of Proceeds

9.1. Any amounts received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or under the
powers hereby conferred shall, after an Event of Default, be applied by the Collateral Agent as
representative of the Secured Parties for payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below), and in
any case, any amounts in excess of the Secured Obligations shall return to Pledgor.

Section X — Amendments with Respect to the Secured Obligations

10.1. Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder, and the Pledged Quotas shall remain subject to the
pledge granted hereby, at all times until termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12
hereof, without limitation and without any reservation of rights against Pledgor, and whether
notice is given to Pledgor or not, irrespective of whether:

	(a)	 	the liability of Pledgor or any other third party upon or for any part of the Secured
Obligations, or any security or guarantee or right of set-off with respect thereto is, from
time to time, in whole or in part, renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Secured Parties;

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	(b)	 	the Term Loan Credit Agreement is amended, modified or supplemented, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms of such agreement; and
	 
	(c)	 	any guaranty or right of set-off at any time held by the Secured Parties (directly or through
the Collateral Agent) for the payment of the Secured Obligations are sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released.

Section XI — Pursuit of Rights and Remedies Against Pledgor

11.1. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against Pledgor, the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against any third party or against any guaranty of the Secured Obligations
or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties to pursue such rights or remedies or to collect any payments from such third
party or to realize upon any such securities or guaranties or to exercise any such right of
set-off, or any release of such third parties or of any such securities, guaranties or right of
set-off, shall not relieve Pledgor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties.

Section XII — Termination and Release

12.1. Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), this Agreement and the security interest created hereby shall be released and this
Agreement shall terminate; otherwise, this Agreement and the security interest created hereby shall
remain in full force and effect. No release of this Agreement or of the lien created and evidenced
hereby shall be valid unless executed by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent hereby
covenants and agrees to take all necessary actions to release the security interest created hereby
and to terminate this Agreement upon the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations.

Section XIII — Waiver and Amendments

13.1 Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment of any
provision of this Agreement (including any waiver or consent relating thereto) shall be effective
unless it shall be made by means of a written and signed consent by the Collateral Agent, acting on
the instructions of the Administrative Agent.

Section XIV — Severability

14.1. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of such provision, and shall not affect any other provisions hereof.

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Section XV — Authority of the Collateral Agent

15.1. Pledgor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise
by the Collateral Agent of any option, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for
herein or resulting from this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties, be governed by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined
below) and by other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but,
as between the Collateral Agent and Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to
be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, with full and valid authority so to act or
refrain from acting, and Pledgor shall be under no entitlement to make any inquiry with respect to
such authority.

Section XVI — Complete Agreement; Successors and Assigns

16.1. This Agreement, together with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
is intended by the Parties as the final expression of their agreement regarding the subject matter
hereof and as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions of such agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, inuring to the benefit of all of them.

16.2. Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent may assign and transfer all of its rights and obligations hereunder to a
replacement Collateral Agent, appointed in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement. Upon such assignment and transfer taking effect, the replacement Collateral Agent shall
be deemed to be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, for the purposes of this
Agreement, in place of the former Collateral Agent.

Section XVII — Assignment and/or Transfer of the Term Loan Credit Agreement

17.1 In the event of the assignment, transfer and/or novation of the credits of the Secured Parties
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall remain obligated under the terms of this
Agreement and the Pledged Quotas shall remain subject to the security interest hereby created in
favor of the Secured Parties, until the termination in full of this Agreement, in accordance with
Section 12 and 13, provided that it is notified of the assignment and/or transfer by the Collateral
Agent. Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that such notification will be under the terms, as the case
may be, of the requirements of the notification of Article 290 of the Brazilian Civil Code.

Section XVIII — Waiver of Immunity

18.1 To the extent that Pledgor has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may acquire, for
itself or for any of the Pledged Quotas, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction of any court or from
any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in
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properties, Pledgor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Section XIX — No Duty on Collateral Agent’s Part

19.1. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral
Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Pledged Quotas and shall not impose any duty on
the Collateral Agent to exercise such powers or on the Secured Parties to cause the Collateral
Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that
it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent
nor any Secured Parties nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall
be held responsible by Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder except to the extent
otherwise provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement or under Brazilian Law.

Section XX — Notices

20.1. Any communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made or delivered to
the following addresses or fax numbers, or to such other address or fax number as may be notified
by the relevant party to the other party in writing:

To the Pledgor:

NOVELIS INC.

3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite1500, 30326

Atlanta, Georgia

Attention: Geoffrey P. Batt

Telefax: 1 440-423-6661

To Novelis do Brasil

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551 — 15th floor

Torre Empresarial World Trade Center

São Paulo — SP, Brasil

04578-000

Telefax: 55 11 5503-0714

Attention: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida

To the Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Attention: Account Officer

Telecopier No.: 415-503-5011

20.2. Each party undertakes to notify the other party of any change of address.

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Section XXI — Governing Law

21.1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Section XXII — Jurisdiction

22.1. The Parties hereto elect the courts of the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo to resolve
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Section XXIII — Specific Performance

23.1. The Parties agree and acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes a “título executivo
extrajudicial” pursuant to Article 585, item III of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure and
grants to each Party the right to seek specific performance in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure, including, without limitation, Articles 461,
632 and 466-B without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent
under applicable law.

Section XXIV — Construction

24.1. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the
event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy
by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, among Novelis Inc.,
Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc.,
Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, Novelis Corporation, Novelis PAE Corporation, Novelis Brand LLC,
Novelis South America Holdings LLC, Aluminum Upstream Holdings LLC, Novelis Europe Holdings
Limited, Novelis UK Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG, Novelis
Switzerland SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil Ltda.,
Novelis Luxembourg S.A., Novelis PAE, Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc. (“Holdings”),
the other Subsidiaries Of Holdings or Novelis Inc. from time to time party thereto, Bank of
America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and as Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
(each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and as Term Loan Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound
thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
govern and control.

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Section XXV — Taxes, Charges and Expenses

25.1. Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees),
including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with, the Pledge,
this Agreement, the execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement, on whomsoever
imposed, shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Pledgor, unless otherwise provided for in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement. If this Agreement is enforced, the Pledgor shall make such additional
payments to the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent is put in the same net-after tax
position that the Collateral Agent would have obtained absent the enforcement of this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Section XXVI — Other Provisions

26.1. If the Pledgor makes a payment hereunder that is subject to withholding tax, the Pledgor
shall increase the amount of such payment such that, after deduction and payment of all such
withholding taxes, the payee receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if no
such withholding had been imposed; provided, that the relevant persons provide such forms,
certificates and documentation that the Collateral Agent is legally entitled to furnish and would
be required to reduce or eliminate withholding and, with respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes,
would not, in the Collateral Agent’s judgment, subject it to any material unreimbursed costs or
otherwise be disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

Section XXVII — Language

27.1 This Agreement is being executed solely in the English language. Pledgor shall, at its own
expense, arrange for this Agreement to be sworn public translated into Portuguese by a sworn public
translator.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed in the
presence of the undersigned witnesses, in 5 (five) identical counterparts.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

					
	 	

NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 
	1: 	 	 	2: 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name: 	 	 	 	Name: 	 
	 	ID:	 	 	ID:

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Exhibit 1

Basic Terms of the Secured Obligations

For the purposes of Article 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of the Secured
Obligations1 are:

Term Loan Credit Agreement2

	a)	 	Principal Amount

An initial amount of up to US$1,500,000,000.00 (one billion five hundred million United States
Dollars), such amount subject to increase at the request of the Borrower; provided that at the time
of any such increase the Borrower’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.5 to 1.0
and certain other conditions are satisfied.3

	b)	 	Termination

Originally, six years from the date hereof. Such termination date may be extended pursuant to the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	c)	 	Interest

At the Borrower’s option, Term Loans will bear interest at rates per annum equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to
time.

     A. Base Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall

 

			
	1	 	“Secured Obligations” means the “Secured
Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined herein).
	 
	2	 	All of the capitalized terms in this Exhibit
will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement, dated
December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), entered into by and among, inter alios, the
Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (as the foregoing capitalized
terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement). In the event of any
discrepancy between this Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	3	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the Borrower is permitted to incur additional secured indebtedness under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or other pari-pasu or subordinated credit
facilities, which would be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
The terms of such additional indebtedness will be determined by the Borrower
and the lenders that become party to any credit agreement memorializing such
further extension of credit.

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bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from
time to time; provided that Incremental Term Loans and Other Term Loans may have a different
Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
subject to the provisions thereof.

     B. Eurodollar Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time provided that Incremental Term Loans and
Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, subject to the provisions thereof.

     C. Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Loan Parties hereunder has not been
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise and for so long as such
amounts have not been paid, such overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of
principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as
provided in the preceding paragraphs or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in Section 2.06(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in
either case, the “Default Rate”).

     D. Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section
2.06(c) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid
shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

     E. Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and, in each case, shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The
applicable Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

     F. Currency for Payment of Interest. All interest paid or payable pursuant to Section
2.06 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be paid in Dollars.

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Exhibit 2

Pledged Quotas

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Total Number of	 	Total Number of	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Quotas of the	 	Quotas issued by	 	% of the Quotas of	 	Value
	Quotaholder	 	Pledgor	 	Novelis do Brasil	 	the Pledgor	 	(R$)
	NOVELIS INC.
	 	 	120,130,999	 	 	 	120,131,000	 	 	 	99.99	%	 	 	120,130,199.00	 

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Exhibit 3

Form of Amendment to Quota pledge agreement

This [•] Amendment to the Quota Pledge Agreement (hereinafter referred to as this “Amendment”) is
made as of [•], by and among:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal
place of business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações
Unidas, 12.551, 15th floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the
Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No. 60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in
accordance with its articles of association, by its undersigned legal representatives,
(hereinafter referred to as “Novelis do Brasil”);

(b) NOVELIS INC., a Canadian company, with its principal place of business in the City of
Atlanta, State of Georgia, at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite1500, 30326 hereby represented
by its undersigned legal representative (hereinafter referred to as “Pledgor”); and

(c) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon
Street, Charlotte, NC 28255, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as “Bank of
America” or the “Collateral Agent”).

Novelis do Brasil, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent are hereinafter jointly referred to as the
“Parties”.

WHEREAS, on December 17, 2010, the Parties hereto entered into a Quota Pledge Agreement (the “Quota
Pledge Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Parties hereto have agreed to amend the Quota Pledge Agreement in order to grant to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to the extent permitted under
applicable Brazilian law and regulations, a perfected priority security interest in any Additional
Quotas, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms hereof, the Parties hereto desire to amend the Quota Pledge
Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto enter into this Amendment No. [•] to the Quota Pledge Agreement
under the following terms and conditions:

          1. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Quota Pledge Agreement.

          2. The Pledgor hereby pledges the Additional Quotas listed in Exhibit 1 attached hereto (and
which were not contained in the original Exhibit 2 of the Quota Pledge Agreement or in any
amendment and restatement thereto effected prior to this Amendment) to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties with the

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intent that all rights and obligations of the Parties under or pursuant to the Quota Pledge
Agreement shall apply to the Additional Quotas pledged hereunder. Exhibit 1 hereto shall amend and
restate the original Exhibit 2 to the Quota Pledge Agreement and any amendment and restatement
thereto effected prior to this Amendment.

          3. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to and in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and in addition to the representations and warranties set forth in
the Quota Pledge Agreement, that:

          (a) the execution, delivery, performance and grant of the security interest pursuant
to this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part.
This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by it. The execution, delivery,
performance and grant of the security interest have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate actions on the part of the Pledgor and do not and will not (i) violate any
provision of any charter or other organizational documents of the Pledgor, (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach of, or constitute (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time
or both, would constitute) a default under, or, except for consents and approvals that have
been obtained and are in full force and effect, require the approval or consent of any
person or violate any applicable law binding on the Pledgor or (iii) result in the creation
or imposition of any encumbrance upon any asset of the Pledgor or any income or profits
therefrom, except for the encumbrance created hereby in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, under the Quota Pledge Agreement; and

          (b) this Amendment and the Quota Pledge Agreement, as amended hereby, each constitutes
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, and the security interest created hereby will, upon completion of the
registrations required by Section 5 of the Quota Pledge Agreement, constitute a legal,
valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Pledged Quotas, enforceable in
accordance with its terms against all creditors of the Pledgor, except as enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to creditors’ rights generally.

          4. All provisions of the Quota Pledge Agreement not expressly amended or modified herein shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of the Quota Pledge Agreement.

          5. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The Parties hereto irrevocably submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts sitting in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, as the
exclusive jurisdiction in any action or proceeding to resolve any dispute or controversy related to
or arising from this Amendment and the Parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims in respect
of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such courts with the express exclusion
of any other jurisdiction, however privileged it may be. This Amendment is being executed in
English version, which shall prevail. For registration purposes, a sworn translation into
Portuguese shall be utilized.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment No. [•] to the Quota Pledge
Agreement to be duly executed in the presence of the undersigned witnesses.

					
	 	

NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 
	1: 	 	 	2: 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name: 	 	 	 	Name: 	 
	 	ID:	 	 	ID:

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Exhibit 1 to the Amendment to Quota Pledge Agreement

Pledged Quotas

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Additional Quotas	 	 	Total Number of	 	 	Total Number of	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	pledged under this	 	 	Quotas of the	 	 	Quotas issued by	 	 	% of the Quotas of	 	 	Value	 
	Quotaholder	 	Amendment	 	 	Pledgor	 	 	Novelis do Brasil	 	 	the Pledgor	 	 	(R$)	 
	NOVELIS INC.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit 4

Form of Power of Attorney

NOVELIS INC., a Canadian company, with its principal place of business in the City of Atlanta,
State of Georgia, at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1500, 30326, hereby represented by its
undersigned legal representative (hereinafter referred to as “Grantor”) irrevocably constitutes and
appoints BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street,
Charlotte, NC 28255, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as
its attorney-in-fact (“Attorney-in-Fact”) to act in its name and place, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to do and perform all and every act whatsoever necessary, in connection with the
Quota Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended from time to time the “Quota
Pledge Agreement”), and pursuant to the terms of such Quota Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence
and during the continuation of an Event of Default to, without limitation: (a) promote the
extra-judicial sale of all or part of the Pledged Quotas irrespective of any prior or subsequent
notice to the Grantor or the Intervening Party, in accordance with the provisions set forth in
Article 1,433, Item IV and Article 1,435, Item V of the Brazilian Civil Code, (b) apply the
proceeds of the sale to the total or partial repayment of any amount due and payable to the
Collateral Agent by the Borrower under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement; (c) deduct all expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of the
Quota Pledge Agreement and returning the excess, if any, to the Pledgor, with due regard to the
terms and conditions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Quota
Pledge Agreement, (d) make all remittances abroad in respect of the Secured Obligations; and (e)
sign any necessary foreign exchange contract with financial institutions in Brazil that may be
required and to represent the Grantor before the Brazilian Central Bank and any Registries of
Commerce when necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Quota Pledge Agreement.

For such purposes, the Attorney-in-Fact is hereby expressly authorized by the Pledgor to take all
action required for the sale of the Pledged Quotas, including, but not limited to, the authority to
sign agreements and give and receive releases and to delegate all or part of the powers granted
hereunder as said Attorney-in-Fact may deem appropriate.

This power of attorney is effective as of December 17, 2010, provided that the powers to sell all
or part of the Pledged Quotas and to apply the proceeds therefrom shall only become effective upon
the occurrence and the continuation of an Event of Default.

Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning attributed to them in the
Quota Pledge Agreement.

The powers granted herein are in addition to the powers granted by the Grantor to the
Attorney-in-Fact in the Quota Pledge Agreement and do not cancel or revoke any of such powers.

This power of attorney is granted as a condition to the Quota Pledge Agreement and as a means to
comply with the obligations set forth therein, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian
Civil Code.

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This power of attorney shall remain valid until the Quota Pledge Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

NOVELIS INC.

Name:

Title:

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Execution copy

RECEIVABLES PLEDGE AGREEMENT

This Receivables Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Pledgor” or “Novelis do
Brasil”); and

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
28255, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined below),
hereby represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as “Bank of America” or the
“Collateral Agent”, and together with the Pledgor, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”).

WHEREAS:

A) The Collateral Agent and the Pledgor, as a guarantor, have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) among inter alios the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement);

B) Borrower has requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrower to finance the mutual
and collective business enterprise of the Loan Parties. Lenders are willing to provide the credit
facility on the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

C) As a member of the same economic group of the Borrower, the Pledgor shall receive substantial
direct and indirect economic and non-economic benefits from the facilities made available in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement and it is in the corporate interest of the Pledgor to enter into this
Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the Parties hereto agree to enter
into this Agreement, which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions:

Section I — Definitions

1.1. Capitalised terms used in this Agreement, including the recitals hereto, and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, unless a
contrary indication appears.

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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1.2. Any references to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as references to
the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties.

1.3. Any references to a Person in this Agreement shall include its successors and assigns.

1.4. Any references to a document is a reference to that document as amended, restated, novated
and/or supplemented through the time such reference becomes effective.

1.5. All references to sections and exhibits in this Agreement are references to sections and
exhibits of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Section II — Purpose of the Pledge

2.1. The pledge hereunder is created in order to secure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, the Secured Obligations.

2.2 For the purposes of Section 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of Secured
Obligations are those described in Exhibit 1 hereto. In the event of any conflict between the
language of Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
govern and control.

Section III — Creation of the Pledge

3.1. Pledgor hereby irrevocably grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, all credit rights, rights to revenues, claims and receivables of any kind now
existing or arising in the future under the contracts listed in Exhibit 2 hereto and any proceeds
of the foregoing (the “Pledged Receivables”), with all they represent, as collateral security for
the regular and full compliance by the Borrower of the Secured Obligations, pursuant to the
provisions of Articles 1,451 to 1,460 of the Brazilian Civil Code. The bank accounts in which the
receivables are collected and deposited are those held by the Pledgor and identified in Exhibit 3
hereto (the “Bank Accounts”).

Section IV —Registration

4.1. Pledgor shall, within 20 (twenty) days after the execution of this Agreement or any amendment
hereto entered into with respect to Section 6.1(f) below, register this Agreement, or any such
amendment, as applicable, together with its relevant sworn translation into the Portuguese
language, with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents (Cartórios de Títulos e Documentos),
and provide promptly thereafter evidence of any such registrations in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All expenses incurred in connection with such sworn public
translation and with such registrations shall be paid by the Pledgor.

Section V — Representation and Warranties

5.1. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	a)	 	it has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to comply with and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, as well as it has taken all necessary corporate
acts to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the creation of the pledge in accordance
with the terms set forth herein;

	b)	 	upon completion of the registration and delivery of the notices as required in Sections 4.1
and 7.1 hereof, the pledge over the Pledged Receivables will constitute a valid obligation,
legally binding upon it and enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally;

	c)	 	neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the compliance with its terms will
constitute a breach of its Articles of Association or any other corporate documents, as well
as it will not constitute a breach or a default under any other agreement to which it is a
party;

	d)	 	no registration, request, authorization or filing of any kind before any governmental body or
agency or any third party is required in connection with: (i) the creation and maintenance of
the pledge by Pledgor over the Pledged Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, or to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) the validity and enforceability of this
Agreement; (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights established in this
Agreement, except for the registration requirements mentioned in Section 4 above;

	e)	 	it is not engaged in or threatened by any litigation, investigation or process before any
arbitration, judicial or administrative court, the outcome of which might adversely and
materially affect its financial condition, the creation of the security established in this
Agreement or the accomplishment of its obligations hereunder;

	f)	 	it is not threatened to become insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, it has
not been, and it is not threatened to be, declared insolvent or impediment of any legal nature
is declared;

	g)	 	it is the legal owner of the Pledged Receivables, which are free and clear of any liens of
whatever kind or claims of others except for (i) the pledge created under this Agreement; (ii)
the pledge created under the Receivables Pledge Agreement entered into by and between Bank of
America N.A., as collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement and Novelis do Brasil
Ltda, as of the same date hereof (the “Revolving Credit Receivables Pledge Agreement”); and
(iii) Permitted Liens;

	h)	 	the disposal of the Pledged Receivables, judicially and/or out of court, under the terms of
this Agreement, does not violate any law, rules, regulations, agreements, injunctions, decrees
or court rulings binding upon Pledgor. There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or
governmental investigation pending or threatened in respect to the Pledged Receivables. There
exists no impediment that would prevent the disposal of the Pledged Receivables, judicially
and/or out of court, under the terms of this Agreement;

	i)	 	the Pledged Receivables identified in Exhibit 2 hereto and all receivables due and payable to
Novelis do Brasil will, at all times, be deposited in one of the Bank Accounts; and

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	j)	 	the Pledged Receivables represent receivables arising out of all material contracts in which
the Pledgor figures as creditor and will always represent, during the term of this Agreement,
at least 60% of all receivables owed to the Pledgor.

Section VI — Covenants

6.1. Pledgor covenants with Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, that until
termination of this Agreement, in accordance with Section 12:

	(a)	 	until the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement, as defined below), all receivables due and payable to the Pledgor in connection
with any of its activities shall be deposited in one of the Bank Accounts;

	(b)	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall not constitute over
the Pledged Receivables any liens or encumbrances, except for the pledge created under this
Agreement, and for the pledge created under the Revolving Credit Receivables Pledge Agreement;

	(c)	 	upon a written request by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, Pledgor shall perform, at its own expenses, any act and shall execute any and all
documents necessary to preserve the rights and powers of Collateral Agent granted herein;

	(d)	 	unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor undertakes to
maintain the Collateral Agent duly indemnified against any and all proved liabilities, costs
and expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees and legal expenses) related to or
deriving from: (i) any delay in the payment of all taxes that may accrue or be due in relation
to any part of the Pledged Receivables; (ii) any breach by Pledgor of any of its statements
set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement or of the commitments assumed in this Section 6 and
in any other provisions of this Agreement; or (iii) the creation, perfection or enforcement of
the pledge over the Pledged Receivables (including, but not limited to, the proceedings set
forth in Section 3);

	(e)	 	the Pledgor undertakes to maintain at least 60% of its total receivables pledged to the
Collateral Agent. In the event that any of the agreements listed in Exhibit 2 hereto is
amended, renewed or has its termination date extended (to the extent that such amendment,
renewal or extension increases or reduces minimum sales volume or unit prices or extends
payment terms, or otherwise affects any substantial rights of Pledgor under the agreement),
the Pledgor undertakes to amend this Agreement in order to create a pledge over the amounts
that are not covered in this Agreement, unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement; and

	(f)	 	it shall, upon the execution by the Pledgor of any agreement that may give cause to an
increase of at least 3% of the total revenues of the Pledgor (or any new agreement with
respect to a customer that represents at least 3% of the Pledgor’s total revenues) (the
“Additional Receivables”), unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
enter into an amendment to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 7 hereto
(“Amendment”), in order to extend the pledge created hereunder to the Additional Receivables,
which shall then be subject to all terms and conditions provided herein. Pledgor shall provide
the Collateral

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	 	 	Agent with evidence of the registration of each such Amendment with the competent Registry
of Deeds and Documents (Cartórios de Títulos e Documentos) within 20 (twenty) days after the
execution of such Amendment. Pledgor shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with such
registrations.

Section VII — Notice to the Clients

7.1. Pledgor hereby undertakes to deliver a notice to each of its clients identified in Exhibit 4
hereto (the “Clients”), substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 5,
immediately after the execution of this Agreement, informing each of the Clients of the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and of the pledge created hereunder. Pledgor also undertakes to,
using commercially reasonable efforts, deliver to the Collateral Agent confirmation of the receipt
by each of the Clients of such notice, within 20 (twenty) days as of the date of this Agreement.

7.2. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (as evidenced by a
written notice from the Collateral Agent to each of the Clients irrespective of any notice to the
contrary from Pledgor), Pledgor hereby agrees that each of the Clients shall only act pursuant to
the instructions received from the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect
to the Pledged Receivables.

7.3. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Collateral Agent upon the occurrence and
continuation of a Event of Default (as evidenced by a written notice from the Collateral Agent to
each of the Clients irrespective of any notice to the contrary from Pledgor) from instructing any
of the Clients, from time to time, in relation to the Pledged Receivables.

Section VIII — Enforcement of the Security

8.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent
may, regardless of any judicial or extra judicial notice, retain the funds from the Pledged
Receivables to repay or settle the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Term Loan Credit
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, returning any remaining funds arising out of the Pledged
Receivables to Pledgor.

8.2. In due observance of the Intercreditor Agreement, the funds derived from the enforcement of
the Pledged Receivables shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations, including,
without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of the pledge created
hereunder. The Collateral Agent shall return to Pledgor the remaining excess, if any, in the form
of cash in this case, in accordance of Section 1,435, item V of the Brazilian Civil Code.

8.3. As a means of complying with the obligations set forth herein, the Pledgor shall, on the date
hereof, execute and deliver irrevocably and irreversibly, as a condition precedent to this
Agreement, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian Civil Code, to the Collateral Agent (as
representative of the Secured Parties), and to each successor as necessary, a power of attorney,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 6 hereto, to ensure that the Collateral Agent or such
successor has all powers to carry out the acts and rights specified herein, and shall maintain such
power of attorney in full force and effect until the date of the Discharge of Term Loan Credit
Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Section IX — Use of Proceeds

9.1. Any amounts received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or under the
powers hereby conferred shall, after an Event of Default, be applied by the Collateral Agent as
representative of the Secured Parties for payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, but without prejudice to
the right of any secured party to recover any shortfall from Collateral Agent, and in any case, any
amounts in excess of the Secured Obligations shall return to Pledgor.

Section X — Amendments with Respect to the Secured Obligations

10.1. Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder, and the Pledged Receivables shall remain subject to
the pledge granted hereby, at all times until termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12
hereof, without limitation and without any reservation of rights against Pledgor, and whether
notice is given to Pledgor or not, irrespective of whether:

	(a)	 	the liability of Pledgor or any other third party upon or for any part of the Secured
Obligations, or any security or guarantee or right of set-off with respect thereto is, from
time to time, in whole or in part, renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Secured Parties;

	(b)	 	the Term Loan Credit Agreement is amended, modified or supplemented, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms of such agreement; and

	(c)	 	any guaranty or right of set-off at any time held by the Secured Parties (directly or through
the Collateral Agent) for the payment of the Secured Obligations are sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released.

Section XI — Pursuit of Rights and Remedies Against Pledgor

11.1. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against Pledgor, the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against any third party or against any guaranty of the Secured Obligations
or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties to pursue such rights or remedies or to collect any payments from such third
party or to realize upon any such securities or guaranties or to exercise any such right of
set-off, or any release of such third Parties or of any such securities, guaranties or right of
set-off, shall not relieve Pledgor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties.

Section XII — Termination and Release

12.1. Upon the Discharge of Term Loan Credit Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), then, and only then, shall this Agreement and the security interests and lien created
hereby be released and this Agreement shall terminate, at

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Pledgor’s expense; otherwise, this Agreement and the pledge created hereby shall remain in full
force and effect.

12.2. No release of this Agreement or of the lien created and evidenced hereby shall be valid
unless executed by the Collateral Agent.

12.3. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall, at Pledgor’s request, at
Pledgor’s expense, execute and/or enter into with Pledgor (and the Secured Parties herein grant to
the Collateral Agent the powers to accomplish it), all documents reasonably required to evidence
the release and the discharge of such security interest and lien created hereby.

Section XIII — Waivers and Amendments

13.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment of any
provision of this Agreement (including any waiver or consent relating thereto) shall be effective
unless it shall be made by means of a written and signed consent by the Collateral Agent, acting on
the instructions of the Administrative Agent.

Section XIV — Severability

14.1. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of such provision, and shall not affect any other provisions hereof.

Section XV — Authority of the Collateral Agent

15.1. Pledgor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise
by the Collateral Agent of any option, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for
herein or resulting from this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties, be governed by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and by other
agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Collateral Agent and Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as
representative of the Secured Parties, with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from
acting, and Pledgor shall be under no entitlement to make any inquiry with respect to such
authority.

Section XVI — Complete Agreement; Successors and Assigns

16.1. This Agreement together with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement,
is intended by the Parties as the final expression of their agreement regarding the subject matter
hereof and as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions of such agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, inuring to the benefit of all of them.

16.2. Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent may assign and transfer all of its rights and obligations hereunder to a
replacement Collateral Agent, appointed in accordance with the terms of the

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Term Loan Credit Agreement. Upon such assignment and transfer taking effect, the replacement
Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, for the
purposes of this Agreement, in place of the former Collateral Agent.

Section XVII — Assignment and/or Transfer of the Term Loan Credit Agreement

17.1 In the event of the assignment, transfer and/or novation of the credits of the Secured Parties
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall remain obligated under the terms of this
Agreement and the Pledged Receivables shall remain subject to the security interest hereby created
in favor of the Secured Parties, until the termination in full of this Agreement, in accordance
with Section 12, provided that it is notified of the assignment and/or transfer by the Collateral
Agent. Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that such notification will be under the terms, as the case
may be, of the requirements of the notification of Article 290 of the Brazilian Civil Code.

Section XVIII — Waiver of Immunity

18.1 To the extent that Pledgor has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may acquire, for
itself or for any of the Pledged Receivables, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction of any court or
from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment
in aid of execution, or otherwise), with respect to itself or its properties, Pledgor hereby
irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.

Section XIX — No Duty on Collateral Agent’s Part

19.1. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral
Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Pledged Receivables and shall not impose any duty
on the Collateral Agent to exercise such powers or on the Secured Parties to cause the Collateral
Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that
it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent
nor any Secured Parties nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall
be held responsible by Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder except to the extent
otherwise provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement or under Brazilian Law.

Section XX — Notices

20.1. Any communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made or delivered to
the following addresses or fax numbers, or to such other address or fax number as may be notified
by the relevant party to the other party in writing:

To Pledgor:

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551 — 15th floor

Torre Empresarial World Trade Center

São Paulo — SP, Brasil

04578-000

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Telefax: 55 11 5503-0714

Attention: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida

To the Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Attention: Account Officer

Telecopier No.: 415-503-5011

20.2. Each party undertakes to notify the other party of any change of address.

Section XXI — Governing Law

21.1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Section XXII — Jurisdiction

22.1. The Parties hereto elect the courts of the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo to resolve
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Section XXIII — Specific Performance

23.1. The Parties agree and acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes a “título executivo
extrajudicial” pursuant to Article 585, item III of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure and
grants to each Party the right to seek specific performance in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure, including, without limitation, Articles 461,
632 and 466-B without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent
under applicable law.

Section XXIV — Construction

24.1. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the
event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy
by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, among Novelis Inc.,
Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc.,
Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership, Novelis Corporation, Novelis PAE Corporation, Novelis Brand LLC,
Novelis South America Holdings LLC, Aluminum Upstream Holdings LLC, Novelis Europe

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Holdings Limited, Novelis UK Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG,
Novelis Switzerland SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil
Ltda., Novelis Luxembourg S.A., Novelis PAE, Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc.
(“Holdings”), the other Subsidiaries Of Holdings or Novelis Inc. from time to time party thereto,
Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and as Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and as Term Loan Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound
thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
govern and control.

Section XXV — Taxes, Charges and Expenses

25.1. Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees),
including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with, the Pledge,
this Agreement, the execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement, on whomsoever
imposed, shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Pledgor, unless otherwise provided for in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement. If this Agreement is enforced, the Pledgor shall make such additional
payments to the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent is put in the same net-after tax
position that the Collateral Agent would have obtained absent the enforcement of this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided for in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Section XXVI — Other Provisions

26.1. If the Pledgor makes a payment hereunder that is subject to withholding tax, the Pledgor
shall increase the amount of such payment such that, after deduction and payment of all such
withholding taxes, the payee receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if no
such withholding had been imposed; provided, that the relevant persons provide such forms,
certificates and documentation that the Collateral Agent is legally entitled to furnish and would
be required to reduce or eliminate withholding and, with respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes,
would not, in the Collateral Agent’s judgment, subject it to any material unreimbursed costs or
otherwise be disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

Section XXVII — Language

27.1 This Agreement is being executed solely in the English language. Pledgor shall, at its own
expense, arrange for this Agreement to be sworn public translated into Portuguese by a sworn public
translator.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives,
have caused this Agreement to be signed in 5 (five) identical counterparts, in their respective
names and to be delivered as of the day and year first above written.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

					
	 	

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 

	1:	 	2:
	 
	 	 

	Name:
	 	Name:

	ID:
	 	ID:

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Exhibit 1

Basic Terms of the Secured Obligations

For the purposes of Article 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of the Secured
Obligations1 are:

Term Loan Credit Agreement2

	a)	 	Principal Amount

An initial amount of up to US$1,500,000,000.00 (one billion five hundred million United States
Dollars), such amount subject to increase at the request of the Borrower; provided that at the time
of any such increase the Borrower’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.5 to 1.0
and certain other conditions are satisfied.3

	b)	 	Termination

Originally, six years from the date hereof. Such termination date may be extended pursuant to the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	c)	 	Interest

At the Borrower’s option, Term Loans will bear interest at rates per annum equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to
time.

     A. Base Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; provided that
Incremental Term Loans and Other Term Loans may have a different

 

			
	1	 	“Secured Obligations” means the “Secured
Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined herein).
	 
	2	 	All of the capitalized terms in this Exhibit
will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement, dated
December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), entered into by and among, inter alios, the
Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (as the foregoing capitalized
terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement). In the event of any
discrepancy between this Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	3	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the Borrower is permitted to incur additional secured indebtedness under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or other pari-pasu or subordinated credit
facilities, which would be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
The terms of such additional indebtedness will be determined by the Borrower
and the lenders that become party to any credit agreement memorializing such
further extension of credit.

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
subject to the provisions thereof.

     B. Eurodollar Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time provided that Incremental Term Loans and
Other Term Loans may have a different Applicable Margin as provided for in Sections 2.23 and 2.24
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, subject to the provisions thereof.

     C. Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Loan Parties hereunder has not been
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise and for so long as such
amounts have not been paid, such overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of
principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as
provided in the preceding paragraphs or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in Section 2.06(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in
either case, the “Default Rate”).

     D. Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section
2.06(c) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid
shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

     E. Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and, in each case, shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The
applicable Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

     F. Currency for Payment of Interest. All interest paid or payable pursuant to Section
2.06 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be paid in Dollars.

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Exhibit 2

Pledged Receivables

1) Can Stock Supply Agreement dated February 13, 2008, entered into by and among Novelis do Brasil
Ltda, Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia S/A, Arumã Emablagens do Sergipe Ltda.

2) Aluminum Sheets Supply Agreement (Contrato de Fornecimento de Chapas de Alumínio) dated March 3,
2010 and amended on March 29, 2010, entered into by and among Novelis do Brasil Ltda., Rexam
Beverage Can South America S.A., Rexam do Brasil Ltda., Rexam Amazonia Ltda. and Rexam Argentina
S/A

3) Can Stock Supply Agreement (Contrato de Fornecimento de Can Stock) dated January 2, 2008,
entered into by and between Novelis do Brasil Ltda. and Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda.

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Exhibit 3

Bank Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	ACCOUNT	 	 	BANK	 	 	BRANCH	 	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Banco Brasil	 	 	3400	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Bradesco	 	 	2372	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Bradesco	 	 	2372	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Itau S/A	 	 	0912	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Caixa	 	 	2926	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Citibank	 	 	0001	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Citibank	 	 	0001	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Unibanco AIG	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Unibanco AIG	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Unibanco AIG	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Banco Brasil	 	 	0088	 	 	 	 	
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	Banco Real	 	 	0251	 	 	 	 	
	Novelis do Brasil Ltda.
	 	Deposit Account	 	ItaúBBA Nassau	 	 	0001	 	 	 	 	 

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Exhibit 4

List of Clients

1) Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia S/A

2) Arumã Emablagens do Sergipe Ltda.

3) Rexam Beverage Can South America S.A.

4) Rexam do Brasil Ltda.

5) Rexam Amazonia Ltda.

6) Rexam Argentina S/A

7) Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda.

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Exhibit 5

Form of Notice

[Novelis do Brasil’s letterhead]

[DATE]

To

[CLIENT]

	Re.: 	 	 Pledge Agreement dated December 17, 2010, entered into by and between Novelis do Brasil
Ltda., as pledgor (the “Company”) and Bank of America N.A., as Collateral Agent under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (the “Receivables Pledge Agreement”).

Dear Sirs:

          First of all, we would like to stress and inform you that the Company (Novelis do Brasil
Ltda.) is actually an active, operative and economically sustainable corporation, which is not in
debt to whoever, except in regard to those ordinary liabilities resulting from its own daily
business.

          Notwithstanding, the Company, as a subsidiary of Canadian and American corporations, and also
part of a worldwide large economic conglomerate, was convoked — together with several other
subsidiaries around the globe — to guarantee a Term Loan Credit Agreement entered into by and
among its holding companies in the USA and Canada and foreign financial agents, as Bank of America
N.A, (“BofA”).

     In this sense, please be advised that only and merely in view of the above mentioned worldwide
guarantee, the Company has entered into the Receivables Pledge Agreement, pursuant to which all of
our receivables, due and payable, and all credit rights derived from the [***name of agreement***]
entered into on [***•***] with yourselves (the “Pledged Receivables”) have been pledged, as set
forth in the Receivables Pledge Agreement, in favor of BofA.

          Considering the foregoing, the Company asks you kindly to continue making payments as
previously instructed upon depositing the relevant due amount with [Bank Account # •], maintained
before [Bank name]. However, if and when a written notice comes from BofA, we instruct you to
immediately act in accordance with the instructions so received from BofA (irrespective of any
notice to the contrary from the Company).

          Moreover, we inform you that the instructions contained herein may not be revoked, amended or
modified without the prior written consent of BoFA.

Very truly yours,

	 	 	 
	Company

	 	Place and Date:
	 

Name:

	 	 

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Title:

Exhibit 6

Form of Power of Attorney

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as “Grantor”) irrevocably constitutes
and appoints BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, having its registered office at 101 South Tryon Street,
Charlotte, NC 28255, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as
its attorney-in-fact (“Attorney-in-Fact”) to act in its name and place, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to do and perform all and every act whatsoever necessary, in connection with the
Receivables Pledge Agreement, dated December 17, 2010 entered into by and among the Grantor and the
Collateral Agent (as representative of the Secured Parties) (together with its respective
modifications and amendments, “Receivables Pledge Agreement”), and pursuant to the terms of such
Receivables Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default to, without limitation:

(a) collect and dispose of the amounts received in connection with the Pledged Receivables;

(b) (i) apply the amounts received in connection with the Pledged Receivables to the total or
partial repayment of any amount due and payable to the Collateral Agent by the Borrower under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, (ii) deduct all expenses incurred in relation to the Receivables Pledge
Agreement and returning the excess, if any, to the Pledgor, with due regard to the terms and
conditions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Receivables
Pledge Agreement, (iii) make all remittances abroad in respect of the Secured Obligations, and (iv)
sign any necessary foreign exchange contract with financial institutions in Brazil that may be
required and to represent the Pledgor before the Brazilian Central Bank when necessary to
accomplish the purposes of the Receivables Pledge Agreement.

This power of attorney is effective as of the date hereof, provided that the powers to use all or
part of the Pledged Receivables shall only become effective upon the occurrence and the
continuation of an Event of Default.

Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning attributed to them in the
Receivables Pledge Agreement.

The powers granted herein are in addition to the powers granted by the Grantor to Attorney-in-Fact
in the Receivables Pledge Agreement and do not cancel or revoke any of such powers.

This power of attorney is granted as a condition to the Receivables Pledge Agreement and as a means
to comply with the obligations set forth therein, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian
Civil Code.

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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This power of attorney is effective as of December 17, 2010.

This power of attorney shall remain valid until the Receivables Pledge Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Name:

	 	Name:
	Title:

	 	Title:

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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Exhibit 7

Form of Amendment to the Receivables Pledge Agreement

This instrument of [•] Amendment to the Receivables Pledge Agreement (hereinafter referred to as
the “Amendment”) is made by and between:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Pledgor” or “Novelis do
Brasil”); and

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its office at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1656, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, hereby
represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as “Bank of America” or “Collateral
Agent”, and together with the Pledgor, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”).

     WHEREAS, on December 17, 2010 the Parties entered into Receivables Pledge Agreement (the
“Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to amend the Agreement in order to grant to the Collateral
Agent, as representative of the Secured Parties, a priority security interest in the Additional
Receivables (as defined below), subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto have mutually agreed to enter into this Amendment, pursuant
to the terms and conditions set forth below:

1. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
Agreement.

2. Pledgor hereby pledges the Additional Receivables listed in Exhibit [•] of this document (and
which were not set forth in the original Exhibit 2 of the Agreement or any prior Amendment thereto)
(the “Additional receivables”), to the Secured Parties, herein represented by the Collateral Agent.

3. Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, that:

(a) the execution, performance and granting of the security interest created hereby was duly
authorized by the required corporate acts by Pledgor and do not or will not (i) violate any
provision of law or contractual obligation applicable to or binding upon Pledgor, (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach of, or constitute (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute) a default under, or, except for consents and approvals that have been obtained
and are in full force and effect, require the approval or consent of any person pursuant to, any
material contractual obligation of Pledgor, or violate any applicable

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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law binding on Pledgor, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of its
assets or any income or revenues, except for the pledge created by this Amendment in favor of the
Collateral Agent, as representative of the Secured Parties, and

(b) this Amendment and the Agreement, amended as herein prescribed or by any prior Amendment
thereto, constitute each one, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Pledgor, enforceable against
Pledgor pursuant to its terms and conditions, and the security interest hereby granted shall
constitute, when the registrations required by Section 5 of the Agreement are executed, a licit,
valid and perfected security interest upon the Additional Pledged Receivables, enforceable pursuant
to its terms against all Secured Parties of Pledgor, in all cases, except as enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to
creditors’ rights generally.

4. All provisions of the Agreement (as amended by any prior Amendment thereto) not expressly
amended by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

5. This Amendment shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Federative
Republic of Brazil. The Parties hereto irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts sitting
in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, in any action or proceeding aimed at settling
any dispute or controversy related to this Amendment, and the Parties hereto irrevocably agree that
all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court. This
Amendment is being executed in English.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed in the presence of
the undersigned witnesses, in [•] ([•]) counterparts of equal content.

[PLACE AND DATE]

					
	 	

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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INTERCOMPANY NOTE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

This Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and among:

(a) NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15th
floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No.
60.561.800/0001-03, hereby represented in accordance with its articles of association by its
undersigned legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as the “Pledgor” or “Novelis do
Brasil”);

(b) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its office at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1656, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, hereby
represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Agent”);

(c) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, having its office at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1656, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, hereby
represented by its attorney-in-fact (hereinafter referred to as the “Revolving Collateral Agent”);
and

(d) NOVELIS CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas,
with its principal place of business at 6060 Parkland Blvd Mayfield Heights, OH 44124, United
States of America, hereby represented by its undersigned legal representative (hereinafter referred
to as “Novelis Corporation” or “Intervening Party”, and together with Novelis do Brasil, the
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Collateral Agent, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”).

WHEREAS:

A) The Collateral Agent and the Pledgor, as a guarantor, have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) among the Borrowers, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors,
the Lenders and the Collateral Agent (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement);

B) The Collateral Agent and the Pledgor, as a guarantor, have entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) among the Borrowers, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors,
the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the U.S. Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, and the European Swingline Lender (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Revolving
Credit Agreement);

C) The Borrower under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Borrowers under the Revolving Credit
Agreement have requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to finance the mutual and
collective business enterprise of the Loan Parties. Lenders are willing to provide the credit facility on the terms and conditions set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement
and in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;

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D) As a member of the same economic group of the Borrower under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and
the Borrowers under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Pledgor shall receive substantial direct
and indirect economic and non-economic benefits from the facilities made available in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement and it is in the corporate interest of the
Pledgor to enter into this Agreement;

D) It is a condition precedent to the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreement
that the Pledgor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the Parties hereto agree to enter
into this Agreement, which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions:

Section I — Definitions

1.1. Capitalised terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, unless a contrary indication appears.
As used herein, (a) the term “Revolving Credit Secured Parties” shall mean the “Secured Parties” as
such term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement and (b) the term “Revolving Credit Event of
Default” shall mean an “Event of Default” as such term is defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement.

1.2. Any references to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as references to
the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Secured Parties and acting as sub-agent and as bailee
for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Secured
Parties). Any references to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be
construed as references to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Revolving
Credit Secured Parties and acting as sub-agent and as bailee for the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties).

1.3. Any references to a Person in this Agreement shall include its successors and assigns.

1.4. Any references to a document is a reference to that document as amended, restated, novated
and/or supplemented through the time such reference becomes effective.

1.5. All references to sections and exhibits in this Agreement are references to sections and
exhibits of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Section II — Purpose of the Pledge

2.1. The pledge hereunder is created in order to secure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties (a) the Obligations (for this purpose only, as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement); and (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all
obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each Hedging Agreement entered into
with any Secured Hedge Provider (for this purpose only, as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement); (c) the Obligations (for this purpose only, as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement); and (d) the due and punctual payment and performance of all Secured Bank Product
Obligations (for this purpose only, as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) ((a) to (d)
referred to collectively as the “Secured Obligations”).

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2.2 For the purposes of Section 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of Secured
Obligations are those described in Exhibit 1 hereto. In the event of any conflict between the
language of Exhibit 1 and the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
govern and control.

Section III — Creation of the Pledge

3.1. Pledgor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties and as
sub-agent for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Revolving Credit
Secured Parties), all of its rights and title over the intercompany notes held by Pledgor, duly
described and identified in Exhibit 2 hereto (the “Pledged Intercompany Notes”).

3.2. Pledgor hereby, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, delivers to Collateral
Agent the physical possession of the Pledged Intercompany Notes.

3.3. Any payments made by Novelis Corporation to the Collateral Agent under the Pledged
Intercompany Notes shall be held by Collateral Agent in an escrow account, until the full payment
of the Secured Obligations. Should there be an Event of Default of Borrowers or a Revolving Credit
Event of Default of Revolving Credit Borrowers, then, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement (as defined below), Collateral Agent is entitled to immediately apply any and all moneys
received under the Pledged Intercompany Notes (including, without limitation, any amounts held in
an escrow account pursuant to the preceding sentence) against the defaulted amounts.

Section IV —Registration

4.1. Pledgor shall, within 20 (twenty) days after the execution of this Agreement or any amendment
hereto entered into with respect to Section 9 below, register this Agreement, or any such
amendment, as applicable, together with its relevant sworn translation into the Portuguese
language, with the competent Registry of Deeds and Documents (Cartórios de Títulos e Documentos),
and provide promptly thereafter evidence of any such registrations in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All expenses incurred in connection with such sworn public
translation and with such registrations shall be paid by the Pledgor.

Section V — Representation and Warranties

5.1. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

	a)	 	it has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to comply with and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, as well as it has taken all necessary corporate
acts to authorize the execution of this Agreement and the creation of the pledge in accordance
with the terms set forth herein;
	 
	b)	 	this Agreement constitutes its valid obligation, legally binding upon it and enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights
generally;

	c)	 	neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the compliance with its

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	 	 	terms will
constitute a breach of its Articles of Association or any other corporate documents, as well
as it will not constitute a breach or a default under any other agreement to which it is a
party;

	d)	 	no registration, request, authorization or filing of any kind before any governmental body or
agency or any third party is required in connection with: (i) the creation and maintenance of
the pledge by Pledgor over the Pledged Intercompany Notes in accordance with this Agreement,
or to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) the validity and enforceability of
this Agreement; (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights established in this
Agreement, except for the registration requirements mentioned in Section 4 above;
	 
	e)	 	it is not engaged in or threatened by any litigation, investigation or process before any
arbitration, judicial or administrative court, the outcome of which might adversely and
materially affect its financial condition, the creation of the security established in this
Agreement or the accomplishment of its obligations hereunder;
	 
	f)	 	it is not threatened to become insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, it has
not been, and it is not threatened to be, declared insolvent or impediment of any legal nature
is declared;
	 
	g)	 	Pledgor is the legal owner and holder of the Pledged Intercompany Notes, which are free from
any liens other than those contemplated herein;
	 
	h)	 	The disposal of the Pledged Intercompany Notes, judicially and/or out of court, under the
terms of this Agreement, does not violate any law, rules, regulations, agreements,
injunctions, decrees or court rulings binding upon Pledgor. There is no action, suit,
proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation pending or threatened in respect to the
Pledged Intercompany Notes. There exists no impediment that would prevent the disposal of the
Pledged Intercompany Notes, judicially and/or out of court, under the terms of this Agreement;
	 
	i)	 	Pledgor has not sold or granted any rights of preemption over or agreed to sell or grant any
right of preemption over or otherwise disposed of or agreed to dispose of the benefit of all
or any of its rights, title and interest in and to all or any part of the Pledged Intercompany
Notes; and

	j)	 	Pledgor has full knowledge of all terms and conditions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, of
the Revolving Credit Agreement and of the Intercreditor Agreement
including but not limited to the basic terms of the Secured Obligations as described in Exhibit 1
hereto.

5.2. Pledgor further undertakes to maintain valid the representations and warranties in this
Section 5 during the term of this Agreement.

Section VI — Covenants

6.1. Pledgor covenants and agrees that until termination and discharge of this Agreement:

	a)	 	Pledgor will, at its sole cost and expense, pledge in favor of the Collateral Agent, any and
all intercompany notes in the future issued in favor of the Pledgor and any and all
replacement intercompany notes, whereby, Novelis do Brasil shall enter into amendments to this
Agreement with the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit

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	 	 	Collateral Agent in order to
extend the security interest and lien created hereunder to the new or replacement intercompany
note;

	b)	 	Pledgor will, at its sole cost and expense, make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such
further acts, deeds, conveyances, agreements, assignments, endorsements, notices
(“intimações”), notices of assignment and additional transfers as the Collateral Agent shall
from time to time reasonably request, which may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the
Collateral Agent to assure, perfect, assign or transfer to the Collateral Agent the security
interest and the rights created, transferred or assigned hereunder. All reasonable costs and
expenses in connection with the granting and maintenance of the security interests hereunder,
including reasonable legal fees and other reasonable costs in connection with the grant,
registration, perfection, maintenance or continuity of the security interests hereunder or the
preparation, execution or registration of documents and any other acts which the Collateral
Agent may reasonably incur in connection with the granting, registration, perfection,
maintenance or continuity of such security interest, shall be paid by Pledgor promptly upon
demand. Pledgor will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, without the prior
approval of the Collateral Agent, enter into any agreement which may impair their ability to
comply with, or which may prohibit them from complying with, the provisions hereof.
	 
	c)	 	It shall, upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default or a Revolving Credit
Event of Default, as may be evidenced by written notice from the Collateral Agent or the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to Pledgor (irrespective of any notice to the contrary by
any other third party), comply with all written instructions received by it from the
Collateral Agent in connection with the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the remedies set
forth in Section 14.1 hereof;
	 
	d)	 	It will comply in all respects with all applicable laws of any governmental authority having
jurisdiction over its business.

Section VII — Enforcement of the Security

7.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and/or Revolving Credit
Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may, regardless of any judicial or
extra judicial notice, dispose of, collect, receive, and/or realize upon the Pledged Intercompany
Notes (or any part thereof), and forthwith sell or assign, give option or options to purchase or
otherwise dispose of the Pledged Intercompany Notes, at such price and upon such terms and
conditions as it may deem appropriate.

7.2. In due observance of the Intercreditor Agreement, the funds derived from the enforcement of
the Pledged Intercompany Notes shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations,
including, without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of the pledge
created hereunder. The Collateral Agent shall return to Pledgor the remaining excess, if any, in
the form of cash in this case, in accordance of Section 1,435, item V of the Brazilian Civil Code.

7.3. Without limitation of other rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default or a Revolving Credit Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
instruct Novelis Corporation to make payments required by such Pledged Intercompany Notes directly
to the Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, as instructed by the Collateral
Agent, to be applied for the payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, undertaking to return to Pledgor any amounts in excess of the Secured
Obligations.

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7.4. As a means of complying with the obligations set forth herein, the Pledgor shall, on the date
hereof, execute and deliver irrevocably and irreversibly, as a condition precedent to this
Agreement, in accordance with Article 684 of the Brazilian Civil Code, to the Collateral Agent (as
representative of the Secured Parties), and to each successor as necessary, a power of attorney,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 hereto, to ensure that the Collateral Agent or such
successor has all powers to carry out the acts and rights specified herein, and shall maintain such
power of attorney in full force and effect until the full payment of the Secured Obligations and
termination of all commitments under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit
Agreement.

Section VIII — Use of Proceeds

8.1. Any amounts received by the Secured Parties (directly or through the Collateral Agent)
pursuant to this Agreement and/or under the powers hereby conferred shall, after an Event of
Default and/or Revolving Credit Event of Default, be applied by the Collateral Agent as
representative of the Secured Parties for payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement, but without prejudice to the right of any secured party to recover any shortfall from
Collateral Agent, and in any case, any amounts in excess of the Secured Obligations shall return to
Pledgor.

Section IX — Amendments with Respect to the Secured Obligations

9.1. Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder, and the Pledged Intercompany Notes shall remain
subject to the pledge granted hereby, at all times until termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 11 hereof, without limitation and without any reservation of rights against Pledgor, and
whether notice is given to Pledgor or not, irrespective of whether:

	(a)	 	the liability of Pledgor or any other third party upon or for any part of the Secured
Obligations, or any security or guarantee or right of set-off with respect thereto is, from
time to time, in whole or in part, renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Secured Parties;
	 
	(b)	 	the Term Loan Credit Agreement and/or the Revolving Credit Agreement is amended, modified or
supplemented, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms of such agreement; and
	 
	(c)	 	any guaranty or right of set-off at any time held by the Secured Parties (directly or through
the Collateral Agent) for the payment of the Secured Obligations are sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released.

Section X — Pursuit of Rights and Remedies Against Pledgor

10.1. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against any third party or against any guaranty of the Secured Obligations
or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or the
Revolving Credit collateral Agent to pursue such rights or remedies or to collect any payments from
such third party or to realize upon any such securities or guaranties or to exercise any such right
of set-off, or any release of such third

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parties or of any such securities, guaranties or right of
set-off, shall not relieve Pledgor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral
Agent or Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

Section XI — Termination and Release

11.1. upon the later of (a) Discharge of the Term Loan Secured Obligations and (b) the Discharge of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, then, and only then, shall this Agreement and the security
interests and lien created hereby be released and this Agreement shall terminate, at Pledgor’s
expense; otherwise, this Agreement and the pledge created hereby shall remain in full force and
effect.

11.2. No release of this Agreement or of the lien created and evidenced hereby shall be valid
unless executed by the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

11.3. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent shall, at Pledgor’s request, at Pledgor’s expense, execute and/or enter into with Pledgor
(and the Secured Parties and the Revolving Credit Secured Parties herein grant to the Collateral
Agent and the revolving Credit Collateral Agent the powers to accomplish it), all documents
reasonably required to evidence the release and the discharge of such security interest and lien
created hereby.

Section XII — Waivers and Amendments

12.1. No course of dealing between Pledgor and the Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any
Secured Party or any Revolving Credit Secured Party any right, power or privilege hereunder or
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or the Revolving Credit Agreement shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or
thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege.

12.2. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment of any
provision of this Agreement (including any waiver or consent relating thereto) shall be effective
unless it shall be made by means of a written and signed consent by the Collateral Agent, acting on
the instructions of the Secured Parties.

Section XIII — Severability

13.1. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of such provision, and shall not affect any other provisions hereof.

Section XIV — Authority of the Collateral Agent

14.1. Pledgor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise
by the Collateral Agent of any option, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for
herein or resulting from this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties, be governed by the Revolving Credit Agreement,the

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Intercreditor Agreement and by other
agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Collateral Agent and Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as
representative of the Secured Parties, with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from
acting, and Pledgor shall be under no entitlement to make any inquiry with respect to such
authority.

Section XV — Complete Agreement; Successors and Assigns

15.1. This Agreement is intended by the Parties as the final expression of their agreement
regarding the subject matter hereof and as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and
conditions of such agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns, inuring to the benefit of all of them.

15.2. Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement,
except with the prior consent of the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Collateral Agent. The
Collateral Agent may assign and transfer all of its rights and obligations hereunder to a
replacement Collateral Agent, appointed in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit
Agreement. Upon such assignment and transfer taking effect, the replacement Collateral Agent shall
be deemed to be acting as representative of the Secured Parties, for the purposes of this
Agreement, in place of the former Collateral Agent, or both as the case may be.

Section XVI — Assignment and/or Transfer of the Revolving Credit Agreement

16.1 In the event of the assignment, transfer and/or novation of the credits of the Secured Parties
under the Revolving Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall remain obligated under the terms of this
Agreement and the Pledged Intercompany Notes shall remain subject to the security interest hereby
created in favor of the Secured Parties, until the termination in full of this Agreement, in
accordance with Section 11, provided that it is notified of the assignment and/or transfer by the
Collateral Agent. Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that such notification will be under the terms,
as the case may be, of the requirements of the notification of Article 290 of the Brazilian Civil
Code.

Section XVII — Waiver of Immunity

17.1 To the extent that Pledgor has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may acquire, for
itself or for any of the Pledged Intercompany Notes, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction of any
court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution, or otherwise), with respect to itself or its properties, Pledgor
hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations hereunder to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law.

Section XVIII
— No Duty on Part of Collateral Agent or Revolving Credit Collateral Agent

18.1. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit collateral Agent hereunder
are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s, the Revolving Credit collateral Agent’s and the
Secured Parties’ interests in the Pledged Intercompany Notes and shall not impose any duty on the
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit collateral Agent to exercise such powers or on the Secured
Parties to cause the Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit collateral to exercise any such
powers. Each of the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall be accountable
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of such powers, and the
Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Secured Parties or any of its
respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall not be held responsible by Pledgor for
any act or failure to act hereunder except to the extent otherwise provided in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement or under Brazilian Law.

Section XIX — Notices

19.1. Any communication under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made or delivered to
the following addresses or fax numbers, or to such other address or fax number as may be notified
by the relevant party to the other party in writing:

To Pledgor:

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551 — 15th floor

Torre Empresarial World Trade Center

São Paulo — SP, Brasil

04578-000

Telefax: 55 11 5503-0714

Attention: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida

To Intervening Party

NOVELIS CORPORATION

6060 Parkland Blvd Mayfield Heights, OH 44124, United States of America

Attention: [•]

Telefax: [•]

To the Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

135 S. LaSalle, Suite 927, IL4-135-09-27

Chicago, IL 60603

Attention: Account Officer

Telecopier No.: 1 312-453-5555

To the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

135 S. LaSalle, Suite 927, IL4-135-09-27

Chicago, IL 60603

Attention: Account Officer

Telecopier No.: 1 312-453-5555

19.2. Each party undertakes to notify the other party of any change of address.

Section XX — Governing Law

20.1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

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Section XXI— Jurisdiction

21.1. The Parties hereto elect the courts of the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo to resolve
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Section XXII — Specific Performance

22.1. The Parties agree and acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes a “título executivo
extrajudicial” pursuant to Article 585, item III of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure and
grants to each Party the right to seek specific performance in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure, including, without limitation, Articles 461,
632 and 466-B without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent
under applicable law.

Section XXIII — Conflict with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and Provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement

23.1. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the Parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the
event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall control and govern.

23.2. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties and as sub-agent for the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions
of the intercreditor agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 among the Borrowers, AV Metals Inc.,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Agent as administrative agent and collateral
trustee (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”).

Section XXIV — Taxes, Charges and Expenses

24.1. Taxes and Other Taxes, charges, costs, and expenses (including legal fees and notarial fees),
including withholding taxes, relating to, resulting from, or otherwise connected with, the Pledge,
this Agreement, the execution, amendment and/or the enforcement of this Agreement, on whomsoever
imposed, shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Pledgor, unless otherwise provided for in the
Revolving Credit Agreement. If this Agreement is enforced, the Pledgor shall make such additional
payments to each of the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent so that the
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent is put in the same net-after tax
position that the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent would have obtained
absent the enforcement of this Agreement, unless otherwise provided for in the Revolving Credit
Agreement.

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Section XXV — Other Provisions

25.1. If the Pledgor makes a payment hereunder that is subject to withholding tax, the Pledgor
shall increase the amount of such payment such that, after deduction and payment of all such
withholding taxes, the payee receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if no
such withholding had been imposed; provided, that the relevant persons provide such forms,
certificates and documentation that the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
is legally entitled to furnish and would be required to reduce or eliminate withholding and, with
respect to non-U.S. withholding taxes, would not, in the Collateral Agent’s and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent’s judgment, subject it to any material unreimbursed costs or otherwise be
disadvantageous to it in any material respect.

Section XXVI — Language

26.1 This Agreement is being executed solely in the English language. Pledgor shall, at its own
expense, arrange for this Agreement to be sworn public translated into Portuguese by a sworn public
translator.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives, have
caused this Agreement to be signed in 5 (five) identical counterparts, in their respective names
and to be delivered as of the day and year first above written.

São Paulo, December 17, 2010.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Witnesses:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1:

	 	 	 	 	 	2:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Name:

	 

	ID:
	 	 	 	 	ID:

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Exhibit 1

Basic Terms of the Secured Obligations

For the purposes of Article 1,424 of the Brazilian Civil Code, the basic terms of the Secured
Obligations are:

1. Term Loan Credit Agreement1

	a)	 	Principal Amount

Up to US$1,500,000,000.00 (one billion five hundred million United States Dollars), such amount
subject to increase at the request of the Borrower; provided that at the time of any such increase
the Borrower’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.5 to 1.0 and certain other
conditions are satisfied.2

	b)	 	Termination

Originally, six years from the date hereof. Such termination date may be extended pursuant to the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	c)	 	Interest

At the Borrower’s option, Term Loans will bear interest at rates per annum equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to
time.

The Borrower may select interest periods with respect to Eurodollar Rate Term Loans of one, two,
three or six months and, to the extent available to all Lenders, nine or twelve months. Interest
on Eurodollar Rate Term Loans will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be
payable at the end of the selected interest period, but no less frequently than quarterly.

Interest on Base Rate Term Loans will be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days
in a leap year) and shall be payable quarterly.

Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any payment default under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, such overdue amount shall accrue interest at 2% per annum in addition to the interest
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	1	 	All of the capitalized terms in this
section only will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit
Agreement, dated December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), entered into by and
among the Borrower, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent (as the foregoing capitalized terms are
defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement). In the event of any
discrepancy between this Exhibit 1 and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	2	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the Borrower is permitted to incur additional secured indebtedness under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or other pari-pasu or subordinated credit
facilities, which would be subject to the terms of the Collateral Trust
Agreement. The terms of such additional indebtedness will be determined by the
Borrower and the lenders that become party to any credit agreement
memorializing such further extension of credit.

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2. Revolving Credit Agreement3

	a)	 	Principal Amount

Up to US$800,000,000.00 (eight hundred million United States Dollars).

	b)	 	Termination

Five years from the date hereof.

	c)	 	Interest

     (a) Base Rate Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(f) of the
Revolving Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing, including each Swingline
Loan, shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in
effect from time to time.

     (b) Eurocurrency Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(f) of the
Revolving Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at
a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.

     (c) EURIBOR Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(f) of the
Revolving Credit Agreement, the Loans comprising each EURIBOR Borrowing shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.

     (d) Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during an Event of Default of the
type specified in Sections 8.01(a), (b), (g) or (h) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, or
during any other Event of Default if the Required Lenders in their discretion so elect by notice to
the Administrative Agent, all Obligations shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, bear
interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of
principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as
provided in the preceding paragraphs or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in paragraph (a) above (in either case, the “Default
Rate”).

     (e) Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to
Section 2.06 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the
event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Revolving
Loan or a Swingline Loan without a permanent reduction in Revolving Commitments), accrued interest
on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any EURIBOR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan prior
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	3	 	All of the capitalized terms in this
section only will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) entered into by and among
the Borrowers, AV Metals Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank, the U.S. Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, and the European Swingline Lender (as the foregoing
capitalized terms are defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement). In the event
of any discrepancy between this Exhibit 1 and the Revolving Credit Agreement,
the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall govern and control.

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current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable
on the effective date of such conversion.

     (f) Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed
on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and (ii) interest computed with
regard to Eurocurrency Loans by way of GBP shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days,
and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day
but excluding the last day). The applicable Base Rate, Adjusted EURIBOR Rate or Adjusted LIBOR
Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of the
Revolving Credit Agreement and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (g) Currency for Payment of Interest. All interest paid or payable pursuant to
Section 2.06 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall be paid in the Approved Currency in
which the Loan giving rise to such interest is denominated.

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Exhibit 2

Copy of all Pledged Intercompany Notes

[To be provided]

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Exhibit 3

Form of Power of Attorney

NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a Brazilian limited liability company, with its principal place of
business in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551,
15th floor, enrolled with the Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF)
under No. 60.561.800/0001-03, herein duly represented by its undersigned legal representatives
(“Grantor”), hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, having its
office at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1656, Chicago, Illinois 60603, in its capacity as
Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, (hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral
Agent”) as its Attorney-in-fact, to act in its name and place, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to do and perform all and every act whatsoever necessary, in connection with the Intercompany
Note Pledge Agreement, dated as of [•], 2010 (as amended from time to time the “Intercompany Note
Pledge Agreement”), and pursuant to the terms of such Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement, including
without limitation:

(a) to execute, deliver and perfect all documents and do all things which the Attorney-in Fact may
consider to be required or desirable for (a) carrying out any obligations imposed on Pledgor by the
Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement (including the execution and delivery of any notices, deeds,
charges, arrangements, endorsements or other security and any transfers of the Pledged Intercompany
Notes), and (b) enabling the Attorney-in-Fact to exercise, or delegate the exercise of, any of the
rights, powers and authorities conferred on them by or pursuant to the Intercompany Note Pledge
Agreement or by law (including, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the exercise of any
right of a legal or beneficial owner of the Pledged Intercompany Notes);

(b) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, to dispose of, collect, receive, appropriate,
withdraw, transfer and/or realise upon the Pledged Intercompany Notes (or any part thereof) and
forthwith apply the enforcement proceeds for the payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance
with Article 1459 of the Brazilian Civil Code, being vested with all necessary powers incidental
thereto, including, without limitation, to purchase foreign currency and make all remittances
abroad, to sign any necessary foreign exchange contract with financial institutions in Brazil that
may be required to make such remittances and to represent Pledgor before the Central Bank of Brazil
and any other Brazilian governmental authority when necessary to accomplish the purposes of the
Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement;

(c) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, to take all necessary actions and to execute any
instrument before any governmental authority in the case of a public sale of the Pledged
Intercompany Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions set out therein; and

(d) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument
consistent with the terms of the Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement as it may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes of the Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement.

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This power of attorney is effective as of the date hereof, provided that the powers to use all or
part of the Pledged Intercompany Notes shall only become effective upon the occurrence and the
continuation of an Event of Default.

Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning attributed to them in the
Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement.

The powers granted herein are in addition to the powers granted by Pledgor to Attorney-in-Fact in
the Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement and do not cancel or revoke any of such powers.

This power of attorney is granted as a condition to the Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement and as a
means to comply with the obligations set forth therein, in accordance with Article 684 of the
Brazilian Civil Code.

This power of attorney shall remain valid until the Intercompany Note Pledge Agreement is
terminated in accordance with its terms.

São Paulo,                     2010

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	 	  	 	 
	 	  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT M-8

Term Loan

Execution copy

NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

AS PLEDGOR

AND

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

AS PLEDGEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT

AND

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

AS COMPANY

 

FIRST PRIORITY SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen

2, place Winston Churchill

B.P. 425

L-2014 Luxembourg

 

 

FIRST PRIORITY PLEDGE AGREEMENT — EXECUTION COPY

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	CLAUSE	 	PAGE	 
	1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	 	 	4	 
	2. COVENANT TO PAY

	 	 	6	 
	3. DECLARATION OF PLEDGE

	 	 	6	 
	4. PERFECTION OF PLEDGE

	 	 	6	 
	6. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS

	 	 	8	 
	7. COVENANTS

	 	 	11	 
	8. POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	12	 
	9. ENFORCEMENT OF PLEDGE

	 	 	12	 
	10. EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY

	 	 	13	 
	11. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	15	 
	12. COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	15	 
	13. NOTICES

	 	 	15	 
	14. SUCCESSORS

	 	 	16	 
	15. LIABILITY

	 	 	17	 
	16. SEVERABILITY

	 	 	17	 
	17. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES

	 	 	17	 
	18. WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS

	 	 	17	 
	19. ASSIGNMENT

	 	 	18	 
	20. GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	18	 
	21. JURISDICTION

	 	 	18	 
	SCHEDULE 1

	 	 	21	 

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FIRST PRIORITY PLEDGE AGREEMENT — EXECUTION COPY

THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT (hereafter the “Pledge Agreement” or the “Agreement”) is made on December
17th, 2010

AMONG:

	 	1)	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED, a company existing under the laws of England and
Wales, having its registered office at Latchford Locks Works, Thelwell Lane, Warrington,
Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA4 1NN, registered under number 0279596 (hereinafter, the
“Pledgor”); and
	 
	 	 	 	AND

	 	2)	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., acting for itself and in the name and on behalf of the Secured
Parties (as defined below) (hereinafter, the “Pledgee” or as the “Collateral Agent”);

     AND

	 	3)	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., a company with limited liability existing under the laws of
Luxembourg, having its registered office at Zone Industrielle Riedgen L-3401 Dudelange,
registered with the Trade and Companies Register under number B 19.358 (the “Company”).

The Pledgor, the Pledgee and the Company shall each be referred to as a “Party” and, collectively,
the “Parties”.

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement, dated as of December 17th, 2010 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Term Loan
Agreement”) among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized
term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in Article I of the
Term Loan Agreement), the Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and Collateral Agent for the Lenders, the Borrower has
requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of Term Loans on the Closing Date (as
defined therein).
	 
	(B)	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, the Pledgor has guaranteed and will continue to
guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Term Loan

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	 	 	Agreement) in favour of the Secured Parties (as defined in the in the Term Loan Agreement),
in consideration for the Lenders to make extensions of credit to the Borrower in the form
of term loans upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	(C)	 	Pursuant to an intercreditor agreement, dated December 17th, 2010 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor
Agreement”) between, among other parties, the Borrower, the Guarantors, and the other
Companies party thereto, the Term Loan Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,
the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as all
those terms defined therein), and certain other persons which may be or became parties thereto
have agreed to the relative priority of the respective Liens of the Claimholders on the
Collateral (as all those terms are defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and certain other
rights, priorities and interests as set forth therein.
	 
	(D)	 	The Pledgor is the owner of all the sixty six thousand and twenty six (66,026) shares issued
by the Company, without nominal value, and the Shares constitute the entire share capital of
the Company.
	 
	(E)	 	As a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders to make their respective
extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Term Loan Agreement and any other Loan
Documents, the Pledgor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	(F)	 	As security for the payment when due of the Secured Obligations under the Term Loan
Agreement, the Pledgor has agreed to enter into this Agreement and to perform the obligations
and take the actions described herein.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	 	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	 	1.1.	 	Terms defined in the Term Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning herein, unless expressly
provided to the contrary. In this Agreement:
	 
	 	 	 	“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday or Sunday on which banks in Luxembourg are
open for normal business.
	 
	 	 	 	“Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	 	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Term Loan Agreement.

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	 	 	 	“Pledged Portfolio” means the Shares and the Related Assets.
	 
	 	 	 	“Related Assets” means all dividends, interest and other monies payable in respect of the
Shares, as applicable, and all other rights, benefits and proceeds in respect of or derived
from the Shares (whether by way of redemption, bonus, preference, option, substitution,
disposal, conversion or otherwise) except to the extent these constitute Shares.
	 
	 	 	 	“Rights of Recourse” means all and any rights, actions and claims the Pledgors may have
against the Company or any other company having granted security or given a guarantee for
the Company’s obligations, arising under or pursuant to the enforcement of the present
Pledge including, in particular, the Pledgors’ right of recourse against the Company under
the terms of Article 2028ff. of the Luxembourg Civil Code (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any right of recourse prior to enforcement), or any right of recourse by way of
subrogation or any other similar right, action or claim under any applicable law.
	 
	 	 	 	“Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	 	“Secured Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	 	 	 	“Shares” means 100% of the shares in the share capital of the Company held by, to the order
or on behalf of the Pledgor at any time, including for the avoidance of doubt any shares
which shall be issued by the Company to the Pledgors from time to time, regardless of the
reason of such issuance, (the “Future Shares”), in which case such number of Future Shares
as is required to maintain the total number of Shares held by the Pledgor and so pledged at
a level of 100% of the total share capital of the Company shall immediately be and become
subject to the security interest created hereunder.
	 
	 	1.2.	 	In this Agreement, any reference to (a) a “Clause” is, unless otherwise stated, a reference
to a Clause hereof and (b) to any agreement (including this Agreement) is a reference to such
agreement as amended, varied, modified or supplemented (however fundamentally) from time to
time. Clause headings are for ease of reference only.
	 
	 	1.3.	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by way of facsimile exchange
of executed signature pages, all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

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	2.	 	COVENANT TO PAY

The Pledgor covenants with the Secured Parties to pay and discharge on demand all Secured
Obligations at the time or times when, and in the currency or currencies in which, the same are
expressed to be payable.

	3.	 	DECLARATION OF PLEDGE
	 
	3.1.	 	The Pledgor hereby pledges, and the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the Secured Parties,
accepts, the Pledged Portfolio as continuing first ranking priority security in favour of
itself and of the Secured Parties for the prompt and complete payment when due and discharge
of all Secured Obligations.
	 
	3.2.	 	The Company acknowledges and accepts the present Pledge in accordance with the provisions of
Luxembourg Law.
	 
	3.3	 	The provisions of this Agreement are without prejudice to the provisions of the Term Loan
Agreement. In case of inconsistency, the provisions in the Term Loan Agreement shall prevail
and any permission provided in the Term Loan Agreement shall apply.
	 
	3.4	 	The Pledge so granted is a first ranking priority pledge.
	 
	4.	 	PERFECTION OF PLEDGE
	 
	4.1.	 	The Parties hereto agree that, for the dispossession requirement, the Pledge shall be
inscribed in the shareholders register of the Company in accordance with articles 5(2)c) and
6(1)c) of the law dated 5th August, 2005 relating to financial collateral
arrangements (the “Law of 2005”).
	 
	4.2.	 	The Pledgor and the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the Secured Parties, request the Company,
and the Company, by signing this Agreement, undertakes, to promptly after the execution of
this Agreement, (i) register the Pledge over the Shares in its shareholders register and (ii)
provide the Pledgee with a certified copy of the register evidencing such recording.
	 
	 	 	The following wording shall be used for the registration of the Pledge over the Shares in
the shareholders register of the Company:
	 
	 	 	“Pursuant to a First Priority Share Pledge Agreement dated December 17th, 2010
(the “First Priority Share Pledge Agreement”), 100% of all the ordinary shares in
Novelis Luxembourg S.A., owned from time to time by Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, and in
particular 66,026 shares owned on the date of the present registration, as well as any
Future Shares and any Related Assets, have been pledged, as a first ranking priority
pledge, in favour of Bank of America, N.A.,

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	 	 	acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties under the Term Loan Agreement
in order to secure the Secured Obligations (each capitalized term as defined in the First
Priority Share Pledge Agreement). The Shares (as defined in the First Priority Share Pledge
Agreement) may not be disposed of in any way without the prior written consent of the
Pledgee.”
	 
	4.3.	 	Without prejudice to the above provisions, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorises and
empowers the Pledgee to cause any formal steps to be taken by the directors or other officers
of the Company for the purpose of perfecting the present Pledge and, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably undertakes to take any such steps if so requested in
writing by the Pledgee (acting reasonably). In particular, should any such steps be required
in relation to Future Shares, the Pledgor and the Company undertake to take any such steps
immediately upon issuance or receipt of Future Shares and, in case of the Pledgor, to instruct
the Company to take any such steps, without prejudice to the right of the Pledgee pursuant to
the first sentence hereof.
	 
	5.	 	DIVIDENDS AND VOTING RIGHTS
	 
	5.1.	 	As long as this Agreement remains in force and until the occurrence of an Event of Default,
dividends shall be applied in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Term Loan
Agreement and any other Loan Documents. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Pledgee, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled to
receive and apply all dividends distributed by the Company in connection with the Shares for
application in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	5.2.	 	As long as no Event of Default has occurred which is continuing, the Pledgor shall be
entitled to exercise all voting rights in relation to the Pledged Assets in a manner which
does not adversely affect this Pledge or cause a Default to occur. After the occurrence of an
Event of Default, none of the Pledgor shall, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee,
exercise any voting rights or otherwise in relation to the Shares. The Pledgor and the Company
undertakes that the Pledgee will be notified in writing of any meeting of the shareholder(s)
of the Company, as well as of the agenda thereof and of any proposal to pass a written
resolution of the shareholder(s) of the Company or of any other resolution to be adopted in
respect of any of the Shares, in each case at least 8 Business Days before such meeting or the
proposal of such resolution.
	 
	5.3.	 	After an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing, all voting rights attaching to
the Pledged Portfolio shall be automatically vested in the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the
Secured Parties as defined in the Term Loan Agreement and any other Loan Documents, in
accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, the Law of 2005.

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	5.4	 	The Pledgee and the Secured Parties shall be entitled, after an Event of Default has occurred
which is continuing, to request the Pledgor to appoint the Pledgee as the Pledgor’s
irrevocable proxy to represent each Pledgor at the relevant shareholders’ meeting and exercise
the voting rights in any manner the Pledgee deems fit for the purpose of protecting and/or
enforcing its rights hereunder. The Pledgor shall do whatever is necessary in order to ensure
that the exercise of the voting rights in these circumstances is facilitated and becomes
possible for the Pledgee, including the issuing of a written proxy in any form required under
applicable law.
	 
	5.5	 	The Pledgor hereby expressly acknowledges that the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the Secured
Parties, shall be totally and unconditionally authorised to exercise the voting rights
attached to the Shares in any manner necessary or useful for the purposes of ensuring the
complete satisfaction of the Secured Obligations and hereby waives each and any claim it may
have in this respect, in particular in regard to the liability of the Pledgee (save for events
of wilful misconduct or gross negligence).
	 
	6.	 	REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	6.1	 	In addition to the representations set out in Article III of the Term Loan Agreement, the
Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Pledgee and the Secured Parties and undertakes
during the term of this Agreement and until the Pledge shall have been fully released that:

	 	6.1.1	 	the pledge and registration of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement creates
a valid first ranking security on the Pledged Portfolio in favour of the Pledgee and
the Secured Parties in respect of all Secured Obligations except for any mandatory
privileges preferred under applicable law;
	 
	 	6.1.2	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, there are no agreements
or arrangements (including any restrictions on transfer or rights of pre-emption)
affecting the Pledged Portfolio in any way or which would or might in any way fetter
or otherwise prejudice the rights of such Pledgor under the Pledged Portfolio or the
rights of any of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under this Agreement;
	 
	 	6.1.3	 	as to the date hereof, the Shares represent 100% of the issued and fully
paid-up share capital of the Company (before dilution relating to any future share
capital increase of the Company);
	 
	 	6.1.4	 	the Company has not declared any dividends in respect of the Shares that are
still unpaid at the date hereof;

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	 	6.1.5	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, it has not sold,
transferred, lent, assigned, parted with its interests in, disposed of, granted any
option in respect of or otherwise dealt with any of its rights, title and interest in
and to the Pledged Portfolio, or agreed to do any of the forgoing (otherwise than
pursuant to this Agreement);
	 
	 	6.1.6	 	it has, and will during the term of this Agreement have, its centre of main
interests in Luxembourg and it has the power and authority and legal right to own and
operate its property, to hold and own all of its assets, including the Shares, and to
conduct the business in which it is currently engaged;
	 
	 	6.1.7	 	it has taken all necessary action, including corporate action, and has
obtained all necessary authorisations to enable it to enter into and to authorise the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and this Agreement has been
duly executed by it;
	 
	 	6.1.8	 	it shall act in good faith to maintain the rights of the Pledgee and the
Secured Parties hereunder valid and enforceable, and in particular shall not take any
steps nor do anything which would adversely affect the existence of the Pledge created
hereunder or the value thereof;
	 
	 	6.1.9	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, it has not taken or
received and undertakes not to take or receive any security interest, lien or
guarantee from the Company in respect of any obligation arising for the Pledgor
hereunder nor in respect of any other liability owed by the Company to the Pledgor;
	 
	 	6.1.10	 	the execution and delivery of, and performance by the Pledgor of its obligations
under this Agreement and any other document related thereto will not:

	 	6.1.10.1	 	result in a breach of any provision of the constitutive or governing
documents of the Pledgor or of the Company; or
	 
	 	6.1.10.2	 	result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any contract,
undertaking, covenant or instrument to which the Pledgor or the Company is a
party or by which the Pledgor or the Company is bound (unless such breach or
default is permitted under the Term Loan Agreement); or
	 
	 	6.1.10.3	 	result in a breach of any law, decree, regulation, order, judgment or
decree of any court or governmental agency or an arbitration award to which
the Pledgor or the Company is a party or by which the Pledgor or the Company
is bound

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	 	 	 	(unless such breach is permitted under the Term Loan Agreement); or
	 
	 	6.1.10.4	 	require the consent of the shareholders of the Pledgor or the Company or
any other person or, if any such consent is required, it has been obtained and
is in full force and effect;

	 	6.1.11	 	no order has been made and no resolution has been passed for the winding-up,
bankruptcy, admission to the regime of suspension of payment and/or of controlled
management or for a composition with creditors of, or by, the Company or for a
liquidator, curateur or commissaire or like official to be appointed in respect of the
Pledgor or the Company and no petition has been presented and no meeting has been
convened for any such purpose;
	 
	 	6.1.12	 	no receiver has been appointed in respect of the Pledgor or the Company or all or
any of their assets and none of their respective assets is the subject of an arrest;
	 
	 	6.1.13	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, no event analogous to any of the
foregoing has occurred outside Luxembourg;
	 
	 	6.1.14	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, no unsatisfied judgment is
outstanding against the Pledgor and the Company;
	 
	 	6.1.15	 	subject to any thresholds provided in the Term Loan Agreement, no guarantee, loan
capital, borrowed money or interest is overdue for payment by the Pledgor and the
Company, and no other obligation or indebtedness is outstanding which is overdue for
performance or payment where such fact could have a material adverse effect on the
Pledgor or the Company or their respective business.

	6.2.	 	The Pledgor hereby formally undertakes not to exercise the Rights of Recourse or any other
rights against the Company or any other company in any manner (including for the avoidance of
doubt, by way of provisional measures such as provisional attachment (“saisie-arrêt
conservatoire”) or by way of set-off), or to take any action or do anything in relation to
such Rights of Recourse or other similar rights, for as long as any amounts remain outstanding
under the Secured Obligations.
	 
	6.3.	 	Each representation and warranty set out in this Clause 6 is made on the date hereof and is
deemed to be reiterated until the Secured Obligations shall have been satisfied in full, on
the same days as the representations and warranties are repeated under the Term Loan
Agreement.

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	7.	 	COVENANTS

The Pledgor hereby covenants that, for as long as this Agreement will be in force:

	7.1.	 	any shares of the Company issued and allotted to it after the date of this Agreement, shall
immediately be and become subject to the security interest created hereunder, up to 100% of
the share capital;
	 
	7.2.	 	it will take any measures, accomplish any formalities and, generally, do all that is
necessary at its own cost to permit the exercise, at any time, by the Pledgee, of any rights,
actions and privileges of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties pursuant to applicable law and
this Agreement;
	 
	7.3.	 	it will exercise the voting rights in respect of the Shares so as not to violate or
otherwise adversely affect the rights of any of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under this
Agreement;
	 
	7.4.	 	except as otherwise permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, it will not modify in any way
the Company’s corporate form, nor decide or undertake, as the case may be, any merger, split,
sale of assets, reduction in capital or dissolution of the Company without having first
obtained the prior written approval to that effect of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties, and
it will not amend the Company’s articles of incorporation (to the extent such amendment may
prejudice any right of any of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under the Term Loan
Agreement);
	 
	7.5.	 	it will inform without delay the Pledgee and the Secured Parties of the occurrence of any
event which may render any of the representations and warranties set out in Clause 7 above
inaccurate;
	 
	7.6.	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement and subject to the prior written consent of
the Pledgee and the Secured Parties, the Pledgor shall not create, grant or permit to exist
(a) any security interest over or (b) any restriction on the ability to transfer or enforce or
(c) assign or dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Portfolio;
	 
	7.7.	 	it shall cooperate with the Pledgee and sign or cause to be signed all such further documents
and take all such further action as the Pledgee may from time to time reasonably request to
perfect and protect this Pledge and to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement;
	 
	7.8.	 	the Pledgor shall inform the Pledgee in advance of any intention to increase the share
capital of the Company and/or to issue new shares.

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	8	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor irrevocably appoints the Pledgee to be its attorney and in its name and on its
behalf to execute, deliver and perfect all documents (including any share transfer forms
and other instruments of transfer) and do all things that the Pledgee, acting on its own
behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties, may consider to be requisite for (a) carrying
out any obligation imposed on the Pledgor under this Agreement or (b) exercising any of the
rights conferred to any of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under this Agreement or by
law, it being understood that the enforcement of the Pledge over the Pledged Assets must be
carried out as described in Clause 9 hereunder. The Pledgor shall ratify and confirm all
things done and all documents executed by the Pledgee in the exercise of this power of
attorney.
	 
	9.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF PLEDGE
	 
	9.1.	 	Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to enforce the
Pledge in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, and in the most favourable
manner provided for by Luxembourg law at that time, and in particular:

	 	9.1.1	 	to appropriate itself and/or for and on its own behalf and on behalf of the
Secured Parties all or part of the Pledged Portfolio at a price equal to the value of
the relevant Pledged Portfolio as determined in accordance with Schedule 1 hereof;
	 
	 	9.1.2	 	to sell all or part of the Pledged Portfolio in a private transaction at arm’s
length terms (conditions commerciales normales);
	 
	 	9.1.3	 	to cause the sale of all or part of the Pledged Portfolio, at a stock exchange
selected by the Pledgee or by public auction held at the place and at the time and if
required by applicable law by the public officer, designated by the Pledgee;
	 
	 	9.1.4	 	to request from the competent court, that title to all or part of the Pledged
Portfolio be assigned or transferred to it, at a price determined by a court appointed
expert;
	 
	 	9.1.5	 	in respect of any Related Assets consisting of claims for sums of money, to the
extent that such sums are owed by the Company or a third party, to require the Company
or such third party to make payment of the amount due by it directly to the Pledgee,
acting on behalf of the Secured Parties.

The Pledgee will have total and unlimited discretion as to the manner or manners of
enforcement and will not be required to have regard for the interests of the Pledgor or the
Company.

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	9.2.	 	Any proceeds of enforcement received by the Pledgee and the Secured Parties shall be applied
in accordance with the order and priority set forth under the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	9.3.	 	The Pledgor further confirms that it has decided, in as far as legally required, to approve
as new shareholder(s) any other person(s) who would acquire the Shares as the result of an
enforcement of the Pledge over the Shares, and the Pledgor undertakes, to the extent
necessary, to approve any other person as shall be designated by the Pledgee in the future for
this purpose in a similar way, and to procure such approval by any other shareholder if the
Pledgor is not the sole shareholder of the Company at that time.
	 
	10.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY
	 
	10.1.	 	The Pledge shall be a continuing security and shall not be considered as satisfied or
discharged or prejudiced by any intermediate payment or by the settlement of any part of the
Secured Obligations and shall remain in full force and effect until it has been released in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement upon the Discharge of Term Loan Secured
Obligations.
	 
	10.2.	 	The Pledgor shall not be entitled to require the release of the Pledge until the Discharge
of Term Loan Secured Obligations, and the Pledgee hereby undertakes, at the request of the
Pledgor, to give release of the Pledge no later than five Business Days after the Discharge of
Term Loan Secured Obligations, subject to delivery of any documents or certificates which the
Pledgee may reasonably request (including in particular, any certificates in relation to the
absence of voidness or voidability of payments under any applicable laws).
	 
	10.3.	 	This Pledge shall be discharged by, and only by, the express release thereof granted by the
Pledgee pursuant to the terms of clause 10.2 hereabove. All reasonable costs and expenses
associated with the release and discharge of Pledge shall be borne by the Pledgor.
	 
	10.4.	 	The Pledge shall be cumulative, in addition to and independent of every other security which
the Pledgee or any Secured Party may at any time hold as security for the Secured Obligations
or any rights, powers and remedies provided by law and shall not operate so as in any way to
prejudice or affect or be prejudiced or affected by any security interest or other right or
remedy which the Pledgee or any Secured Party may now or at any time in the future have in
respect of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	10.5.	 	This Pledge shall not be prejudiced by any time or indulgence granted to any person, or any
abstention or delay by the Pledgee or any Secured Party in perfecting or enforcing any
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		 	or any Secured Party may now or at any time in the future have from or against the Pledgor
or any other person.
	 
	10.6.	 	No failure on the part of the Pledgee or any Secured Party, to exercise, or delay on its
part in exercising, any of their rights under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any further or
other exercise of that or any other rights.
	 
	10.7.	 	Neither the obligations of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement nor the rights, powers
and remedies conferred to the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under this Agreement or by law,
nor the pledge created hereby shall be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by:

	 	10.7.1	 	any amendment to, or any variation, waiver or release of, any Secured Obligation
under the Term Loan Agreement or any other Loan Documents;
	 
	 	10.7.2	 	any failure to take, or to fully take, any security contemplated by the Term Loan
Agreement or any other Loan Documents or otherwise agreed to be taken in respect of
the Secured Obligations;
	 
	 	10.7.3	 	any failure to realise or to fully realise the value of, or any release, discharge,
exchange or substitution of, any security taken in respect of the Secured Obligations;
or
	 
	 	10.7.4	 	any other act, event or omission which, but for this Clause 11, might operate to
discharge, impair or otherwise affect any of the obligations of the Pledgor contained
in this Agreement, the rights, powers and remedies conferred to the Pledgee and the
Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Pledge or by law.

	10.8.	 	For the avoidance of doubt, each Pledgor hereby waives any rights arising (if any) under
Article 2037 of the Luxembourg Civil Code.
	 
	10.9.	 	Each Pledgor waives its right to the benefit of both “division” and “discussion”.
	 
	10.10.	 	Neither the Pledgee nor any of the Secured Parties shall be liable by reason of (a) taking
any action permitted by this Agreement or (b) any neglect or default in connection with the
Pledged Portfolio or (c) the realisation of all or any part of the Pledged Portfolio, except
in the case of gross negligence or wilful default, any and all joint liability being excluded.

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	11.	 	PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT
	 
	 	 	The Pledgee shall have the right to request enforcement of all or part of the Pledged
Portfolio in its most absolute discretion. No action, choice or absence of action in this
respect, or partial enforcement, shall in any manner affect the security interest created
hereunder over the Pledged Assets as it then shall be (and in particular those Pledged
Portfolio which have not been subject to enforcement). The security interest thereover
shall continue to remain in full and valid existence until discharge or termination hereof,
as the case may be.
	 
	12.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	All reasonable costs, fees, stamp duties and other amounts incurred by the Pledgee or any
Secured Party in connection with the negotiation, execution or enforcement of this
Agreement will be for the account of the Pledgors subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	NOTICES
	 
	13.1.	 	Each notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall be given in
accordance with Section 11.1 of the Term Loan Agreement at the addresses set out below:

	 	 	To the Pledgor:
	 
	 	 	Novelis Europe Holdings Limited
	 
	 	 	Latchford Locks Works,

Thelwell Lane,

Warrington, Cheshire,

United Kingdom,

WA4 1NN,

Attention: Company Secretary

Fax: 00 41 44 386 21 51

Phone: 00 41 44 386 2318

	 
	 	 	with a copy to: General Manager
	 
	 	 	To the Pledgee:

Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Phone: 415-436-1097

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	 	 	Fax: 415-503-5011
	 
	 	 	To the Company:

Novelis Luxembourg SA
 att.
Plant Manager

Zone Industrielle de Riedgen

L-3401 Dudelange

Luxembourg

Phone: +352 51 86 64 -1

Fax: + 352 51 86 64 210

	 
	 	 	cc: Novelis AG
	 	 	att. Legal Department

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH — 8700 Küsnacht ZH

Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 386 2150

Fax: +41 44 386 2309

	 
	14.	 	SUCCESSORS
	 
	14.1.	 	This Agreement shall remain in effect despite any amalgamation or merger or replacement
(however effected) relating to the Pledgee or any of the Secured Parties, and without
prejudice to the provision of the Term Loan Agreement, references to the Pledgee or any of the
Secured Parties shall be deemed to include any assignee or successor in title of the Pledgee
or any of the Secured Parties and any person who, under any applicable law, has assumed the
rights and obligations of the Pledgee or any of the Secured Parties hereunder or under the
Term Loan Agreement or to which under such laws the same have been transferred or novated or
assigned in any manner. To the extent a further notification or registration or any other step
is required by law to give effect to the above, such further registration shall be made and
the Pledgor and the Company hereby give power of attorney to the Pledgee to make any
notifications and/or to require any required registrations to be made in the share register of
the Company, or to take any other steps, and each undertakes to do so itself if so requested
by the Pledgee.
	 
	14.2.	 	For the purpose of Article 1278 of the Luxembourg Civil Code, to the extent required under
applicable law and without prejudice to any other terms hereof or of the Term Loan Agreement
and in particular of Clause 14.1 hereabove, in the event of any assignment, transfer, novation
or disposal of a part or all of its rights and obligations by the Pledgee under the Term Loan
Agreement, such Pledgee hereby expressly maintains, which the Pledgor accepts, all its rights
and privileges hereunder for the benefit of its successor and assignees, so that the Pledge
herein created will secure the Secured Obligations to the benefit of such successor and/or
assignee (as the case may be), without further formalities.

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	15.	 	LIABILITY
	 
	 	 	Neither the Pledgee nor any of the Secured Parties shall be liable for the loss or wrongful
delivery of, or damage to, the Pledged Portfolio, howsoever arising, save to the extent
that such loss, wrongful delivery or damage is caused by the gross negligence of wilful
misconduct of the relevant Pledgee or Secured Party, any and all joint liability being
excluded.
	 
	16.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
	 
	17.	 	NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES
	 
	 	 	Neither the Pledgee nor any of the Secured Parties shall by any act, delay, and omission or
otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or its remedies hereunder and no
waiver shall be valid unless in writing, signed by or on behalf of the Pledgee, acting on
behalf of the Secured Parties, and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by
or on behalf of the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the Secured Parties, of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy
which the Pledgee would otherwise have on any future occasion. No failure to exercise nor
any delay in exercising on the part of the Pledgee, any right, power or privileges
hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein
provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive
of any rights or remedies provided by law.
	 
	18.	 	WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS
	 
	 	 	Neither this Agreement nor any terms or conditions hereof may be amended, changed, waived,
discharged, terminated or otherwise modified unless such amendment, change, waiver,
discharge, termination or modification is in writing duly executed by or on behalf of the
Pledgee, and is otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Agreement. This
Agreement and all obligations of the Pledgor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors
and assigns of the Pledgor, and shall, together with the rights and remedies of the Pledgee
and Secured Parties hereunder, inure to the benefit of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties
and their respective successors and assigns.

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	19.	 	ASSIGNMENT
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor may not assign or transfer all or any part of their rights or obligations
hereunder. Each of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties may assign or transfer all or any of
its respective rights and obligations hereunder. Clause 14.2 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
	 
	20.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and be construed in accordance with Luxembourg law.
	 
	21.	 	JURISDICTION
	 
	 	 	With respect to any proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement, the Pledgor and
the Company irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the Luxembourg courts,
notwithstanding the right of each of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties to take
proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
	 
	22.	 	CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
	 
	22.1.	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In
the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the
terms and provisions of the Term Loan Agreement shall control and govern.
	 
	22.2.	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest
granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this
Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and
control. Except as provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Term Loan Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof, shall govern and control
the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

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IN WITNESS THEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in one or multiple original
counterparts, all of which together evidence the same Agreement, on the day and year first written
above.

[REMAINDER INTENTIONALLY LEFT IN BLANK]

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The Pledgor:

NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	The Pledgee and Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 
	The Company:

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

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SCHEDULE 1

VALUATION PRINCIPLES

The Pledged Portfolio shall be valued:

	1.	 	With respect to the Shares:

	 	•	 	if listed or quoted (to the extent possible), at the market value as quoted on the
principal market for such Shares as the opening price on the day of appropriation;
	 
	 	•	 	if not listed, by the Pledgee pursuant to the following method: (i) any asset of the
Company that is listed or whose price can be determined by reference to a listed asset
(such as in the case of obligations convertibles en actions or obligations remboursables
en actions) by using, mutatis mutandis, the valuation principle set out in the preceding
paragraph for the underlying listed assets and (ii) for all other assets their fair
market value as if sold between a willing buyer and a willing seller using a standard
market approach and, if appropriate for the relevant assets, a multi criteria approach
combining market multiples, book value, discounted cash flow or comparable public
transaction of which price is known and acting in a reasonable manner, at the time of
appropriation.

	2.	 	With respect to the Related Assets:
	 
	 	 	Any cash receivable will be valued at face value less any provision considered prudent by the
Pledgee acting reasonably and in good faith.

LESS all the liabilities (“passif”), contingent or otherwise of the Company (other than for the
avoidance of doubt shareholders’ equity (including any and all shareholders’ loans or securities
or financial instruments issued by the Company and subscribed to by the shareholders)) determined
reasonably and in good faith by the Pledgee.

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Term Loan

Execution copy

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

AS PLEDGOR

AND

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

AS PLEDGEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT

 

SECOND RANKING

ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen

2, place Winston Churchill

B.P. 425

L-2014 Luxembourg

www.ehp.lu

 

 

CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	CLAUSE	 	PAGE
	1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

	 	 	4	 
	2. PLEDGE

	 	 	5	 
	3. PERFECTION OF PLEDGE

	 	 	6	 
	4. RIGHTS OF THE PLEDGEE

	 	 	6	 
	5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS

	 	 	6	 
	6. COVENANTS

	 	 	9	 
	7. POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 	 	9	 
	8. ENFORCEMENT OF PLEDGE

	 	 	10	 
	9. EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY

	 	 	10	 
	10. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	12	 
	11. COSTS AND EXPENSES

	 	 	12	 
	12. NOTICES

	 	 	12	 
	13. SUCCESSORS

	 	 	13	 
	14. LIABILITY

	 	 	13	 
	15. SEVERABILITY

	 	 	14	 
	16. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES

	 	 	14	 
	17. WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS

	 	 	14	 
	18. ASSIGNMENT

	 	 	15	 
	19. GOVERNING LAW

	 	 	15	 
	20. JURISDICTION

	 	 	15	 
	21. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS

	 	 	15	 
	SCHEDULE 1

	 	 	18	 
	SCHEDULE 2

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THIS ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT (hereafter the “Agreement”) is made on December 17th, 2010

AMONG:

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., a company with limited liability existing under the laws of Luxembourg,
having its registered office at Zone Industrielle Riedgen L-3401 Dudelange, registered with the
Trade and Companies Register under number B 19.358 (hereafter, the “Pledgor”);

AND:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., acting for itself and in the name and on behalf of the Secured Parties (as
defined below) (hereinafter the “Pledgee” or as the “Collateral Agent”);

     (The Pledgor and the Pledgee shall each be referred to as a “Party” and, collectively, the
“Parties”).

WHEREAS

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement, dated as of December 17th, 2010 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Term Loan
Agreement”) among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized
term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in Article I of the
Term Loan Agreement), the Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and Collateral Agent for the Lenders, the Borrower has
requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of Term Loans on the Closing Date (as
defined therein).

	(B)	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, the Pledgor is required to become a Loan Party and
guarantee and provide collateral security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in Section
1.1 below) as consideration for the Loans previously made by the Lenders and as consideration
for the other agreements of the Lenders under the Term Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.

	(C)	 	Pursuant to an intercreditor agreement, dated December 17th, 2010 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor
Agreement”) between, among other parties, the Borrowers, the Guarantors, and the other
Companies party thereto, the Term Loan Administrative Agent,

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	 	 	the Term Loan Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (as all those terms defined therein), and certain other persons
which may be or became parties thereto have agreed to the relative priority of the
respective Liens of the Claimholders on the Collateral (as all those terms are defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement) and certain other rights, priorities and interests as set forth
therein.
	 
	(D)	 	As a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank to make their
respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Term Loan Agreement and any other
Loan Documents, the Pledgor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral
Agent.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1.	 	In this Agreement, terms defined in the Term Loan Agreement have the same meaning when used
in this Agreement, terms defined above have the same meaning when used in this Agreement, and
the following terms have the following meanings:
	 
	 	 	“Account Bank” means each of the banks listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday or Sunday onm which banks in Luxembourg are
open for normal business.
	 
	 	 	“Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Event of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan Agreement
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Account” means each of the bank accounts of the Pledgor opened with the Account
Bank with respective account number opposite to the name of the bank as listed in Schedule 1
hereto, and any account with the same source (racine, and generally any account whatsoever)
held in the sole name of the Pledgor with the same Account Bank.
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Assets” means all the assets, rights and claims the Pledgor has or will have in
relation to the Pledged Account, in principal and interest owned by the Pledgor, at any time
pledged or purported to be pledged by the Pledgor hereunder and all income or revenues there
from and proceeds thereof or replacement assets, including but not limited to securities,
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	 	 	reservation and without distinction as regards the rights they represent, from time to time
credited to the Pledged Account, received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of
the Pledged Account.
	 
	 	 	“Pledge” means the pledge on the Pledged Assets constituted by this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Rights of Recourse” means all and any rights, actions and claims the Pledgor may have
against the Loan Parties or any other company having granted security or given a guarantee
for the Pledgor’s obligations, arising under or pursuant to the enforcement of the present
Pledge including, in particular, the Pledgor’s right of recourse against the Loan Parties
under the terms of Article 2028ff. of the Luxembourg Civil Code (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, any right of recourse prior to enforcement), or any right of recourse by
way of subrogation or any other similar right, action or claim under any applicable law.
	 
	 	 	“Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Term Loan
Agreement
	 
	 	 	“Secured Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	1.2.	 	In this Agreement, any reference to (a) a “Clause” is, unless otherwise stated, a reference
to a Clause hereof and (b) to any agreement (including this Agreement) is a reference to such
agreement as amended, varied, modified or supplemented (however fundamentally) from time to
time. Clause headings are for ease of reference only.
	 
	1.3.	 	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by way of facsimile exchange
of executed signature pages, all of which together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
	 
	2.	 	PLEDGE
	 
	2.1.	 	The Pledgor hereby pledges, and the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the Secured Parties,
accepts, the Pledged Assets as continuing second ranking priority security in favour of itself
and of the Secured Parties for the prompt and complete payment when due and discharge of all
Secured Obligations.
	 
	2.2.	 	So long as no Event of Default has occurred which is continuing, unremedied or unwaived, the
Pledgor shall be entitled to debit the Pledged Account of any cash monies held thereon subject
to the provisions of the Term Loan Agreement. Following the occurrence of an Event of Default,
the Pledgee shall be entitled to receive and freely apply all sums paid or payable in respect
of the Pledged Assets.

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	3.	 	PERFECTION OF PLEDGE
	 
	3.1.	 	For the perfection of the Pledge, the Pledgor shall, promptly following the date of execution
of this Agreement, send by fax and by registered letter a duly executed notice to the Account
Bank, with a copy thereof to the Pledgee (the “Pledge Notice”) (substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 2). The Pledgor undertakes to use its best endeavours to receive from the
Account Bank and deliver to the Pledgee a duly signed copy by the Account Bank of the Pledge
Notice for acknowledgment of creation of the Pledge. Such acknowledgement must be obtained
within 45 days of the date hereof (or by such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the
Pledgee in its sole discretion), each in form and substance acceptable to the Pledgee,
acknowledgments from each of the Pledgor’s Account Banks to the account pledge agreements in
favour of the Pledgee of each of the cash accounts of the Pledgor (provided that, in the event
that the Pledgor notifies the Pledgee that such an acknowledgment is not available from any
bank, the Pledgor shall instead close the accounts with such bank within 45 days of such
notice (or by such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Pledgee in its sole
discretion)).
	 
	3.2.	 	Without prejudice to the above provisions, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorises and
empowers the Pledgee to take or cause to be taken any formal steps by the managers or officers
of the Pledgor for the purpose of perfecting the present Pledge and, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Pledgor hereby irrevocably undertakes to take any such steps if so requested in
writing by the Pledgee (acting reasonably).
	 
	4.	 	RIGHTS OF THE PLEDGEE
	 
	4.1	 	The Parties to the Agreement hereby agree that the Pledgee shall be the agent (mandataire) of
the Secured Parties for the purposes of this Agreement, acting in such capacity in its name
for itself and on behalf of the Secured Parties.
	 
	4.2	 	The Secured Parties and the Pledgee shall not be under any liability by reason of, or arising
out of, this Agreement except in the case of gross negligence or wilful misconduct (as
determined by the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction)..
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	5.1.	 	The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Pledgee and the Secured Parties and
undertakes during the terms of this Agreement and until the Pledge shall have been fully
released that:

	 	5.1.1	 	it is the sole owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Pledged
Assets;

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	 	5.1.2	 	the Pledge pursuant to this Agreement creates a valid security on the Pledged
Assets in favour of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties, and, in particular, creates a
valid second ranking security in favour of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties in
respect of all Secured Obligations and it is not subject to any other prior ranking or
pari passu ranking security except for the first ranking pledge made for the benefit of
the Pledgee under the First Ranking Account Pledge entered into on even date herewith
and any mandatory privileges preferred under applicable law or any lien permitted under
by and having priority under the Term Loan Agreement;
	 
	 	5.1.3	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, there are no agreements or
arrangements (including any restrictions on transfer or rights of pre-emption)
affecting the Pledged Assets in any way or which would or might in any way fetter or
otherwise prejudice the rights of the Pledgor in respect of the Pledged Assets or the
rights of any of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under this Agreement;
	 
	 	5.1.4	 	no security (other than the present Pledge or any security interests permitted
under the Term Loan Agreement) exists on, over or with respect to the Pledged Account
and/or the Pledged Assets;
	 
	 	5.1.5	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement, it has not sold,
transferred, lent, assigned, parted with its interests in, disposed of, granted any
option in respect of or otherwise dealt with any of its rights, title and interest in
and to the Pledged Assets, or agreed to do any of the foregoing (otherwise than
pursuant to this Agreement);
	 
	 	5.1.6	 	it is duly organised and validly existing under the laws of Luxembourg, it
has, and will during the term of this Agreement have, its centre of main interests in
Luxembourg and it has the power and authority and legal right to own and operate its
property, to hold and own all of its assets, including the Pledged Assets, and to
conduct the business in which it is currently engaged;
	 
	 	5.1.7	 	it has the power and authority and the legal right to enter into, execute and
deliver, and to perform its obligations expressed to be assumed by it under, this
Agreement, and has taken all necessary action, including corporate action, and has
obtained all necessary authorisations to enable it to enter into and to authorise the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly
executed by it;
	 
	 	5.1.8	 	this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations and
operates a valid and enforceable pledge of the Pledged Assets in accordance with its
terms

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	 	 	 	once the Pledge has been perfected in accordance with its terms (except as may be
limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium or any
similar laws limiting creditors rights generally);
	 
	 	5.1.9	 	it shall act in good faith to maintain the rights of the Pledgee and the
Secured Parties hereunder valid and enforceable, and in particular shall not take any
steps nor do anything (other than any steps or actions permitted under the Term Loan
Agreement) which would adversely affect the existence of the Pledge created hereunder
or the value thereof;
	 
	 	5.1.10	 	the execution and delivery of, and performance by the Pledgor of its obligations
under this Agreement and any other document related thereto will not:

	 	5.1.10.1	 	result in a breach of any provision of the constitutive or governing
documents of the Pledgor; or
	 
	 	5.1.10.2	 	result in a breach of, or constitute an event of default under, any
contract, undertaking, covenant or instrument to which the Pledgor is a party
or by which the Pledgor is bound, except for such breaches or events of default
which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
	 
	 	5.1.10.3	 	result in a breach of any law, decree, regulation, order, judgment or
decree of any court or governmental agency or an arbitration award to which the
Pledgor is a party or by which the Pledgor is bound; or
	 
	 	5.1.10.4	 	require the consent of the shareholders of the Pledgor or any other person
or, if any such consent is required, it has been obtained and is in full force
and effect;

	 	5.1.11	 	no order has been made and no resolution has been passed for the winding-up,
bankruptcy, admission to the regime of suspension of payment and/or of controlled
management or for a composition with creditors of, or by, the Pledgor or for a
liquidator, curateur or commissaire or like official to be appointed in respect of the
Pledgor and no petition has been presented and no meeting has been convened for any
such purpose;
	 
	 	5.1.12	 	no receiver has been appointed in respect of the Pledgor or all or any of its assets
and none of its assets is the subject of an arrest;
	 
	 	5.1.13	 	no event substantially similar in law to any of the foregoing has occurred outside
Luxembourg with respect to the Pledgor; and

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	 	5.1.15	 	as the date hereof, no guarantee, loan capital, borrowed money or interest is overdue
for payment by the Pledgor, and no other obligation or indebtedness is outstanding
which is overdue for performance or payment in each cases where such fact could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Pledgor or its
business.

	5.2.	 	The Pledgor hereby formally undertakes not to exercise the Rights of Recourse or any other
rights against the Loan Parties or any other company in any manner (including for the
avoidance of doubt, by way of provisional measures such as provisional attachment
(“saisie-arrêt conservatoire”) or by way of set-off), or to take any action or do anything in
relation to such Rights of Recourse or other similar rights, for so long as any amounts remain
outstanding under the Secured Obligations.
	 
	5.3	 	Each representation and warranty set out in this Clause 5 is made on the date hereof and is
deemed to be reiterated until the Secured Obligations shall have been satisfied in full, on
the same days as the representations and warranties are repeated under the Term Loan
Agreement.
	 
	6.	 	COVENANTS
	 
	The Pledgor hereby covenants that, for as long as this Agreement will be in force:
	 
	6.1.	 	it will take any measures, accomplish any formalities and, generally, or otherwise do all
that is requested by the Pledgee and necessary at its own cost to permit the exercise, at any
time, by the Pledgee of any rights, actions and privileges of the Secured Parties pursuant to
applicable law and this Agreement;
	 
	6.2.	 	except as permitted under the Term Loan Agreement and subject to the prior written consent of
the Pledgee, the Pledgor shall not create, grant or permit to exist (a) any security interest
over or (b) any restriction on the ability to transfer or enforce or (c) assign or dispose of
all or any part of the Pledged Assets; and
	 
	6.3.	 	it shall cooperate with the Pledgee and sign or cause to be signed all such further documents
and take all such further action as the Pledgee may from time to time reasonably request to
perfect and protect this Pledge and to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement.
	 
	7.	 	POWER OF ATTORNEY
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor irrevocably appoints the Pledgee to be its attorney and in its name and on its
behalf to execute, deliver and perfect all documents (including any share transfer forms and
other instruments of transfer) and do all things that the Collateral Agent, acting for
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	 	 	out any obligation imposed on the Pledgor under this Agreement or (b) exercising any of the
rights conferred to the Pledgee under this Agreement or by law, it being understood that the
enforcement of the Pledge over the Pledged Assets must be carried out as described in Clause
8 hereunder. The Pledgor shall ratify and confirm all things done and all documents executed
by the Pledgee in the exercise of this power of attorney.
	 
	8.	 	ENFORCEMENT OF PLEDGE
	 
	8.1.	 	Subject always to and in compliance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement,
following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled, without prior
notice to the Pledgor, to enforce the Pledge in the most favourable manner provided for by
Luxembourg law at that time and in particular to require the Account Bank to make payment of
all amounts deposited for the credit of the Pledged Account directly to the Pledgee , acting
on behalf of the Secured Parties; in that respect the Pledgee may terminate any term deposit
prior to its maturity.
	 
	8.2.	 	The Pledgee will have total and unlimited discretion as to the manner or manners of
enforcement and will not be required to have regard to the interests of the Pledgor.
	 
	9.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY
	 
	9.1.	 	The Pledge shall be a continuing security and shall not be considered as satisfied or
discharged or prejudiced by any intermediate payment or by the settlement of any part of the
Secured Obligations and shall remain in full force and effect until it has been released in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement upon the Discharge of Term Loan Secured
Obligations.
	 
	9.2.	 	The Pledgor shall not be entitled to require the release of the Pledge until the Discharge of
Term Loan Secured Obligations, and the Pledgee hereby undertakes, at the request of the
Pledgor, to give release of the Pledge no later than five Business Days after the Discharge of
Term Loan Secured Obligations, subject to delivery of any documents or certificates which the
Pledgee may reasonably request (including in particular, any certificates in relation to the
absence of voidness or voidability of payments under any applicable laws).
	 
	9.3.	 	This Pledge shall be discharged by, and only by, the express release thereof granted by the
Pledgee pursuant to the terms of Clause 9.2 hereabove. All reasonable costs and expenses
associated with the release and discharge of Pledge shall be borne by the Pledgor.
	 
	9.4.	 	The Pledge shall be cumulative, in addition to and independent of every other security which
the Pledgee or any Secured Party may at any time hold as security for the Secured

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	 	 	Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided by law and shall not operate so as
in any way to prejudice or affect or be prejudiced or affected by any security interest or
other right or remedy which the Pledgee or any Secured Party may now or at any time in the
future have in respect of the Secured Obligations.
	 
	9.5.	 	This Pledge shall not be prejudiced by any time or indulgence granted to any person, or any
abstention or delay by the Pledgee or any Secured Party in perfecting or enforcing any
security interest or rights or remedies that the Pledgee or any Secured Party may now or at
any time in the future have from or against the Pledgor or any other person.
	 
	9.6.	 	No failure on the part of the Pledgee or any Secured Party, to exercise, or delay on its part
in exercising, any of its rights under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any further or other exercise
of that or any other rights.
	 
	9.7.	 	Neither the obligations of the Pledgor contained in this Agreement nor the rights, powers and
remedies conferred to the Pledgee and the Secured Parties under this Agreement or by law, nor
the pledge created hereby shall be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by:

	 	9.7.1	 	any amendment to, or any variation, waiver or release of, any Secured
Obligation under the Term Loan Agreement or any other finance document related thereto;
	 
	 	9.7.2	 	any failure to take, or to fully take, any security contemplated by the Term
Loan Agreement and any other Loan Documents or otherwise agreed to be taken in respect
of the Secured Obligations;
	 
	 	9.7.3	 	any failure to realise or to fully realise the value of, or any release,
discharge, exchange or substitution of, any security taken in respect of the Secured
Obligations; or
	 
	 	9.7.4	 	any other act, event or omission which, but for this Clause 9.7, might operate
to discharge, impair or otherwise affect any of the obligations of the Pledgor
contained in this Agreement, the rights, powers and remedies conferred to the Pledgee
and the Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Pledge or by law.

	9.8.	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the Pledgor hereby waives any rights arising (if any) under
Article 2037 of the Luxembourg Civil Code.

	9.9.	 	The Pledgor waives its right to the benefit of both “division” and “discussion”.

	9.10.	 	Neither the Pledgee nor any of the Secured Parties nor any of their respective agents shall
be liable by reason of (a) taking any action permitted by this Agreement or (b) any

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	 	 	neglect or default in connection with the Pledged Assets or (c) the realisation of all or
any part of the Pledged Assets, except in the case of gross negligence or wilful misconduct
of such Pledgee or Secured Party (as determined by the final, non-appealable judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction)., any and all joint liability being excluded.
	 
	10.	 	PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT
	 
	 	 	The Pledgee shall have the right to request enforcement of all or part of the Pledged Assets
in its most absolute discretion. No action, choice or absence of action in this respect, or
partial enforcement, shall in any manner affect the security interest created hereunder over
the Pledged Assets as it then shall be (and in particular those Pledged Assets which have
not been subject to enforcement). The security interest thereover shall continue to remain
in full and valid existence until discharge or termination thereof, as the case may be.
	 
	11.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	All reasonable costs, fees, stamp duties and other amounts incurred by the Secured Parties
or the Pledgee in connection with the negotiation, execution or enforcement of this
Agreement will be for the account of the Pledgor subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	12.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	Each notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall be given in
accordance with Section 11.1 of the Term Loan Agreement at the addresses set out below:

To the Pledgor:

Novelis Luxembourg SA

att. Plant Manager

Zone Industrielle de Riedgen

L-3401 Dudelange

Luxembourg

Phone: +352 51 86 64 -1

Fax: + 352 51 86 64 210

cc:

Novelis AG

att. Legal Department

Sternenfeldstrasse 19

CH — 8700 Küsnacht ZH

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Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 386 2150

Fax: +41 44 386 2309

To the Pledgee:

Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Tel: 415-436-1097

Fax: 415-503-5011

	13.	 	SUCCESSORS
	 
	13.1.	 	This Agreement shall remain in effect despite any amalgamation or merger or replacement
(however effected) relating to the Pledgee or any of the Secured Parties, and without
prejudice to the provision of the Term Loan Agreement, references to the Pledgee or any of the
Secured Parties shall be deemed to include any assignee or successor in title of the Pledgee
or any of the Secured Parties and any person who, under any applicable law, has assumed the
rights and obligations of the Pledgee or any of the Secured Parties hereunder or under the
Term Loan Agreement or to which under such laws the same have been transferred or novated or
assigned in any manner. To the extent a further notification or registration or any other step
is required by law to give effect to the above, such further registration shall be made and
the Pledgor gives power of attorney to the Pledgee to make any notifications and/or to submits
any required registrations, or to take any other steps, and each undertakes to do so itself if
so requested by the Pledgee.
	 
	13.2.	 	For the purpose of Article 1278 of the Luxembourg Civil Code, to the extent required under
applicable law and without prejudice to any other terms hereof or of the Term Loan Agreement
and in particular of Clause 13.1 hereabove, in the event of any assignment, transfer, novation
or disposal of a part or all of its rights and obligations by the Pledgee under the Term Loan
Agreement, such Pledgee hereby expressly maintains, which the Pledgor accepts, all its rights
and privileges hereunder for the benefit of its successor and assignees, so that the Pledge
herein created will secure the Secured Obligations to the benefit of such successor and/or
assignee (as the case may be), without further formalities.

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	14.	 	LIABILITY
	 
	 	 	Neither the Pledgee nor any of the Secured Parties shall be liable for the loss or wrongful
delivery of, or damage to, the Pledged Portfolio, howsoever arising, save to the extent that
such loss, wrongful delivery or damage is caused by the gross negligence or wilful
misconduct of the relevant Pledgee or Secured Party, any and all joint liability being
excluded.
	 
	15.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
	 
	16.	 	NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES
	 
	 	 	Neither the Pledgee nor any of the Secured Parties shall by any act, delay, and omission or
otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or its remedies hereunder and no waiver
shall be valid unless in writing, signed by or on behalf of the Pledgee, acting on behalf of
the Secured Parties, and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by or on behalf
of the Pledgee, acting on behalf of the Secured Parties, of any right or remedy hereunder on
any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Pledgee
would otherwise have on any future occasion. No failure to exercise nor any delay in
exercising on the part of the Pledgee, any right, power or privileges hereunder, shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and
may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law.
	 
	17.	 	WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS
	 
	 	 	Neither this Agreement nor any terms or conditions hereof may be amended, changed, waived,
discharged, terminated or otherwise modified unless such amendment, change, waiver,
discharge, termination or modification is in writing duly executed by the Pledgee, and is
otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Agreement. This Agreement and all
obligations of the Pledgor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the
Pledgor, and shall, together with the rights and remedies of the Pledgee and Secured Parties
hereunder, inure to the benefit of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties and their respective
successors and assigns.

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	18.	 	ASSIGNMENT
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor may not assign or transfer all or any part of their rights or obligations
hereunder. Each of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties may assign or transfer all or any of
its respective rights and obligations hereunder. Clause 13.2 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
	 
	19.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and be construed in accordance with Luxembourg law.
	 
	20.	 	JURISDICTION
	 
	 	 	With respect to any proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement, the Pledgor
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Luxembourg courts, notwithstanding the right
of the Pledgee to take proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
	 
	21.	 	CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
	 
	21.1.	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In
the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the
terms and provisions of the Term Loan Agreement shall control and govern.
	 
	21.2.	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and
the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties
hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as
provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan
Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof, shall govern and control the exercise of remedies
by Collateral Agent.

IN WITNESS THEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in one or multiple original
counterparts, all of which together evidence the same Agreement, on the day and year first written
above.

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SIGNATURE PAGE Second ranking account pledge

The Pledgor:

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 

The Pledgee and Collateral Agent:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE Second ranking account pledge

SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF BANK ACCOUNTS

Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TYPE OF	 	 	 	BANK OR	 	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	ACCOUNT	 	CURRENCY	 	INTERMEDIARY	 	ACCOUNT NUMBERS	 	Address
	Novelis
 Luxembourg S.A.

	 	Current Account
	 	EUR
	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA
	 	 	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA

50, boulevard

Kennedy L-2951

Luxembourg
	Novelis
 Luxembourg
S.A.

	 	Current Account
	 	USD
	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA
	 	 	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA

50, boulevard

Kennedy L-2951

Luxembourg
	Novelis
 Luxembourg
S.A.

	 	Current Account
	 	GBP
	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA
	 	 	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA

50, boulevard

Kennedy L-2951

Luxembourg
	Novelis
 Luxembourg SA

	 	Current Account
	 	EUR
	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA
	 	 	 	BGL-BNP Paribas SA

50, boulevard

Kennedy L-2951

Luxembourg

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE Second ranking account pledge

SCHEDULE 2

NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

Zone Industrielle Riedgen

L-3401 Dudelange

Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés Luxembourg: B19.358

[•] 2010

BY FAX AND REGISTERED MAIL

To: [•]

Fax: +352 [•]

Notice of pledge over bank account held

by NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG (as Pledgor)

with [•] (as Account Bank)

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

(1) We hereby notify you that we have pledged the assets credited now or in the future on our
following account held with your bank as follows: IBAN LU[•] (the “Pledged Account”) in
favour of Bank of America, N.A., acting as Pledgee and Collateral Agent for itself and for the
Secured Parties under the Term Loan Agreement in accordance with a Second Ranking Account Pledge
Agreement dated December 17, 2010 between Novelis Luxembourg S.A. as Pledgor and Bank of America,
N.A., as Pledgee (the “Account Pledge Agreement”). For your information we attach a copy of
the Account Pledge Agreement.

	 	 	So long as no Event of Default (as defined in the Account Pledge Agreement) has occurred
which is continuing, unremedied or unwaived, the Pledgor shall be entitled to debit the
Pledged Account of any cash monies held thereon subject to the provisions of the Term Loan
Agreement (as defined in the Account Pledge Agreement). Following the occurrence of an Event
of Default and the receipt from the Account Banks of notice of such occurrence from the
Plegee, the Pledgee shall be entitled to receive and freely apply all sums paid or payable
in respect of the Pledged Assets. It is at the charge of the Pledgee to inform the Account
Bank that an Event of Default has occurred.
	 
	(2)	 	The Account Bank is hereby expressly notified of, and instructed to inscribe, the pledge on
the Pledged Account in favour of the Pledgee for itself and for the Secured Parties in
accordance with the Account Pledge Agreement.

 

 

	 	 	To the extent applicable, if the assets held on the Pledged Account comprise fungible
securities and other financial instruments, the Account Bank should immediately upon receipt
of this notice earmark such securities and other financial instruments as being pledged in
favour of the Pledgee and the Secured Parties represented by the Pledgee by way of an
inscription of the security interest created under the Account Pledge Agreement in the
Account Bank’s books.

	(3)	 	The Pledgor and the Pledgee expressly accept that the Account Bank shall not assume any
liabilities in the execution on the Account Pledge Agreement and shall also not be liable for
any loss or damage suffered by the Pledgor or the Pledgee save in respect of such loss or
damage which is suffered as a result of wilful misconduct or gross negligence of the Account
Bank. It is specifically agreed that the Account Bank shall have no responsibility nor duty to
check that the conditions set out in the Account Pledge Agreement or any other agreement and
defined in these agreements as “Default” or “Event of Default”, “Enforcement” or “Enforcement
Event” are fulfilled.

	(4)	 	The parties to the Account Pledge Agreement expressly agreed that acceptance of the terms of
the Account Pledge Agreement by the Account Bank does not imply any obligation for the
Account Bank to guarantee any commitments of the Pledgor towards the Pledgee or towards any
other party to any agreement mentioned in the Account Pledge Agreement.

	(5)	 	The Account Bank hereby expressly disclaims any warranty, guarantee, conditions, covenant
and representations regarding any other agreement referred to in the Account Pledge Agreement
as well as to the conformity of the provisions of the Account Pledge Agreement with Luxembourg
law. Any transfers, realisations or enforcement that the Account Bank may conduct in favour of
or on behalf of the Pledgee shall in any event be limited to the value of the cash claims,
securities and credit balances of the Account on the date of any transfer, realisation or
enforcement.

	(6)	 	The Pledgor will indemnify the Account Bank and keep the Account Bank indemnified against
all reasonable and duly documented damages, losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands and
liabilities which may be incurred by or made against the Account Bank for anything done or
omitted in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers contained herein other than to the
extent that such damages, losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands and liabilities are
incurred or made against the Account Bank as a result of gross negligence or wilful
misconduct of the Account Bank.

	(7)	 	The Account Bank hereby confirms that it is not aware of any prior encumbrances over the
Pledged Account or the Pledged Assets. The Account Bank hereby releases any pledge or lien
(resulting from the application of its general terms and conditions or

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	 	 	any other agreement) over the Pledged Account or Pledged Assets and waives any right of
retention, set-off and, more generally, any rights that may adversely affect the Pledge and
waives any option to create new pledges or liens over the Pledged Account
	 
	(8)	 	In case of discrepancies between the Account Pledge Agreement and this Acknowledgement, the
latter shall prevail.
	 
	(9)	 	These undertakings are for the benefit of the Account Bank only and shall not in any way
affect the relation between the Pledgor and the Pledgee. This Acknowledgement shall in no way
affect the rights of the Pledgee or the obligations of the Pledgor under the Account Pledge
Agreement, or the existence, perfection, continuity or enforceability of the Pledge
constituted thereunder.
	 
	(10)	 	We would like to invite you to accept and acknowledge the creation of the pledge over the
Pledged Account.

Yours faithfully,

 

Novelis Luxembourg S.A.

Name: [•]

Title: [•]

To the attention of:

And

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Collateral Agent

By signing hereunder, we hereby acknowledge the creation of the pledge over the Pledged Account and
we accept to waive our first ranking right of pledge in respect of the Pledged Account existing
pursuant to our general account terms.

 

[•]

(as Account Bank)

By:

Date:                               
                              
        

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Execution
copy

 

GUARANTEE

granted by

 Novelis Luxembourg SA

To

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

acting for itself and on behalf of

the Secured Parties 

 

relating to

certain obligations of the Loan Parties under the Term Loan Agreement dated as of

December 17th, 2010.

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INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1.

	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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	2.

	 	GUARANTEE
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	3.

	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM
GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
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	4.

	 	GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS
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	5.

	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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	6.

	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
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	7.

	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
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	8.

	 	NOTICES
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	9.

	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
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	10.

	 	SEVERABILITY
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	11.

	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
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	12.

	 	COUNTERPARTS
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	13.

	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
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This Guarantee (the “Guarantee”) is made on December 17th, 2010 between:

	(1)	 	NOVELIS Luxembourg SA, a company with limited liability existing under the laws of
Luxembourg, having its registered office at Zone Industrielle Riedgen L-3401 Dudelange,
registered with the Trade and Companies Register under number B 19.358 (the “Guarantor”);

and

	(2)	 	Bank of America, N.A., acting for itself and in the name and on behalf of the Secured Parties
(as defined in the Term Loan Agreement referred to below) (the “Collateral Agent”).

PREAMBLE:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a credit agreement, dated as of December 17th, 2010 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Term Loan
Agreement”) among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized
term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in Article I of the
Term Loan Agreement), the Lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and Collateral Agent for the Lenders, the Borrower has
requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of Term Loans on the Closing Date (as
defined therein).

	(B)	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, the Guarantor is required to become a Loan Party and
guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in Section 1.1 below) as consideration for
the Term Loans made by the Lenders and as consideration for the other agreements of the
Lenders and the Agents under the Loan Documents.

	(C)	 	Pursuant to an intercreditor agreement, dated December 17th, 2010 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor
Agreement”) between, among other parties, the Borrower, the Guarantors, and the other
Companies party thereto, the Term Loan Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Collateral Agent,
the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (as all
those terms defined therein), and certain other persons which may be or became parties
thereto have agreed to the relative priority of the respective Liens of the Claimholders on
the Collateral (all those terms being defined in the Intercreditor

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	 	 	Agreement) and certain
other rights, priorities and interests as set forth therein.
	 
	(D)	 	The Collateral Agent acts in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	(E)	 	The Collateral Agent and Secured Parties require the Guarantor to unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantee the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Loan Parties of
their obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, as further set forth in this Guarantee.

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this Guarantee:
	 
	 	 	“Business Day” means one day on which the commercial banks in Luxembourg are open for normal
business transactions;
	 
	 	 	“Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 7.01 of the Term
Loan Agreement.
	 
	1.2	 	Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms and expressions used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Guarantee, (a) a person includes its successors and assigns; (b) headings
are for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in construing this Guarantee and
(c) references to any agreement or document are references to that agreement or document as
amended, varied, supplemented, substituted or novated from time to time, in accordance with
its terms.
	 
	2.	 	GUARANTEE
	 
	2.1	 	The Guarantor irrevocably commits in the event any of the other Loan Parties shall at any
time fail to perform any of the Guaranteed Obligations, to perform at first demand and as an
independent obligation (“garantie à première demande”) and without the right to dispute
payment on grounds pertaining to the obligations or the
personal situation of such other Loan Parties (“bénéfice de discussion”) or to require the
division of payments between itself and such other Loan Parties (“bénéfice de division”), any
such payment obligations in place of such other Loan Parties. The Guarantor irrevocably and
unconditionally waives expressly its right

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	 	 	to benefit of articles 2021 (discussion), 2026
(division) and article 2037 of the Luxembourg Civil Code and further waives as right or
requirement that the Collateral Agent in the event of any default by any of the other Loan
Parties first make a demand or seek enforcement against any of the other Loan Parties or any
other party.
	 
	 	 	For the avoidance of doubt, this Guarantee does not constitute a “cautionnement” within the
meaning of articles 2011 ff. of the Luxembourg Civil Code, but an independent first demand
guarantee, and references to the indebtedness are only for the assessment of the amounts
payable under this Guarantee and for the determination of the time when this Guarantee may be
called upon.
	 
	2.2	 	In order to secure its obligations under this Guarantee and the Term Loan Agreement, the
Guarantor has agreed to provide the Collateral Agent with the Collateral represented by the
following Luxembourg security documents:

	 
	 	•	 	a second ranking pledge over its bank accounts;
	 
	 	•	 	a first ranking pledge over its intercompany receivables;
	 
	 	•	 	a transfer for security purposes over receivables.

	 
	 	 	If the Guarantor is to acquire further real property, either as full legal owner or under a
land lease, or other Collateral at any time in the future and as long as this Guarantee is
effective, it shall comply with clause 5.11 (c) of the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	2.3	 	The Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges that the meaning of the term “Guaranteed
Obligations” used in this Guarantee (and consequently the extent of its undertaking under this
Guarantee) is defined by reference to the Term Loan Agreement and the Guarantor
expressly confirms that it fully understands and accepts such definition of the terms
“Guaranteed Obligations” used in this Guarantee.
	 
	2.4	 	In the event where any Loan Party fails to pay or perform timely any Guaranteed Obligation,
subject to Section 3 below, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to claim from the Guarantor,
on a first demand basis, damages for an amount equal to, as applicable, (i) such Guaranteed
Obligation, and (ii) any additional amount (including but not limited to the Collateral Agent’s costs) to the extent necessary to put
the Secured Parties in the position in which they would have been, had such Guaranteed
Obligation been timely paid or performed.
	 
	2.5	 	The Collateral Agent will make any demand for damages under Section 2.4 above

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	 	 	towards the Guarantor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The Collateral Agent will
confirm in such demand that the Guaranteed Obligations have not been timely paid or performed
and to what extent. Subject to Section 3 below, the Guarantor so notified by the Collateral
Agent shall pay within 5 Business Days of that first demand.
	 
	2.6	 	The Guarantor understands and agrees that the Guarantee is a continuing, absolute and
unconditional (subject to Section 3 below) guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the
validity or enforceability of the Term Loan Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right
of set-off with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent
or any applicable Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim which may at any
time be available to or be asserted by the Loan Parties against the Collateral Agent or any
applicable Secured Party (including, but not limited to, any right the Loan Parties may have
to first require the Collateral Agent to proceed against or enforce any other rights, security
or claim payment from a person before claiming payment from the Guarantor under this
Guarantee), or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever which constitutes, or might be construed
to constitute, a discharge of the Guaranteed Obligations.
	 
	2.7	 	When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against the Guarantor, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a
similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Loan
Parties, or any other person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any right of set-off with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Collateral Agent to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to
collect any payments from the Loan Parties or any other person or to realize upon any such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of set-off shall not relieve
the Guarantor of any applicable obligation or liability under this Guarantee, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of
law, of the Collateral Agent or any applicable Secured Party against the Guarantor.
	 
	2.8	 	Subject to Section 3 below, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee will not be
discharged, suspended or in any way affected by:

	 	(i)	 	any failure or delay by the Collateral Agent to realize upon or seek to enforce
against the Loan Parties any liability or obligation arising under the Term Loan
Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any default, failure or delay in the performance by the Loan Parties of the

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	 	 	 	Guaranteed Obligations;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	any waiver of or consent to departure from the provisions of, or any amendment
to this Guarantee, the Term Loan Agreement or any applicable Loan Document, except when
made in writing and executed by the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any bankruptcy, receivership or any other insolvency proceeding related to any
Loan Party or its property or any merger, reorganization, dissolution, sale of assets,
or other winding up of any Loan Party; or
	 
	 	(v)	 	any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a defense available to, or
a discharge of, the Guarantor in respect of its obligations under this Guarantee.

	2.9	 	This Guarantee will be valid and will remain in full force until the Discharge of Term Loan
Secured Obligations, and no further Guaranteed Obligations are capable of arising thereafter.
	 
	2.10	 	The provisions of Sections 2.12 (with respect to Taxes), 2.15, 2.22, 2.23 and 7.10 of the
Term Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandis, and shall apply to this
Agreement, the parties hereto and the Secured Parties as if set forth herein.
	 
	2.11	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In
the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the
terms and provisions of the Term Loan Agreement shall control and govern.
	 
	2.12	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Guarantee and
the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties
hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement and this Guarantee, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement
shall govern and control. Except as provided for in this paragraph, notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including Section 11.19 thereof,
shall govern and control the exercise of remedies by Collateral Agent.

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	3.	 	UP-STREAM AND CROSS-STREAM GUARANTEES: LIMITATION AND WITHHOLDING TAX
	 
	3.1	 	If and to the extent that the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee are for the
exclusive benefit of the Guarantor’s direct and indirect parent entities and Affiliates
(except the Guarantor’s (direct or indirect) Subsidiaries), the following shall apply:

	 	a)	 	Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary,

	 	 	 	the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee,
and
	 
	 	 	 	the obligations secured by the Collateral granted by such Guarantor pursuant to the
Loan Documents,
	 
	 	 	 	shall at no time, in aggregate, exceed an amount equal to the maximum financial
capacity of such Guarantor, such maximum financial capacity being limited to
ninety-five per cent (95%) of the net Guarantor’ capitaux propres (as referred to in
article 34 of the Luxembourg law of 19th December 2002 on the commercial register and
annual accounts, where the capitaux propres mean the shareholders’ equity (including
the share capital, share premium, legal and statutory reserves, other reserves, profit
and losses carried forward, investment subsidies and regulated provisions) of such
Guarantor as shown in the latest financial statements (comptes annuels) available at
the date of the relevant payment hereunder and approved by the shareholders of such
Guarantor and certified by the statutory auditor as the case may be a or as applicable
its external auditor (“réviseur d’entreprises”), if required by law.

	 	b)	 	none of the above restrictions shall apply to the extent of

	 	(i)	 	the total payment obligations of such Guarantor’s Subsidiaries under
the Loan Documents; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the payment obligations of any Loan Party where that Loan Party is
not a subsidiary of the Guarantor, up to an amount equal to the amounts borrowed
(directly or indirectly) by way of intra-group loans from such Loan Party by the
Guarantor or such Guarantor’s Subsidiaries.

The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall not include any
obligation which, if incurred, would constitute either (a) a misuse of corporate assets as
defined under Article 171-1 of the Luxembourg Company Act of August 10, 1915, as amended
from time to time, (the “Luxembourg

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	 	 	 	Company Act”) or (b) financial assistance.

	3.2	 	The Guarantor shall use reasonable efforts to take and cause to be taken all and any other
action, including if required the passing of any shareholders’ resolutions to approve any
payment under this Guarantee or the other Loan Documents, which may be required as a matter of
Luxembourg law or standard business practice as existing at the time it is required to make a
payment under this Guarantee or the other Loan Documents in order to allow for prompt payment
of such payments under this Guarantee or other Loan Documents, as applicable.
	 
	4.	 	GUARANTOR’S UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	4.1	 	The Guarantor agrees and undertakes:
	 
	4.1.1	 	to execute all such documents or instruments and do any act (including registrations,
filings or the like) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the protection or
perfection of the Guarantee conferred herewith in favour of the applicable Secured Parties;
	 
	4.1.2	 	not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets, unless otherwise permitted by the
applicable Loan Documents; and
	 
	4.1.3	 	not to create or allow to subsist any security interest, except as permitted under the Term
Loan Agreement or as provided for by mandatory provisions of Luxembourg law over or in respect
of its assets or permit to be done, anything which would foreseeable depreciate, jeopardize or
otherwise directly or indirectly prejudice the value to the applicable Secured Parties of the
Guarantor’s assets, unless otherwise permitted by the applicable Loan Documents.
	 
	5.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	5.1	 	Without prejudice to the representations and warranties made under the Term Loan Agreement,
the Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that, as of
the date hereof:
	 
	5.1.1	 	it is a company duly established, validly existing and registered under the laws of
Luxembourg, capable of suing and being sued in its own right and having the power and
authority and all necessary governmental and other material consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations under any applicable jurisdiction to own its property and assets and to carry
on its business as currently conducted; and
	 
	5.1.2	 	this Guarantee (i) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against
it pursuant to its terms and (ii) creates a valid, effective and independent

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guarantee under
Luxembourg law in favor of the Collateral Agent and the applicable Secured Parties.

	6.	 	ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
	 
	6.1	 	The rights and obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee may not be assigned or
transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except as may be
otherwise provided in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	6.2	 	For the purpose of Article 1278 and ff. of the Luxembourg Civil Code, to the extent required
under applicable law and without prejudice to any other terms hereof or of the other Loan
Documents the Collateral Agent hereby expressly reserves the preservation of this Guarantee
and the security interests created in connection herewith or pursuant to any other Security
Document in case of assignment, novation, amendment or any other transfer of the obligations
of the Loan Parties or any other rights arising for them under any of the Loan Documents.
	 
	7.	 	COSTS AND EXPENSES
	 
	 	 	The Guarantor shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees, stamp duties or other duties) incurred in connection with the execution,
perfection or implementation of the Guarantee and the security arrangements referred to
herein or the exercise of any rights hereunder and the Guarantor shall reimburse and
indemnify the Collateral Agent for any such costs or expenses reasonably incurred by it.
	 
	8.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	All notices or other communications made or given in connection with this Guarantee shall be
made in accordance with Section 11.01 of the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	 	 	a)     Notices shall be effective upon receipt.
	 
	 	 	Each notice, communication and document given under or in connection with this Guarantee
shall be in English or, if not, accompanied by an accurate translation thereof which has been
confirmed by authorized signatory of the party giving the same as being a true and accurate
translation.
	 
	9.	 	SUCCESSOR AGENT
	 
	 	 	If a successor of the Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the relevant

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	 	 	provisions of
the Term Loan Agreement, the Collateral Agent will hereunder automatically be replaced by the
successor Collateral Agent as party to this Guarantee, upon notice to the Guarantor of the
appointment of the successor Collateral Agent.
	 
	10.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Guarantee is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, this shall not affect or impair (i) the validity or enforceability in that
jurisdiction of any other provision of this Guarantee or (ii) the validity or enforceability
in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Guarantee, and the parties
will negotiate in good faith to replace the relevant provision by another provision
reflecting as closely as possible the original intention and purpose of the parties.
	 
	11.	 	WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be terminated, amended or modified only specifically and in writing signed
by the parties hereto, or as otherwise provided in the Term Loan Agreement.
	 
	12.	 	COUNTERPARTS
	 
	 	 	This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	 
	13.	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	13.1	 	This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
Luxembourg.

	13.2	 	Subject to the subsequent paragraph, the district court of the judicial district of
Luxembourg, sitting in commercial matters (Chambre commerciale), shall have exclusive
jurisdiction for all disputes, differences or controversies relating to, arising from or in
connection with this Guarantee.
	 
	13.3	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guarantee
may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for
the Southern District of New York or any other competent court having jurisdiction under the
Term Loan Agreement, provided that a legal action or proceeding under the Term Loan Agreement
is already pending before such court or a claim under the Term Loan Agreement is submitted
simultaneously with a claim in respect to this Guarantee to such court. By

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	 	 	execution and
delivery of this Guarantee, the Guarantor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its
property, subject to the aforementioned condition, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.
The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the
laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or
hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective
jurisdictions.
	 
	13.4	 	The Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Novelis Corporation, attn:
Charles Aley, Secretary, 6060 Parkland Blvd., Mayfield Heights OH 44124-4185, USA (telephone
number: +1 440 423 6917) (telecopy number: +1 440 423 6663 (the “Process Agent”), in the case
of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its designee,
appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect
of its property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may
be served in any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, this Guarantee.
Such service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or
delivering a copy of such process to the Guarantor in care of the Process Agent at the Process
Agent’s above address, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process
Agent to accept such service on its behalf. The Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
THE FOLLOWING TWO PAGES ARE THE SIGNATURE PAGES

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Bank of America, N.A.

as Collateral Agent for itself and on behalf of the Secured Parties

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Date:

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

Novelis Luxembourg SA,

as Guarantor

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Date:

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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Exhibit M-9

TERM LOAN QUOTA PLEDGE AGREEMENT

between

NOVELIS INC.

as the Canadian Borrower

NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA.

as the Madeira Guarantor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Collateral Agent

 

 

TERM LOAN QUOTA PLEDGE AGREEMENT

Between:

	1.	 	NOVELIS INC., a company organised and existing under the laws of Canada, having its
registered office at 191 Evans Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 1J5, Canada and having Canadian
corporation number 765937-7 , hereinafter referred to as “Canadian Borrower”;
	 
	2.	 	NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA., a company incorporated under the laws of Portugal, with
its registered office at Galerias de São Lourenço, Calçada de São Lourenço, no. 3,
1st floor G, parish and municipality of Funchal, Portugal, registered in the
Commercial Registry office of Zona Franca da Madeira with a share
capital of € 5,000.00 and tax
number 511 167 679, hereinafter referred to as “Madeira Guarantor”;
	 
	3.	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N. A., a financial institution existing under the laws of the United States,
with the Charter No. 13044, having its registered office at 101 South Tyron Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina 28255, hereinafter referred to as “Collateral Agent”;

Whereas:

	(A)	 	The Canadian Borrower and the Collateral Agent entered into a US$1,500,000,000.00 term loan
credit agreement (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”);
	 
	(B)	 	The Canadian Borrower and, inter alia, the Collateral Agent, entered into an intercreditor
agreement on December 17, 2010 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”);

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	(C)	 	The Collateral Agent acts in its capacity of agent for the Secured Parties and has the right
on its own behalf to claim any amounts owed to the Secured Parties, under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement;
	 
	(D)	 	The Canadian Borrower and, inter alia, the Collateral Agent entered into a US$800,000,000.00
revolving credit agreement on December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and
together with the Term Loan Credit Agreement: the “Credit Agreements”);
	 
	(E)	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement; provided however, that in the event
of any conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

An agreement on pledge over Quota governed by the following clauses is hereby agreed and
executed:

SECTION I

General Provisions

Clause 1

(Definitions)

	1.	 	Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall (unless the context otherwise
requires) have the following meanings:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Agreement:
	 	means this agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ancillary Rights:
	 	Means any and all present and future rights
arising by virtue of possession of, or
holding title in, the Quota (or New

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	 	 	 	Quotas), namely: (i) all rights to receive
dividends and any other form of revenue or
profit; and (ii) all voting rights;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Business Day:
	 	means any day in which the banks are open
for business in Funchal;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Canadian Borrower Credits:
	 	 means the credit in the amount of
€995,000.00 held by the Canadian Borrower
over the Madeira Guarantor;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Collateral Agent:
	 	means the Bank of America, N. A.,
Charlotte, North Carolina (Charter No.
13044);
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Credit Agreements:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in the
recitals of this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Discharge of Term Loan
Secured Obligations:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Enforcement:
	 	means the enforcement of the security
created under this Agreement following an
Event of Default;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Existing Pledges:
	 	means the pledges granted over the Quotas,
registered under the entry numbers Menções
Dep 397/2009-03-04, Dep 398/2009-03-04
(assigned as registered under Dep
399/2009-03-04) and Dep 2200/2009-07-15;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Event of Default:
	 	means any Event of Default as defined in
the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Intercreditor Agreement:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in recital
(B) of this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	New Quotas:
	 	means any quotas representing the capital
of the Madeira Guarantor that may be
issued, distributed to or acquired by the
Canadian Borrower, including, without
limitation, as a result of share capital
increases, mergers or other acts;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Parties:
	 	means the parties to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Pledge Over Quota:
	 	means the pledge created in favour of the
Collateral Agent pursuant to Clause 2.1;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Pledge over Canadian

Borrower Credits:
	 	Means the pledge created in favour of the
Collateral Agent pursuant to Clause 2.4.;

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	 	Quota:
	 	means the quota with the nominal value of
€5,000.00 representing 100% of the share
capital of the Madeira Guarantor;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Revolving Credit Agreement:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in the
recitals to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Revolving Loan Party:
	 	means any Loan Parties as defined in the
Revolving Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Revolving Secured

Obligations:
	 	means the Secured Obligations as defined in
the Revolving Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Secured Parties :
	 	means any Secured Party as defined in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Borrowers:
	 	means Borrowers as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Credit Agreement:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in the
recitals to this Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Secured

Obligations:
	 	means the Secured Obligations as defined in
the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Secured Parties:
	 	means each and any Secured Party as defined
in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Termination Date:
	 	means the date of the Discharge of Term
Loan Secured Obligations.

	2.	 	The meaning to be assigned to each word or expression in this Clause shall be the same
irrespective of the words in question being used in the masculine or the feminine, the
singular or the plural.
	 
	3.	 	Any reference to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as a reference to
the Collateral Agent acting as agent of the Secured Parties.
	 
	4.	 	Any reference to a Party in this Agreement shall include its successors and assignees.
	 
	5.	 	All references to Clauses, sections and Appendices in this Agreement are references to
clauses, sections and Appendices of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

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SECTION II

Quota Pledge 

Clause 2

(Pledges Over Quota and Canadian Borrower Credits)

	1.	 	As security for the punctual payment of each and all of the Term Loan Secured Obligations up
to an amount of US$1,500,000,000.00, the Canadian Borrower hereby creates and grants in favour
of the Collateral Agent, for itself and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties, a
pledge, to the fullest extent permitted by law, over the Quota, including each and all of the
Ancillary Rights concerning the Quota, ranking before the pledge, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, over the Quota created and granted on the present date in favour of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties.
	 
	2.	 	For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to Clause 6 of this Agreement, the pledge
over the Quota includes (and any pledge over New Quotas shall include) the right of the
Canadian Borrower to exercise each and all of the relevant Ancillary Rights.
	 
	3.	 	While the pledge over the Quota is in force, and except as otherwise permitted by the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, the Canadian Borrower may not sell, assign, transfer, convert or
dispose of the Quota in any way whatsoever or create charges, encumbrances or third party
rights, pledges, usufructs, or any other option right or restriction of free transfer.
	 
	4.	 	As security for the punctual payment of each and all of the Term Loan Secured Obligations,
the Canadian Borrower hereby creates and grants a pledge in favour of the Collateral Agent,
for itself and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties, a pledge, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, over the Canadian Borrower Credits, ranking before the pledge, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, over the Canadian Borrower Credits created and granted on the
present date in favour of the Collateral Agent for its own benefit and for the benefit of the
Revolving Secured Parties.
	 
	5.	 	The Madeira Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees, in accordance and for the purposes of
article 681, no. 2, of the Portuguese civil code, with the terms of the pledge over the
Canadian Borrower Credits created under number 4 above.
	 
	6.	 	The Parties acknowledge and agree that the amounts received by the Madeira Guarantor
corresponding to the Canadian Borrower Credits may be, at the Canadian Borrower’s

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	 	 	discretion, treated either as supplementary capital contributions or converted into share
capital of the Madeira Guarantor.

Clause 3

(Registration of the Pledge)

	1.	 	The Madeira Guarantor undertakes to present the pledge over the Quota hereby created for
registration with the competent Commercial Register Office and to present sufficient evidence
thereof to the Collateral Agent within fifteen (15) Business Days of the date of this
Agreement, and to provide promptly thereafter, and in any circumstances within a period of
thirty (30) Business Days of the date of this Agreement, evidence of such registration in the
terms provided for in Appendix 1.
	 
	2.	 	All expenses incurred in connection with the registration of the pledge over the Quota shall
be paid by the Canadian Borrower.
	 
	3.	 	The Canadian Borrower agrees that it will maintain, at its sole cost and expense, the pledge
over the Quota created by this Agreement by taking all applicable actions (including, without
limitation, the presentation of the pledge for registration with the competent Commercial
Register Office, and the delivery or filing of agreements, instruments or other documents) as
may have been reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to perfect, maintain or
enforce the pledge over the Quota under the laws of the Portuguese Republic as a perfect
pledge over the Quota with priorities set out in Clause 2.1. above.

Clause 4

(New Quotas)

	1.	 	As security for the punctual payment of the Term Loan Secured Obligations, the Canadian
Borrower promises to execute, at its sole cost and expense, a pledge over any New Quotas
substantially similar to the terms and conditions in this Agreement with respect to the pledge
over the Quota, ranking before the pledge, to the fullest extent permitted by law, over such
New Quota created and granted for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Revolving
Secured Parties for the punctual payment of each and all of the Revolving Secured Obligations.
	 
	2.	 	All pledges to be created pursuant to Clause 4.1 above shall be executed within ten (10)
Business Days of registration of the New Quotas in the name of the Canadian Borrower,

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	 	 	failing which the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to execute the
pledges described in Clause 4.1. on behalf of the Canadian Borrower. For such purpose, the
Canadian Borrower shall deliver within ten (10) Business Days of the date hereof (or by such
later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to
the Collateral Agent an irrevocable power of attorney substantially in the form of Appendix
2.
	 
	3.	 	The execution of the pledges on behalf of the Canadian Borrower pursuant to Clause 4.2 of
this Agreement shall not release the Canadian Borrower from any liability to the Collateral
Agent for any damage incurred due to the Canadian Borrower’s failure to execute a pledge over
New Quotas under the terms set forth in Clauses 4.1 and 4.2 of this Agreement, as determined
by applicable law, nor does it, by any means, prevent the Collateral Agent from claiming
specific payment, discharge of any such obligations and compensation for damage incurred due
to late performance in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

Clause 5

(Transformation of the Madeira Guarantor)

	1.	 	In the event that the Madeira Guarantor is, subject to any consent required under the Term
Credit Agreement, as applicable, transformed (“transformada”) into a “sociedade anónima”, the
pledges hereby executed will be maintained over the shares (“acções”) issued as a result of
the transformation (“transformação”), in which case the Canadian Borrower shall register the
pledges created over such shares under the terms of articles 101 or 102 and 103 of the
Portuguese Securities Code (“Código dos Valores Mobiliários”) and in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement and this registration cannot be cancelled before the Termination Date.
	 
	2.	 	The Canadian Borrower shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent (made in accordance with
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) deposit the shares in a securities account opened
with a custodian or with any financial institution as designated by the Collateral Agent.

Clause 6

(Exercise of Ancillary Rights)

	1.	 	The Canadian Borrower is entitled to exercise the Ancillary Rights, including, inter alia,
the right

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	 	 	to participate and vote in general meetings, to challenge decisions taken by any corporate body
and the right to be informed, until such time as an Event of Default has occurred and a notice
by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement is
delivered to the Canadian Borrower notifying the Canadian Borrower that the exercise of the
Ancillary Rights have become vested in the Collateral Agent.
	 
	2.	 	Immediately upon receiving notice in accordance with Clause 6.1, the Canadian Borrower shall
refrain from exercising any of the Ancillary Rights, shall discontinue the exercise of any of
those rights which may be pending and shall further abstain from taking any action that may
jeopardise or be inconsistent with the exercise of the mentioned Ancillary Rights by the
Collateral Agent.

Clause 7

(Enforcement of the Pledge of Quota and Pledge over Canadian Borrower Credits)

	1.	 	The security granted under this Section may be enforced upon the occurrence of and during the
continuation of an Event of Default.
	 
	2.	 	The Collateral Agent may enforce the Pledge Over Quota and/or the Pledge over Canadian
Borrower Credits in respect of any Event of Default by whatever means available under the law
as the Collateral Agent may elect to ensure an expeditious payment of the Term Loan Secured
Obligations and specifically through:

	 	(i)	 	a judicial sale of the Quota and/or of the Canadian Borrower Credits;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	an extra-judicial sale (“venda extra-judicial ou extra-processual”) of the
Quota and/or of the Canadian Borrower Credits; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	a request to the court that the Quota and/or the Canadian Borrower Credits be
vested in the Collateral Agent in an amount to be established by such court.

	3.	 	No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay on its part in
exercising, any right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy preclude any other or further
exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
	 
	4.	 	If an extra-judicial sale (“venda extra-judicial ou extra-processual”) of the Quota and/or of
the Canadian Borrower Credits occurs, the price of the Quota and/or of the Canadian Borrower
Credits shall be determined according to the best price offered to the Collateral Agent by a
willing buyer within a procedure of extra-judicial sale (“venda extra-judicial ou
extra-processual”)

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	 	 	organized by the Collateral Agent and the Canadian Borrower acknowledges that the price so
determined corresponds to a price determined according to reasonable commercial criteria.

SECTION III

Representations and Warranties of the Canadian Borrower

Clause 8

(Undertakings of the Canadian Borrower)

The Canadian Borrower undertakes to abstain from any and all action that would in any way affect
the perfection, maintenance or enforcement of the Pledge Over Quota and the Pledge over Canadian
Borrower Credits.

Clause 9

(Representations and Warranties of the Canadian Borrower)

The Canadian Borrower represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

	 	(i)	 	it has corporate power and authority and the legal right to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the corporate power
and authority and the legal right to create and grant pledges over the Quota in favour
of the Collateral Agent and to instruct for the registration of the pledges over the
Quota created hereby with the competent Commercial Register Office;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	it has taken all necessary actions to authorize the execution and performance
of this Agreement;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	it is the lawful holder of the Quota which is definitively registered in its
own name and there are no liens or claims against and no charges or encumbrances over
the Quota, save for those created under this Agreement (other than (i) the Existing
Pledges and (ii) such liens, claims, charges, or encumbrances concerning the Quota in
favour of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties and as
security for the Revolving Secured Obligations as set forth in Clause 2.1) and
Permitted Liens as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the Quota is fully subscribed and paid up and currently does not own any
credits over the Madeira Guarantor other than the Canadian Borrower Credits;

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	 	(v)	 	except to the extent permitted by the Revolving Credit Agreement, there are no
option contracts with respect to the Quota, or any other contractual rights that would
restrict the free disposal of the Quota (other than (i) the Existing Pledges and (ii)
the pledge concerning the Quota in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Revolving Secured Parties and as security for the Revolving Secured Obligations as
set forth in Clause 2.1);
	 
	 	(vi)	 	at the date hereof, no litigation, investigation or proceeding is pending
against or in relation to the Quota;
	 
	 	(vii)	 	the Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability
thereof is limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; and
	 
	 	(viii)	 	no registration, recording or filing with any governmental body, agency or official
under the laws of the Portuguese Republic is required in connection with the execution
of the Agreement or necessary for the validity or enforcement of the pledges over the
Quota, save for the registration of the pledge over the Quota with the Commercial
Registry Office of Madeira Free Trade Zone pursuant to Clause 3.1.

SECTION IV

Other Provisions

Clause 10

(Intercreditor Agreement and Term Loan Credit Agreement)

	1.	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interests granted to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the
exercise of any rights or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency
between the provisions the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control to the fullest extent permitted by the
applicable law.

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	2.	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be
read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall control and
govern.
	 
	3.	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this agreement and
the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement”), among Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House
Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc., Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership,
Novelis Corporation, Novelis Pae Corporation, Novelis Brand Llc, Novelis South America
Holdings Llc, Aluminum Upstream Holdings Llc, Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, Novelis Uk
Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG, Novelis Switzerland
SA, Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil Ltda., Novelis
Luxembourg S.A., Novelis Pae, Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc. (“Holdings”),
the other Subsidiaries Of Holdings from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Revolving Credit Lenders (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders
(as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
for the Term Loan Lenders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent for the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound
thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

Clause 11

(Severability)

	1.	 	Any provision of this Agreement that is held to be unenforceable or invalid, in whole or in
part, shall be unenforceable or invalid to such extent without affecting the remaining
provisions of this Agreement.

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	2.	 	Particularly, in case any of the security granted is declared void or unenforceable, the
parties expressly agree to reduce the contents of this Agreement to that security which
remains valid and enforceable.

Clause 12

(Preservation of Security)

The pledges formalised within the terms of this Agreement will remain valid and unchanged in
accordance with article 861 of the Portuguese Civil Code notwithstanding any assignment or novation
of the Term Loan Secured Obligations.

Clause 13

(Validity)

This Agreement will remain valid and in force until the Termination Date.

Clause 14

(Amendments)

No amendment, modification, supplement or extension of any provision of this Agreement is effective
unless made in writing and signed by the parties.

Clause 15

(Remedies and Waivers)

Save as otherwise stated herein, no failure or delay on the part of either party in exercising any
right herein shall operate as a waiver of, or impair any such right or single or partial exercise
of such right, nor shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right.

Clause 16

(Notices)

	1.	 	Notices to be given hereunder shall be given by registered letter or fax, followed by the
original within three (3) days, and shall be deemed to have been given on the day of their
receipt, in the case of registered letters, or at the time of their receipt at the addressee’s
reception facilities, provided that such notices were received by 6:00 P.M. or otherwise on
the immediately following Business Day, in the case of fax.

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	2.	 	For the purposes of notices to be given hereunder, and unless notified otherwise, the
parties’ business addresses and facsimile numbers are as follows:

NOVELIS INC.

Novelis Inc.

Two Alliance Center

3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000

Atlanta, GA 30326

Attention: Randal P. Miller

Telecopier No.: 404-760-0124

Email: randy.miller@novelis.com

with a copy to:

Novelis Inc.

Two Alliance Center

3560 Lennox Road, Suite 2000

Atlanta, GA 30326

Attention: Leslie J. Parrette, Jr.

Telecopier No.: 404-760-0137

Email: les.parrette@novelis.com

and

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Attention: F. William Reindel

Telecopier No.: 212-859-4000

Email: f.william.reindel@friedfrank.com

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Telecopier No.: 415-503-5011

Phone No.: 415-436-1097

Clause 17

(Fees and Expenses)

The Canadian Borrower shall bear all fees, costs and expenses associated with the obligations set
forth in this Agreement insofar as the Pledge Over Quota and the is concerned, including but not
limited to, the taxes, notarization and registration costs, resulting from the signature and
execution of this Agreement and the registration or perfection of the pledge granted hereunder, as
applicable.

Clause 18

(Assignment)

The Collateral Agent is hereby authorised to assign its rights under this Agreement to any other
entity that replaces it under the terms of each of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

Clause 19

(Termination)

On the Termination Date, the security interests created hereby shall be released and this Agreement
shall terminate. The Collateral Agent hereby covenants and agrees to take all necessary actions to
release the security interests created hereby and to terminate this Agreement on the Termination
Date.

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Clause 20

(Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

This agreement shall be governed by Portuguese law and any disputes shall be submitted to the
Courts of Lisbon.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement in 3 counterparts, in New York, on
December 17, 2010, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be considered one and
the same agreement.

 

NOVELIS INC.

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NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA.

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent

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Appendix 1

Registration of Pledges Over the Quota

Part 1

Registration of the Pledge Over Quota

Quota(s) Titular(es)

Quota: [...]

Titular: Novelis Inc

Credor: Bank of America, National Association, para si, e ainda na qualidade de agente (Collateral
Agent) das denominadas “Secured Parties” tal como definidas no “Term Loan Credit Agreement”

Quantia: em capital USD 1.500.000.000

Juros: à taxa de 16% ao ano

Despesas e encargos 4% da quantia mutuada

Fundamento: Para garantia do integral e pontual cumprimento Secured Obligations tal como definidas
num contrato denominado “Credit Agreement” celebrado em 17 de Dezembro de 2010 entre, inter alia, a
Novelis Inc., a Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda. e o Bank of America, N.A..

Requerente: Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda.

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Appendix 2

Power of Attorney Granted by the Canadian Borrower in favor of the Collateral Agent

No dia [•], perante mim, [•], Notário Público, compareceu o Senhor [•], residente em [•], que
outorga o presente instrumento em nome e em representação de Novelis, INC., uma sociedade
organizada e existente de acordo com as leis do Canadá, com sede em 191 Evans Avenue, Toronto,
Ontario, M8Z 1J5, Canada e com o número societário Canadiano (Canadian corporation number)
765937-7, registada no Registo Comercial do Canadá sob o número societário [428106-3] (adiante
“Mandante”).

Verifiquei a identidade, poderes e autoridade do signatário para efeitos da presente procuração por
meio de [•].

Pelo presente instrumento, o signatário, em nome e representação da Mandante, irrevogavelmente
nomeia, constitui e designa procurador da Mandante, o BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., uma associação
bancária nacional (“national banking association”) organizada e existente de acordo com as leis dos
Estado Unidos, com sede em 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255 (adiante “Mandatário”), ao
qual são por este meio atribuídos poderes, incluindo poderes de substabelecimento, para, em nome e
representação da Mandante, executar e praticar os seguintes actos:

	1.	 	Constituir penhor sobre as quotas (e todos os direitos correspondentes) (as “Quotas”)
representativas do capital social da NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA., uma sociedade
constituída de acordo com as leis de Portugal, com sede nas Galeria São Lourenço, Calçada de
São Lourenço, no 3, 1o andar G, freguesia e concelho do Funchal, Portugal, com o número único
fiscal e de registo 511 167 679, registada na Conservatória de Registo Comercial da Zona
Franca da Madeira, com capital social de €5.000,00 (a “Sociedade”), detidas pela Mandante, em
garantia do montante total das obrigações definidas como “Term Loan Secured Obligations” no
contrato denominado “Term Loan Quota Pledge Agreement”, celebrado em 17 de Dezembro de 2010,
pela Mandante e pelo Mandatário, entre outros (o “Security Agreement”).

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	2.	 	Constituir penhor ou ceder com escopo de garantia quaisquer créditos, presentes ou futuros,
decorrentes de suprimentos ou prestações suplementares prestados ou a prestar pela Mandante à
Sociedade (os “Créditos”) em garantia do montante total das “Term Loan Secured Obligations”,
tal como definidas no Security Agreement.
	 
	3.	 	O Mandatário tem direito a vender e transmitir as quotas representativas do capital social da
Sociedade (ou qualquer parte do mesmo) que estão ou poderão estar empenhadas em qualquer
altura a favor do Mandatário (as “Quotas”) como credor pignoratício e/ou os Créditos após a
ocorrência de um “Event of Default”, tal como definido no Security Agreement. Tais vendas
serão efectuadas pelo Mandatário por meio de um ou mais instrumentos privados ou públicos, ou
uma ou mais transacções e de acordo com os termos e condições que o Mandatário tenha por
convenientes.
	 
	4.	 	Celebrar, assinar e outorgar/entregar quaisquer documentos, incluindo contratos de penhor e
contratos promessa, e, bem assim, outros instrumentos de natureza similar referentes à venda
das Quotas e aos Créditos, bem como quaisquer outras ordens, documentos ou instrumentos que,
nos termos da lei Portuguesa, se mostrem necessários para a efectivação, validação e execução
desse penhor ou venda das Quotas e Créditos, bem como receber e dar quitação de qualquer preço
de venda ou contraprestação pela transmissão da propriedade das Quotas ou Créditos.
	 
	5.	 	Praticar quaisquer actos de registo ou notificação em relação a qualquer venda ou penhor
sobre as Quotas ou Créditos, e/ou extinção ou constituição de ónus sobre as Quotas ou Créditos
(ou qualquer parte dos mesmos) com respeito ao exercício dos poderes conferidos pela presente.
	 
	6.	 	Representar a Mandante em qualquer Assembleia Geral da Sociedade, bem como propor, votar e
deliberar sobre qualquer matéria submetida ou proposta à Assembleia Geral da Sociedade após a
ocorrência de um “Event of Default”, tal como definido no Security Agreement.

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	7.	 	Em geral, assinar todos os documentos e praticar todos os actos necessários ou adequados ao
exercício e execução dos poderes acima referidos, sendo, pela presente, ratificados e
confirmados pela Mandante todos e quaisquer actos que o Mandatário pratique ou tencione
praticar, ao abrigo e para efeitos do cumprimento integral do mandato ora conferido.

A Mandante autoriza o Mandatário a fazer-se substituir por terceiro na execução dos poderes ora
conferidos. Os poderes pela presente conferidos podem ser exercidos pelo Mandatário por uma ou mais
vezes, e a Mandante desde já expressamente presta o seu consentimento, nos termos e para os efeitos
do artigo 261.o do Código Civil Português, ao exercício pelo Mandatário dos poderes ora conferidos
em relação à venda ou transferência da propriedade das Quotas ou Créditos (ou qualquer parte dos
mesmos) a favor do próprio Mandatário (“negócio consigo mesmo”).

Esta procuração é outorgada também no interesse do Mandatário, pelo que é irrevogável nos termos e
para os efeitos do artigo 265.o, n.o 3, do Código Civil Português.

A presente procuração reger-se-á pela lei Portuguesa.

Assinado na data acima mencionada por

Novelis Inc.

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*translation for convenience purposes only

POWER OF ATTORNEY

To be granted by Novelis Inc.

On [place and date], before me [identification of the Notary/Portuguese Consul], appeared Mr.
[name, home address, marital status], who executes this deed as proxy for and on behalf of Novelis
INC a company organized and existing under the laws of Canada, having its registered office at 191
Evans Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 1J5, Canada and having Canadian corporation
number765937-7(hereinafter the “Grantor”).

I have checked the identity, powers and authority of the signatory for the purposes hereof by means
of [identity card/passport/certified copy of minutes of Board of Directors of the Grantor/Power of
Attorney].

In the name and on behalf of the Grantor, the signatory hereby irrevocably names, constitutes and
appoints, as attorney for the Grantor, Bank of America, N. A., a financial institution organised
and existing under the laws of the United States of America and having its registered office at 101
South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 (hereinafter the “Attorney”) to whom are hereby
granted the powers, including delegation powers, to execute and perform the following acts on
behalf of the Grantor:

1. To pledge all quotas (including the rights thereto) (the “Quotas”) representing the corporate
capital of Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda., a company incorporated under the laws of the
Portuguese Republic, with its registered office at Galerias São Lourenço, Calçada de São Lourenço,
no. 3, 1st floor G, parish and municipality of Funchal, Portugal, registered in the
Commercial Registry Office of Zona Franca da Madeira under the single taxpayer and registration
number 511 167 879, with a corporate capital of €5,000.00 (the “Company”) held by the Grantor, as
security for the total amount of the Term Loan Secured Obligations as defined in the Term Loan
Quota Pledge Agreement executed on December 17, 2010, amongst others, by the Grantor and the
Attorney (the “Security Agreement”).

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2. To pledge or assign by security (“cessão com escopo de garantia") any credit rights, present and
future, arising from the shareholder loans or supplementary shares of capital (“prestações
suplementares” e “suprimentos”), granted or to be granted by the Grantor to the Company (the
“Credit Rights”), as security for the total amount of the Term Loan Secured Obligations as defined
in the Security Agreement.

3. The Attorney has the right to sell and transfer the quotas representing the Company’s corporate
capital (or any part thereof) which are or may be pledged from time to time to the Attorney (the
“Quotas”) as pledgee and/or the Credit Rights upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of
Default as defined in the Security Agreement. Such sales shall be made by the Attorney by means of
one or more private or by public deed, or one or more transactions and in accordance with the terms
and conditions that the Attorney may determine.

4. To execute, sign and deliver any documents, including pledge agreements and promissory
agreements and other agreements or instruments of a like nature with respect to the sale of the
Quotas, or the Credit Rights, and any other orders, documents or instruments as may be required
under Portuguese law for the purposes of effecting, perfecting and enforcing such pledge or sale of
the Quotas and Credit Rights, as well as to receive and give acquittance of any such sale price or
consideration for any transfer of title to the Quotas or Credit Rights.

5. To apply to the Company for any acts of registration or notification in connection with any
sale, or pledge of Quotas or Credit Rights, and/or the cancellation or creation of charges over the
Quotas or Credit Rights (or any part thereof) in connection with the exercise of the powers granted
hereof.

6. To represent the Grantor in any Shareholders Meeting of the Company, and to propose, vote and
decide in any matter subject to or presented in the Shareholders Meeting of the Company upon the
occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default as defined in the Security Agreement.

7. In general, to execute all documents and to do and perform all acts and things necessary or
appropriate for the carrying out and fulfilment of the foregoing powers, the Grantor hereby

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ratifying and confirming any and all acts the Attorney may do or purport to do under, and for the
purposes of the full performance of, the mandate granted hereby.

The Grantor authorizes the Attorney to be replaced by any third party, for purpose of the exercise
of any of the powers granted herein. The powers granted hereunder may be exercised by the Attorney
one or more times and the Grantor hereby expressly grants its consent to the Attorney, under and
for the purposes of article 261 of the Portuguese Civil Code, to the exercise of any of the powers
granted hereby in connection with the sale and transfer of title in the Quotas or Credit Rights (or
any part thereof) in favour of the Attorney itself (“negócio consigo mesmo”).

This power of attorney is granted also in the interest of the Attorney and is therefore irrevocable
pursuant to article 265, nr. 3, of the Portuguese Civil Code.

This power of attorney shall be governed by the Portuguese law.

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TERM LOAN ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

between

NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA.

as the Madeira Guarantor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

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TERM LOAN ACCOUNT PLEDGE AGREEMENT

Between:

	1.	 	NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA., a company incorporated under the laws of Portugal, with
its registered office at Galerias São Lourenço, Calçada de São Lourenço, no. 3, 1st
floor G, parish and municipality county of Funchal, Portugal, registered in the Commercial
Registry office of Zona Franca da Madeira with a share capital of €5,000.00 and tax number 511
167 679, hereinafter referred to as “Madeira Guarantor” or “Pledgor”;
	 
	2.	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association existing under the laws of the United
States, having its principal office at 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
28255, Charter No. 13044, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit
agreement referred to below, hereinafter referred to as “Collateral Agent” or “Pledgee”;

Whereas:

	(A)	 	Novelis Inc., a company organised and existing under the laws of Canada, having its
registered office at 191 Evans Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 1J5, Canada, and having Canadian
corporation number 765937-7, hereinafter referred to as “Borrower”, and, inter alia, the
Madeira Guarantor and the Collateral Agent entered into a term loan credit agreement on
December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”);
	 
	(B)	 	The Madeira Guarantor is a Guarantor (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) in
accordance with Section 1.01 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	(C)	 	The Borrower and, inter alia, the Collateral Agent entered into an intercreditor agreement on
December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, amended and restated,

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	 	 	supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”);
	 
	(D)	 	The Collateral Agent acts in its capacity of agent for the Secured Parties and therefore has
the right on its own behalf to claim any amounts owed to the Secured parties, under the Term
Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	(E)	 	The Borrower and, inter alia, Bank of America, N.A., acting in its capacity as the collateral
agent (the “Revolving Collateral Agent”) entered into a US$800,000,000.00 revolving credit
agreement on December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and jointly with the
Term Loan Credit Agreement referred to as “Credit Agreements”);
	 
	(F)	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the
exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement; provided however, provided however, that in the
event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement
and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

an account pledge governed by the following clauses is hereby agreed and executed:

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Clause 1

(Definitions)

	1.	 	Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Agreement:
	 	means this agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Borrower:
	 	means Novelis, Inc. as defined in the preamble;
	 
	 

	 	Collateral Agent:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
the recitals of this Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Collection Account:
	 	means the bank account number 9030
9506 3201, with NIB 000709030009506320161 and IBAN
PT50000709030009506320161 opened in the books of Banco Espírito
Santo, S.A. — Sucursal Financeira Exterior;
	 
	 

	 	Credit Agreements:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
the recitals of this Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Depositary Bank:
	 	means Banco Espírito Santo, S.A.;
	 
	 

	 	Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
the Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Event of Default:
	 	means any Event of Default as
defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Existing Pledges:
	 	means the pledges granted over the
Collection Account, in favour of Bank of America, N.A. and UBS AG, Stamford Branch;
	 
	 

	 	Intercreditor Agreement:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
recital (C) of this Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Net Cash Proceeds Account:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
the Intercreditor Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Parties:
	 	means the parties to this Agreement
(each individually a “Party”);
	 
	 

	 	Revolving Credit Agreement:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
the recitals to this Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Revolving Secured Obligations:
	 	means the Secured Obligations as
defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement;

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	 	Revolving Secured Party:
	 	means any Secured Party as defined
in the Revolving Credit Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Borrower:
	 	means the Borrower as defined in
the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Credit Agreement:
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in
the recitals to this Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Secured Obligations:
	 	means the Secured Obligations as
defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Term Loan Secured Parties:
	 	means each and any Secured Party as
defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement;
	 
	 

	 	Termination Date:
	 	means the date of Discharge of the
Term Loan Secured Obligations.

	2.	 	The meaning to be assigned to each word or expression in this Clause shall be the same
irrespective of the words in question being used in the masculine or the feminine, the
singular or the plural.
	 
	3.	 	Any reference to the Collateral Agent in this Agreement shall be construed as a reference to
the Collateral Agent acting as agent for the Secured Parties.
	 
	4.	 	Any reference to a Party in this Agreement shall include its successors and assignees.
	 
	5.	 	All references to Clauses, sections and Appendices in this Agreement are references to
clauses, sections and Appendices of this Agreement, except if expressly stated otherwise.

Clause 2

(Pledge Over Collection Account)

	1.	 	As security for the punctual payment of each and all of the Term Loan Secured Obligations,
the Pledgor hereby creates and grants in favour of the Collateral Agent for its own benefit
and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties a pledge, up to an amount of
US$1,500,000,000.00, to the fullest extent permitted by law, over the Collection Account,
ranking after the pledge, to the fullest extent permitted by law, over the Collection Account
created and granted on the present date in favour of the Revolving Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties.

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	2.	 	The pledge of the balance of the Collection Account pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
is also to be construed as a “contrato de formação progressiva” and includes the right to any
moneys deposited in the Collection Account at any time after the date of this Agreement and
any and all interest thereon, which thereafter will be automatically included in the pledge in
favour of the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the terms herein referred to, without the need for
a specific or express declaration by the Madeira Guarantor or acceptance by the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	3.	 	The Collection Account may only be operated in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	4.	 	The Pledgor undertakes, on this date, to notify the Depositary Bank of the pledges enacted
pursuant to this Agreement according to the draft notification attached hereto as Schedule 1
and shall submit a certified copy of such notification and the acknowledgment of receipt
signed on behalf of the Depositary Bank to the Collateral Agent within fifteen (15) Business
Days of the date of this Agreement (or such later date as shall be agreed to by the Collateral
Agent in its sole discretion).

Clause 3

(Promissory Pledges over bank accounts)

	1.	 	As security for the punctual payment of each and all of the Term Loan Secured Obligations,
the Madeira Guarantor hereby promises to create and grant in favour of the Collateral Agent
for its own benefit and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties a pledge, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, over any bank account (other than a Net Cash Proceeds
Account) held by the Madeira Guarantor or which it may hold, ranking after the pledge, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, over such bank account created and granted in favour of the
Revolving Collateral Agent for its own benefit and for the benefit of the Revolving Secured
Parties for the punctual payment of each and all of the Revolving Secured Obligations.
	 
	2.	 	As security for the punctual payment of each and all of the Term Loan Secured Obligations,
the Madeira Guarantor hereby promises to create and grant in favour of the Collateral Agent
for its own benefit and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties a pledge, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, over any Net Cash Proceeds Account held by the Madeira
Guarantor or which it may hold, ranking before the pledge, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, over such bank account

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	 	 	created and granted in favour of the Revolving Collateral Agent for its own benefit and for
the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties for the punctual payment of each and all of
the Revolving Secured Obligations.
	 
	3.	 	The definitive pledges promised pursuant to the previous numbers 1. and 2. of this Clause
shall be created and granted within 10 Business Days from the creation of such account; the
Collateral Agent may (but is not obliged to), upon request, extend such deadline in writing
and in its sole discretion.
	 
	4.	 	Each pledge of the balance of the bank accounts held or to be held, at the relevant time, by
the Madeira Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement is also to be construed as
created as a “contrato de formação progressiva” and includes the right to any moneys deposited
in the such bank accounts at any time after the date of this Agreement and any and all
interest thereon, which thereafter will be automatically included in the pledge in favour of
the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the terms herein referred to, without the need for a
specific or express declaration by the Madeira Guarantor or acceptance by the Collateral
Agent.
	 
	5.	 	The bank accounts held or to be held by the Madeira Guarantor may only be operated in
accordance with the terms of each of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement, as applicable.
	 
	6.	 	Any bank account held or to be held by the Madeira Guarantor shall be opened with a
Portuguese bank, unless the Collateral Agent agrees in writing in advance that such bank
account may be opened in another jurisdiction satisfactory to it, acting reasonably, and
subject to security arrangements satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably.
	 
	7.	 	Subject to number 6. above, in case any bank account held or to be held by the Madeira
Guarantor is opened with a bank that is not a Portuguese bank, the terms contained in number
4. above and Clauses 4 and 5 below shall be applicable and if the applicable law requires
adaptations to number 3. above and Clauses 4 and 5 below, the Madeira Guarantor undertakes to
provide for the definitive pledge over such account(s), which provisions shall be as similar
as possible to the terms provided for in number 4. above and Clauses 4 and 5 below, to the
fullest extent permitted by law.

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Clause 4

(Undertakings of the Madeira Guarantor in relation to the Pledge and Promissory Pledges over bank accounts)

	1.	 	The Madeira Guarantor shall:

	 	(i)	 	in the context of any judicial proceeding for enforcement against the balance
of any bank account held by the Madeira Guarantor or which it may hold, inform the
court that such balance has been pledged pursuant to and under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	deposit any monies, cheques and directly remit all payments related to its
activities in the Collection Account;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	save for the existing Collection Account, not open any other bank account
unless (a) the Madeira Guarantor shall have given the Collateral Agent 30 days prior
written notice of its intention to establish such new bank account, (b) the bank at
which such new bank account is to be maintained is acceptable to the Collateral Agent,
acting reasonably, and (c) the new account shall comply in full with the relevant
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and this Agreement and shall be pledged
pursuant to this Agreement;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	notify the bank at which the relevant bank account held by the Madeira
Guarantor is held of the creation of the pledges pursuant to this Agreement on the
date such account is opened (in case such bank account is opened with a Portuguese
bank) or on the date the security over such bank account is granted (in case such
bank account is opened with a non-Portuguese bank) and give evidence: (i) within five
(5) Business Days of the date of creation of the pledge, that said notification has
been made; and (ii) within fifteen (15) Business Days of the date of creation of the
pledge, that the relevant bank has received and acknowledged the request to register
such pledge;
	 
	 	(v)	 	carry out, at its sole cost and expense, all actions that may reasonably be
required by the Collateral Agent to complete or perfect the security granted under
this Agreement;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	ensure that no charges or encumbrances are created over the Collection
Account or any bank account held by the Madeira Guarantor save for those created under
this Agreement (other than the charges or encumbrances created in favour of the
Revolving Collateral Agent as security for the

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	 	 	 	Revolving Credit Obligations as set forth in Clause 2.1 and Permitted Liens as
defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement).

	2.	 	If the Madeira Guarantor fails to pledge any bank account in accordance with the terms of
Clauses 3 and 4, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to execute
such pledges in representation of the Madeira Guarantor. For such purpose, the Madeira
Guarantor shall deliver within ten (10) Business Days of the date hereof (or by such later
date as may be agreed to in writing by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to the
Collateral Agent an irrevocable power of attorney in the terms and conditions established in
Schedule 2.
	 
	3.	 	The execution of the pledge on behalf of the Madeira Guarantor within the terms of Clause 4.2
of this Agreement shall not release the Madeira Guarantor from any liability to the Collateral
Agent for any damage incurred due to the Madeira Guarantor’s failure to execute pledges under
the terms set forth in this Agreement, as determined by applicable law, nor does it, by any
means, prevent the Collateral Agent from claiming specific payment, discharge of any such
obligations and compensation for any damages incurred due to late performance.

Clause 5

(Enforcement of the Pledges over the bank accounts)

	1.	 	The security granted under this Section may be enforced upon the occurrence and continuation
of an Event of Default.
	 
	2.	 	In the situation above, the Collateral Agent may, in accordance with the Intercreditor
Agreement, inter alia:

	 	(i)	 	issue a notification of an Event of Default;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	give instructions in relation to the pledged bank accounts, in accordance
with Clauses 5.3 and 5.4.

	3.	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may, subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, in relation to any credit standing in each and all bank accounts held
by the Madeira Guarantor, up to the sum of the amounts of the Term Loan Secured Obligations:

	 	(i)	 	make any withdrawals from the Collection Account (or any other bank account
then held by the Madeira Guarantor) for the payment of the Term Loan Secured
Obligations;

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	 	(ii)	 	give any credit or debit instructions, including cancelling any instructions
already given and not yet executed;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	suspend any withdrawals from or other activity with respect to any movements
of the Collection Account (or any other bank account then held by the Madeira
Guarantor) for the period it sees fit;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	close any bank account held by the Madeira Guarantor.

	4.	 	If after the Termination Date there is any balance in any of the bank accounts held by the
Madeira Guarantor, then the Collateral Agent shall transfer that balance to the Madeira
Guarantor.

Clause 6

(Representations and Warranties of the Madeira Guarantor)

The Madeira Guarantor represents and warrants that:

	1.	 	it has the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorise the entry into and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement;
	 
	2.	 	this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms;
	 
	3.	 	its entry into, exercise of its rights and/or performance of or compliance with its
obligations under this Agreement do not violate or exceed any power or restriction granted or
imposed by any law to which it is subject, its by-laws or any other constitutional documents
or any agreement to which it is a party or which is binding on it or its assets;
	 
	4.	 	there are no other limitations or consents required by law or regulation or by agreement that
may, in any manner, hinder or restrain the Madeira Guarantor from pledging the Collection
Account in favour of the Collateral Agent (other than (i) the Existing Pledges and (ii) such
limitations or consents related to the pledge created in favour of the Revolving Collateral
Agent as security for the Revolving Credit Obligations as set forth in Clause 2.1);
	 
	5.	 	it accepts that after notification of an Event of Default, pursuant to Clause 5 of this
Agreement, only the Collateral Agent has the right to make withdrawals or movements on the
Collection Account (or any other bank account then held by the Madeira Guarantor).

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Clause 7

(Severability)

	1.	 	Any provision of this Agreement that is held to be unenforceable or invalid in whole or in
part shall be unenforceable or invalid to such extent without affecting the remaining
provisions of this Agreement.
	 
	2.	 	Particularly, in case any of the security granted, namely the security granted under the
terms of this Agreement, is declared void or unenforceable, the parties expressly agree to
reduce the contents of this Agreement to that security which remains valid and enforceable.

Clause 8

(Preservation of Security)

The Madeira Guarantor expressly, irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges, agrees and accepts
that the security created pursuant to this Agreement shall not be released or discharged by
novation or released, discharged or otherwise prejudiced by any transfer or assignment under this
Agreement, in accordance with the terms of article 861o of the Portuguese Civil Code.

Clause 9

(Validity)

This Agreement will remain valid and in force until the Termination Date.

Clause 10

(Amendments)

No amendment, modification, supplement or extension of any provision of this Agreement is effective
unless made in a writing signed by the Parties.

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Clause 11

(Remedies and Waivers)

Save as otherwise stated herein, no failure or delay on the part of either Party in exercising any
right herein shall operate as a waiver of, or impair any such right; no single or partial exercise
of such right shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right.

Clause 12

(Notices)

	1.	 	Notices to be given hereunder shall be given by registered letter or fax, followed by an
original within three (3) days, and shall be deemed to have been given on the day of their
receipt, in the case of registered letters, or at the time of their receipt at the addressee’s
reception facilities, provided received by 6 p.m. or otherwise on the immediately following
Business Day, in the case of fax.
	 
	2.	 	For the purposes of notices to be given hereunder and unless notified otherwise, the parties’
business addresses and facsimile numbers are as follows:

NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA.

	 	 	Galerias São Lourenço,
	 	 	Calçada de São Lourenço N.o 3, 1.o andar G,
	 	 	9000-061 Funchal
	 	 	Portugal
	 
	 	 	with a copy to:
	 
	 	 	Novelis Inc.
		 	3399 Peachtree Road NE , Suite 1500
	 	 	Atlanta, GA 30326
	 	 	Attention: General Counsel
	 	 	Telecopier No.: (404) 814-4272

[NB:VdA to confirm]

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

Bank of America, N.A.

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Telecopier No.: (415) 503-5011

Phone No.: (415) 436-1097

Clause 13

(Fees and Expenses)

The Madeira Guarantor shall bear all fees, costs and expenses associated with the obligations set
forth in this Agreement insofar as the pledges over the Collection Account or any other bank
accounts to be held by the Madeira Guarantor are concerned, including but not limited to, taxes and
notarization and registration costs resulting from the signature and execution of this Agreement
and the registration or perfection of the pledges granted hereunder.

Clause 14

(Assignment)

The Collateral Agent is hereby authorised to assign its rights under this Agreement to any other
entity that replaces it under the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement, as applicable.

Clause 15

(Termination)

On the Termination Date, the security interests created hereby shall be released and this Agreement
shall terminate. The Collateral Agent hereby covenants and agrees to take all necessary actions to
release the security interests created hereby and to terminate this Agreement on or within a
reasonable amount of time following the Termination Date.

Clause 16

(Intercreditor Agreement)

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	1.	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In
the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the
terms and provisions of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall control and govern.
	 
	2.	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and
the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, among Novelis Inc., Novelis Corporation, Novelis Cast House
Technology Ltd., 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc., Novelis No. 1 Limited Partnership,
Novelis Corporation, Novelis Pae Corporation, Novelis Brand Llc, Novelis South America
Holdings Llc, Aluminum Upstream Holdings Llc, Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, Novelis Uk
Ltd., Novelis Services Limited., Novelis Deutschland Gmbh, Novelis AG, Novelis Switzerland SA,
Novelis Technology AG, Novelis Aluminum Holding Company, Novelis do Brasil Ltda., Novelis
Luxembourg S.A., Novelis Pae, Novelis Madeira Unipessoal, Lda, Av Metals Inc. (“Holdings”),
the other Subsidiaries Of Holdings or Novelis Inc. from time to time party thereto, Bank of
America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and as Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and as Term Loan Collateral Agent (each as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound
thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

Clause 17

(Applicable Law and Jurisdiction)

This agreement shall be governed by Portuguese law and any disputes shall be submitted to the
Courts of Lisbon.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement, in two (2) counterparts, in New York,
on December 17, 2010, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall be considered one
and the same agreement.

 

NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA.

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

Name: Christopher Kelly Wall

Title: Managing Director

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SCHEDULE
1

[Letterhead of Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda.]

Banco Espírito Santo, S.A.

Att.: [•]

[•]

     [•] 2009

Re: Instructions on the terms and conditions of the pledge over the account no. 9030 9506 3201

Dear Sirs,

Bank of America, N.A. (the “Retiring Revolver Collateral Agent”) and UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as
“Retiring Term Loan Collateral Agent”) hereby notify you that we have no interest over the pledges
granted pursuant to an account pledge agreement entered on January 25, 2010 between Novelis
Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda (“Novelis”), the Retiring Revolver Collateral Agent and the Retiring Term
Loan Collateral Agent, and therefore we instruct you to release the first ranking pledge and the
second ranking pledge over the Novelis’s account no. 9030 9506 3201.

Novelis hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the Account Pledge Agreements entered into on
December 17, 2010, we have granted two pledges over our account no. 9030 9506 3201 (the “Collection
Account”) in favour of Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the
Revolving Credit Agreement and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to the aforementioned agreement, following delivery to you of a notification for such
purpose, Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Revolving Credit
Agreement and as Collateral Agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, holds the exclusive right
to give instructions on the aforementioned account or to credit or debit the same, provided that
the Collateral Agent has delivered to Banco

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Espírito Santo the documentation required by the Portuguese law to operate a Collection Account.

Moreover, it is understood that Banco Espírito Santo, as Depositary Bank, will not be liable for
any action that may be required to take resulting from any court order or administrative decision
that may arise and affect the Collection Account.

This letter shall be governed by Portuguese law.

It is a requirement of the agreement referred to above that we give you this notice and obtain your
agreement to the above in writing; therefore, we kindly request that you confirm such agreement by
signing this letter, and by returning the signed counterpart to us.

Faithfully yours,

 

Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda.

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated as of [•], and agree to its terms. Moreover,
we hereby undertake to inform the court in any judicial proceedings associated with the account or
monies deposited therein that the same was pledged in favour of Bank of America, N.A. as Pledgee
under a Portuguese Pledge Agreement dated as of December 17, 2010.

 

Banco Espírito Santo, S.A. Bank

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Schedule 2

Power of Attorney granted by the Madeira Guarantor in favour of the Collateral Agent

No dia [•], perante mim, [•], Notário Público, compareceu o Senhor [•], residente em [•], que
outorga o presente instrumento em nome e em representação de Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda., uma
sociedade constituída de acordo com as leis de Portugal, com sede nas Galeria São Lourenço, Calçada
de São Lourenço, no 3, 1o andar G, freguesia e concelho do Funchal, Portugal, com o número único
fiscal e de registo 511 167 679, registada na Conservatória de Registo Comercial da Zona Franca da
Madeira, com capital social de €5.000,00 (adiante “Mandante”).

Verifiquei a identidade, poderes e autoridade do signatário para efeitos da presente procuração por
meio de [•].

Pelo presente instrumento, o signatário, em nome e representação da Mandante, irrevogavelmente
nomeia, constitui e designa procurador da Mandante, o BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., uma associação
bancária nacional (“national banking association”) organizada e existente de acordo com as leis dos
Estado Unidos, com sede em 101 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255 (adiante “Mandatário”), ao
qual são por este meio atribuídos poderes, incluindo poderes de substabelecimento, para, em nome e
representação da Mandante, executar e praticar os seguintes actos:

	1.	 	Constituir penhor sobre todas e quaisquer contas bancárias detidas ou que venham a ser
detidas pela Mandante (as “Contas”), em garantia do montante total das obrigações definidas
como “Term Loan Secured Obligations” no contrato denominado “Term Loan Account Pledge
Agreement”, celebrado em 17 de Dezembro de 2010, pela Mandante e pelo Mandatário, entre outros
(o “Security Agreement”).

	2.	 	Celebrar, assinar e outorgar/entregar quaisquer documentos, incluindo contratos de penhor e
contratos promessa, e, bem assim, outros instrumentos de natureza similar referentes às
Contas, bem como quaisquer outras ordens, documentos ou instrumentos que, nos termos da lei Portuguesa, se mostrem

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	 	 	necessários
para a efectivação, validação e execução desse penhor das Contas.

	3.	 	Em geral, assinar todos os documentos e praticar todos os actos necessários ou adequados ao
exercício e execução dos poderes acima referidos, sendo, pela presente, ratificados e
confirmados pela Mandante todos e quaisquer actos que o Mandatário pratique ou tencione
praticar, ao abrigo e para efeitos do cumprimento integral do mandato ora conferido.

A Mandante autoriza o Mandatário a fazer-se substituir por terceiro na execução dos poderes ora
conferidos. Os poderes pela presente conferidos podem ser exercidos pelo Mandatário por uma ou mais
vezes, e a Mandante desde já expressamente presta o seu consentimento, nos termos e para os efeitos
do artigo 261.o do Código Civil Português, ao exercício pelo Mandatário dos poderes ora conferidos
em relação à venda ou transferência da propriedade das Quotas ou Créditos (ou qualquer parte dos
mesmos) a favor do próprio Mandatário (“negócio consigo mesmo”).

Esta procuração é outorgada também no interesse do Mandatário, pelo que é irrevogável nos termos e
para os efeitos do artigo 265.o, n.o 3, do Código Civil Português.

A presente procuração reger-se-á pela lei Portuguesa.

Assinado na data acima mencionada por

Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda.

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*translation for convenience purposes only

POWER OF ATTORNEY

To be granted by Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda.

On [place and date], before me [identification of the Notary/Portuguese Consul], appeared Mr.
[name, home address, marital status], who executes this deed as proxy for and on behalf of Novelis
Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda., Galerias São Lourenço, Calçada de São Lourenço, no. 3, 1st
floor G, parish and municipality of Funchal, Portugal, registered in the Commercial Registry Office
of Zona Franca da Madeira under the single taxpayer and registration number 511 167 879, with a
corporate capital of €5,000.00 (hereinafter the “Grantor”).

I have checked the identity, powers and authority of the signatory for the purposes hereof by means
of [identity card/passport/certified copy of minutes of Board of Directors of the Grantor/Power of
Attorney].

In the name and on behalf of the Grantor, the signatory hereby irrevocably names, constitutes and
appoints, as attorney for the Grantor, Bank of America, N. A., a financial institution organised
and existing under the laws of the United States of America and having its registered office at 101
South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 (hereinafter the “Attorney”) to whom are hereby
granted the powers, including delegation powers, to execute and perform the following acts on
behalf of the Grantor:

1. To pledge all the accounts held by the Grantor (the “Accounts”), as security for the Term Loan
Secured Obligations as defined in the Term Loan Account Pledge Agreement executed on December 17,
2010, amongst others, by the Grantor and the Attorney (the “Security Agreement”).

2 To execute, sign and deliver any documents, including pledge agreements and promissory agreements
and other agreements or instruments of a like nature with respect to the Accounts, and any other
orders, documents or instruments as may be required under Portuguese law for the purposes of
effecting, perfecting and enforcing such pledge over

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the Accounts.

3 In general, to execute all documents and to do and perform all acts and things necessary or
appropriate for the carrying out and fulfilment of the foregoing powers, the Grantor hereby
ratifying and confirming any and all acts the Attorney may do or purport to do under, and for the
purposes of the full performance of, the mandate granted hereby.

The Grantor authorizes the Attorney to be replaced by any third party, for purpose of the exercise
of any of the powers granted herein. The powers granted hereunder may be exercised by the Attorney
one or more times and the Grantor hereby expressly grants its consent to the Attorney, under and
for the purposes of article 261 of the Portuguese Civil Code, to the exercise of any of the powers
granted hereby in connection with the pledge over the Accounts (or any part thereof) in favour of
the Attorney itself (“negócio consigo mesmo”).

This power of attorney is granted also in the interest of the Attorney and is therefore irrevocable
pursuant to article 265, no. 3, of the Portuguese Civil Code.

This power of attorney shall be governed by the Portuguese law.

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Exhibit M-10 

NOVELIS INC. (CANADA)

as Pledgor

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as French Collateral Agent and Beneficiary

and

THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES

(as defined herein)

and

NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S.

as Securities Accounts Holders

relating to shares in

NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

and

NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S.

 

FIRST PRIORITY PLEDGES AGREEMENT

(ACTE DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTES TITRES DE PREMIER RANG)

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	CLAUSE	 	PAGE	 
	1. DEFINITION AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	3	 
	2. AGREEMENT TO PLEDGE
	 	 	7	 
	3. CREATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	7	 
	4. VOTING RIGHTS AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS
	 	 	8	 
	5. REPAYMENT OR REDEMPTION OF PLEDGED SECURITIES
	 	 	9	 
	6. TERM OF THE PLEDGES
	 	 	9	 
	7. PLEDGOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS
	 	 	9	 
	8. COVENANT FOR FURTHER ASSURANCE
	 	 	14	 
	9. REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
	 	 	14	 
	10. EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLATERAL
	 	 	15	 
	11. EXPENSES, COSTS, TAXES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	16	 
	12. CURRENCY CONVERSION
	 	 	17	 
	13. ASSIGNMENT
	 	 	17	 
	14. NOTICES
	 	 	18	 
	15. GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	18	 
	16. TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT GOVERNS
	 	 	18	 
	17. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS
	 	 	18	 
	18. JURISDICTION
	 	 	18	 
	19. ELECTION OF DOMICILE
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 1 DETAILS OF THE PLEDGED ACCOUNTS
	 	 	21	 
	Schedule A DECLARATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES FINANCIERS

	 	 	23	 
	Schedule A bis ATTESTATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES
	 	 	29	 
	Schedule B DECLARATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE DE TITRES FINANCIERS
	 	 	33	 
	Schedule B Bis ATTESTATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES
	 	 	39	 
	Schedule C DECLARATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE DE TITRES FINANCIERS
	 	 	43	 
	Schedule C bis ATTESTATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES
	 	 	48	 
	Schedule D MODELE DE NOTIFICATION DE LA SURVENANCE D’UN CAS DE DEFAUT AU TENEUR DU COMPTE ESPECES
	 	 	52	 

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FIRST PRIORITY PLEDGES AGREEMENT

(ACTE DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTES TITRES DE PREMIER RANG)

AMONG:

NOVELIS INC., a corporation formed under the Canadian Business Corporations Act (the “Pledgor”);

AND

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a company having its principal place of business at 135 South LaSalle
Street, Suite 425, Chicago, Illinois 60603 (United States of America), acting in its capacity as
French Collateral Agent (as defined below), on its own behalf and for the account and on behalf of
the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined below) (the “French Collateral Agent”);

AND

THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (including Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Term Loan
Collateral Agent under the parallel debt provisions set forth in the Term Loan Agreement and any
person which may from time to time become a Term Loan Secured Party in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement) (as each of these capitalized terms is defined
below), represented by the French Collateral Agent for the purposes of this Agreement;

AND

EACH OF THE COMPANIES designated in Schedule 1 hereto.

WHEREAS:

Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the
Borrower in the form of Loans on the terms referred to in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and for
the purposes therein mentioned (as each of these capitalized terms is defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement).

Pursuant to clause 11.24 (Parallel Debt) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Pledgor has
undertaken to pay the Term Loan Collateral Agent, as a separate and independent obligation, an
amount equal to, and in the currency of, each amount owed by it to the Term Loan Secured Parties
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined below).

It is a condition precedent to the availability of the facilities under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement that the Pledgor as security for the due performance of the Term Loan Secured Obligations
(as defined below) grants for the benefit of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other Term Loan
Secured Parties a first priority pledge over the Pledged Accounts (as defined below).

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Pursuant to the Appointment Agreement, the Beneficiaries have appointed the French Collateral Agent
in order that the French Collateral Agent be entitled to register, perform and enforce any security
interest (sûreté réelle) granted by the Pledgor in accordance with Article 2328-1 of the French
Code Civil.

IT HAS BEEN AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

	1.	 	DEFINITION AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	In this agreement (the “Agreement”):
	 
	 	 	“Appointment Agreement” means that certain agreement dated on or about the date hereof by
and between, among others, Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent
and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan
Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent, Novelis Inc. as Administrative
Borrower and Novelis PAE S.A.S. (as each of these capitalized terms is defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time).
	 
	 	 	“Cash Accounts” (or “Comptes Espèces Spéciaux”) means in relation to the Securities
Accounts the special bank accounts (comptes espèces spéciaux) set out in Schedule 1, opened
in the name of the Pledgor with the Cash Account Holder and which, pursuant to article L.
211-20 of the Code monétaire et financier, form part of the Pledged Accounts.
	 
	 	 	“Cash Account Holder” means the credit institution with which the Pledgor has opened in its
name the Cash Accounts and the details of which are set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.
	 
	 	 	“Cash Distributions” means all amounts payable in respect of the Pledged Securities (fruits
et produits), such as dividends paid in cash (dividendes en numéraire), distributions of
reserves, interest and other income paid in cash.
	 
	 	 	“Certificate of Pledge” means the certificate in the form set out in Schedule A BIS, B BIS
or C BIS as applicable (Attestation de Nantissement de Compte Titres).
	 
	 	 	“Companies” means each of the Companies designated in Schedule 1 hereto.
	 
	 	 	“Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” as defined in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“French Collateral Agent” (or “Agent des Sûretés Français”) means BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., or
any person which becomes French Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of the
Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Governmental Authority” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

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	 	 	“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the
date hereof by and among the parties thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Administrative Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Collateral
Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and such other persons as may become party
thereto from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
	 
	 	 	“Legal Reservations” means:

	 	(a)	 	the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation, reorganization, court schemes, moratoria, administration and other laws
generally affecting the rights of creditors; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any general principles of law limiting obligations which are specifically
referred to in any French law opinion delivered pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement.

	 	 	“Loan Documents” (“Document de Crédit”) has the meaning set forth in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Pledge” means each first priority pledge (nantissement de premier rang) created over the
relevant Pledged Account pursuant to this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Account” means each of the Securities Accounts together with the corresponding
Cash Account whose details are provided in Schedule 1 hereto (Details of the Pledged
Accounts).
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Assets” means the Pledged Securities together with any Cash Distributions.
	 
	 	 	“Pledged Securities” means all financial securities (titres financiers) standing to the
credit of a Pledged Account from time to time during the term of this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Second Priority Pledges” means the Second Priority Pledges created over the Pledged
Accounts pursuant to the Second Priority Pledges Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Second Priority Pledges Agreement” means the Second Priority Pledges Agreement dated as of
December 17, 2010, among Novelis Inc., as Pledgor, Bank of America, N.A., as French
Collateral Agent and Beneficiary, the Revolving Credit Secured Parties and the Securities
Accounts Holders (as each of these capitalized terms is defined therein).
	 
	 	 	“Securities Account” (or “Compte titres”) means each of the securities accounts (comptes
titres) within the meaning of article L. 211-20 of the Code monétaire et financier
described in Schedule I hereto, opened and maintained by the relevant Securities Account
Holder in its books in the name of the Pledgor.
	 
	 	 	“Securities Account Holder” means the Companies.

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	 	 	“Security” means any security (valeur mobilière) (or splitting of a security)
representative of a portion of the share capital of a Company or giving rights, immediately
or in the future, by means of conversion, exchange, reimbursement, presentation of a
warrant or in any manner whatsoever, to the attribution of a security representative of a
portion of the share capital of such Company.
	 
	 	 	“Statement of Pledge” means, for each Pledge, a statement of pledge over the relevant
Pledged Account in the form set out in Schedule A, B or C (Déclaration de Nantissement de
Compte Titres Financiers).
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Collateral Agent” means the “Term Loan Collateral Agent” as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Credit Agreement” (or “Convention de Prêt à Terme”) means the Credit Agreement
dated on or about the date of this Agreement (as amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time) between, amongst others, Novelis Inc., as “Borrower”, AV METALS INC., as
“Holdings”, the “Other Guarantors” party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of
America, N.A. as “Administrative Agent” and “Collateral Agent” (all as defined therein).
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” (or “Obligations Garanties”) means the “Secured
Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including all present and future
obligations and liabilities of the Pledgor as a Loan Party to the Term Loan Collateral
Agent under clause 11.24 (Parallel Debt) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Term Loan Secured Obligations shall be limited pursuant to section
7.15 (French Guarantor) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” (or “Beneficiary” or “Bénéficiaires”) means, collectively, the
Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).
	 
	1.2	 	Terms defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement
	 
	 	 	Unless defined in this Agreement or the context otherwise requires, a term defined in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, has the same meaning in this Agreement, as if all references in
such defined terms to the Term Loan Credit Agreement were a reference to this Agreement.
	 
	1.3	 	Construction
	 
	1.3.1	 	Unless a contrary indication appears any reference in this Agreement to:

	 	 (a)	 	a “Term Loan Secured Party” or a “Loan Party” shall include its assigns and
successors and such assigns and successors shall be treated as initial parties to the
Term Loan Credit Agreement or this Agreement, as the case may be, as if they had been
party to such agreement at the time of its execution;

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	 	(b)	 	“authorization” means an authorization, consent, approval, licence,
exemption, filing, notarisation or registration;
	 
	 	(c)	 	“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every
description;
	 
	 	(d)	 	“financial securities” means any titres financiers as defined in article L.
211-1, II of the Code monétaire et financier;
	 
	 	(e)	 	“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as
surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or
contingent;
	 
	 	(f)	 	a “Loan Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that
Loan Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, varied, novated or
supplemented;
	 
	 	(g)	 	a “person” includes any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state
or agency of a state or any grouping (whether or not having separate legal
personality) or two or more of the foregoing;
	 
	 	(h)	 	a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
	 
	 	(i)	 	a “successor” of a person includes its permitted assignees, persons
subrogated to its rights and any person who, under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or domicile, succeeds to its rights and obligations under this Agreement
or the Term Loan Credit Agreement by operation of law (in particular by virtue of a
fusion or apport partiel d’actif); and
	 
	 	(j)	 	a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted.

	1.3.2	 	Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
	 
	1.3.3	 	An Event of Default is continuing if it has not been waived.
	 
	1.3.4	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In
the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the
terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	1.3.5	 	This Agreement is designated a Loan Document for the purposes of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.

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	1.3.6	 	Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the Recitals) and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement and shall be interpreted and construed in accordance therewith.
	 
	2.	 	AGREEMENT TO PLEDGE
	 
	2.1	 	In order to secure the payment of the Term Loan Secured Obligations, the Pledgor hereby
agrees to grant in favor of the French Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties a first priority pledge (nantissement
de premier rang) of each Pledged Account. In accordance with the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement, each such pledge shall rank senior in right, priority, operation,
effect and all other aspects to the Second Priority Pledges of each relevant Pledge Account.
	 
	2.2	 	In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the Code monétaire et financier, each Pledge extends
to:
	 
	2.2.1	 	any financial securities credited to the relevant Pledged Account from time to time after
the execution of the Statement of Pledge (and such financial securities will be deemed to be
part of the Pledge and will be treated as Pledged Securities from the date of execution of the
Statement of Pledge);
	 
	2.2.2	 	all financial securities to which the Pledge extends by reason of their having been
substituted for, or added to, the Pledged Securities (including by reason of the
transformation, merger or other similar operation affecting the relevant Company); and
	 
	2.2.3	 	the Cash Distributions.
	 
	2.3	 	The Pledgor shall cause each Securities Account Holder, and each Securities Account Holder
undertakes accordingly, to credit to the relevant Pledged Account:
	 
	2.3.1	 	all shares issued by the Company of which it becomes the owner so that at all times during
the term of this Agreement, all of its participation in the share capital of the Company is
always subject to the relevant Pledge;
	 
	2.3.2	 	and more generally all Securities, other than shares, issued by the Company of which it
becomes the owner;
	 
	2.3.3	 	The Pledged Securities shall include at all time during this Agreement all the shares and
other Securities, if any, issued by the Companies and outstanding from time to time.
	 
	3.	 	CREATION OF THE PLEDGES
	 
	 	 	On the date of this Agreement the Pledgor shall execute each of the Statements of Pledge
and deliver to the French Collateral Agent an original copy of the same.

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	3.1	 	The Pledgor shall also deliver to each Securities Account Holder an original executed copy of
the relevant Statement of Pledge and a copy of this
Agreement and shall cause such Securities Account Holder, who hereby agrees, to:
	 
	3.1.1	 	open and identify the relevant Securities Account;
	 
	3.1.2	 	credit to the relevant Securities Account the relevant Pledged Securities existing at the
date hereof, being all the shares of the issued share capital of the relevant Company in the
number provided under Schedule 1;
	 
	3.1.3	 	open a Cash Account in the Cash Account Holder’s books;
	 
	3.1.4	 	promptly deliver to the French Collateral Agent a Certificate of Pledge of those initially
Pledged Securities; and
	 
	3.2	 	Promptly upon becoming owner of any shares or other Securities referred to in Clause 2.3, the
Pledgor shall cause the relevant Securities Account Holder, who hereby agrees, to:
	 
	3.2.1	 	credit such shares or other Securities to the relevant Securities Account; and
	 
	3.2.2	 	promptly deliver to the French Collateral Agent a Certificate of Pledge of those
subsequently Pledged Securities.
	 
	3.3	 	Each Securities Account Holder shall take all necessary steps so that the Pledge over the
Securities Account and the Pledged Securities is reflected in the relevant Company’s register
of shareholders.
	 
	4.	 	VOTING RIGHTS AND CASH DISTRIBUTIONS
	 
	4.1	 	Use of voting rights :
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall not vote for any resolution of the shareholders’ meetings of a Company in
a way which would be likely to prejudice the value of the shares of such Company or
otherwise prejudice the value of or the ability of the French Collateral Agent to realize
the security over the relevant Pledged Securities. Upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default which is continuing, the Pledgor shall not exercise any voting rights in the
Companies without the prior consent of the French Collateral Agent.
	 
	4.2	 	Cash Distributions
	 
	 	 	Until the term of the Pledges (as set forth in Clause 6 below), all Cash Distributions
denominated in any currency arising from the Pledged Securities from time to time shall
immediately be credited to the relevant Cash Account, which the relevant Securities Account
Holder agrees to do.
	 
	4.2.1	 	Availability of Cash Distributions prior to an Event of Default
	 
	 	 	For so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Pledgor shall be
free, subject to the terms of and the limitations set forth in the Term

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	 	 	Loan Credit
Agreement, to use any amounts standing to the credit of a Cash
Account, provided however that such Cash Account may never present a debit balance.
	4.2.2	 	Unavailability of Cash Distributions after an Event of Default
	 
	 	 	Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the amounts standing to the
credit of the Cash Accounts will become unavailable to the Pledgor and the Cash Account
Holder will be entitled to block such Cash Accounts. To that effect, the French Collateral
Agent will be entitled (and the Pledgor hereby expressly gives mandate to the French
Collateral Agent to that effect) to notify the same to the Cash Account Holder by notice, a
form of which is set out in Schedule D hereto, requesting it to freeze the Cash Accounts
until a notification to the contrary is received from the French Collateral Agent, or until
the French Collateral Agent requests the transfer to its benefit of the amounts standing to
the credit of such Cash Accounts in accordance with Clause 9 (Remedies upon an Event of
Default), in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
	 
	5.	 	REPAYMENT OR REDEMPTION OF PLEDGED SECURITIES
	 
	 	 	Any amounts resulting from the repayment or redemption of any Pledged Securities permitted
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, and more generally, any amounts paid to the Pledgor
which represent, by way of substitution, all or a portion of the Pledged Securities, shall
immediately be credited to the relevant Cash Account. Notwithstanding the provisions
contained at Clause 4.2.1 (Availability of Cash Distributions prior to an Event of
Default), such amounts will be and remain unavailable to the Pledgor until the expiration
of the term of the Pledges (set forth in Clause 6 below).
	 
	6.	 	TERM OF THE PLEDGES

	 	(a)	 	The Pledges will remain in full force and effect until the date of the
occurrence of the Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement). At the request of the Pledgor made after that date, the
French Collateral Agent will, at the cost of the Pledgor, promptly execute any
documents necessary to release the Pledges.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the French Collateral Agent is authorized to release in whole or in part
the Pledged Assets under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the French Collateral Agent
is authorized to release such collateral under this Agreement.

	7.	 	PLEDGOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS
	 
	7.1	 	Representations
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor makes the following representations and warranties to the French Collateral
Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties and acknowledges that 

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	 	 	the French Collateral Agent
and the Term Loan Secured Parties have become a party to this Agreement in reliance on
these representations and warranties:
	7.1.1	 	Status

	 
	 	(a)	 	It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation.
	 
	 	(b)	 	It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being
conducted.

	 
	7.1.2	 	Power and Authority

	 
	 	(a)	 	It has the power to enter into, perform, and has taken or will as soon as
reasonably practicable and in any case by the time required take all necessary action
to authorize its entry into, performance and delivery of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the granting of
security contemplated by this Agreement.

	 
	7.1.3	 	Binding Obligations
	 
	 	 	Subject to the Legal Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this
Agreement are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations; once the Statement of
Pledge has been signed by the Pledgor, a valid nantissement (pledge) will be created in
favor of the French Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and
the other Term Loan Secured Parties over the relevant Pledged Account and Pledged Assets to
secure the Term Loan Secured Obligations.
	 
	7.1.4	 	First Priority Pledges
	 
	 	 	Each of the Pledges creates a pledge ranking above the rights that any other Person
(including the Revolving Credit Claimholders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)
under the Second Priority Pledges) may have over the relevant Pledged Assets and the
proceeds of any sale of the relevant Pledged Securities, save for statutorily preferred
exceptions.
	 
	7.1.5	 	Non-conflict with other obligations
	 
	 	 	The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this
Agreement do not and will not:

	 
	 	(a)	 	conflict with:

	 	(i)	 	any law or regulation applicable to it;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	its constitutional documents; or

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	 	 	 	(iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon it or its
properties except (with respect to this item (iii) only) for any conflict
that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
or

	 	(b)	 	result in the existence of, or oblige it to create, any security over the
Pledged Assets.

	7.1.6	 	No Claims
	 
	 	 	No claims or proceedings are to the Pledgor’s knowledge, pending or threatened before
courts or arbitration panels in France or abroad, in connection with any of the Pledged
Assets.
	 
	7.1.7	 	Ownership of Pledged Assets
	 
	 	 	It is the sole owner of all the Pledged Assets and, except for the Second Priority Pledges,
has not created any other nantissement (pledge) and has not sold or disposed of, or granted
any options or pre-emption rights in respect of any of its rights in, any of the Pledged
Assets (other than as permitted under the Loan Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement).
	 
	7.1.8	 	Shares fully paid up
	 
	 	 	The shares of each Company, initially pledged and listed in the relevant Statement of
Pledge, are fully paid up and represent all of the issued share capital of each such
Company.
	 
	7.1.9	 	No Issuance of Shares
	 
	 	 	There is no purchase option outstanding or in existence in relation to all or part of the
Pledged Securities, no scheme exists for the purchase or subscription of shares in the
Companies, and more generally there exists no agreement by which any of the Companies has
undertaken to issue new shares or securities giving access to its share capital.
	 
	7.1.10	 	Authorizations
	 
	 	 	Save as provided in Clause 7.1.3 (Binding Obligations), all authorizations required or
desirable:

	 	(a)	 	to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations under this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	to make this Agreement admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of
incorporation,
	 
	 	 	 	have been obtained by the Pledgor.

	7.1.11	 	No limitations to transferability of the Pledged Securities

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	 	 	 	There is in the constitutive documents (statuts) of the Companies, or in any other
corporate document or in any shareholder agreement or any other agreement between
shareholders and third parties (other than the Second Priority Pledges Agreement), no
restriction on the transfer or the registration of the transfer of the Pledged Securities
(such as for instance pre-emption clauses (clauses de préemption) or approval clauses
(clauses d’agrément) or
	 
	 	 	 	clauses prohibiting the transfer of the Pledged Securities for a given waiting period).

	7.1.12	 	Choice of law

	 	 	 	Subject to the Legal Reservations:

	 	(a)	 	the choice of French law as the governing law of this Agreement will be
recognized and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any judgment obtained in France in relation to this Agreement will be
recognized and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

	 	7.1.13	 	Deduction of Taxes
	 
	 	 	 	It is not required under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation to make any
deduction for or on account of Taxes from any payment it may make under this Agreement.
	 
	 	7.1.14	 	Repetition
	 
	 	 	 	The representations set out in Clauses 7.1.1 (Status) to 7.1.13 (Deduction of Taxes) shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and
effect until the expiry of the term set forth in Section 11.05 of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.
	 
	 	7.2	 	Undertakings
	 
	 	7.2.1	 	Authorizations

	 	 	 	The Pledgor shall promptly:

	 	(a)	 	obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force
and effect; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	supply certified copies to the French Collateral Agent of,
	 
	 	 	 	any authorization required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation
to (1) enable it to perform its obligations under this Agreement, (2) ensure the legality,
validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation
of this Agreement and to (3) enable it to own its property and assets and to carry on its
business, trade and ordinary activities as currently conducted except (for this item (3)
only) to the extent such failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

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	7.2.2	 	Disposals and Negative Pledge
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether
related or not) and whether voluntarily or involuntarily, sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the Pledged Assets and shall not create or
permit to subsist any nantissement (pledge) on any part
of the Pledged Assets or otherwise deal with any part of the Pledged Assets, except for the
Second Priority Pledges or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement, the Loan Documents.
If any such transaction is so permitted, the French Collateral Agent shall promptly sign
if needed all documents and instruments necessary for the requisite part of the Pledged
Assets to be transferred or encumbered.
	 
	7.2.3	 	Share Capital Percentage
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall maintain the percentage of share capital in each Company which the
relevant Pledged Securities represent at the date of this Agreement (i.e., 100%). For this
purpose, the Pledgor shall procure that no new shares are issued by the Companies, no
securities giving access to the capital of the Companies are issued and, more generally, no
change in the share capital of the Companies occurs, except as legally required pursuant to
a mandatory provision of law or otherwise with the prior written consent of the French
Collateral Agent and subject in any event to compliance with all other provisions of this
Agreement.
	 
	7.2.4	 	Shares fully paid up
	 
	 	 	In the event new shares are issued by a Company, the Pledgor shall pay all amounts due and
payable by it in respect of such new shares issued by such Company which it subscribes, as
and when requested to do so by the appropriate shareholders’ meeting resolution decision.
	 
	7.2.5	 	Claims
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall take all necessary steps to defend its rights in respect of the Pledged
Assets against any claim or demand of any person in order to protect the rights of the
French Collateral Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties over the Pledged Assets,
and shall promptly keep the French Collateral Agent informed of any such claim or demand.
	 
	7.2.6	 	Pledged Accounts
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall not close or transfer a Securities Account unless a new Securities
Account Holder has been approved by the French Collateral Agent and has agreed in writing
to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; the Pledgor shall not close or transfer a Cash
Account unless a new Cash Account Holder has been approved by the French Collateral Agent.
	 
	7.2.7	 	Information

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	 	The Pledgor shall direct that the Securities Account Holder or the Cash Account Holder
provide to the French Collateral Agent, upon demand, any such information, reports and
records as the French Collateral Agent may require in respect of the relevant Securities
Account or Cash Account, and the Pledgor shall sign all documents and take all actions
necessary in relation thereto.

	8.	 	COVENANT FOR FURTHER ASSURANCE
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor will promptly at its own cost do all such acts or execute all such documents as
the French Collateral Agent may specify (and in such form as the French Collateral Agent
may require) to:
	 
	8.1	 	perfect the security created or intended to be created in respect of the Pledged Assets or
for the exercise of the rights, powers and remedies of the French Collateral Agent and the
Term Loan Secured Parties provided by or pursuant to this Agreement or by law,
	 
	8.2	 	facilitate the realization of any of the Pledged Assets, without such operation constituting
in any manner a novation of the rights or security granted under this Agreement,
	 
	8.3	 	change a Securities Account from nominatif pur to nominatif administré.
	 
	 	 	Promptly upon a request to that effect from the French Collateral Agent, the Pledgor shall
at its own cost nominate a bank or financial institution acting as intermédiaire financier
habilité to operate on its behalf the relevant Securities Account which shall accordingly
be transferred from the relevant Company’s register of shareholders to an account opened
with such intermédiaire financier habilité; provided however that such new Securities
Account Holder shall be approved by the French Collateral Agent and has agreed in writing
to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such operation
shall not constitute in any manner a novation of the rights or security granted under this
Agreement.
	 
	9.	 	REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
	 
	9.1	 	Exercise of their rights by the French Collateral Agent
	 
	 	 	At any time after an Event of Default has occurred, and in accordance with the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, the French Collateral Agent, acting for its own account and for
the account and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured Parties, shall be entitled to exercise
all rights, and take all actions in relation to the Pledged Assets as may be permitted by
applicable law in France and, in particular, may:

	 
	 	(a)	 	in accordance with the provisions of article 2348 of the French Civil Code,
upon five (5) days’ prior written notice (mise en demeure) sent by recorded delivery
to the Pledgor, and without requesting judicial attribution (attribution judiciaire),
enforce the Pledges by becoming the owner of the Securities;

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	 	 	(b)	 at any time after all or part of the Term Loan Secured Obligations have
become due and payable (créance certaine, liquide et exigible), and after a period of
three (3) clear days (jours francs) starting on the date on which upon five (5) days’
prior written notice (mise en demeure), complying with the provisions of article L.
211-20 of the Code monétaire et financier and of articles D. 211-1 and following of
the
same code, sent by recorded delivery to the Pledgor, the relevant Securities
Account Holder and the Cash Account Holder, require the transfer to it of the
amounts standing to the credit of the relevant Cash Account, up to the amount of
the Term Loan Secured Obligations.

	 	 	The value of the relevant Pledged Securities will be estimated at the date of the transfer
of title thereto to the French Collateral Agent by an expert appointed in good faith by the
French Collateral Agent and the Pledgor within eight (8) days following transfer of title
on the list of experts listed on the register of the Court of Appeal of Paris (liste des
experts près la Cour d’appel de Paris), under section “Economie et Finance”, sub-section
“Comptabilité” or “Finances” and the specialization of which is the valuation of shares
(“évaluation de droits sociaux — fusions, scissions et apports”), or any list coming to
replace such list. If the parties fail to agree on the name of the expert within this
period, the expert will be nominated by the President of the Commercial Court of Paris
(statuant en référé) seized by any of the parties.

	9.2	 	Rights of the French Collateral Agent discretionary
	 
	 	 	The French Collateral Agent, acting on its behalf and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured
Parties, and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, may elect to exercise, or not,
at the time of its choice and at its discretion, the rights conferred upon the French
Collateral Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties by this Clause 9 as well as all
other rights or actions in relation to any of the Pledged Assets as may then be permitted
by applicable law in France. In particular, in respect of any of the Pledged Securities,
the French Collateral Agent, acting on its behalf and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured
Parties, may elect at its choice not to exercise the rights conferred upon it and the other
Term Loan Secured Parties by paragraph 9.1 but rather to request the public sale (vente
publique) of such Pledged Securities pursuant to article L. 521-3 of the Code de commerce,
or the attribution by a court of such Pledged Securities pursuant to article 2347 of the
Code civil.
	 
	10.	 	EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLATERAL
	 
	10.1	 	No Waiver
	 
	 	 	No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the French Collateral
Agent or the Term Loan Secured Parties, any right, power or remedy of the French Collateral
Agent or the Term Loan Secured Parties provided by this Agreement or by law shall operate
as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of that right, power or remedy
prevent any further or other exercise of that or any other right, power or remedy of the
French Collateral Agent or the Term Loan Secured Parties provided by this Agreement or by
law.

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	10.2	 	Illegality, Invalidity, Unenforceability
	 
	 	 	If, at any time, any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality,
validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of
any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
	 
	10.3	 	Additional security
	 
	 	 	The Pledges are in addition to, and are not in any way prejudiced by, any other security
now or hereafter held by the French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties to
secure all or part of the Term Loan Secured Obligations. The French Collateral Agent and
the Term Loan Secured Parties shall not be obliged, before exercising any rights conferred
on them by this Agreement or by law, to exercise or enforce any other rights or security
they may have or hold in respect of all or part of the Term Loan Secured Obligations.
	 
	10.4	 	Amendment to Term Loan Secured Obligations
	 
	 	 	The Pledges secure the Term Loan Secured Obligations as amended from time to time by any
amendment agreement to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including where such amendment
relates to the amount of credit extended pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The
Pledgor shall at its own cost sign all documents and take all actions necessary to that
effect.
	 
	11.	 	EXPENSES, COSTS, TAXES AND INDEMNITY
	 
	11.1	 	Expenses
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall promptly pay the French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured
Parties on demand the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees and value
added taxes and other taxes incurred in respect of these costs and expenses) reasonably
incurred by the French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties in connection
with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the completion of the
transactions and perfection of the security contemplated by this Agreement.
	 
	11.2	 	The Pledgor shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand pay the French Collateral Agent
for all the costs and expenses (including legal fees and value added taxes and other taxes
incurred in respect of these costs and expenses) reasonably incurred by it or the Term Loan
Secured Parties in connection with:
	 
	11.2.1	 	an amendment of or a waiver of their rights under this Agreement;
	 
	11.2.2	 	the preparation and execution of any Statement of Pledge; and
	 
	11.2.3	 	the preservation and/or enforcement of any of their rights, powers or remedies under this
Agreement or any of the Pledges or any proceedings instituted by or against any of them as a
consequence of taking or holding the security created by the Pledges or the total or partial
release of the Pledges.

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	11.3	 	Taxes
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall pay all stamp, registration and other Taxes to which this Agreement, the
Pledges or any judgment given in connection with it is or at
any time may be subject and shall, from time to time, indemnify the French Collateral Agent
and the Term Loan Secured Parties on demand against any liabilities, costs, claims and
expenses resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying any such Tax.
	 
	11.4	 	Indemnity
	 
	 	 	The Pledgor shall, notwithstanding any release or discharge of all or any part of the
security, indemnify the French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties and their
attorneys against any action which any of it may sustain as a consequence of any breach by
the Pledgor of the provisions of this Agreement, the exercise or purported exercise of any
of the rights and powers conferred on any of it by this Agreement or otherwise relating to
any of the Pledged Assets.
	 
	12.	 	CURRENCY CONVERSION
	 
	 	 	For the purpose of or pending the discharge of any of the Term Loan Secured Obligations and
subject to the provisions of the applicable Credit Agreement, the French Collateral Agent
and the Term Loan Secured Parties may convert any money received, recovered or realized or
subject to application by them under this Agreement from one currency to another, as they
think fit, and any such conversion shall be effected at the French Collateral Agent’s and
the relevant Term Loan Secured Party’s spot rate of exchange for the time being for
obtaining such other currency with the first currency.
	 
	13.	 	ASSIGNMENT
	 
	13.1	 	Permitted Successors
	 
	 	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each party and its
direct or subsequent successors.
	 
	13.2	 	Disclosure
	 
	 	 	The French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties shall be entitled to disclose
such information concerning the Pledgor or any other person and this Agreement as the
French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties consider appropriate to any
actual or proposed direct or indirect successor or to any person to whom information may be
required to be disclosed by applicable law.
	 
	13.3	 	Novation
	 
	 	 	In case of a novation (novation) of the Term Loan Secured Obligations, the Term Loan Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Term Loan Secured Parties expressly maintain, in
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	 	 	and effect in favor of the French Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties or any successor.

	14.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in
accordance with Clause 11.01 (Notices) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	15.	 	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	 	 	This Agreement is governed by French law.
	 
	16.	 	TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT GOVERNS
	 
	 	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is
the intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall
be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as
aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and
control.
	 
	17.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted
in favor of the French Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties
pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the French Collateral
Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties hereunder are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Except as provided for in this
paragraph, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
including Article X thereof, shall govern and control the exercise of the remedies by the
French Collateral Agent.
	 
	18.	 	JURISDICTION
	 
	 	 	For the benefit of the French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties, the
Pledgor agrees that the Tribunal de Commerce of Paris shall have jurisdiction to settle any
dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding
the existence or the validity of the Pledges). This Clause 18 is for the benefit of the
French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties only. As a result, the French
Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties shall not be prevented from taking
proceedings against the Pledgor in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent
allowed by law, the French Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Secured Parties may take
concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. The parties agree that the French
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	 	 	and convenient courts to settle disputes and accordingly no
party will argue to the contrary.

	19.	 	ELECTION OF DOMICILE
	 
	 	 	Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Pledgor
irrevocably elects domicile at its registered office for the purpose of serving any
judicial or extra-judicial documents in relation to any action or proceedings.

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Signed on December 17, 2010

in five (5) original copies.

NOVELIS INC.

The Pledgor

Signature:                                         

By:

Capacity:

duly authorized for the purpose of this Agreement

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

French Collateral Agent

acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Term Loan Secured Parties

Signature:                                         

By: Christopher Kelly Wall

Capacity: Managing Director

NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.

A Securities Account Holder

Signature:                                         

By:

Capacity:

duly authorized for the purpose of this Agreement

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

A Securities Account Holder

Signature:                                         

By:

Capacity:

duly authorized for the purpose of this Agreement

NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S.

A Securities Account Holder

Signature:                                         

By:

Capacity:

duly authorized for the purpose of this Agreement

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SCHEDULE 1

DETAILS OF THE PLEDGED ACCOUNTS

(A) Securities Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Percentage	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Represented	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Number of	 	(into the issued	 	 	 	Identification
	 	 	Securities	 	share capital	 	Securities	 	Number of
	 	 	on Each	 	of the	 	Account	 	Securities
	Companies	 	Account	 	Company)	 	Holders	 	Accounts
	Novelis Foil France
S.A.S., a French société
par actions simplifiée
unipersonnelle, with
registered address at
Moulin à Papier 27250
Rugles, France, with a
share capital of 8.198.725
euros, registered with
the
Evreux Trade and
Companies Register under
the number 414 870 121.

	 	5.502.500
shares of
Novelis
Foil
France
S.A.S.
	 	 	100	%	 	Novelis
Foil
France
S.A.S.
	 	6 quater
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis PAE S.A.S., a
French société par actions
simplifiée unipersonnelle
with registered address at
725 rue Aristide Bergès,
38340 Voreppe, France,
with a share capital of
4,040,000 euros,
registered with the
Grenoble Trade and
Companies Register under
the number 421 528 555.

	 	8.000 shares of
Novelis
PAE
S.A.S.
	 	 	100	%	 	Novelis
PAE
S.A.S.
	 	13 quater
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Novelis Laminés France
S.A.S., a French société
par actions simplifiée
unipersonnelle with
registered address at
8-10-12 allée Prométhée,
Les Propylées II, 28.000
Chartres, France, with a
share capital of
3,100,000 euros,
registered with the
Chartres Trade and
Companies Register under
the number 343 066 403.

	 	200.000
shares of
Novelis
Laminés
France
S.A.S.
	 	 	100	%	 	Novelis
Laminés
France
S.A.S.
	 	30 quater

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	(B)	 	Cash Accounts

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Corresponding
	 	 	 	 	Identification	 	pledged
	Cash Account	 	 	 	number of the	 	Securities
	Holder	 	Address	 	Cash Account	 	Account
	Commerzbank 

Aktiengesellschaft,

Succursale de Paris

	 	3 place de l’Opéra,
BP 442, 75002 Paris
	 	 	 	Novelis Foil France
S.A.S./ # 6 quater
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Commerzbank 

Aktiengesellschaft,

Succursale de Paris

	 	3 place de l’Opéra,
BP 442, 75002 Paris
	 	 	 	Novelis PAE S.A.S./
#13 quater
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Commerzbank 

Aktiengesellschaft,

Succursale de Paris

	 	3 place de l’Opéra,
BP 442, 75002 Paris
	 	 	 	Novelis Laminés
France S.A.S. / #
30 quater

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SCHEDULE A

DECLARATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES FINANCIERS

(Soumise aux dispositions de l’article L.211-20 du Code monétaire et financier)

	1.	 	Constituant du Nantissement
	 
	 	 	NOVELIS INC., une société de droit Canadien relevant du « Canada Business Corporations Act
», constitue un nantissement de premier rang sur le compte titres décrit ci-dessous, selon
les termes et conditions de l’acte de nantissement de comptes titres de premier rang
intitulé First Priority Pledges Agreement signé le 17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise
entre le Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. et
NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Émettrice et Teneur de
Compte, les parties financières (Term Loan Secured Parties) agissant en tant que
Bénéficiaires des nantissements de premier rang et Bank of America, N.A., agissant pour son
compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant
qu’Agent des Sûretés Français (French
Collateral Agent) (l’“Acte de Nantissement de Premier
Rang”).
	 
	2.	 	Société Emettrice

	 	 	NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., une société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle, dont le
siège social est situé au Moulin à Papier 27250 Rugles, France, et immatriculée au registre
du commerce et des sociétés d’Evreux sous le numéro 414 870 121.

	3.	 	Eléments d’identification du compte spécial constitué en nantissement prévu à l’article L.
211-20 du Code monétaire et financier

	 	(a)	 	Titres financiers
	 
	 	 	 	- Teneur de Compte : la Société Emettrice
	 
	 	 	 	- Numéro de compte : 6 quater
	 
	 	(b)	 	Compte espèces pour les fruits et produits
	 
	 	 	 	- Teneur de compte : Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris
	 
	 	 	 	- Numéro de compte : 00118414200 EUR

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	4.	 	Titres financiers définis par l’article L. 211-1 II du Code monétaire et financier
initialement inscrits dans le compte spécial constitué en nantissement

	 	-	 	Nature : actions
	 
	 	-	 	Forme : nominative
	 
	 	-	 	Nombre : 5.502.500

	5.	 	Bénéficiaires
	 
	 	 	L’Agent des Prêteurs (Administrative Agent), l’Agent des Sûretés Français (French
Collateral Agent), chaque autre Agent (Agent), les Prêteurs (Lenders), tout autre
représentant, mandataire ou délégué (Delegate, Receiver), et toute Banque de Couverture
Garantie (Secured Hedge Provider) remplissant les conditions figurant dans la Convention de
Prêt à Terme (telle que définie ci-dessous), ainsi que toute autre personne désignée en
tant que “Secured Party” en vertu de la Convention de Prêt à Terme (tel que chacun de ces
termes y est défini).

	6.	 	Obligations Garanties

	 	 	(a) Toutes les obligations de paiement, quelles qu’elles soient, décrites sous le terme
“Obligations Garanties” (Term Loan Secured Obligations) dans l’Acte de Nantissement de
Premier Rang, d’un montant en principal de 1.500.000.000 USD (un milliard cinq cent
millions de dollars américains), tel qu’ajusté de temps à autres en application de la
Convention de Prêt à Terme définie ci-dessous, augmenté des intérêts, intérêts de retard,
commissions, frais et accessoires, du Constituant envers les Bénéficiaires (Term Loan
Secured Parties) au titre d’une convention de crédit intitulée Credit Agreement conclue en
date du 17 décembre 2010 (telle qu’amendée, complétée ou modifiée de temps à autre) entre,
inter alia, NOVELIS INC., en tant qu’Emprunteur (Borrower), AV METALS INC., les Filiales
Garantes (Subsidiary Guarantors), les Prêteurs (Lenders), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., en tant
qu’Agent des Prêteurs (Administrative Agent) et Agent des Sûretés (Collateral Agent), les
personnes agissant chacune en tant qu’Agent (Agent), et MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND
SMITH INCORPORATED et J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC en tant qu’Arrangeurs (Joint Lead
Arrangers), en ce compris les autres documents financiers (Loan Documents) prévus par cette
convention (la “Convention de Prêt à Terme”); et, sans duplication,

	 	 	(b) toutes les obligations de paiement, quelles qu’elles soient, du Constituant envers
l’Agent des Sûretés du Prêt à Terme (Term Loan Collateral Agent), au titre de la clause
11.24 (Parallel Debt) de la Convention de Prêt à Terme, augmentées des intérêts de retard,
commissions, frais et accessoires encourus au titre de l’exercice de ses droits aux termes
des Documents de Crédit (Loan Documents) ou de tout autre document relatif à, ou
garantissant, ces obligations.

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Le 17 décembre 2010,

en trois (3) exemplaires originaux.

NOVELIS INC.
représentée par :

Signature :                                         

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Translation for information purposes only

STATEMENT OF PLEDGE OVER A FINANCIAL SECURITIES ACCOUNT

(Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-20 of the French Financial and Monetary Code (Code
monétaire et financier))

	1.	 	Pledgor
	 
	 	 	NOVELIS INC., a company formed under the Canadian Business Corporations Act (the
“Pledgor”), hereby grants a first priority pledge over the special securities account
described below pursuant to the terms and conditions of the First Priority Pledges
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010, by and among the Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE
S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and
Securities Account Holder, the Term Loan Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the First
Priority Pledges and bank of America, N.A., as French Collateral Agent, acting on its
behalf as Beneficiary and for the account and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured Parties
(the “First Priority Securities Account Pledge Agreement”).

	2.	 	Issuing Company

	 	 	NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., a société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle whose
registered office is located Le Moulin à Papier 27250 Rugles, France, registered with the
Evreux Trade and Companies Register under the number 414 870 121.

	3.	 	Details concerning the special account set up for the pledge as required by article L. 211-20
of the French Financial and Monetary Code

	 	(a)	 	Securities account

	 	-	 	Account Holder: the Issuing Company
	 
	 	-	 	Account number: 6 quater

	 	(b)	 	Cash account

	 	-	 	Cash account holder: Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris
	 
	 	-	 	Account number:

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	4.	 	Financial Securities defined by article L. 211-1 II of the French Financial and Monetary Code
initially registered in the special pledged account

	 	-	 	Type: shares
	 
	 	-	 	Form: registered
	 
	 	-	 	Number: 5,502,500

	5.	 	Beneficiaries

	 	 	The French Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, any Receiver or Delegate, each other
Agent, the Lenders and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, each Secured Hedge Provider, and any other Person which is or becomes a Secured
Party, within the meaning of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	6.	 	Term Loan Secured Obligations

	 	 	(a) All the payment obligations described as the “Term Loan Secured Obligations” in the
First Priority Pledges Agreement, being USD 1,500,000,000 (one billion five hundred
millions US Dollars) in principal (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement defined below), plus interest, interest for
late payment, fees, costs and expenses and any other sums owed by the Pledgor to the Term
Loan Secured Parties under that certain credit agreement dated as of December 17, 2010,
among, inter alia, the Loan Parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Term Loan Secured
Parties, the other agents party thereto, and MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH
INCORPORATED and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC as joint lead arrangers, as amended, restated,
supplemented or modified from time to time, and the other Loan Documents (the “Term Loan
Credit Agreement”); and, without duplication,

	 	 	(b) All present and future obligations and liabilities owing or incurred by the Pledgor as
a Loan Party to the Term Loan Collateral Agent under clause 11.24 (Parallel Debt) of the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, including all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Term
Loan Collateral Agent in connection with the protection, preservation or enforcement of its
rights under the Loan Documents (as the case may be) or any other document evidencing or
securing any such liabilities.

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on December 17, 2010

in three (3) original copies

NOVELIS INC.

represented by:

Signature:                                        

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SCHEDULE A BIS

ATTESTATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES

(Soumise aux dispositions de l’article L. 211-20 du Code monétaire et financier)

	1.	 	Novelis Foil France S.A.S., représentée par son Président, agissant en qualité de Société
Emettrice et de Teneur du Compte Nanti, certifie et atteste, par la présente, que :

	1.1	 	les 5.502.500 actions de Novelis Foil France S.A.S. détenues par Novelis Inc. (le
“Constituant”),

	 	-	 	désignées dans la déclaration de nantissement de compte de titres financiers signée
le [-] décembre 2010 par le Constituant (la “Déclaration de Nantissement”),
	 
	 	-	 	représente la totalité des actions émises par la Société Emettrice, et
	 
	 	-	 	ont été virées au compte spécial de nantissement n°6 quater ouvert au nom du
Constituant sur nos livres (le “Compte Nanti”) ;

	1.2	 	ledit compte de titres financiers fait l’objet d’un nantissement de premier rang en faveur de
l’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent) pour le compte des Bénéficiaires (Term
Loan Secured Parties) en garantie des Obligations Garanties (Term Loan Secured Obligations)
telles que définies dans l’acte de nantissement de comptes titres de premier rang intitulé
First Priority Pledges Agreement signé le 17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre le
Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL France S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES
FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Émettrice et Teneur de Compte, les parties
financières (Term Loan Secured Parties) en tant que Bénéficiaires des nantissements de premier
rang et Bank of America, N.A., agissant pour son compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et
pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral
Agent) (l’“Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang”) et porte mention expresse dudit nantissement
de premier rang; et

	1.3	 	aucun autre nantissement n’est inscrit à la date de la présente attestation sur les titres
désignés dans la Déclaration de Nantissement, en dehors d’un nantissement de second rang
inscrit en faveur des bénéficiaires identifiés dans un acte de nantissement de comptes
d’instruments financiers de second rang signé le 17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre
NOVELIS INC., en tant que Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL France S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE
S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Emettrice et
Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Revolving Credit Secured Parties) agissant en tant
que bénéficiaires des nantissements de second rang et Bank of America, N.A. agissant pour son
compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent
des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent).

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	2.	 	Une copie certifiée conforme de ce compte spécial faisant apparaître ce virement est annexée
à la présente attestation de constitution de nantissement.

	3.	 	Nous accusons réception de l’Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang et de la Déclaration de
Nantissement et prenons acte du fait que :

	 	-	 	les dividendes en numéraire et les intérêts afférents aux titres financiers
figurant au Compte Nanti, ainsi que le produit du remboursement ou de l’amortissement
desdits titres, devront être versés sur le compte bancaire spécial visé dans la
Déclaration de Nantissement ;
	 
	 	-	 	le Constituant n’est pas autorisé à disposer des titres inscrits dans le Compte
Nanti.

	4.	 	En notre qualité de Teneur de Compte, nous acceptons d’exercer la mission de contrôle
résultant de ce qui précède.

Le 17 décembre 2010,

en un (1) exemplaire original.

Novelis Foil France S.A.S.

Teneur de Compte

représentée par :

Signature:                                         

P.J. Copie du compte spécial d’actionnaire

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Translation for information purposes only

CERTIFICATE OF PLEDGE OVER A SECURITIES ACCOUNT

(Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-20 of the French Financial and Monetary Code (Code
monétaire et financier))

	1.	 	Novelis Foil France S.A.S., represented by its President, acting in its capacity as Issuing
Company and Securities Account Holder, hereby certifies and attests that:

	1.1	 	the 5,502,500 shares of Novelis Foil France S.A.S. held by Novelis Inc. (the “Pledgor”)

	 	-	 	referred to in the statement of pledge over a securities account signed on December
[-], 2010 by the Pledgor (the “Statement of Pledge”),
	 
	 	-	 	represent all of the outstanding shares issued by the Issuing Company, and
	 
	 	-	 	have been registered in the special account n°6 quater opened in our books in the
name of the Pledgor (the “Pledged Account”);

	1.2	 	the said securities account is subject to a first priority pledge in favor of the French
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties as security for the Term
Loan Secured Obligations as defined in the First Priority Pledges Agreement dated as of
December 17, 2010 by and among the Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and
NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities Account Holder, the Term
Loan Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the First Priority Pledges, and Bank of America,
N.A., acting on its behalf as beneficiary and for the account and on behalf of the Term Loan
Secured Parties as French Collateral Agent (the “First Priority Pledges Agreement”) and that
the First Priority Pledges is expressly mentioned on that account;

	1.3	 	no other security interest is registered on the securities mentioned in the Statement of
Pledge at the date hereof, save the Second Priority Pledge registered in favor of the
Revolving Credit Secured Parties identified in the Second Priority Pledges Agreement dated as
of December 17, 2010, by and among NOVELIS INC. as Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.,
NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities
Account Holder, the Revolving Credit Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the Second Priority
Pledges, and Bank of America, N.A., acting on its behalf as Beneficiary and for the account
and on behalf of the Revolving Credit Secured Parties as French Collateral Agent.

	2.	 	A copy certified as a true copy of the share register evidencing this transfer is attached to
the present Certificate of Pledge.

	3.	 	We hereby acknowledge receipt of the Statement of Pledge and the First Priority Pledges
Agreement and we also acknowledge that:

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	 	-	 	all interests and dividends paid in cash in respect of the securities registered in
the Pledged Account, together with the proceeds resulting from the repayment or
redemption thereof, shall be paid to the special bank account the details of which are
set forth in the Statement of Pledge;

	 	-	 	the Pledgor is not authorized to dispose of the securities registered in the
Pledged Account.

	4.	 	In our capacity as Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Account, we hereby give our
consent to the above.

Made as of December 17, 2010

in one (1) original copy

Novelis Foil France S.A.S.

Account Holder

Represented by:

Signature:                                         

Attachment: copy of the special shareholder account

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SCHEDULE B

DECLARATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE DE TITRES

FINANCIERS

(Soumise aux dispositions de l’article L.211-20 du Code monétaire et financier)

	1.	 	Constituant du Nantissement
	 
	 	 	NOVELIS INC., une société de droit Canadien relevant du « Canada Business Corporations Act
», constitue un nantissement de premier rang sur le compte d’instruments financiers décrit
ci-dessous, selon les termes et conditions de l’acte de nantissement de comptes
d’instruments financiers de premier rang intitulé First Priority Pledges Agreement signé le
17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre le Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL
FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S. agissant chacune en tant
que Société Émettrice et Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Term Loan Secured
Parties) agissant en tant que Bénéficiaires des nantissements de premier rang et Bank of
America, N.A., agissant pour son compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le
compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent)
(l’“Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang”).

	2.	 	Société Emettrice
	 
	 	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S., une société par actions simplifiée, dont le siège social est situé 725
rue Aristide Bergès, 38340 Voreppe, France, et immatriculée au registre du commerce et des
sociétés de Grenoble sous le numéro 421 528 555.

	3.	 	Eléments d’identification du compte spécial constitué en Nantissement prévu à l’article L.
211-20 du Code monétaire et financier

	 	(a)	 	Compte titres financiers

	 	-	 	Teneur de Compte : la Société Emettrice
	 
	 	-	 	Numéro de compte : 13 ter

	 	(b)	 	Compte espèces pour les fruits et produits

	 	-	 	Teneur de compte : Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris
	 
	 	-	 	Numéro de compte :

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	4.	 	Titres financiers définis par l’article L. 211-1 II du Code monétaire et financier
initialement inscrits dans le compte spécial constitué en nantissement

	 	-	 	Nature : actions
	 
	 	-	 	Forme : nominative
	 
	 	-	 	Nombre : 8.000

	5.	 	Bénéficiaires
	 
	 	 	L’Agent des Prêteurs (Administrative Agent), l’Agent des Sûretés (Collateral Agent), chaque
autre Agent (Agent), les Prêteurs (Lenders), tout autre représentant, mandataire ou délégué
(Delegate, Receiver), et toute Banque de Couverture Garantie (Secured Hedge Provider)
remplissant les conditions figurant dans la Convention de Prêt à Terme (telle que définie
ci-dessous), ainsi que toute autre personne désignée en tant que “Secured Party” en vertu
de la Convention de Prêt à Terme visée ci-dessous (tel que chacun de ces termes y est
défini).

	6.	 	Obligations Garanties
	 
	 	 	(a) Toutes les obligations de paiement, quelles qu’elles soient, décrites sous le terme
“Obligations Garanties” (Term Loan Secured Obligations) dans l’Acte de Nantissement de
Premier Rang, d’un montant en principal de 1.500.000.000 USD (un milliard cinq cent
millions de dollars américains), tel qu’ajusté de temps à autres en application de la
Convention de Prêt à Terme définie ci-dessous, augmenté des intérêts, intérêts de retard,
commissions, frais et accessoires, du Constituant envers les Bénéficiaires (Term Loan
Secured Parties) au titre d’une convention de crédit intitulée Credit Agreement conclue en
date du 17 décembre 2010 (telle qu’amendée, complétée ou modifiée de temps à autre) entre,
inter alia, NOVELIS INC., en tant qu’Emprunteur (Borrower), AV METALS INC., les Filiales
Garantes (Subsidiary Guarantors), les Prêteurs (Lenders) Bank of America, N.A., en tant
qu’Agent des Prêteurs (Administrative Agent) et Agent des Sûretés (Collateral Agent), les
personnes agissant chacune en tant qu’Agent (Agent), et MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND
SMITH INCORPORATED et J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC en tant qu’Arrangeurs (Joint Lead
Arrangers), en ce compris les autres documents financiers (Loan Documents) prévus par cette
convention (la “Convention de Prêt à Terme”) et, sans duplication,

	 	 	(b) toutes les obligations de paiement, quelles qu’elles soient, du Constituant envers
l’Agent des Sûretés du Prêt à Terme (Term Loan Collateral Agent), au titre de la clause
11.24 (Parallel Debt) de la Convention de Prêt à Terme, augmentées des intérêts de retard,
commissions, frais et accessoires encourus au titre de l’exercice de ses droits aux termes
des Documents de Crédit (Loan Documents) ou de tout autre document relatif à, ou
garantissant, ces obligations.

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Le 17 décembre 2010,

en trois (3) exemplaires originaux.

NOVELIS INC.

représentée par :

Signature :                                         

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Translation for information purposes only

STATEMENT OF PLEDGE OVER A FINANCIAL SECURITIES ACCOUNT

(Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-20 of the French Financial and Monetary Code (Code
monétaire et financier))

	1.	 	Pledgor

NOVELIS INC., a company formed under the Canadian Business Corporations Act (the
“Pledgor”), hereby grants a first priority pledge over the special securities account
described below pursuant to the terms and conditions of the First Priority Pledges
Agreement, dated as of December [-] 2010, by and among the Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE
S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and
Securities Account Holder, and the Term Loan Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the
Pledges and Bank of America, N.A. as French Collateral Agent, acting on its behalf as
Beneficiary and for the account and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured Parties (the “First
Priority Pledge Agreement”).

	2.	 	Issuing Company

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S., a société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle whose registered office
is located at 725 rue Aristide Bergès, 38340 Voreppe, France, registered with the Grenoble
Trade and Companies Register under the number 421 528 555.

	3.	 	Details concerning the special account set up for the pledge as required by article L.
211-20-4 of the French Financial and Monetary Code

	 	(a)	 	Securities account

	 	-	 	Account Holder: the Issuing Company

	 	-	 	 Account number: 13 ter

	 	(c)	 	Cash account

	 	-	 	Cash account holder: Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris
	 
	 	-	 	Account number: 

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	4.	 	Financial Securities defined by article L. 211-1 II of the French Financial and Monetary Code
initially registered in the special pledged account

	 	-	 	Type: shares
	 
	 	-	 	Form: registered
	 
	 	-	 	Number: 8,000

	5.	 	Beneficiaries

The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Receiver or Delegate, each other Agent,
the Lenders and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
each Secured Hedge Provider, and any other Person which is or becomes a Secured Party,
within the meaning of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	6.	 	Term Loan Secured Obligations

(a) All the payment obligations described as the “Term Loan Secured Obligations” in the
First Priority Pledges Agreement, being USD 1,500,000,000 (one billion five hundred
millions US Dollars) in principal (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement defined below), plus interest, interest for
late payment, fees, costs and expenses and any other sums owed by the Pledgor to the Term
Loan Secured Parties under that certain credit agreement dated as of December [-], 2010,
among, inter alia, the Loan Parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Term Loan Secured
Parties, the other agents party thereto, and MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH
INCORPORATED and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC as joint lead arrangers, as amended, restated,
supplemented or modified from time to time, and the other Loan Documents (the “Term Loan
Credit Agreement”); and, without duplication.

(b) All present and future obligations and liabilities owing or incurred by the Pledgor as
a Loan Party to the Term Loan Collateral Agent under clause 11.24 (Parallel Debt) of the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, including all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Term
Loan Collateral Agent in connection with the protection, preservation or enforcement of its
rights under the Loan Documents (as the case may be) or any other document evidencing or
securing any such liabilities on December [-], 2010,

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in three (3) original copies

NOVELIS INC.

represented by:

Signature: ________________________

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SCHEDULE B BIS

ATTESTATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES

(Soumise aux dispositions de l’article L. 221-20-4 du Code monétaire et financier)

	1.	 	Novelis PAE S.A.S., représentée par son Président, agissant en qualité de Société Emettrice
et de Teneur du Compte Nanti, certifie et atteste, par la présente, que :

	1.1	 	les 8.000 actions de Novelis PAE S.A.S. détenues par Novelis Inc. (le “Constituant”),

	 	-	 	désignées dans la déclaration de nantissement de compte d’instruments financiers
signée le 17 décembre 2010 par le Constituant (la “Déclaration de Nantissement”),
	 
	 	-	 	représente la totalité des actions émises par la Société Emettrice, et
	 
	 	-	 	ont été virées au compte spécial de nantissement n° 13 ter ouvert au nom du
Constituant sur nos livres (le “Compte Nanti”) ;

	1.2	 	ledit compte d’instruments financiers fait l’objet d’un nantissement de premier rang en
faveur de l’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent) pour le compte des
Bénéficiaires (Term Loan Secured Party) en garantie des Obligations Garanties (Term Loan
Secured Obligations) telles que définies dans l’acte de nantissement de comptes d’instruments
financiers de premier rang intitulé First Priority Pledges Agreement signé le [-] décembre
2010 en langue anglaise entre le Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.,
NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société
Émettrice et Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Term Loan Secured Parties) en tant que
Bénéficiaires des nantissements de premier rang et Bank of America, N.A., agissant pour son
compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent
des Sûretés Français (French Collateral
Agent), (l’“Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang”) et
porte mention expresse dudit nantissement de premier rang; et

	1.3	 	aucun autre nantissement n’est inscrit à la date de la présente attestation sur les titres
désignés dans la Déclaration de Nantissement, en dehors d’un nantissement de second rang
inscrit en faveur des bénéficiaires identifiés dans un acte de nantissement de comptes
d’instruments financiers de second rang signé le [-] décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre
NOVELIS INC., en tant que Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE
S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Emettrice et
Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Revolving Credit Secured Parties) agissant en tant
que bénéficiaires des nantissements de second rang et Bank of America, N.A. agissant pour son
compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent
des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent).

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	2.	 	Une copie certifiée conforme de ce compte spécial faisant apparaître ce virement est annexée
à la présente attestation de constitution de nantissement.

	3.	 	Nous accusons réception de l’Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang et de la Déclaration de
Nantissement et prenons acte du fait que :

	 	-	 	les dividendes en numéraire et les intérêts afférents aux titres financiers
figurant au Compte Nanti, ainsi que le produit du remboursement ou de l’amortissement
desdits instruments financiers, devront être versés sur le compte bancaire spécial
visé dans la Déclaration de Nantissement ;

	 	-	 	le Constituant n’est pas autorisé à disposer des titres inscrits dans le Compte
Nanti.

	4.	 	En notre qualité de Teneur de Compte, nous acceptons d’exercer la mission de contrôle
résultant de ce qui précède.

Le 17 décembre 2010

en un (1) exemplaire original.

Novelis PAE S.A.S.

Teneur de Compte

représentée par :

Signature: _______________________

P.J. Copie du compte spécial d’actionnaire

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Translation for information purposes only

CERTIFICATE OF PLEDGE OVER A SECURITIES ACCOUNT

(Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-20 of the French Financial and Monetary Code (Code
monétaire et financier))

	1.	 	Novelis PAE S.A.S., represented by its President, acting in its capacity as Issuing Company
and Securities Account Holder, hereby certifies and attests that:

	1.1	 	the 8,000 shares of Novelis PAE S.A.S. held by Novelis Inc. (the “Pledgor”)

	 	-	 	referred to in the statement of pledge over a securities account signed on December
[-], 2010 by the Pledgor (the “Statement of Pledge”),
	 
	 	-	 	represent all of the outstanding shares issued by the Issuing Company, and
	 
	 	-	 	have been registered in the special account n° 13 ter opened in our books in the
name of the Pledgor (the “Pledged Account”);

	1.2	 	the said securities account is subject to a first priority pledge in favor of the French
Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties as security for the Term
Loan Secured Obligations as defined in the First Priority Pledges Agreement dated as of
December [-], 2010, by and among the Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.
and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities Account Holder, the
Term Loan Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the First Priority Pledges, and Bank of America,
N.A., acting on its behalf as beneficiary and for the account and on behalf of the Term Loan
Secured Parties as French Collateral Agent (the “First Priority Securities Account Pledge
Agreement”) and that the First Priority Pledges is expressly mentioned on that account;

	1.3	 	no other security interest is registered on the securities mentioned in the Statement of
Pledge at the date hereof, save the Second Priority Pledge registered in favor of the
Revolving Credit Secured Parties identified in the Second Priority Pledges Agreement dated as
of December [-], 2010, by and among NOVELIS INC. as Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.,
NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities
Account Holder, the Revolving Credit Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the Second Priority
Pledges, and Bank of America, N.A., acting on its behalf as Beneficiary and for the account
and on behalf of the Revolving Credit Secured Parties as French Collateral Agent.

	2.	 	A copy certified as a true copy of the share register evidencing this transfer is attached to
the present Certificate of Pledge.

	3.	 	We hereby acknowledge receipt of the Statement of Pledge and the First Priority Pledges
Agreement and we also acknowledge that:

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	 	-	 	all interests and dividends paid in cash in respect of the securities registered in
the Pledged Account, together with the proceeds resulting from the repayment or
redemption thereof, shall be paid to the special bank account the details of which are
set forth in the Statement of Pledge;
	 
	 	-	 	the Pledgor is not authorized to dispose of the financial instruments registered in
the Pledged Account.

	4.	 	In our capacity as Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Account, we hereby give our
consent to the above.

Made as of December [-] 2010

in one (1) original copy

Novelis PAE S.A.S.

Account Holder

Represented by:

Signature: ___________________

Attachment: copy of the special shareholder account

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SCHEDULE C

DECLARATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE DE TITRES FINANCIERS

(Soumise aux dispositions de l’article L.211-20 du Code monétaire et financier)

	1.	 	Constituant du Nantissement

  NOVELIS INC., une société de droit Canadien relevant du « Canada Business Corporations Act
», constitue un nantissement de premier rang sur le compte d’instruments financiers décrit
ci-dessous, selon les termes et conditions de l’acte de nantissement de comptes
d’instruments financiers de premier rang intitulé First Priority Pledges Agreement signé le
17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre le Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL
FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en
tant que Société Émettrice et Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Term Loan Secured
Parties) agissant en tant que Bénéficiaires des nantissements de premier rang et Bank of
America, N.A., agissant pour son compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le
compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent)
(l’“Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang”).

	2.	 	Société Emettrice

NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., une société par actions simplifiée, dont le siège social est
situé 8-10-12 allée Prométhée, Les Propylées II, 28.000 Chartres, France, et immatriculée
au registre du commerce et des sociétés de Chartres sous le numéro 343 066 403.

	3.	 	Eléments d’identification du compte spécial constitué en nantissement prévu à l’article L.
211-20 du Code monétaire et financier

	 	(a)	 	Compte titres financiers

	 	-	 	Teneur de Compte : la Société Emettrice

	 	-	 	Numéro de compte : 30 quater

	 	(b)	 	Compte espèces pour les fruits et produits

	 	-	 	Teneur de compte : Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris
	 
	 	-	 	Numéro de compte :

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	4.	 	Titres financiers définis par l’article L. 211-1 II du Code monétaire et financier
initialement inscrits dans le compte spécial constitué en nantissement

	 	-	 	Nature : actions
	 
	 	-	 	Forme : nominative
	 
	 	-	 	Nombre : 200.000

	5.	 	Bénéficiaires

L’Agent des Prêteurs (Administrative Agent), l’Agent des Sûretés (Collateral Agent), chaque
autre Agent (Agent), les Prêteurs (Lenders), tout autre représentant, mandataire ou délégué
(Delegate, Receiver), et toute Banque de Couverture Garantie (Secured Hedge Provider)
remplissant les conditions figurant dans la Convention de Prêt à Terme (telle que définie
ci-dessous), ainsi que toute autre personne désignée en tant que “Secured Party” en vertu
de la Convention de Prêt à Terme visée ci-dessous (tel que chacun de ces termes y est
défini).

	6.	 	Obligations Garanties

(a) Toutes les obligations de paiement, quelles qu’elles soient, décrites sous le terme
“Obligations Garanties” (Term Loan Secured Obligations) dans l’Acte de Nantissement de
Premier Rang, d’un montant en principal de 1.500.000.000 USD (un milliard cinq cent
millions de dollars américains), tel qu’ajusté de temps à autres en application de la
Convention de Prêt à Terme définie ci-dessous, augmenté des intérêts, intérêts de retard,
commissions, frais et accessoires, du Constituant envers les Bénéficiaires (Term Loan
Secured Parties) au titre d’une convention de crédit intitulée Credit Agreement conclue en
date du 17 décembre 2010 (telle qu’amendée, complétée ou modifiée de temps à autre) entre,
inter alia, NOVELIS INC., en tant qu’Emprunteur (Borrower), AV METALS INC., les Filiales
Garantes (Subsidiary Guarantors), les Prêteurs (Lenders), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., en tant
qu’Agent des Prêteurs (Administrative Agent) et Agent des Sûretés (Collateral Agent), les
personnes agissant chacune en tant qu’Agent (Agent), MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND
SMITH INCORPORATED et J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC en tant qu’Arrangeurs (Joint Lead
Arrangers), en ce compris les autres documents financiers (Loan Documents) prévus par cette
convention (la “Convention de Prêt à Terme”); et, sans duplication,

(b) toutes les obligations de paiement, quelles qu’elles soient, du Constituant envers
l’Agent des Sûretés du Prêt à Terme (Term Loan Collateral Agent), au titre de la clause
11.24 (Parallel Debt) de la Convention de Prêt à Terme, augmentées des intérêts de retard,
commissions, frais et accessoires encourus au titre de l’exercice de ses droits aux termes
des Documents de Crédit (Loan Documents) ou de tout autre document relatif à, ou
garantissant, ces obligations.

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Le 17 décembre 2010,

en trois (3) exemplaires originaux.

NOVELIS INC.

représentée par :

Signature : _______________________

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STATEMENT OF PLEDGE OVER A FINANCIAL SECURITIES ACCOUNT

(Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-20 of the French Financial and Monetary Code (Code
monétaire et financier))

	1.	 	Pledgor

NOVELIS INC., a company formed under the Canadian Business Corporations Act (the
“Pledgor”), hereby grants a first priority pledge over the special securities account
described below pursuant to the terms and conditions of the First Priority Pledges
Agreement, dated as of December [-], 2010, by and among the Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE
S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and
Securities Account Holder, the Term Loan Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the Pledges
and Bank of America, N.A. as French Collateral Agent, acting on its behalf as Beneficiary
and for the account and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured Parties (the “First Priority
Securities Account Pledge Agreement”).

	2.	 	Issuing Company

NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., a société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle whose
registered office is located at 8-10-12 allée Prométhée, Les Propylées II, 28.000 Chartres,
France, registered with the Chartres Trade and Companies Register under the number 343 066
403.

	3.	 	Details concerning the special account set up for the pledge as required by article L. 211-20
of the French Financial and Monetary Code

	 	(a)	 	Securities account

	 	-	 	Account Holder: the Issuing Company

	 	-	 	Account number: 30 quater

	 	(d)	 	Cash account

	 	-	 	Cash account holder: Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris
	 
	 	-	 	Account number: 

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	4.	 	Financial Securities defined by article L. 211-1 II of the French Financial and Monetary Code
initially registered in the special pledged account

	 	-	 	Type: shares
	 
	 	-	 	Form: registered
	 
	 	-	 	Number: 200,000

	5.	 	Beneficiaries

The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Receiver or Delegate, each other Agent,
the Lenders and, subject to the conditions set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
each Secured Hedge Provider.

	6.	 	Term Loan Secured Obligations

(a) All the payment obligations described as the “Term Loan Secured Obligations” in the
First Priority Pledges Agreement, being USD 1,500,000,000 (one billion five hundred
millions US Dollars) in principal (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement defined below), plus interest, interest for
late payment, fees, costs and expenses and any other sums owed by the Pledgor to the Term
Loan Secured Parties under that certain credit agreement dated as of December [-], 2010,
among the Loan Parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
administrative agent and as collateral agent for the Term Loan Secured Parties, the other
agents party thereto, and MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH INCORPORATED and J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES LLC as joint lead arrangers, as amended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time, and the other Loan Documents (the “Term Loan Credit
Agreement”); and, without duplication.

(b) All present and future obligations and liabilities owing or incurred by the Pledgor as
a Loan Party to the Term Loan Collateral Agent under clause 11.24 (Parallel Debt) of the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, including all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Term
Loan Collateral Agent in connection with the protection, preservation or enforcement of its
rights under the Loan Documents (as the case may be) or any other document evidencing or
securing any such liabilities.

on December 17, 2010,

in three (3) original copies

NOVELIS INC.
represented by:

Signature: ________________________

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SCHEDULE C BIS

ATTESTATION DE NANTISSEMENT DE COMPTE TITRES

(Soumise aux dispositions de l’article L. 211-20 du Code monétaire et financier)

	1.	 	Novelis Laminés France S.A.S., représentée par son Président, agissant en qualité de Société
Emettrice et de Teneur du Compte Nanti, certifie et atteste, par la présente, que :

	1.1	 	les 200.000 actions de Novelis Laminés France S.A.S. détenues par Novelis Inc. (le
“Constituant”),

	 	-	 	désignées dans la déclaration de nantissement de compte d’instruments financiers
signée le 17 décembre 2010 par le Constituant (la “Déclaration de Nantissement”),
	 
	 	-	 	représente la totalité des actions émises par la Société Emettrice, et
	 
	 	-	 	ont été virées au compte spécial de nantissement n°30 quater ouvert au nom du
Constituant sur nos livres (le “Compte Nanti”) ;

	1.2	 	ledit compte d’instruments financiers fait l’objet d’un nantissement de premier rang en
faveur de l’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent) et pour le compte des
Bénéficiaires (Term Loan Secured Parties) en garantie des Obligations Garanties (Term Loan
Secured Obligations) telles que définies dans l’acte de nantissement de comptes d’instruments
financiers de premier rang intitulé First Priority Pledges Agreement signé le 17 décembre 2010
en langue anglaise entre le Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS
PAE S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Émettrice et
Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Term Loan Secured Parties) en tant que
Bénéficiaires des nantissements de premier rang et Bank of America, N.A., agissant pour son
compte en tant que Bénéficiaires, et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant
qu’Agent des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent), (l’"Acte de Nantissement de Premier
Rang”) et porte mention expresse dudit nantissement de premier rang; et

	1.3	 	aucun autre nantissement n’est inscrit à la date de la présente attestation sur les titres
désignés dans la Déclaration de Nantissement, en dehors d’un nantissement de second rang
inscrit en faveur des bénéficiaires identifiés dans un acte de nantissement de comptes
d’instruments financiers de second rang signé le 17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre
NOVELIS INC., en tant que Constituant du nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE
S.A.S. et NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Emettrice et
Teneur de Compte, les parties financières (Revolving Credit Secured Parties) agissant en tant
que bénéficiaires des nantissement de second rang et Bank of America, N.A., agissant pour son
compte en tant que Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent
des Sûretés Français (French Collateral Agent).

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	2.	 	Une copie certifiée conforme de ce compte spécial faisant apparaître ce virement est annexée
à la présente attestation de constitution de nantissement.

	3.	 	Nous accusons réception de l’Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang et de la Déclaration de
Nantissement et prenons acte du fait que :

	 	-	 	les dividendes en numéraire et les intérêts afférents aux titres financiers
figurant au Compte Nanti, ainsi que le produit du remboursement ou de l’amortissement
desdits instruments financiers, devront être versés sur le compte bancaire spécial
visé dans la Déclaration de Nantissement ;
	 
	 	-	 	le Constituant n’est pas autorisé à disposer des instruments financiers inscrits
dans le Compte Nanti.

	4.	 	En notre qualité de Teneur de Compte, nous acceptons d’exercer la mission de contrôle
résultant de ce qui précède.

Le 17 décembre 2010,

en un (1) exemplaire original.

Novelis Laminés France S.A.S.

Teneur de Compte

représentée par :

Signature: _______________________

P.J. Copie du compte spécial d’actionnaire

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CERTIFICATE OF PLEDGE OVER A SECURITIES ACCOUNT

(Subject to the provisions of article L. 211-20 of the French Financial and Monetary Code (Code
monétaire et financier))

	1.	 	Novelis Laminés France S.A.S., represented by its President, acting in its capacity as
Issuing Company and Securities Account Holder, hereby certifies and attests that:

	1.1	 	the 200,000 shares of Novelis Laminés France S.A.S. held by Novelis Inc. (the “Pledgor”)

	 	-	 	referred to in the statement of pledge over a securities account signed on December
[-] 2010 by the Pledgor (the “Statement of Pledge”),
	 
	 	-	 	represent all of the outstanding shares issued by the Issuing Company, and
	 
	 	-	 	have been registered in the special account n°30 quater opened in our books in the
name of the Pledgor (the “Pledged Account”);

	1.2	 	the said securities account is subject to a first priority pledge in favor of the French
Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties as security for the Term
Loan Secured Obligations as defined in the First Priority Pledges Agreement dated as of
December [-] 2010, by and among the Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.
and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities Account Holder, the
Term Loan Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the First Priority Pledges, and Bank of America,
N.A., acting on its behalf as beneficiaries and for the account and on behalf of the Term Loan
Secured Parties as French Collateral Agent (the “First Priority Securities Account Pledge
Agreement”) and that the First Priority Pledges is expressly mentioned on that account;

	1.3	 	no other security interest is registered on the securities mentioned in the Statement of
Pledge at the date hereof, save the Second Priority Pledges registered in favor of the
Revolving Credit Secured Parties identified in the Second Priority Pledges Agreement dated as
of December [-] 2010, by and among NOVELIS INC. as Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S.,
NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities
Account Holder, the Revolving Credit Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the Second Priority
Pledges, and Bank of America, N.A., acting on its behalf as Beneficiary and for the account
and on behalf of the Revolving Credit Secured Parties as French Collateral Agent.

	2.	 	A copy certified as a true copy of the share register evidencing this transfer is attached to
the present Certificate of Pledge.

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	3.	 	We hereby acknowledge receipt of the Statement of Pledge and the First Priority Pledges
Agreement and we also acknowledge that:

	 	-	 	all interests and dividends paid in cash in respect of the securities registered in
the Pledged Account, together with the proceeds resulting from the repayment or
redemption thereof, shall be paid to the special bank account the details of which are
set forth in the Statement of Pledge;
	 
	 	-	 	the Pledgor is not authorized to dispose of the securities registered in the
Pledged Account.

	4.	 	In our capacity as Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Account, we hereby give our
consent to the above.

Made as of December 17, 2010

in one (1) original copy

Novelis Laminés France S.A.S.

Account Holder

Represented by:

Signature: ___________________

Attachment: copy of the special shareholder account

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SCHEDULE D

MODELE DE NOTIFICATION DE LA SURVENANCE D’UN CAS DE DEFAUT AU TENEUR DU COMPTE ESPECES

A Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris, agissant en qualité de Teneur du Compte
Espèces

	 	-	 	Déclaration de nantissement de compte de titres en date du 17 décembre 2010 (la
“Déclaration de Nantissement”).
	 
	 	-	 	Compte bancaire spécial n° [ ] quater ouvert dans vos livres (le “Compte
Espèces”).

Messieurs,

	1.	 	Nous nous référons à l’acte de nantissement de comptes titres de premier rang intitulé First
Priority Pledges Agreement signé 17 décembre 2010 en langue anglaise entre NOVELIS INC., en
tant que Constituant du Nantissement, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. et
NOVELIS LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., agissant chacune en tant que Société Émettrice et Teneur de
Compte, les parties financières (Term Loan Secured Parties) en tant que Bénéficiaires des
nantissement de premier rang et Bank of America, N.A., agissant pour son compte en tant que
Bénéficiaire et au nom et pour le compte des Bénéficiaires en tant qu’Agent des Sûretés
Français (French Collateral Agent) (l’“Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang”) ainsi qu’à la
Déclaration de Nantissement mentionnée ci-dessus.
	 
	2.	 	Les termes figurant en majuscules dans la présente notification ont la signification qui leur
est donnée dans l’Acte de Nantissement de Premier Rang.
	 
	3.	 	Nous vous notifions la survenance d’un Cas de Défaut (Event of Default) au titre des
Obligations Garanties (Term Loan Secured Obligations) en vertu de l’Acte de Nantissement de
Premier Rang.
	 
	4.	 	A compter du [•], le Constituant n’est donc plus autorisé à effectuer de débit sur le Compte
Espèces mentionné ci-dessus et toute somme figurant au crédit du Compte Espèces doit être
bloquée jusqu’à notification contraire de notre part.

Par [•]

Qualité [•]

Signature : ________________

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FORM OF NOTIFICATION OF THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT TO THE CASH ACCOUNT HOLDER

To Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Succursale de Paris, as Cash Account Holder

	 	-	 	Statement of Pledge over a securities account dated December [-], 2010 (the
“Statement of Pledge”).

	 	-	 	Cash Account no. [ ] quater opened in your books (the “Cash Account”).

Dear Sirs,

	1.	 	We refer to the First Priority Pledges Agreement entered into on December [-], 2010 by and
among NOVELIS INC., as Pledgor, NOVELIS FOIL FRANCE S.A.S., NOVELIS PAE S.A.S. and NOVELIS
LAMINES FRANCE S.A.S., each as Issuing Company and Securities Account Holder, the Term Loan
Secured Parties as beneficiaries of the First Priority Pledges, and Bank of America, N.A.,
acting on its behalf as Beneficiary and for the account and on behalf of the Beneficiaries as
French Collateral Agent (the “First Priority Pledges Agreement”) as well as to the Statement
of Pledge.

	2.	 	Capitalized terms used in this notification shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the
First Priority Pledges Agreement.

	3.	 	We hereby notify you of the occurrence of an Event of Default in relation to the Term Loan
Secured Obligations pursuant to the First Priority Pledges Agreement.

	4.	 	As from the date of [•], the Pledgor will therefore cease to be entitled to make any payments
from the Cash Account referred to above, and all the amounts held in such Cash Account shall
be frozen until notification to the contrary is given by us.

By [•]

In my capacity as [•]

Signature: __________________

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December 17, 2010

AMONG

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

as Guarantor

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Term Loan Collateral Agent and Beneficiary

and

THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES

as Beneficiaries

 

FIRST DEMAND GUARANTEE

(Garantie A Premiere Demande)

 

 

 

INDEX

	 	 	 	 	 

	1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 	 	2	 
	2. GUARANTEE
	 	 	4	 
	3. GUARANTEE UNCONDITIONAL
	 	 	4	 
	4. CONTINUING GUARANTEE
	 	 	5	 
	5. REINSTATEMENT
	 	 	5	 
	6. SUBROGATION; SUBORDINATION
	 	 	5	 
	7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	5	 
	8. GUARANTEE LIMITATION
	 	 	6	 
	9. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	7	 
	10. CERTIFICATE
	 	 	7	 
	11. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	7	 
	12. NOTICES
	 	 	8	 
	13. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
	 	 	8	 
	14. CURRENCY
	 	 	8	 
	15. COSTS, EXPENSES, TAXES AND INDEMNITY
	 	 	8	 
	16. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS
	 	 	8	 
	17. DURATION
	 	 	9	 
	18. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	9	 

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THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE BY AND AMONG:

	1.	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S., a French société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle having its
registered office at 725 rue Aristide Bergès, 38340 Voreppe, France, registered with the
Grenoble Trade and Companies Register under number 421 528 555, represented by a duly
authorized signatory for the purpose of this Agreement (as “Guarantor”);

	2.	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a company having its principal place of business at 135 South LaSalle
Street, Suite 425, Chicago, Illinois 60603 (United States of America), acting in its capacity
as Term Loan Collateral Agent on its own behalf and for the account and on behalf of the Term
Loan Secured Parties (as each of these terms is defined below);
	 
	 	 	AND

	3.	 	THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (as defined below) (including any person which may from time to
time become a Term Loan Secured Party in accordance with the provisions of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement) (as each of these terms is defined below), represented by the Term Loan
Collateral Agent for the purposes of this Agreement;

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the
Borrower in the form of Loans on the terms referred to in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and
for the purposes therein mentioned (as each of these capitalized terms is defined in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement).

	(B)	 	Pursuant to clause 11.24 (Parallel Debt) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Guarantor has
undertaken to pay the Term Loan Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)
as a separate and independent obligation an amount equal to, and in the currency of, each
amount owed by it to the Term Loan Secured Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (as defined below).

	(C)	 	Pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is a condition precedent to the availability
of the facilities under the Term Loan Credit Agreement that the Guarantor as security for the
due performance of the Term Loan Secured Obligations (as defined below) provides a guarantee
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	(D)	 	The Guarantor has agreed to issue such a guarantee, in the form of a French first demand
guarantee (garantie à première demande), upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT HAS BEEN AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

	1.	 	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Definitions

	(a)	 	In this Agreement (including the Recitals), unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms and
expressions shall have the meaning given to them in the Clause or paragraph of this Agreement
where they first appear.

	(b)	 	The following terms and expressions shall have the meaning given to them below:

	 	 	“Agreement” (or “Garantie à première demande”) means this agreement (Garantie à première
demande), as amended or supplemented from time to time.

	 	 	“Beneficiaries” (or “Bénéficiaires”) means:

	 	(i)	 	Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Collateral Agent, and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the other Term Loan Secured Parties.

	 	 	“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Guarantee” means the guarantee provided by the Guarantor (Garantie à première demande) as
defined in clause 2 (Guarantee) of this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date
hereof by and among the parties thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agent under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, and such other persons as may become party thereto from time to
time pursuant to the terms thereof, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

	 	 	“Loan Documents” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

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	 	 	“Term Loan Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated on or about the date of this
Agreement (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) between, amongst
others, Novelis Inc., as “Borrower”, AV METALS INC., as “Holdings”, the “Other Guarantors”
party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as “Administrative Agent”
and “Collateral Agent” (all as defined therein).

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, including all present and future obligations and liabilities of the
Guarantor as a Loan Party to the Term Loan Collateral Agent under clause 11.24 (Parallel
Debt) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Term Loan Secured
Obligations shall be limited pursuant to Section 7.15 (French Guarantor) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement.

	 	 	“Term Loan Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement).

1.2 Construction

	(a)	 	Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the Recitals) and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and shall be
interpreted and construed in accordance therewith.

	(b)	 	The index to and the headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are to be
ignored in construing this Agreement.

	(c)	 	Words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice versa.

	(d)	 	An Event of Default is continuing if it has not been remedied or waived.

	(e)	 	In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this
Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In
the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the
terms and provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall govern and control.
	 
	(f)	 	This Agreement is entered into with the benefit of and subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement. In case of discrepancies between the terms of this Agreement and the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall prevail.

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	(g)	 	This Agreement is designated a Loan Document for the purposes of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.
	 
	2.	 	GUARANTEE

	 	 	In order to secure the prompt payment in full when due of the principal and interest on the
Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, each Borrower, and all
other Term Loan Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties by any Loan Party under any Loan Document
(including any Hedging Agreement entered into with a counterparty that is a Term Loan
Secured Party), and the performance of all obligations under any of the foregoing (such
obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”), the Guarantor
hereby grants to the Term Loan Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, an autonomous first demand guarantee
(garantie à première demande). The Guarantee shall constitute an autonomous and independent
obligation of the Guarantor.
	 
	3.	 	GUARANTEE UNCONDITIONAL

	 	 	Subject to the express terms herein, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not
be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:

	(a)	 	any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any
obligation of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise;

	(b)	 	any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Loan Documents;

	(c)	 	any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Loan Party, or any
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any Loan Party or
its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of a Loan Party contained
in the Loan Documents;

	(d)	 	the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which any Guarantor may have at any time
against any Loan Party, whether in connection therewith or with any unrelated transactions;

	(e)	 	any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any Loan Party for any reason of
the Loan Documents, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit
the payment by such Loan Party of any amount payable by it under the Loan Documents; or

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	(f)	 	any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Loan Party or any other person
or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this clause 3,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.
	 
	4.	 	CONTINUING GUARANTEE

	 	 	This Guarantee is a continuing guarantee of payment, and shall apply to all Guaranteed
Obligations whenever arising.
	 
	5.	 	REINSTATEMENT

	 	 	The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be, to the extent permitted by
applicable laws, automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any
payment by or on behalf of any Borrower or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or
reorganization or otherwise. The Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties on demand for all reasonable costs
and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim
alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, other than any costs or expenses resulting
from the bad faith or willful misconduct of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other
Term Loan Secured Parties .
	 
	6.	 	SUBROGATION; SUBORDINATION

	 	 	The Guarantor hereby agrees that until the indefeasible and irrevocable payment and
satisfaction in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations, it shall waive any claim and
shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any
performance by it of this Guarantee, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against any
Borrower or any other Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any
of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted pursuant to the
Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be subordinated to Term Loan Secured Obligations in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.
	 
	7.	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	 	 	The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other
Beneficiaries that:

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	(a)	 	the Guarantor is a société par actions simplifiée duly incorporated and validly existing
under the laws of France;

	(b)	 	the entry into and execution of this Agreement by the Guarantor, and the performance of its
obligations hereunder, have been duly authorized by the relevant corporate bodies and all
necessary steps have been taken to ensure such a result;

	(c)	 	the issuance of this Guarantee does not conflict with any clauses of its by-laws (statuts),
nor with the provisions of any agreement to which it is a party or the applicable laws and
regulations;

	(d)	 	the Guarantor is not in a situation of suspension of payment (cessation des paiements) and no
action, measure or proceedings whatsoever have been taken or commenced or, to the Guarantor’s
knowledge, contemplated by any person for the purpose of (a) carrying out or requesting the
suspension of payments, dissolution, judicial reorganization (procédure de sauvegarde or
redressement judiciaire) or judicial liquidation or appointment of an official receiver or a
conciliator of the Guarantor or any of its assets, or (b) opening, negotiating and/or
instituting any out-of-court conciliation (amicable conciliation, ad hoc mandate) relating to
the Guarantor’s debts or any procedure of the same type or having the same purpose as provided
for by the law n°2005-845 of July 26, 2005 on the safeguard of companies; and

	(e)	 	the issuance of this Guarantee is in the Guarantor’s corporate interest.
	 
	8.	 	GUARANTEE LIMITATION

	(a)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall not include any
obligation or liability which if incurred would constitute the provision of financial
assistance within the meaning of article L. 225-216 of the French Code de commerce and/or
would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of article L. 241-3 or L.
242-6 of the French Code de commerce or any other laws or regulations having the same effect,
as interpreted by French courts.

	(b)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee for the obligations
under the Loan Documents of any other Loan Party which is not a Subsidiary of the Guarantor,
shall be limited at any time to an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts borrowed under
the Term Loan Credit Agreement by such other Loan Party as Borrower to the extent directly or
indirectly on-lent to the Guarantor under inter-company loan agreements and outstanding at the
date a payment is to be made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee, it being specified that
any payment made by the Guarantor under this Guarantee in respect of the obligations of such
Loan Party as Borrower shall reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of the inter-company
loans due by the Guarantor under the inter-company loan arrangements referred to above.

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	(c)	 	The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee for the obligations
under the Loan Documents of any Loan Party which is its Subsidiary shall not be limited and
shall therefore cover all amounts due by such Loan Party as Borrower, Guarantor and/or any
other capacity as applicable. However, where such Subsidiary is not incorporated in France,
the amounts payable by the Guarantor under this paragraph (c) in respect of obligations of
this Subsidiary as Loan Party, shall be limited as set out in paragraph (b) above.
	 
	9.	 	ENFORCEMENT

	 	 	Subject to the provisions of clause 8 hereof, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
and at any time thereafter, the Guarantor shall, forthwith upon demand by the Term Loan
Collateral Agent, immediately pay to the Term Loan Collateral Agent the monies in respect of
which such default shall have occurred.
	 
	10.	 	CERTIFICATE

	 	 	A certificate by an officer of the Term Loan Collateral Agent as to (i) the amounts of
principal or interest under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or (ii) any other amount due as a
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, shall be binding upon the Guarantor and shall be
conclusive evidence in any legal proceedings with respect to this Guarantee.
	 
	11.	 	MISCELLANEOUS

	(a)	 	No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Term Loan Collateral
Agent and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, any right or remedy under this Agreement shall
operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent
any further or other exercise of that right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or
remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights or remedies provided by law.

	(b)	 	If, at any time, any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of
such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or
impaired.

	(c)	 	Any amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be signed
by the parties thereto.

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	12.	 	NOTICES

	 	 	Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, all notices or other
communications under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given to each party as
specified in Section 11.01 (Notices) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
	 
	13.	 	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

	 	 	This Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of the Term Loan Secured Parties (including their successors and
assigns under the Term Loan Credit Agreement).
	 
	14.	 	CURRENCY

	 	 	Any payment made by virtue of this Guarantee will be made in the currency specified under
the Loan Documents.
	 
	15.	 	COSTS, EXPENSES, TAXES AND INDEMNITY

	(a)	 	The Guarantor shall bear any expense which the Term Loan Collateral Agent or any other
Beneficiary may incur in connection with the preparation and execution of this Agreement, as
well as any expenses incurred in connection with the preservation or enforcement of the
Beneficiaries’ rights under this Agreement and the Guarantee, all in accordance with the terms
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	(b)	 	The Guarantor shall, notwithstanding any release or discharge of all or any part of the
security, indemnify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other Beneficiaries against any
action which any of it may sustain as a consequence of any breach by the Guarantor of the
provisions of this Agreement, the exercise or purported exercise of any of the rights and
powers conferred on any of it by this Agreement.

	(c)	 	The Guarantor shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes to which this Agreement, the
Guarantee or any judgment given in connection with it is or at any time may be subject and
shall, from time to time, indemnify the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other
Beneficiaries on demand against any liabilities, costs, claims and expenses resulting from any
failure to pay or delay in paying any such Tax.
	 
	16.	 	INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS

	 	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the exercise of any rights including, but
not limited to, the enforcement of the Guarantee by the Term Loan Collateral Agent hereunder
are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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	17.	 	DURATION

	 	 	The Guarantee created pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in force until the earlier of
the following dates: (i) the date of the occurrence of the Discharge of Term Loan Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) or (ii) the date on which the Term
Loan Collateral Agent shall release the Guarantee.
	 
	18.	 	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	18.1	 	Governing Law

	 	 	This Agreement and the Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
French law.
	 
	18.2	 	Jurisdiction

	 	 	For the benefit of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other Beneficiaries, the Guarantor
agrees that the courts of France shall have jurisdiction to settle any disputes in
connection with this Agreement and the Guarantee, and accordingly submit any disputes in
connection with this Agreement and the Guarantee to the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court
of Paris (Tribunal de commerce de Paris). This clause 18.2 is for the benefit of the Term
Loan Collateral Agent and the other Beneficiaries only. As a result, nothing in this Clause
shall limit the right of the Term Loan Collateral Agent and the other Beneficiaries to bring
proceedings against the Guarantor in connection with this Agreement and/or the Guarantee in
any other court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Term Loan
Collateral Agent and the other Beneficiaries may take concurrent proceedings in any number
of jurisdictions.

[LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK]

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Signed in                    

On December 17, 2010

In as many original copies as parties to this Agreement

NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.,

The Guarantor

Signature:                    

By:

Capacity:

duly authorized for the purpose of this Agreement

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Term Loan Collateral Agent

Acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Term Loan Secured Parties

Signature:                    

By: Christopher Kelly Wall

Capacity: Managing Director

 

 

Exhibit N

Form of Opinion of Company Counsel

N/A

 

 

EXHIBIT O

Form of

SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

December __, 2010

The undersigned, the chief financial officer each of the Loan Parties, hereby certifies on behalf
of each Loan Party and for the benefit of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that:

1. This Certificate is provided pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of, and in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17,
2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or
otherwise modified from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and
among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, AV METALS
INC., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Subsidiary Guarantors
from time to time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time to time party
thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other
parties party thereto.
2. At the time of and immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the
Closing Date, and at the time of and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving
effect to the application of the proceeds of each Loan and the operation of the Contribution,
Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement, (a) the fair value of the assets of each Loan Party
(individually and on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will exceed its debts and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent, prospective or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable
value of the property of each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with its
Subsidiaries) will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent, prospective or otherwise, as such
debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) each Loan Party (individually and on a
consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will be able to pay its debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent, prospective or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute
and matured; (d) each Loan Party (individually and on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries)
will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct its business in which it is engaged
as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date; and
(e) each Loan Party is not “insolvent” as such term is defined under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws of any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party is organized or incorporated (as
applicable), or otherwise unable to pay its debts as they fall due.

[Signature Page Follows]

EXHIBIT O-1

 

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this certificate on the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS UK LTD

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT O-2

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS AG

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	4260848 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	4260856 CANADA INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 	 
	 	By:  	4260848 CANADA INC.
 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	Its: General Partner

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS BRAND LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT O-3

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT O-4

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 	

AV METALS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS MADEIRA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

EXHIBIT O-5

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Present when the Common Seal of

NOVELIS ALUMINIUM HOLDING COMPANY

was hereunto affixed in the presence of:

	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC	 
	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA
HOLDINGS INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

EXHIBIT O-6

 

EXHIBIT P

Form of Intercompany Note

PROMISSORY NOTE

			
	$[Loan Amount]
	 	Date: [Date]

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned [INTERCOMPANY BORROWER], a company organized under the
laws of [Intercompany Jurisdiction] (“Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
[INTERCOMPANY LENDER], a [Type of Entity] organized under the laws of [Intercompany Lender
Jurisdiction] (“Lender”) on [Term Loan Maturity Date] (the “Maturity Date”) and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Subordination Agreements (as defined below) the
principal sum of [________________] or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances (as
defined below) made by Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 1 below.

          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented,
modified or replaced from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among
NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “Parent
Borrower”), NOVELIS CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA
HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, NOVELIS UK LTD, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws
of England and Wales with registered number 00279596, NOVELIS AG, a stock corporation (AG)
organized under the laws of Switzerland, AV METALS INC., a corporation formed under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (“Holdings”), the subsidiaries of Holdings from time to time
party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the Revolving Credit Lenders and
as collateral agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative
agent for the Term Loan Lenders, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent for the Term Loan
Secured Parties, and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound
thereto from time to time. Reference is hereby made to:

          (i) the Subordination Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2010 (as amended, supplemented,
amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Revolving
Credit Subordination Agreement”), among Holdings, the subsidiaries of Holdings party thereto
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent under the Revolving
Credit Agreement;

          (ii) the Subordination Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2010 (as amended, supplemented,
amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Term Loan
Subordination Agreement” and, together with the Revolving Credit Subordination Agreement, the
“Subordination Agreements”), among Holdings, the subsidiaries of Holdings party thereto,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent under the Term Loan
Agreement;

 

 

          (iii) the Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement, dated as of December
14, 2010 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from
time to time, the “Revolving Credit CICO Agreement”), among Holdings, the subsidiaries of
Holdings party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., administrative agent and as collateral agent
under the Revolving Credit Agreement; and

          (iv) the Contribution, Intercompany, Contracting and Offset Agreement, dated as of December
14, 2010 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from
time to time, the “Term Loan CICO Agreement” and, together with the Revolving Credit CICO
Agreement, the “CICO Agreements”), among Holdings, the subsidiaries of Holdings party
thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent under the Term Loan
Agreement.

          1. Loan. The principal amount stated above (the “Advances”) has been loaned to the
Borrower by the Lender subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Subordination
Agreements, the CICO Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement and
the Term Loan Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Subordination
Agreements, the CICO Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement and
the Term Loan Agreement, the Borrower may prepay the Advances under this Promissory Note without
premium or penalty.

          2. Interest. (a) The Advances shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to [__]%
(computed on the basis of year of [360]1[365]2 days), payable until the
Maturity Date. The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of Advances
from the date hereof until such principal amount is paid in full. Interest accrued on the amount
of all other obligations hereunder shall be payable on demand from and after the time such
obligation becomes due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise). [Interest on the amount
of all obligations hereunder shall continue to accrue after the beginning of any bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding involving the Borrower, whether or not allowed in such
proceeding.]3 [In the event that accrued interest is not paid cash, it will compound on
an annual basis in accordance with article 1154 of the French Civil Code.]4

          [(b) To comply with the provisions of article L. 314 of the French Monetary and Financial Code
(Code Monétaire et Financier), the Borrower and the Lender agree that the effective global rate for
the facility is [__]% per annum and [__]% per quarter.]5

          [(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Promissory Note, it is understood that the
interest rate applicable hereunder in no event shall exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by
Law no. 108 of March 7, 1996 (disposizioni in materia di usura) and related implementation
regulations and subsequent amendments and/or repeals. Should, by any means, the interest rate due
pursuant to the Section 2 above exceed the maximum rate permitted

 

			
	1	 	Insert for borrowers other than UK borrowers.
	 
	2	 	Insert for UK borrowers.
	 
	3	 	Delete for German [or Swiss] borrowers.
	 
	4	 	Insert for French borrowers.
	 
	5	 	Insert for French borrower if there are no
charges other than interest (insert interest rate from Section 2(a) above).

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under applicable law, the interest rate applicable shall be automatically reduced as necessary
to allow the interest rate applicable to be in compliance with any applicable law.]6

          [(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Promissory Note, in no such event shall, if
applicable, any: (i) an increase of the applicable interest rate triggered by the late payment of
an overdue amount exceed 0.5% per annum on the outstanding principal amount due (article 1907
Belgian Civil Code); (ii) prepayment and related fees exceed six months of interest on the pre-paid
amount, calculated at the rate of interest accruing on the principal amount (1907 bis Belgian Civil
Code); (iii) interest be claimed on overdue interest, unless (A) the overdue interest has accrued
over a period of at least one year, and (B) the interest has formally been claimed by the Lender,
or the Borrower has agreed to it, after such period has effectively passed (article 1154 Belgian
Civil Code); and (iv) the aggregate annual interest rate applicable in this Promissory Note exceed
the maximum permitted by the Belgian Civil Code and other Requirements of Law from time to time in
force in Belgium.]7

          [(b) [Interest Act (Canada). For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever in this
Promissory Note any interest is calculated on the basis of a period of time other than a year of
365 or 366 days, as applicable, the annual rate of interest to which each rate of interest utilized
pursuant to such calculation is equivalent is such rate so utilized multiplied by the actual number
of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and divided by the number of
days used in such calculation. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), the principle of
deemed reinvestment of interest will not apply to any interest calculation under this Promissory
Note, and the rates of interest stipulated in this Promissory Note are intended to be nominal rates
and not effective rates or yields.

          (c) Criminal Interest Rate. (i) If any provision of this Promissory Note would obligate the
Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to the Lender hereunder in an
amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by the
Lender of interest at a criminal rate (as construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then
notwithstanding that provision, that amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with
retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be
so prohibited by law or result in a receipt by the Lender of interest at a criminal rate, the
adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, (A) first, by reducing the amount or rate of
interest required to be paid to the Lender under this Section 2 and (B) thereafter, by reducing any
fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the Lender which would
constitute interest for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

          (ii) Notwithstanding clause (c)(i), and after giving effect to all adjustments
contemplated thereby, if the Lender shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum
permitted by the Criminal Code (Canada), then the Borrower, shall be entitled, by notice in
writing to the Lender, to obtain reimbursement from the Lender in an amount equal to the
excess, and pending reimbursement, the amount of the excess shall be deemed to be an amount
payable by the Lender to the Borrower.

 

			
	6	 	Insert for Italian borrower.
	 
	7	 	Insert for Belgian borrower.

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          (iii) Any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Section 2 shall be determined
in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an effective
annual rate of interest over the term of this Promissory Note on the assumption that any
charges, fees or expenses that fall within the meaning of interest (as defined in the
Criminal Code (Canada)) shall be pro-rated over that period of time and, in the event of a
dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent (or following the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive for the
purposes of that determination.]8

          3. Payments; Record of Debt. Both principal and interest are payable in the currency in which
Advances are made to Lender in same day funds. The Advances made by Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to the terms hereof, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall be
recorded by Lender[, acting for this purpose solely as an agent of the Borrower,]9 in
its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of
the information contained therein; provided that the failure of Lender to make any such recordation
or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder.

          4. Waivers. The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind.
No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder
hereof shall operate as a waiver of such rights.

          5. Event of Default. In the event (each, an “Event of Default”) that:

          (a) a Revolving Credit Default shall have occurred and is continuing, and/or

          (b) a Pari Passu Default shall have occurred and is continuing, and/or

          (c) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance or interest thereon pursuant
to this Promissory Note when the same becomes due and payable,

          then, and in any such event, the Lender may, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Advances, all
interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Promissory Note to be forthwith due and
payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be
forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided that in the case of the occurrence
of (i) a Revolving Credit Default of the type referred to in Section 8.01(g) or (h) of the
Revolving Credit Agreement in effect on the date hereof, or any similar provisions of any other
Revolving Credit Agreement, (ii) a Pari Passu Default of the type referred to in Section 8.01(g) or
(h) of the Term Loan Agreement in effect on the date hereof, or any similar provisions of any other
Pari Passu Loan Document or (iii) an Event of Default under clause (c) above [or in the case that
any financial statements of the Borrower show the book value of the net assets of the Borrower have
fallen to below half of its stated share capital (Stammkapital)]10, the Advances, and
all such interest and all other amounts owing hereunder shall automatically become and be due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are

 

			
	8	 	Insert for Canadian borrower.
	 
	9	 	Insert for U.S. borrower.
	 
	10	 	Insert for German borrower

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hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. [The Borrower represents and warrants that it has
obtained shareholder approval by resolution authorizing the Borrower to permit the Lender to
terminate this Promissory Note and to claim immediate repayment of all sums due hereunder in case
of a change of control as contemplated by the Revolving Credit Agreement and/or the Pari Passu Loan
Documents and that such resolution will be timely filed with the Clerk’s Office of the competent
Commercial Court (article 556 Belgian Companies Code).]11

          6. Governing Law. This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of [Intercompany Borrower Jurisdiction], without giving effect to principles of
conflict of laws thereof.

          7. Amendments. This Promissory Note cannot be amended without the consent of each of (i) the
parties hereto and (ii) prior to the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the
Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and (iii) prior to the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent.

          8. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, incurred by the Lender in endeavoring to collect any amounts
payable hereunder which are not paid when due, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

          9. No Set Off. Unless required by applicable law, and subject to the terms of the
Subordination Agreements, at no time may the Lender appropriate and apply toward the payment of all
or any part of the obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note (i) any other
indebtedness due or to become due from the Borrower to the Lender, and (ii) any moneys, credits or
other property belonging to the Borrower, at any time held by or coming into the possession of the
Lender.

          10. Taxes. (a) In the event that a Revolving Credit Default and/or a Pari Passu Default has
occurred and is continuing, any and all payments by the Borrower under this Promissory Note shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies,
duties, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding (i) in the case of the Lender taxes measured by its net income and franchise taxes
imposed on it, and similar taxes imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
under the laws of which the Lender is organized, and (ii) in the case of the Lender, except to the
extent arising solely as a result of entering into this Promissory Note, taxes measured by its net
income and franchise taxes imposed on it as a result of a present or former connection between the
Lender and the jurisdiction of the governmental authority imposing such tax or any taxing authority
thereof or therein, other than the entering into of the Promissory Note (all such non-excluded
taxes, levies, duties, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter
referred to as “Taxes”). If any Taxes shall be required by law to be withheld or deducted
from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to the Lender (w) the sum payable shall be
increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings in
respect of Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 10)
the Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or
withholdings been made, (x) the Borrower shall make such deductions or withholdings, (y) the
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taxing authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law and (z) the Borrower
shall deliver to the Lender evidence of such payment.

          (b) In addition, if a Revolving Credit Default and/or a Pari Passu Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower shall pay any present or future stamp, registration, notarization or
documentary or similar taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies, and
all liabilities with respect thereto, in each case arising from any payment made or credited under
or in connection with this Promissory Note or from the execution, delivery, registration or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Promissory Note (collectively, “Other
Taxes”).

          (c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes
(including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this
Section 10) paid by the Lender and any liability (including for penalties, interest and expenses)
that arises from any payment made or crediting of amounts hereunder or from the execution,
delivery, performance or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Promissory Note,
whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. This indemnification
shall be made within 30 days from the date the Lender makes written demand therefor.

          (d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower, the
Borrower shall furnish the Lender, pursuant to the indemnity set forth in clause (c) above , the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or other evidence of payment
thereof reasonably acceptable to Lender.

          (e) The Borrower and the Lender will use reasonable good faith efforts to eliminate or reduce
any Taxes or Other Taxes to which a payment hereunder may be subject and will provide any
certificates or other evidence of an exemption from or reduced rate of Taxes or Other Taxes in this
regard.

          (f) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower, the Lender
hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section 10 shall
survive the payment in full of all other obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note.

          (g) If the Lender determines in its sole discretion exercised reasonably that it has received
or has been granted a credit against, or remission for, or a refund or a repayment of any Taxes (i)
as a result of the Borrower’s deduction or withholding and payment to a taxing authority of an
amount pursuant to clause (a) above or (ii) with respect to which the Borrower has paid an amount
to the Lender or any of its transferees or assignees, as the case may be, pursuant to clause (c)
above, then the Lender, as the case may be, shall, within 30 days, pay the Borrower the lesser of
(y) the credit, remission, refund or repayment of Taxes received or granted and (z) the amount paid
by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.

          11. Judgment Currency. (a) This is an international loan transaction in which the
specification of [Currency] is of the essence, and [Currency] shall in each instance be the
currency of account and payment in all instances.

          (b) Borrower’s obligations hereunder to make payments in [Currency] shall not be discharged or
satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed

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in or converted into any currency other than [Currency] or in another place, except to the
extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the Lender of the full
amount of [Currency] expressed to be payable to the Lender under this Promissory Note.

          (c) If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against Lender in any court or in
any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than [Currency]
(such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the “Other Currency”) an amount due
in [Currency], the conversion shall be made at the spot selling rate at which the Authorized Pari
Passu Collateral Agent (or following the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Revolving
Credit Administrative Agent) (or if the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent (or, following the
Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent) does not
quote a rate of exchange on such currency, by a known dealer in such currency designated by the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent (or, following the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations, the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent)) offers to sell such Other Currency for
[Currency] in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such
date for delivery two (2) Business Days later (such date of determination of such spot selling
rate, being hereinafter referred to as the “Other Currency Conversion Date”).

          (d) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Other Currency
Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the Borrower covenants and agrees
to pay, or cause to be paid, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment or
judicial award, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be
necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Other Currency, when converted at the rate of
exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of [Currency] which could have
been purchased with the amount of Other Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at
the rate of exchange prevailing on the Other Currency Conversion Date.

          12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process. (a) Any legal action or proceeding with
respect to this Promissory Note, and any other Revolving Credit Loan Document or Pari Passu Loan
Document to which the Borrower is a party, may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or
of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and, by execution and
delivery of this Promissory Note, the Borrower (in consideration of similar submissions made by the
Lender in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Pari Passu Loan Documents) hereby accepts for
itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them
may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective
jurisdictions.

          (b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers CSC Corporation, 1180
Ave of the Americas, Suite 210, New York, New York, 10036 (telephone no: 212-299-5600) (facsimile
no: 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address: mwiener@cscinfo.com) (the “Process Agent”), in
the case of any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America as its designee,
appointee and agent to receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its
property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents that may be served
in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with, this Promissory Note. Such
service may be made by mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) or delivering a
copy of such process to the Borrower

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in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agent’s above address, and the Borrower hereby
irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. As an
alternative method of service, the Borrower irrevocably consents to the service of any and all
process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing (by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid) of copies of such process to the Process Agent or the Borrower care of the Parent Borrower
at the Parent Borrower’s address specified in Section 11.01 of the Term Loan Agreement or at such
other address as the Parent Borrower may specify pursuant to such Section 11.01. The Borrower
agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

          (c) Nothing contained in this Section 12 shall affect the right of the Lender thereof to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed
against the Borrower in any other jurisdiction.

          13. Pledge of Note. Pursuant to the Pari Passu Security Documents, the Lender has pledged and
granted a security interest in all of its rights and remedies under and in respect of this
Promissory Note in favor of the Pari Passu Collateral (for the benefit of the Pari Passu Secured
Parties) and pursuant to the Revolving Credit Security Documents, the Lender has pledged and
granted a security interest in all of its rights and remedies under and in respect of this
Promissory Note in favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Revolving
Credit Claimholders) and pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent has agreed to act as sub-agent and as bailee for the Revolving Credit Agents and
the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, and the Borrower hereby (i) acknowledges and consents to
each such pledge and security interest, (ii) agrees that upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Pari Passu Default the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent may exercise any
remedies provided for by the Pari Passu Security Documents in accordance with the terms thereof or
any other remedies provided by applicable law, and upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of any Revolving Credit Default the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may exercise any remedies
provided for by the Revolving Credit Security Documents in accordance with the terms thereof or any
other remedies provided by applicable law, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) agrees that this Promissory Note may not be assigned by the Borrower
without the prior written consent of the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent (each of which is expressly made a third party beneficiary hereof) and (iv)
agrees and acknowledges that subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, this Promissory
Note may be assigned or otherwise transferred by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent in
accordance with the terms of the Pari Passu Security Documents or by the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Security Documents.

          14. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Borrower and the Lender irrevocably waives trial by
jury in any action or proceeding with respect to this Promissory Note and any other Loan Document.

          15. Notices. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted shall be given to
the Borrower or the Lender care of the Parent Borrower as set forth in Section 11.01 of the
Revolving Credit Agreement, and to each Pari Passu Representative as set forth on such Pari Passu
Representative’s signature page to the Intercreditor Agreement.

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          16. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Promissory Note shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Promissory Note shall be prohibited by or invalid by any applicable legally binding
requirements of any governmental authority (including, without limitation, any applicable laws,
judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes or case law), such provision
shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating (a) the
remainder of such provision or (b) the remaining provisions of this Promissory Note.

          Conflicts. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in
this Promissory Note and the terms and provisions contained in the Subordination Agreements, it is
the intention of the parties hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read
together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other.
In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms
and provisions of the Subordination Agreements shall control and govern.

[Signature Page Follows]

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	 	Borrower:

[Intercompany Borrower]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

					
	 	

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO

AS OF THIS ___ DAY OF _____, 20___:

[Intercompany Lender]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

EXHIBIT Q

Form of

SECURED HEDGE PROVIDER JOINDER

Bank of America, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and

as Collateral Agent

1455 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Fax: 415-503-5011

Attention: Bridgett Manduk

Re: NOVELIS — Secured Hedge Provider Joinder

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to:

	 	(i)	 	the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified
from time to time in one or more agreements, the “Credit Agreement”), by and
among Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations
Act (the “Borrower”), AV Metals Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada
Business Corporations Act (“Holdings”), the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to
time party thereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders from time
to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral
Agent, and the other parties party thereto; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to time, the “Intercreditor
Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, Novelis Corporation, a Texas corporation,
Novelis PAE Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Novelis Brand LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, Novelis South America Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, Aluminum Upstream Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Novelis
Acquisitions LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Novelis North America Holdings
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Novelis UK Ltd, a limited liability company incorporated
under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 00279596, Holdings, the
subsidiaries of Holdings from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent for the Revolving Credit Lenders (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) and as collateral agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders (as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement), the Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as
collateral agent for the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), and certain other persons which may be or become parties thereto or become
bound thereto from time to time.

     Appointment. The undersigned, ____________________, a __________________, in its
capacity as a Secured Hedge Provider, hereby appoints, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the

 

 

Administrative Agent under each of Sections 10.03 and 10.09 of the Credit Agreement to act on
behalf of the Secured Parties under the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the
Credit Agreement as set forth therein and the Collateral Agent to act on behalf of the Secured
Parties under the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and each other Security Document
(collectively, the “Applicable Loan Documents”).

     Joinder. The Secured Hedge Provider under that certain [describe applicable Hedging
Agreement] (the “Hedge Agreement”) hereby agrees to become party as a Secured Hedge
Provider under, and to be bound by the terms of, each of the Applicable Loan Documents, in each
case for all purposes thereof and on the terms set forth therein as fully as if the undersigned had
executed and delivered each Applicable Loan Document as of the date thereof.

     Ratification. The Secured Hedge Provider hereby expressly consents to, ratifies
(genehmigt) and confirms the declarations and acts made by the Collateral Agent on behalf and in
the name of the Secured Hedge Provider as Future Pledgee (as defined in the relevant German
Security Agreement) in the German Security Agreements. The Secured Hedge Provider confirms that it
is aware of the contents of the German Security Agreements.

     The undersigned Secured Hedge Provider, agrees, for the enforceable benefit of all holders of
Pari Passu Debt, each existing and future Subordinated Lien Representative, each existing and
future Pari Passu Representative and as a condition to obtaining the benefit of the Collateral and
Guarantees and to the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Hedge Agreement being treated as
Pari Passu Debt under the Intercreditor Agreement:

     (a) that the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Hedge Agreement
constitute Pari Passu Secured Obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement;

     (b) that such Secured Hedge Provider is bound by the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement, including the provisions relating to the ranking of Pari
Passu Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement of Pari
Passu Liens; and

     (c) to the terms of the Applicable Loan Documents and the Administrative
Agent’s and the Collateral Agent’s performance of their respective obligations under
the Applicable Loan Documents.

     Severability. Any provision of this Secured Hedge Provider Joinder which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     Counterparts. This Secured Hedge Provider Joinder may be executed by one or more of
the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
all of which, taken together, shall constitute one original agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Secured Hedge Provider Joinder by facsimile, email or other electronic
transmission (including in portable document format (“pdf”) or other similar format) shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Secured Hedge Provider Joinder.

 

 

     Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Secured Hedge Provider, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be governed by the terms of Section 11.01 of the
Credit Agreement.

     Governing Law. THIS SECURED HEDGE PROVIDER JOINDER AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE
LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[INSERT NAME OF NEW

SECURED HEDGE PROVIDER]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby acknowledge receipt of this Secured Hedge
Provider Joinder and agree to act as agent for the undersigned Secured Hedge Provider and the
holders of the Obligations represented thereby:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:exv10w3

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION 

 

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 17, 2010

by and among

NOVELIS INC.,

NOVELIS CORPORATION,

NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION,

NOVELIS BRAND LLC,

NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC,

ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC,

NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC ,

NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.,

NOVELIS UK LTD,

NOVELIS AG,

AV METALS INC., and

the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto,

as Grantors,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent,

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Term Loan Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 

	I. DEFINITIONS
	 	 	2	 
	1.1 Defined Terms
	 	 	2	 
	1.2 Terms Generally
	 	 	31	 
	1.3 Impairment
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	II. LIEN PRIORITIES BETWEEN REVOLVING CREDIT SECURED
OBLIGATIONS, PARI PASSU SECURED OBLIGATIONS AND
SUBORDINATED LIEN SECURED OBLIGATIONS
	 	 	33	 
	2.1 Relative Priorities
	 	 	33	 
	2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens
	 	 	34	 
	2.3 No New Liens
	 	 	34	 
	2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements
	 	 	35	 
	2.5 German Real Estate
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	III. PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS OF PARI PASSU SECURED PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO COMMON Pari PASSU COLLATERAL
	 	 	36	 
	3.1 Priority of Claims
	 	 	36	 
	3.2 Actions with Respect to Common Pari Passu Collateral
	 	 	36	 
	3.3 No Interference; Payment Over
	 	 	37	 
	3.4 Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to Pari Passu Security Documents
	 	 	38	 
	3.5 Insurance
	 	 	38	 
	3.6 Benefit of the Article
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	IV. PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COMMON SUBORDINATED LIEN COLLATERAL
	 	 	39	 
	4.1 Priority of Claims
	 	 	39	 
	4.2 Actions with Respect to Common Subordinated Lien Collateral
	 	 	39	 
	4.3 No Interference; Payment Over
	 	 	40	 
	4.4 Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to Subordinated Lien
Security Documents
	 	 	41	 
	4.5 Insurance
	 	 	42	 
	4.6 Benefit of the Article
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	V. ENFORCEMENT
	 	 	42	 
	5.1 Exercise of Remedies —  Restrictions on Pari Passu Secured
Parties and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties
	 	 	42	 
	5.2 Exercise of Remedies —  Restrictions on Revolving Credit
Claimholders and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties
	 	 	47	 
	5.3 Exercise of Remedies —  Collateral Access Rights
	 	 	52	 
	5.4 Exercise of Remedies —  Intellectual Property Rights/Access
to Information/Use of Equipment
	 	 	54	 
	5.5 Exercise of Remedies —  Set Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds
	 	 	55	 

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	VI. PAYMENTS
	 	 	56	 
	6.1 Application of Proceeds
	 	 	56	 
	6.2 Payments Over in Violation of Agreement
	 	 	57	 
	6.3 Application of Pari Passu Payments Among Pari Passu Secured
Parties; Application of Subordinated Lien Payments Among Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties
	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	VII. OTHER AGREEMENTS
	 	 	61	 
	7.1 Releases
	 	 	61	 
	7.2 Insurance
	 	 	64	 
	7.3 Amendments to Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Pari Passu
Loan Documents; Refinancings; Legending Provisions
	 	 	65	 
	7.4 Bailee or Agency for Perfection
	 	 	68	 
	7.5 Additional Secured Debt
	 	 	72	 
	7.6 When Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or
Pari Passu Secured Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred
	 	 	74	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	VIII. INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS
	 	 	75	 
	8.1 Finance and Sale Issues
	 	 	75	 
	8.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay
	 	 	79	 
	8.3 Adequate Protection
	 	 	79	 
	8.4 Avoidance Issues
	 	 	82	 
	8.5 Reorganization Securities
	 	 	82	 
	8.6 Post-Petition Interest
	 	 	82	 
	8.7 Waiver —  Section 1111(b)(2) Issues
	 	 	83	 
	8.8 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
	 	 	83	 
	8.9 Additional Section 363 and Section 364 Matters
	 	 	84	 
	8.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings
	 	 	84	 
	8.11 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification
	 	 	84	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	IX. RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC
	 	 	85	 
	9.1 Reliance
	 	 	85	 
	9.2 No Warranties or Liability
	 	 	86	 
	9.3 No Waiver of Lien Priorities
	 	 	87	 
	9.4 Obligations Unconditional
	 	 	88	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	X. THE AUTHORIZED COLLATERAL AGENT
	 	 	89	 
	10.1 Authority
	 	 	89	 
	10.2 Rights as a Secured Party
	 	 	90	 
	10.3 Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	90	 
	10.4 Reliance by Authorized Collateral Agents
	 	 	92	 
	10.5 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	92	 
	10.6 Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations
	 	 	92	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	XI. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	93	 
	11.1 Conflicts; No Additional Rights
	 	 	93	 
	11.2 Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability
	 	 	93	 

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	11.3 Amendments; Waivers
	 	 	94	 
	11.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of Holdings, the
Borrowers and their Respective Subsidiaries
	 	 	94	 
	11.5 Subrogation
	 	 	95	 
	11.6 GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	96	 
	11.7 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF
PROCESS
	 	 	96	 
	11.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	97	 
	11.9 Notices
	 	 	97	 
	11.10 Further Assurances
	 	 	97	 
	11.11 Binding Effect on Successors and Assigns and on Claimholders and Agents
	 	 	98	 
	11.12 Specific Performance
	 	 	98	 
	11.13 Headings
	 	 	98	 
	11.14 Counterparts
	 	 	98	 
	11.15 Authorization
	 	 	98	 
	11.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	98	 
	11.17 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights
	 	 	99	 
	11.18 Marshalling of Assets
	 	 	99	 
	11.19 Joinder of Additional Grantors
	 	 	99	 
	11.20 Agent for Service of Process
	 	 	100	 

(iii)

 

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

               This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, is dated as of December 17, 2010, and entered into by and among
NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “Parent
Borrower”), NOVELIS CORPORATION, a Texas corporation (“Novelis Corporation”), NOVELIS PAE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Novelis PAE”), NOVELIS BRAND LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Novelis Brand”), NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Novelis South”), ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Aluminum Upstream”), NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Novelis Acquisitions”), and NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation,
(“Novelis Holdings” and, together with Novelis Corporation, Novelis PAE, Novelis Brand, Novelis
South, Aluminum Upstream and Novelis Acquisitions, the “U.S. Borrowers”), NOVELIS UK LTD, a limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 00279596
(the “U.K. Borrower”), and NOVELIS AG, a stock corporation (AG) organized under the laws of
Switzerland (the “Swiss Borrower” and, together with the Parent Borrower, the U.S. Borrowers, and
the U.K. Borrower, the “Borrowers” and each, a “Borrower”), AV METALS INC., a corporation formed
under the Canada Business Corporations Act (“Holdings”), the subsidiaries of Holdings and the
subsidiaries of Parent Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and,
together with Holdings, the “Guarantors” and each, a “Guarantor”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
administrative agent for the Revolving Credit Lenders (such term and each other capitalized term
used herein having the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below) and as collateral
agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for
the Term Loan Lenders (together with its successors in such capacity, the “Term Loan Administrative
Agent”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent for the current and future Term Loan
Secured Parties (together with its successors in such capacity, “Term Loan Collateral Agent”). As
described in more detail in Section 11.11 hereof, this Agreement is intended to be binding
on all Claimholders and each Agent.

RECITALS

               The Borrowers, the Guarantors, the banks, financial institutions and other entities party
thereto as lenders, the Revolving Credit Agents and the other parties thereto, have entered into
that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, providing for certain senior secured
revolving credit facilities (as Modified from time to time, the “Original Revolving Credit
Agreement”);

               The Parent Borrower, Novelis Corporation, the Guarantors, the banks, financial institutions
and other entities party thereto as lenders, the Term Loan Agents and the other parties thereto,
have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, providing for certain
senior secured term loan facilities (as Modified or Refinanced from time to time, the “Term Loan
Agreement”);

               The Grantors have secured (i) the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations under the Revolving
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Passu Security Documents, and the Grantors may, in certain circumstances, secure obligations
under any future Pari Passu Debt and Subordinated Lien Debt with Liens on current and future
Collateral; and

               As a condition to the closing of each of the Original Revolving Credit Agreement and Term Loan
Agreement, (i) the Revolving Credit Agents, on behalf of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, and
(ii) the Term Loan Agents, on behalf of the Term Loan Secured Parties, have agreed to the relative
priority of the respective Liens securing the obligations of the Grantors to the Revolving Credit
Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties on the
Collateral and certain other rights, priorities and interests as set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

               In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and
for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

I. DEFINITIONS.

          1.1 Defined Terms. As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

               “Access Period” means for each parcel of Mortgaged Premises the period, after the commencement
of an Enforcement Period, which begins on the day that any Revolving Credit Agent provides the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent with the notice of its election to request access pursuant
to Section 5.3(b) below and ends on the earlier of (i) the 180th day after any
Revolving Credit Agent obtains the ability to use, take physical possession of, remove or otherwise
control the use or access to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral located on such Mortgaged
Premises following Enforcement plus such number of days, if any, after any Revolving Credit Agent
obtains access to such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral that it is stayed or otherwise
prohibited by law or court order from exercising remedies with respect to Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral located on such Mortgaged Premises (but in any event for a period of not less than 90
days following the expiration of such stay or prohibition) or (ii) the date on which all or
substantially all of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral located on such Mortgaged Premises is
sold, collected or liquidated or (iii) the date on which the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations has occurred.

               “Accounts” means all present and future “accounts” and “payment intangibles” (in each case, as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

               “Account Agreements” means any lockbox account agreement, pledged account agreement, blocked
account agreement, deposit account control agreement, securities account control agreement, or any
similar deposit or securities account agreements among any Revolving Credit Agents, any Pari Passu
Collateral Agent and/or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and any Borrowers and/or Guarantors
and the relevant financial institution depository or securities intermediary.

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               “Additional Pari Passu Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent, collateral trustee,
indenture trustee or a similar representative for the holders of any Series of Pari Passu Debt
incurred or issued after the date hereof.

               “Additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations” means all Obligations of the Grantors under
Additional Secured Debt that has been designated as Pari Passu Secured Obligations pursuant to
Section 7.5.

               “Additional Pari Passu Secured Party” means the holders of any Additional Pari Passu Secured
Obligations and the corresponding Pari Passu Representatives with respect thereto.

               “Additional Secured Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.5(a)(i)
of this Agreement.

               “Additional Secured Debt Designation” means a notice in substantially the form of Annex
I.

               “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.

               “Agents” means the Revolving Credit Agents, the Pari Passu Representatives and the
Subordinated Lien Representatives.

               “Agreement” means this Intercreditor Agreement, as Modified from time to time.

               “Aluminum Upstream” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Authorized Collateral Agent” means, as the context requires, the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent or the Authorized Subordinated Collateral Agent.

               “Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent” means, with respect to any Common Pari Passu
Collateral securing any of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Authorized Representative of the
Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount
(which shall include, for the purpose of this determination, all undrawn committed amounts under
any revolving or delayed draw credit facilities) of any then outstanding Series of Pari Passu
Secured Obligations with respect to such Common Pari Passu Collateral.

               “Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Term Loan Secured Obligations or the
Term Loan Secured Parties, the Term Loan Collateral Agent, (ii) in the case of any Series of
Additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations or Additional Pari Passu Secured Parties that become
subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Additional Pari Passu Collateral Agent named
for such Series in the applicable Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and (iii) in the case of any
Series of Subordinated Lien Debt that becomes subject to this Agreement after the

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date hereof, the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent named for such Series in the applicable
Intercreditor Joinder Agreement.

               “Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent” means, with respect to any Common Subordinated
Lien Collateral securing any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, the Authorized
Representative of the Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations that constitutes the largest
outstanding principal amount (which shall include, for the purpose of this determination, all
undrawn committed amounts under any revolving or delayed draw credit facilities) of any then
outstanding Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations with respect to such Common
Subordinated Lien Collateral.

               “Bank Product” means any of the following products, services or facilities extended to
Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement) by a lender under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any of its Affiliates: (a) Cash
Management Services; (b) commercial credit card and merchant card services; and (c) other banking
products or services as may be requested by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, other than Letters of Credit and Hedging Agreements.

               “Bank Product Debt” means Indebtedness and other obligations of a Grantor relating to Bank
Products.

               “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and
hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

               “Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for
the relief of debtors or relating to insolvency, liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, reorganization or receivership,
including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
(Canada).

               “Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation,
the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board
of managers (or the functional equivalent) of such Person, (iii) in the case of any limited
partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other
case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

               “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York or Chicago.

               “Cash Management Services” means any services provided from time to time by any lender under
the Revolving Credit Agreement or any of its Affiliates (or any Person that was a lender or an
Affiliate of a lender under the Revolving Credit Agreement at the time agreements with respect to
such services are entered into) to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with
operating, collections, payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including
automated clearinghouse, e-payable, electronic funds transfer,

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wire transfer, controlled disbursement, overdraft, depository, information reporting, lockbox
and stop payment services.

               “Chattel Paper” means all present and future “chattel paper” (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC).

               “Claimholders” means the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as the context may require.

               “Class” means (a) in the case of Subordinated Lien Debt, all Series of Subordinated Lien Debt,
taken together, and (b) in the case of Pari Passu Debt, all Series of Pari Passu Debt, taken
together.

               “Closing Date” means December 17, 2010.

               “Collateral” means all of the “Collateral”, “Pledged Collateral” and “Mortgaged Property”
referred to in the Security Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended under
the terms of the Security Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of a Revolving Credit Agent for
the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, a Pari Passu Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Pari Passu Secured Parties of any Series or a Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties of any Series, as the case may be.

               “Common Collateral” means, as the context requires, the Common Pari Passu Collateral or the
Common Subordinated Lien Collateral.

               “Common Pari Passu Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or
more Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives) hold
a valid and perfected security interest at such time. If more than one Series of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of Pari Passu
Secured Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest in any Collateral at such time,
then such Collateral shall constitute Common Pari Passu Collateral for those Series of Pari Passu
Secured Obligations that hold a valid security interest in such Collateral at such time and shall
not constitute Common Pari Passu Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and
perfected security interest in such Collateral at such time.

               “Common Subordinated Lien Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of
two or more Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (or their respective Authorized
Representatives) hold a valid and perfected security interest at such time. If more than one Series
of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than
all Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest in
any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Common Subordinated Lien
Collateral for those Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations that hold a valid security
interest in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Common Subordinated Lien
Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest in such
Collateral at such time.

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               “Comparable Pari Passu Security Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject to any
Revolving Credit Security Document or any Subordinated Lien Security Document, the Pari Passu
Security Document that creates a Lien in the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantors, as
applicable.

               “Comparable Revolving Credit Security Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject
to any Pari Passu Security Document or any Subordinated Lien Security Document, the Revolving
Credit Security Document that creates a Lien in the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantors,
as applicable.

               “Comparable Subordinated Lien Security Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject
to any Revolving Credit Security Document or Pari Passu Security Document, the Subordinated Lien
Security Document that creates a Lien in the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantors, as
applicable.

               “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the term “Controlled” shall have a meaning correlative
thereto.

               “Controlling Secured Parties” means (i) with respect to any Common Pari Passu Collateral, the
Pari Passu Secured Parties under the Series of Pari Passu Debt whose Pari Passu Representative is
the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent for such Common Pari Passu Collateral and (ii) with
respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties under the
Series of Subordinated Lien Debt whose Subordinated Lien Representative is the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent for such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral.

               “Copyrights” means, collectively, all copyrights (whether statutory or common law, whether
established, registered or recorded in Canada, the United States or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or
unpublished) and all mask works (as such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 901, et seq.),
together with any and all (i) copyright registrations and applications, (ii) rights and privileges
arising under applicable law with respect to such copyrights, (iii) renewals and extensions thereof
and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter
due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments for past, present or future
infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world
and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.

               “Deposit Accounts” means, collectively, (i) all “deposit accounts” (as defined in Article 9 of
the UCC) and all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing accounts and (ii) all
cash, funds, checks, notes and instruments from time to time held in, credited to or on deposit in
any of the accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this definition.

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               “Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly
provided in Section 7.6 hereof, the occurrence of:

               (1) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would
constitute Pari Passu Secured Obligations (including any Refinancings of any thereof to the extent
such Refinancings thereof constitute Pari Passu Secured Obligations, as evidenced by the
Intercreditor Joinder Agreement delivered by the related Authorized Representative in connection
with such Refinancing);

               (2) full payment in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (or which would accrue but for
the commencement of such proceeding), whether or not such interest would be allowed in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Pari Passu Loan
Documents and constituting Pari Passu Secured Obligations (including any Refinancings of any
thereof to the extent such Refinancings thereof constitute Pari Passu Secured Obligations);

               (3) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount and manner reasonably satisfactory to
the relevant Pari Passu Representatives that have letters of credit outstanding thereunder, but in
no event greater than 105% of the aggregate undrawn face amount) of, or receipt by such Pari Passu
Representatives of supporting letters of credit reasonably satisfactory to such the Pari Passu
Representatives with respect to, all letters of credit issued or otherwise outstanding (including
any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support), or
amounts owing by the Grantors for any drawings thereunder and all fees and other amounts owing with
respect thereto, under the Pari Passu Loan Documents and constituting Pari Passu Secured
Obligations (if any);

               (4) payment in full in cash of all other Pari Passu Secured Obligations that are outstanding
and unpaid at the time the Indebtedness constituting such Pari Passu Secured Obligations is paid in
full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at
such time); and

               (5) the satisfaction of all other conditions to the release or discharge of the Liens securing
the Pari Passu Secured Obligations as provided in the related Pari Passu Loan Documents.

               If a Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations occurs prior to the termination of this
Agreement, to the extent that Additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations are incurred in accordance
with Section 7.5 or 7.6, or Pari Passu Secured Obligations are reinstated in
accordance with Section 8.4, the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations shall
(effective upon the incurrence of such additional Pari Passu Secured Obligations) be deemed to no
longer be effective.

               “Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided in Section 7.6 hereof, the occurrence of:

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               (1) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would
constitute Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (including any Refinancings of any thereof to the
extent such Refinancings thereof constitute Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, as evidenced by
the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement delivered by the related Revolving Credit Agent in connection
with such Refinancing);

               (2) the full payment in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest, fees and
other charges accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (or
which would accrue but for the commencement of such proceeding), whether or not allowed in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and constituting Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (including any Refinancings of
any thereof to the extent such Refinancings thereof constitute Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations);

               (3) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount and manner satisfactory to the
Revolving Credit Agents, but in no event greater than 105%) of the aggregate undrawn face amount,
or with respect to inchoate or contingent obligations, in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit
Agents’ good faith estimate of the amount due or to become due, including all fees and other
amounts relating thereto) of, or receipt by the Revolving Credit Agents of supporting letters of
credit reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Credit Agents with respect to, (i) all letters of
credit issued or otherwise outstanding (including any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal
mechanism or similar form of credit support), or amounts owing by the Grantors for any drawings
thereunder and all fees and other amounts owing with respect thereto, under the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and constituting Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and (ii) all Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations which are inchoate or contingent in nature; and

               (4) the satisfaction of all other conditions to the release or discharge of the Liens securing
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations as provided in the related Revolving Credit Loan Documents.

               If a Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations occurs prior to the termination of this
Agreement, to the extent that additional Revolving Credit Secured Obligations are incurred in
accordance with Section 7.5 or 7.6, or Revolving Credit Secured Obligations are
reinstated in accordance with Section 8.4 the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations shall (effective upon the incurrence of such additional Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations or reinstatement of such Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, as applicable) be deemed
to no longer be effective.

               “Discharge of Senior Lien Secured Obligations” means the later of the occurrence of a
Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations and the occurrence of a Discharge of Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations with respect to the Original Revolving Credit Agreement.

               “Discharge of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations” means the occurrence of:

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               (1) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would
constitute Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (including any Refinancings of any thereof to the
extent such Refinancings thereof constitute Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as evidenced by
the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement delivered by the related Subordinated Lien Representative in
connection with such Refinancing);

               (2) the full payment in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on
or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (or which would accrue but
for the commencement of such proceeding), whether or not such interest would be allowed in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Subordinated Lien
Loan Documents and constituting Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (including any Refinancings
of any thereof to the extent such Refinancings thereof constitute Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations);

               (3) payment in full in cash of all other Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations that are
outstanding and unpaid at the time the Indebtedness constituting such Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations is paid in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment
has been made at such time); and

               (4) the satisfaction of all other conditions to the release or discharge of the Liens securing
the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations set forth in the related Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents.

               If a Discharge of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations occurs prior to the termination of
this Agreement, to the extent that additional Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are incurred in
accordance with Section 7.5 or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are reinstated in
accordance with Section 8.4, the Discharge of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall
(effective upon the incurrence of such additional Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations or
reinstatement of such Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as applicable) be deemed to no longer
be effective.

               “Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations” means the occurrence of:

               (1) full payment in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (or which would accrue but for
the commencement of such proceeding), whether or not such interest would be allowed in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Term Loan
Agreement;

               (2) payment in full in cash of all other Obligations (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement)
that are outstanding and unpaid at the time in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes,
costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim
or demand for payment has been made at such time); and

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               (3) the satisfaction of all other conditions to the release or discharge of the Liens securing
the Obligations (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) as provided in the Term Loan Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (as defined therein).

               For the purposes of this definition, “Term Loan Agreement” shall not include any agreement,
document or instrument executed or delivered in connection with any Refinancing of the Term Loan
Agreement existing on the date hereof).

               “Disposition” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.1(b).

               “Enforcement” means, collectively or individually for any of the Revolving Credit Agents or
for any Pari Passu Representatives when a Revolving Credit Default or a Pari Passu Default, as the
case may be, has occurred and is continuing, any action taken by any such Persons to repossess, or
exercise any remedies with respect to, any material amount of Collateral or commence the judicial
enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or the Pari
Passu Loan Documents or under any applicable law, but in all cases excluding (i) the demand of the
repayment of all the principal amount of any of the Obligations, (ii) the imposition of a default
rate or late fee and (iii) the collection and application of, or the delivery of any activation
notice with respect to, Accounts or other monies deposited from time to time in Deposit Accounts or
Securities Accounts (in each case, other than Net Cash Proceeds Accounts) against the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations pursuant to the Revolving Credit Loan Documents.

               “Enforcement Notice” means a written notice delivered, at a time when a Revolving Credit
Default or Pari Passu Default has occurred and is continuing, by either (i) any Revolving Credit
Agent to each Pari Passu Representative or (ii) the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent to any
Revolving Credit Agent and each Pari Passu Representative announcing that an Enforcement Period has
commenced, specifying the relevant event of default, stating the current balance of the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations (in the case of a notice sent by a Revolving Credit Agent) or (in the
case of a notice sent by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent) the current balance of the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations of the Series of Pari Passu Debt for which it is the Pari Passu
Collateral Agent, as applicable, and requesting the current balance owing of the Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations and the other Series of Pari Passu Debt (in the case of a notice sent by the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent) or the Pari Passu Secured Obligations (in the case of a
notice sent by a Revolving Credit Agent), as applicable.

               “Enforcement Period” means the period of time following the receipt, by either (i) any
Revolving Credit Agent of an Enforcement Notice from the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or
(ii) each Pari Passu Representative of an Enforcement Notice from any Revolving Credit Agent until:
(a) in the case of an Enforcement Period commenced by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent,
the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, (b) in the case of an Enforcement Period commenced
by Revolving Credit Agent, the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or (c) the
applicable Revolving Credit Agents and each Pari Passu Representative agrees in writing to
terminate the Enforcement Period.

               “Equally and Ratably” means, in reference to sharing of Liens or proceeds thereof as between
and among holders of Pari Passu Secured Obligations within the same Class

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and among holders of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations within the same Class, that,
subject to Sections 1.3(a) and (b), as applicable, such Liens or proceeds:

     (1) will be allocated and distributed first to the Authorized Representative for each
outstanding Series of Pari Passu Debt or Series of Subordinated Lien Debt within that Class,
for the account of the holders of such Series of Pari Passu Debt or Series of Subordinated
Lien Debt, as applicable, ratably in proportion to the principal of, and interest and
premium (if any) and reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) with respect to
letters of credit (including any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or
similar form of credit support), if any, outstanding (whether or not drawings have been made
on such letters of credit) on, each outstanding Series of Pari Passu Debt or Series of
Subordinated Lien Debt, as applicable, within that Class when the allocation or distribution
is made; and

     (2) thereafter, will be allocated and distributed (if any remain after payment in full
of all of the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) and reimbursement obligations
(contingent or otherwise) with respect to letters of credit (including any indemnity,
guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support), if any,
outstanding (whether or not drawings have been made on such letters of credit) on all
outstanding Secured Obligations within that Class) to the Authorized Representative for each
outstanding Series of Pari Passu Debt or Series of Subordinated Lien Debt within that Class,
for the account of the holders of any remaining Secured Obligations within that Class,
ratably in proportion to the aggregate unpaid amount of such remaining Secured Obligations
within that Class due and demanded (with written notice to the applicable Authorized
Representative) prior to the date such distribution is made.

               “Equipment” means “equipment”, as such term is defined in the UCC, in which such Person now or
hereafter has rights.

               “Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether
voting or nonvoting), of equity of such Person, including, if such Person is a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that
confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued thereafter, but
excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

               “General Intangibles” means all present and future “general intangibles” (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC), but excluding “payment intangibles” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
Hedging Agreements and Intellectual Property and any rights thereunder.

               “German Pari Passu Non-Accessory Security Documents” means each Security Document governed by
German law pursuant to which any Grantor grants any German law non-accessory Lien
(nichtakzessorische Sicherheit) to the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

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               “German Revolving Credit Non-Accessory Security Documents” means each Security Document
governed by German law pursuant to which any Grantor grants any German law non-accessory Lien
(nichtakzessorische Sicherheit) to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

               “German Guarantors” means each Subsidiary of Holdings organized in Germany party to the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Pari Passu Loan Documents as a Guarantor, and each other
Subsidiary of Holdings organized in Germany that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the
terms to the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Pari Passu Loan Documents.

               “Governmental Authority” means the government of Canada, the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the
European Central Bank).

               “Grantors” means each Borrower, each Guarantor and each other Person that has or may from time
to time hereafter execute and deliver a Revolving Credit Security Document, a Pari Passu Security
Document or a Subordinated Lien Security Document as a “Grantor” or a “Pledgor” (or the equivalent
thereof).

               “Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Hedging Agreements” means any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or
arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, either
generally or under specific contingencies entered into for the purposes of hedging exposure to
interest or exchange rates, loan credit exchanges, security or currency valuations or commodity
prices, in each case, not entered into for speculative purposes.

               “Hedging Obligations” means obligations under or with respect to Hedging Agreements.

               “Holdings” means (i) prior to the consummation of the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation (as
defined in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement), AV Metals Inc., a
corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and (ii) upon and after the
consummation of the Permitted Holdings Amalgamation, Successor Holdings (as defined in the Term
Loan Agreement).

               “Impairment” means:

               (a) (i) with respect to any Series of Pari Passu Debt, any determination by a court of
competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations of such Series are
unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated in right of payment or lien priority (other
than as expressly provided for in this Agreement) to any other obligations, (y) any of the Pari

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Passu Secured Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any
of the Collateral securing any other Pari Passu Debt and/or (z) any intervening security interest
exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of Pari Passu Debt) on a basis
ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of Pari Passu Debt but junior to the security
interest of any other Series of Pari Passu Debt or (ii) the existence of any Collateral for any
other Series of Pari Passu Debt that is not Common Pari Passu Collateral; and

               (b) (i) with respect to any Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, any determination by a court of
competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of such Series are
unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated in right of payment or lien priority (other
than as expressly provided for in this Agreement) to any other obligations, (y) any of the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest
in any of the Collateral securing any other Subordinated Lien Debt and/or (z) any intervening
security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of Subordinated
Lien Debt) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of Subordinated Lien
Debt but junior to the security interest of any other Series of Subordinated Lien Debt or (ii) the
existence of any Collateral for any other Series of Subordinated Lien Debt that is not Common
Subordinated Lien Collateral.

               “Indebtedness” means and includes all Obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the
meaning of the Revolving Credit Agreement or any Pari Passu Loan Document, as applicable.

               “Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

               (1) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under Bankruptcy Law with respect to any
Grantor;

               (2) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding
with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of any Grantor’s respective
assets;

               (3) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, marshalling of assets or liabilities or
winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency
or bankruptcy;

               (4) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, administrator, examiner, conservator
or other custodian for any Grantor or any part of its property;

               (5) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Grantor;

               (6) any analogous step or procedure under any jurisdiction.

provided that for purposes of Section 5.3 and Article VIII of this
Agreement, items described in clauses (1) through (6) above shall constitute an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding only if such item constitutes (or would constitute but for the effect of any
Bankruptcy Law) a Revolving

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Credit Default, a Pari Passu Default or a Subordinated Lien Default (or an event that with notice
or passage of time would constitute a Revolving Credit Default, a Pari Passu Default or a
Subordinated Lien Default).

               “Instruments” means all present and future “instruments” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

               “Intellectual Property” means, collectively, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual
Property Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights.

               “Intellectual Property Licenses” means, collectively, with respect to each Grantor, all
license agreements, distribution agreements and covenants not to sue (regardless of whether such
agreements and covenants are contained within an agreement that also covers other matters, such as
development or consulting) with respect to any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secrets and
Other Proprietary Rights, whether such Grantor is a licensor or licensee, distributor or
distributee under any such agreement, together with any and all (i) amendments, renewals,
extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims
and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including
damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or violations thereof, (iii) rights
to sue for past, present and future infringements, breaches or violations thereof and (iv) other
rights to use, exploit or practice any or all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights or Trade Secrets and
Other Proprietary Rights.

               “Intercompany Notes of Subsidiaries” means all indebtedness owing by any of the Subsidiaries
of Holdings to any Grantor, whether or not represented by a note or agreement.

               “Intercreditor Joinder Agreement” means (a) with respect to the provisions of this Agreement
relating to the addition of additional Grantors, an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A or such other form as is acceptable to each of the other parties thereto, and (b)
with respect to the provisions of this Agreement relating to any Additional Secured Debt, an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as is acceptable to
each of the other parties.

               “Inventory” means all present and future “inventory” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), and
in any event, including all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of
service or so leased or furnished, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and
materials used or consumed in the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing,
furnishing or production of such inventory or otherwise used or consumed in any Grantor’s business;
the purchaser’s interest in any goods being manufactured pursuant to any contract or other
arrangement with a supplier, all goods in transit from suppliers (whether or not evidenced by a
document of title); all goods that are otherwise “inventory” (as defined in this definition) in
which any Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind; and
all goods that are otherwise “inventory” (as defined in this definition) which are returned to or
repossessed by any Grantor, all computer programs embedded in any such goods and all accessions
thereto and products thereof (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as inventory under
the UCC).

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               “Italian Pledge Agreements” means (i) that certain Pledge Agreement Over Shares to be entered
into among Novelis Europe Holdings Limited, Novelis Deutschland GmbH, Bank of America, N.A., as
collateral agent, and the custodian party thereto relating to the shares of Novelis Italian S.p.A
and (ii) that certain pledge agreement over Novelis Italia S.p.A bank account to be entered into
among Novelis Italia S.p.A, Bank of America N.A., as collateral agent, and the relevant depository
bank.

               “Korea Share Pledge Agreements” means the collective reference to (i) the Share Kun-Pledge
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010, among 4260848 Canada Inc., 4260856 Canada Inc., the Term
Loan Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and (ii) the Share Kun-Pledge
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010, among Parent Borrower, the Term Loan Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent.

               “Letter of Credit” means any present and future “letter of credit” (as defined in Article 5 of
the UCC).

               “Letter of Credit Rights” means any “letter-of-credit right” (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC).

               “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any kind
or any arrangement to provide priority or preference in respect of such property, including any
easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing
cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing; (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing) relating to such property; and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

               “Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation” means:

               (1) as to any Series of Pari Passu Debt, the written agreement of the holders of such Series
of Pari Passu Debt, as set forth in the indenture, credit agreement, note purchase agreement or
other agreement governing such Series of Pari Passu Debt, for the benefit of all holders of the
Obligations from time to time (including each Agent):

               (a) that all Pari Passu Secured Obligations will be and are secured Equally and Ratably
by all Pari Passu Liens at any time granted by any Grantor to secure any Obligations in
respect of such Pari Passu Debt, and that all such Pari Passu Liens will be enforceable by
the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent for the benefit of all holders of Pari Passu
Secured Obligations Equally and Ratably to the extent and subject to the limitations
provided for herein;

               (b) that the holders of such Series of Pari Passu Debt are bound by the provisions of
this Agreement, including the provisions relating to the ranking of Pari

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Passu Liens and the order of application of proceeds from enforcement of Pari Passu
Liens; and

               (c) consenting to the terms of this Agreement and the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral
Agent’s performance of, and directing the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent to perform,
its obligations under this Agreement and the other Pari Passu Security Documents;

               (2) as to any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the written agreement of the holders of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, as set forth in the credit agreement, indenture, note
purchase agreement or other agreement governing such Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, for the
benefit of all holders of the Obligations from time to time (including each Agent), (a) that the
holders of such Revolving Credit Secured Obligations are bound by the provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions relating to the ranking of the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations and the order of application of proceeds from enforcement of Liens securing the
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations; and (b) consenting to the terms of this Agreement and the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent’s performance of, and directing such Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent to perform, its obligations under this Agreement and the other Revolving Credit Security
Documents; and

               (3) as to any Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, the written agreement of the holders of such
Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, as set forth in the indenture, credit agreement, note purchase
agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, for the benefit of
all holders of the Obligations from time to time (including each Agent):

               (a) that all Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations will be and are secured Equally and
Ratably by all Subordinated Liens at any time granted by any Grantor to secure any
Obligations in respect of such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, and that all such
Subordinated Liens will be enforceable by the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent
for the benefit of all holders of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations Equally and Ratably
to the extent and subject to the limitations provided for herein;

               (b) that the holders of such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt are bound by the
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions relating to the ranking of
Subordinated Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement of
Subordinated Liens; and

               (c) consenting to the terms of this Agreement and the Authorized Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent’s performance of, and directing the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agent to perform, its obligations under this Agreement and the other Subordinated Lien
Security Documents;

It being understood that no Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation shall be required for the credit
facility governed by the Term Loan Agreement to constitute Pari Passu Debt or for the credit
facility governed by the Original Revolving Credit Agreement to constitute Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations.

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               “Madeira Assignment of Credits” means the Assignment of Credits Agreement dated December 17,
2010 among Novelis Madeira, Unipessoal, Lda., the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the other
parties thereto,

               “Modifications” means any amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, supplements,
modifications, waivers, consents, renewals, replacements, increases, decreases, consolidations,
severances, substitutions and extensions of any agreement, document or instrument from time to
time, whether in whole or in part and pursuant to one or more agreements, documents, instruments or
facilities, with the same or different parties, a shorter or longer maturity or in a smaller or
greater amount of (or commitments for) Indebtedness. “Modify” and “Modified” shall have meanings
correlative thereto.

               “Mortgaged Premises” means any real property which shall now or hereafter be subject to a Pari
Passu Mortgage.

               “Net Cash Proceeds Accounts” means any segregated Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts
established by any Borrower or any other Grantor in accordance with the requirements of the Term
Loan Agreement and any other Pari Passu Loan Document and which solely contain proceeds of Pari
Passu Priority Collateral (and any products of such proceeds), and which have been designated in
writing to the Revolving Credit Agents as such within 45 days of the time that the proceeds from
any sale of Pari Passu Priority Collateral shall be deposited therein, pending final application of
such proceeds (and any products of such proceeds, and interest thereon, in each case, in accordance
with the terms of the Term Loan Agreement and any other Pari Passu Loan Document.

               “New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as
in effect from time to time in the State of New York.

               “Non-Controlling Secured Parties” means, (i) with respect to any Common Pari Passu Collateral,
the Pari Passu Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such
Common Pari Passu Collateral and (ii) with respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such
Common Subordinated Lien Collateral.

               “Novelis Acquisitions” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this
Agreement.

               “Novelis Brand” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Novelis Corporation” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Novelis Holdings” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Novelis PAE” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

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               “Novelis South” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Obligations” means all Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, all Pari Passu Secured
Obligations and, if the context requires, all Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations.

               “Original Revolving Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.

               “Parent Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Pari Passu Collateral Agents” means the Term Loan Collateral Agent and any Additional Pari
Passu Collateral Agent.

               “Pari Passu Debt” means:

               (1) the term loans and other Pari Passu Secured Obligations incurred under the Term Loan
Agreement (including all Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and Other Term Loans under, and as
defined, therein);

               (2) Hedging Obligations owed to any Secured Hedge Provider which are permitted to be included
as Pari Passu Secured Obligations under each Pari Passu Loan Document; and

               (3) additional Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement obligations with
respect thereto) of any Grantor that is secured Equally and Ratably with the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations by a Pari Passu Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under the
existing Pari Passu Loan Documents, Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Subordinated Lien
Documents; provided that, in the case of any additional Indebtedness referred to in this
clause (3), that:

               (a) on or before the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred by such
Grantor, such additional Indebtedness is designated by the Borrower, in an Additional
Secured Debt Designation as “Pari Passu Debt” for the purposes of this Agreement, and the
other Pari Passu Loan Documents; provided that no Series of Secured Debt may be designated
as both Subordinated Lien Debt and Pari Passu Debt and no Series of Secured Debt may be
designated as or constitute both Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and Pari Passu Debt;

               (b) the Pari Passu Representative(s) for such Indebtedness execute and deliver an
Intercreditor Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 7.5 hereof;

               (c) such additional Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, a credit agreement, note
purchase agreement, collateral trust agreement or other agreement that includes a Lien
Sharing and Priority Confirmation; and

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               (d) all other requirements set forth in Section 7.5 of this Agreement have been
satisfied.

               “Pari Passu Default” means an “Event of Default” (as defined in any Pari Passu Loan Document),
which is no longer subject to any applicable cure or notice period and is continuing.

               “Pari Passu DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.1(b).

               “Pari Passu General Intangibles” means all General Intangibles which are not Revolving Credit
General Intangibles.

               “Pari Passu Intervening Creditor” has the meaning provided in Section 6.3(a) hereof.

               “Pari Passu Lien” means a Lien granted under a Pari Passu Security Document to a Pari Passu
Collateral Agent, at any time, upon any property of any Grantor to secure any Pari Passu Secured
Obligations.

               “Pari Passu Loan Documents” means, the Term Loan Agreement, the Pari Passu Mortgages and the
other “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) and any additional indenture, credit
agreement, note purchase agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any Pari Passu Debt is
incurred or issued (other than Hedging Agreements and documents relating thereto and not to any
other Pari Passu Debt), the Pari Passu Security Documents and (other than excluded above) each of
the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other Pari Passu
Debt, and (other than excluded above) any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any
time in connection with any Pari Passu Debt, including any intercreditor agreement, collateral
trust agreement or joinder agreement among Pari Passu Secured Parties to the extent such are
effective at the relevant time, as each may be Modified or Refinanced from time to time in whole or
in part (whether with any Pari Passu Representatives or other agents and lenders or otherwise), in
each case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

               “Pari Passu Mortgages” means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and other
document or instrument under which any Lien on Real Property owned or leased by any Grantor is
granted to secure any Pari Passu Secured Obligations.

               “Pari Passu Post-Petition Assets” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section
8.1(a).

               “Pari Passu Priority Collateral” means all now owned or hereafter acquired Collateral other
than the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, including all: (a) Equipment; (b) Real Estate
Assets; (c) Intellectual Property; (d) Pari Passu General Intangibles; (e) documents of title
related to Equipment; (f) Records, “supporting obligations” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action, in each case, to the extent related
primarily to the foregoing; (g) Stock of Subsidiaries and Intercompany Notes of

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Subsidiaries; (h) Net Cash Proceeds Accounts; and (i) substitutions, replacements, accessions,
products and proceeds (including insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims,
damages and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing.

               “Pari Passu Representative” means:

               (a) the Term Loan Agents, in the case of the term loans and other Pari Passu Secured
Obligations incurred under the Term Loan Agreement and (for so long as the Term Loan Agreement is
in effect) all Hedging Obligations owed to a Secured Hedge Provider; or

               (b) in the case of any other Series of Pari Passu Debt, the trustee, agent or representative
of the holders of such Series of Pari Passu Debt appointed as a representative of such Series of
Pari Passu Debt pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement, note purchase agreement, collateral
trust agreement or other agreement governing or relating to such Series of Pari Passu Debt, and who
has executed an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement.

               “Pari Passu Secured Obligations” means (a) all obligations of the Grantors from time to time
arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued but for such
proceeding) during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the loans and other Indebtedness under the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and the other Pari Passu Loan Documents, when and as due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to
be made by the Grantors under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other Pari Passu Loan Document
in respect of any letter of credit (including any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal
memorandum or similar form of credit support), when and as due, including payments in respect of
reimbursement obligations with respect to drawings under letter of credit, interest thereon and
obligations to provide cash collateral with respect to letters of credit issued under the Pari
Passu Loan Documents and (iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and
indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary
obligations incurred during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Grantors under the Term Loan Agreement or
any other Pari Passu Loan Document, (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants,
agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Grantors under or pursuant to the Term Loan
Agreement and the other Pari Passu Loan Document and (c) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all obligations the Grantors under each Hedging Agreement entered into by any
Grantor with any Secured Hedge Provider. “Pari Passu Secured Obligations” shall include all
interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance
with the rate specified in the relevant Pari Passu Loan Document whether or not the claim for such
interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

               “Pari Passu Secured Parties” means the holders of Pari Passu Secured Obligations including, in
any event, the Pari Passu Representatives.

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               “Pari Passu Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Term Loan
Agreement and Modifications thereof and, with respect to any Additional Secured Debt constituting
Pari Passu Debt, any security agreement, mortgage, any security trust deed, and each other security
document, deed of trust, charge or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local
or foreign law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property as Collateral for the
applicable Series of Pari Passu Debt, and all UCC, PPSA or other financing statements or financing
change statements, control agreements, bailee notification letters, or instruments of perfection
required by the applicable Pari Passu Documents or any other such security document, charge or
pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in property and fixtures
created pursuant to any security agreement or any mortgage and any other document or instrument
utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security interest or lien on any
property as Collateral for the applicable series of Pari Passu Debt; provided “Pari Passu
Security Documents” shall not include the Term Loan Agreement or any indenture, credit agreement,
note purchase agreement or other agreement governing any Series of Pari Passu Debt.

               “Pari Passu Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section
5.1(a)(1).

               “Patents” means, collectively, all patents, patent applications, certificates of inventions,
industrial designs and rights corresponding thereto throughout the world (whether established or
registered or recorded in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable
law with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) inventions and improvements described and claimed
therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part
thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or
hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for
past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements or other
violations thereof.

               “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

               “Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.4(a).

               “Post-Petition Interest” means any interest or entitlement to fees or expenses or other
charges that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (or would
accrue but for the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), whether or not allowed
or allowable in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

               “Principal Jurisdiction” means (i) the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland
and Germany, (ii) each other country in which a Restricted Subsidiary is organized in respect of
which receivables are included in the borrowing base for purposes of the Revolving Credit Agreement
and (iii) any state, province or other political subdivision of the foregoing.

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               “Real Estate Assets” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or
otherwise) then owned by any Grantor in any Real Property.

               “Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any freehold,
leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property
owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with,
in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and
appurtenant fixtures, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights
incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

               “Receivables Purchase Agreement” means each of (a) the receivables purchase agreement and any
related servicing agreements between Novelis Deutschland GmbH, as seller and collection agent, on
the one hand, and Novelis AG, as purchaser, on the other hand, providing, inter alia, for the sale
and transfer of Accounts by Novelis Deutschland GmbH to Novelis AG, as each such agreement may be
Modified, from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and (b) any other receivables
purchase agreement and related servicing agreements pursuant to which Accounts are sold by a
Restricted Subsidiary to a Grantor.

               “Records” means all present and future “records” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

               “Recovery” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.4.

               “Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, defease, repay, replace,
restructure, refund or to issue other Indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such
Indebtedness in whole or in part, whether pursuant to one or more agreements, documents,
instruments or facilities, with the same or different parties, a shorter or longer maturity or in a
smaller or greater amount of (or commitments for) Indebtedness. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing”
shall have meanings correlative thereto.

               “Revolving Commitments” means the “Commitments” (as such term is defined in the Revolving
Credit Agreement).

               “Revolving Credit Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
under the Revolving Credit Agreement (and together with its successors in such capacity), together
with any other agent, collateral agent or other representative of lenders or holders of Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations that becomes party to this Agreement through the execution and delivery
of an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and complies with the other applicable conditions contained
in Section 7.5 and 7.6 of this Agreement upon any Modification or Refinancing of
the Revolving Credit Agreement, and any successor representative acting in such capacity.

               “Revolving Credit Agents” means the Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent.

               “Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17,
2010, by and among the Borrower, as Canadian borrower, Guarantors party

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thereto from time to time as borrowers or guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto
from time to time as lenders, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent,
U.S. swingline lender, European swingline lender and U.S./European issuing bank, and the other
agents and arrangers named therein, as Modified or Refinanced from time to time as permitted under
the Secured Debt Loan Documents (provided that each successor or replacement Revolving Credit Agent
has executed and delivered an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and has complied with the other
applicable conditions contained in Section 7.5 and 7.6 of this Agreement).

               “Revolving Credit Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations at that time, including, in any event, the Revolving Credit Agents, the lenders
under any Revolving Credit Agreement, the agents under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and
Secured Bank Product Providers and any receiver under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents.

               “Revolving Credit Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent under the
Revolving Credit Agreement (and together with its successors in such capacity), together with any
other agent, collateral agent, collateral trustee or other representative of lenders or holders of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations that becomes party to this Agreement through the execution and
delivery of an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and complies with the other applicable conditions
contained in Section 7.5 and 7.6 of this Agreement upon any Modification or
Refinancing of the Revolving Credit Agreement, and any successor representative acting in such
capacity.

               “Revolving Credit Default” means an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement), which is no longer subject to any applicable cure or notice period and is continuing.

               “Revolving Credit DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section
8.1(a).

               “Revolving Credit General Intangibles” means all General Intangibles arising out of the other
items of property included within clauses (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) of the definition of Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral, including all contingent rights with respect to warranties on Inventory
or Accounts which are not yet “payment intangibles” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

               “Revolving Credit Lenders” means the banks, financial institutions and other entities from
time to time party to the Revolving Credit Agreement as lenders.

               “Revolving Credit Lien Post-Petition Assets” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 8.1(b).

               “Revolving Credit Loan Documents” means the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit
Security Documents and the other “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement)
and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other
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document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as
each may be Modified or Refinanced from time to time in whole or in part (whether with the
Revolving Credit Agents and Revolving Credit Lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise), in
each case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

               “Revolving Credit Priority Collateral” means all now owned or hereafter acquired: (a)
Accounts, other than “payment intangibles” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) which constitute
identifiable proceeds of Pari Passu Priority Collateral, (b) all Inventory or documents of title
for any Inventory; (c) Deposit Accounts (other than any Deposit Accounts that are Net Cash Proceeds
Accounts), Securities Accounts (other than any Securities Accounts that are Net Cash Proceeds
Accounts), Instruments (solely to the extent constituting or evidencing obligations owing (i) for
property that has been sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of or (ii) for
services rendered or to be rendered, and excluding Intercompany Notes of Subsidiaries) and Chattel
Paper (solely to the extent constituting or evidencing obligations owing (i) for property that has
been sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of or (ii) for services rendered or to
be rendered); provided, however, that to the extent Instruments or Chattel Paper
that constitute identifiable proceeds of Pari Passu Priority Collateral are deposited or held in
any such Bank Accounts or Securities Accounts after an Enforcement Notice, then (as provided in
Section 5.5) such Instruments, Chattel Paper or other identifiable proceeds shall be
treated as Pari Passu Priority Collateral, as the case may be; (d) Revolving Credit General
Intangibles; (e) right, title and interest in and to any Receivables Purchase Agreement; (f) any
credit insurance policy maintained with respect to Accounts of any Loan Party; (g) Records, Letters
of Credit, Letter of Credit Rights, “supporting obligations” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action, in each case, to the extent related
primarily to any of the foregoing; and (h) substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and
proceeds (including insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and
proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing.

               “Revolving Credit Secured Obligations” means (a) all obligations of the Borrowers and the
other Grantors from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i)
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that
would have accrued but for such proceeding) during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the loans under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more
dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrowers and
the other Grantors under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents in respect of any letter of credit
(including any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit
support), when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement obligations with respect
to drawings under letters of credit, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral
with respect to letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and (iii) all
other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during
the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
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proceeding), of the Borrowers and the other Grantors under the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and
liabilities of the Borrowers and the other Grantors under or pursuant to the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all Secured Bank Product
obligations owing to any Secured Bank Product Provider. “Revolving Credit Secured Obligations”
shall include all interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant Revolving Credit Loan Document
whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.

               “Revolving Credit Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” (as defined in the
Revolving Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument (other than the
Revolving Credit Loan Agreement) pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed,
provided that “Revolving Credit Security Documents” shall not include the Revolving Credit
Agreement.

               “Revolving Credit Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section
5.2(a)(1).

               “Secured Bank Product Provider” means (a) any Revolving Credit Agent or any of its Affiliates
and (b) any lender under the Revolving Credit Agreement or Affiliate of a lender under the
Revolving Credit Agreement that is providing a Bank Product (or that was a Revolving Credit Agent,
a lender under the Revolving Credit Agreement or an Affiliate thereof, at the time an agreement to
provide Bank Products by such Person was entered into), provided the provider complies with
the requirements of the Revolving Credit Agreement to become a Secured Bank Product Provider.

               “Secured Bank Product Obligations” means Bank Product Debt owing to a Secured Bank Product
Provider, up to the maximum amount (in the case of any Secured Bank Product Provider other than any
Revolving Credit Agent and its Affiliates) specified by such provider in writing to the Revolving
Credit Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement.

               “Secured Debt Loan Documents” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.5(a).

               “Secured Debt Representative” means each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien
Representative.

               “Secured Hedge Provider” means, with respect to any Hedging Agreement, a Person that (i) is
party to such Hedging Agreement with a Grantor, (ii) either (A) at the time such Hedging Agreement
was entered into or as of the date hereof in the case of Hedging Agreements entered into prior to
the date hereof which remain in effect on the date hereof, was a lender under the Term Loan
Agreement or other applicable Pari Passu Loan Document, a Pari Passu Representative or an arranger,
syndication agent, documentation agent or bookrunner under the

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Term Loan Agreement or other Pari Passu Document, or an Affiliate of any such lender, a Revolving
Credit Agent, Pari Passu Representative, arranger, syndication agent, documentation agent or
bookrunner, (B) is a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with any Grantor entered into after the
date hereof if, at or prior to the time such Hedging Agreement is entered into, the Borrower shall
designate such person as a “Secured Hedge Provider” in a notice to the Term Loan Agents (or if the
Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations has occurred, to any other Pari Passu Representative),
or (C) is a counterparty to a Hedge Agreement with any Grantor existing on the Closing Date if (1)
such Person is listed as a “Secured Hedge Provider” on Schedule 1.01(d) to the Term Loan Agreement,
which Person shall become a Secured Hedge Provider on the day following the Closing Date but shall
cease to be a Secured Hedge Provider if such Person fails to execute a Secured Hedge Provider
Joinder under the Term Loan Agreement on or prior to the ninetieth (90th) day after the
Closing Date and (2) such Secured Hedge Provider shared in the collateral granted in connection
with the existing term loan facility of the Parent Borrower and Novelis Corporation (and which is
further identified on a Schedule to the Term Loan Agreement).

               “Secured Obligations” means the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations.

               “Securities Accounts” means all present and future “securities accounts” (as defined in
Article 8 of the UCC), including all cash, funds, “uncertificated securities” and “securities
entitlements” (in each case, as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) from time to time held therein or
on deposit therein.

               “Security Documents” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Security
Documents, the Pari Passu Security Documents and the Subordinated Lien Security Documents.

               “Security Transfer Agreement” means the Security Transfer Agreement between Novelis
Switzerland SA and the Term Loan Collateral Agent relating to the transfer for security purposes of
six mortgage notes,

               “Senior Secured Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(c).

               “Series” means a Series of Pari Passu Debt or a Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, as the
context requires.

               “Series of Pari Passu Debt” means, severally, (i) the term loans and other Pari Passu Secured
Obligations incurred under the Term Loan Agreement (including all Term Loans, Incremental Term
Loans and Other Term Loans under, and as defined, therein), and (ii) any other Indebtedness that
constitutes Pari Passu Debt for which a single collateral trustee (or equivalent), whether under a
collateral trust agreement or otherwise, acts, or for which an administrative agent, collateral
agent, indenture trustee, collateral trustee, registrar or other Person acting in a similar
capacity maintains a single list of holders of such Indebtedness.

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               “Series of Secured Debt” means each Series of Subordinated Lien Debt and each Series of Pari
Passu Debt.

               “Series of Subordinated Lien Debt” means, severally, each issue or series of Subordinated Lien
Debt for which a single collateral trustee (or equivalent), whether under a collateral trust
agreement or otherwise, acts, or for which a collateral trustee (or equivalent), whether under a
collateral trust agreement or otherwise, acts, or for which an administrative agent, collateral
agent, indenture trustee, collateral trustee, registrar or other Person acting in a similar
capacity maintains a single list of holders of such Indebtedness.

               “Stock of Subsidiaries” means all Equity Interests in Subsidiaries of Holdings and
Subsidiaries of Parent Borrower.

               “Subordinated Lien” means a Lien granted under a Subordinated Lien Security Document to a
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, at any time, upon any Collateral of any Grantor to secure any
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations.

               “Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent, collateral trustee or a
similar representative for the holders of any Series of Subordinated Lien Debt incurred or issued
after the date hereof.

               “Subordinated Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness of any Grantor that is secured on a
subordinated basis to the Pari Passu Debt and the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations by a
Subordinated Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under the Pari Passu Loan
Documents and the Revolving Credit Loan Documents; provided that:

               (1) on or before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by such Grantor, such
Indebtedness is designated by the Borrower in an Additional Secured Debt Designation as
“Subordinated Lien Debt” for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents; provided that no Series of Secured Debt may be designated as both Subordinated
Lien Debt and Pari Passu Debt;

               (2) the Subordinated Lien Representative(s) for such Indebtedness execute and deliver an
Intercreditor Joinder in accordance with Section 7.5 hereof;

               (3) such Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, credit agreement, note purchase agreement,
collateral trust agreement or other agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority
Confirmation; and

               (4) all other requirements set forth in Section 7.5 of this Agreement have been
complied with.

               “Subordinated Lien Default” means an “Event of Default” (as defined in any Subordinated Lien
Document) which is no longer subject to any applicable cure or notice period.

               “Subordinated Lien Intervening Creditor” has the meaning provided in Section 6.3(b)
hereof.

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               “Subordinated Lien Loan Documents” means, collectively, any indenture, credit agreement, note
purchase agreement or other agreement governing any Series of Subordinated Lien Debt and the
Security Documents related thereto (other than any Security Documents that do not secure
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations), and each of the other agreements, documents or instruments
providing for or evidencing any other Subordinated Lien Debt, and any other document or instrument
executed or delivered at any time in connection with Subordinated Lien Debt, including any
intercreditor agreement, collateral trust agreement or joinder agreement among Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be Modified or
Refinanced from time to time in whole or in part (whether with any Subordinated Lien Representative
or other agents and lenders or otherwise) in each case in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.

               “Subordinated Lien Representative” means, in the case of any other Series of Subordinated Lien
Debt, the trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt
which is appointed as a representative of such Series of Series of Subordinated Lien Debt pursuant
to the indenture, credit agreement, note purchase agreement, collateral trust agreement or other
agreement governing or relating to such Series of Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, and who has
executed an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement.

               “Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations” means (a) all obligations of the Grantors from time to
time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing (and interest that would have accrued
but for such proceeding) during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on Subordinated Lien Debt, when and
as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations
incurred during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Grantors under any Subordinated Lien Loan
Document, and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and
liabilities of the Grantors under or pursuant to the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents.
“Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations” shall include all interest accrued or accruing (or which
would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement
of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant
Subordinated Lien Loan Document whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in
such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

               “Subordinated Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations
and including, in any event, the Subordinated Lien Representatives.

               “Subordinated Lien Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in any other
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Subordinated
Lien Debt Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed,
provided that “Subordinated Lien Security Documents” shall not include any indenture,
credit agreement, note purchase agreement or similar agreement

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governing any Series of Subordinated Lien Debt unless one of the primary purposes thereof is
to provide for the granting of Liens in the Collateral.

               “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, (i) any
corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which securities or
other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of all Equity Interests
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board
of Directors thereof are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or
more subsidiaries of the parent, (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (b) the
only general partners of which are the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent and
(iii) any other Person that is otherwise Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries
of the parent. Unless the context requires otherwise “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of
Holdings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Logan Aluminum Inc. shall not be treated as a Subsidiary
hereunder unless it qualifies as a Subsidiary under clause (i) of this definition.

               “Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble of this
Agreement.

               “Subsidiary Stock” means all present and future equity securities of Subsidiaries of Holdings
or, after a Qualified Parent IPO (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement), the Parent Borrower.

               “Swiss Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “Swiss Security Agreement” means the Agreement between Novelis AG and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent relating to trade receivables, intercompany receivables and bank accounts, the
Agreement between Novelis Switzerland SA and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent relating to
trade receivables, intercompany receivables and bank accounts and the Agreement between Novelis
Technology AG and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent relating to trade receivables, intercompany
receivables and bank accounts.

               “Swiss Stock and IP Security Agreement” means the Share Pledge Agreement between Novelis
Europe Holdings Limited and the Term Loan Collateral Agent relating to the shares of Novelis AG,
the Share Pledge Agreement between Novelis AG and the Term Loan Collateral Agent relating to the
shares of Novelis Switzerland SA, the Share Pledge Agreement between Novelis AG and the Term Loan
Collateral Agent relating to the shares of Novelis Technology AG and the Intellectual Property
Pledge Agreement between Novelis Switzerland SA and the Term Loan Collateral Agent.

               “Term Loan Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

               “Term Loan Agents” means the Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Collateral
Agent.

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               “Term Loan Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement.

               “Term Loan Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

               “Term Loan Secured Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan
Agreement.

               “Term Loan Secured Parties” means the holders of any Pari Passu Secured Obligations under the
Term Loan Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” (as defined therein), the Term Loan Agents and,
until a Discharge of Term Loan Secured Obligations has occurred, each Secured Hedge Provider.

               “Trademarks” means, collectively, all trademarks (including service marks and certification
marks), slogans, logos, certification marks, trade dress, internet domain names, corporate names
and trade names, whether registered or unregistered (whether statutory or common law and whether
established or registered in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) registrations and applications for any of the
foregoing, (ii) goodwill connected with the use thereof and symbolized thereby, (iii) rights and
privileges arising under applicable law with respect to the use of any of the foregoing, (iv)
reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto, (v) income, fees,
royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect
thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past, present or future infringements,
dilutions or other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and
(vii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, dilutions or other violations
thereof.

               “Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights” means, collectively, all trade secrets,
proprietary information and data and databases, know-how and processes, designs, inventions,
technology and software and any other intangible rights to the extent not covered by the
definitions of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights; whether registered or unregistered, whether
statutory or common law, and whether established or registered in Canada, the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, together with any and all (i) registrations and
applications for the foregoing, (ii) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with
respect to the use of any of the foregoing, (iii) reissues, continuations, extensions, renewals and
divisions thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now
and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and
payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present and future
infringements and other violations thereof.

               “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that if perfection or the
effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral
is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of
New York, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent

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legislation) as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

               “U.K. Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

               “U.S. Borrowers” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.

     1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The word “will” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise:

               (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall
be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as Modified from time to
time;

               (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted
successors and assigns;

               (c) any reference to a Subsidiary of a Person shall mean any direct or indirect Subsidiary of
such Person;

               (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;

               (e) all references herein to “Sections,” “clauses,” “recitals” and the “preamble” will be to
Sections, clauses, recitals and the preamble, respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise
specifically provided and all references to “Exhibits” will be to Exhibits to this Agreement unless
otherwise specifically provided;

               (f) any reference to any law or regulation shall refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time;

               (g) all references to terms defined in the New York UCC shall have the meaning ascribed to
them therein (unless otherwise specifically defined herein);

               (h) the use in this Agreement of the word “include” or “including,” when following any general
statement, term or matter, will not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the
specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters,
whether or not nonlimiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words
of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but will be deemed to refer to all other items
or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter;

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               (i) all references to (i) any Pari Passu Collateral Agent or Pari Passu Representative acting
on behalf of any other Pari Passu Secured Party shall be limited to such Person acting on behalf of
the Pari Passu Secured Parties under the Series of Pari Passu Debt for which such Person serves as
an agent, trustee or in a similar capacity and (ii) any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or
Subordinated Lien Representative acting on behalf of any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party
shall be limited to such Person acting on behalf of the Subordinated Secured Parties under the
Series of Subordinated Lien Debt for which such Person serves as an agent, trustee or in a similar
capacity; and

               (j) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights.

          This Agreement will be construed without regard to the identity of the party who drafted it
and as though the parties participated equally in drafting it. Consequently, each of the parties
acknowledges and agrees that any rule of construction that a document is to be construed against
the drafting party will not be applicable to this Agreement.

     1.3 Impairment.

               (a) It is the intention of the Pari Passu Secured Parties of each Series of Pari Passu Debt
that, solely as between such Series of Pari Passu Debt and any other Series of Pari Passu Debt, the
holders of Pari Passu Secured Obligations of such Series (and not the Pari Passu Secured Parties of
any other Series) bear the risk of Impairment with respect to any Series of Pari Passu Debt. In
the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of Pari Passu Debt, the results of such
Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of Pari Passu Debt, and the rights
of the holders of such Series of Pari Passu Debt (including, without limitation, the right to
receive distributions in respect of such Pari Passu Debt pursuant to Section 6.3(a)) set
forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are
borne solely by the holders of the Series of such Pari Passu Debt subject to such Impairment.
Additionally, in the event the Pari Passu Secured Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant
to applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code),
any reference to such Pari Passu Secured Obligations or the Pari Passu Documents governing such
Pari Passu Secured Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.

               (b) It is the intention of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties of each Series of
Subordinated Lien Debt that, solely as between such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt and any other
Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, the holder of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of such
Series (and not the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of
Impairment with respect to any Series of Subordinated Lien Debt. In the event of any Impairment
with respect to any Series Subordinated Lien Debt, the results of such Impairment shall be borne
solely by the holders of such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt, and the rights of the holders of
such Series of Subordinated Lien Debt (including, without limitation, the right to receive
distributions in respect of such Subordinated Lien Debt pursuant to Section 6.3(b)) set
forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are
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holders of the Series of such Subordinated Lien Debt subject to such Impairment. Additionally,
in the event the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to
applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code),
any reference to such Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Documents
governing such Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such
documents as so modified.

          This Agreement will be construed without regard to the identity of the party who drafted it
and as though the parties participated equally in drafting it. Consequently, each of the parties
acknowledges and agrees that any rule of construction that a document is to be construed against
the drafting party will not be applicable to this Agreement.

	II.	 	LIEN PRIORITIES BETWEEN REVOLVING CREDIT SECURED OBLIGATIONS, PARI PASSU SECURED OBLIGATIONS
AND SUBORDINATED LIEN SECURED OBLIGATIONS.

     2.1 Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of
grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations
granted on the Collateral, of any Liens securing Pari Passu Secured Obligations granted on the
Collateral or of any Liens securing the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations granted on the
Collateral, and notwithstanding any provision of any UCC, the PPSA or any other applicable law or
the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents or the Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Liens securing the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself
and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself
and the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of
itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees that:

               (a) any Liens on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral securing any Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations, whether now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Revolving Credit Agent or
any other Revolving Credit Claimholder or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how
acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall
be senior in right, priority, operation, effect and all other respects to any Liens on the
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral securing any Pari Passu Secured Obligations or any
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations;

               (b) any Liens on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral securing any Pari Passu Secured
Obligations, whether now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Pari Passu Collateral Agent, any
Pari Passu Secured Party or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by
grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in right,
priority, operation, effect and all other respects to any Liens on the Pari Passu Priority
Collateral which may secure any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or any Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations;

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               (c) any Liens on the Collateral securing any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the
Liens on the Collateral securing any Pari Passu Secured Obligations (together with the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations, collectively, the “Senior Secured Obligations"), whether now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit
Claimholder, or any Pari Passu Collateral Agent or any other Pari Passu Secured Party or any agent
or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation
of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in right, priority, operation, effect and all
other respects to any Liens on the Collateral securing any Subordinated Loan Secured Obligations;
and

               (d) the priority of the Liens among each Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations and each
Series of the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are set forth in Article III and
Article IV hereof, respectively.

     2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and
the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and
the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of
itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives
any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a
Lien held by or on behalf of any Revolving Credit Claimholder, Pari Passu Secured Party or any
Subordinated Lien Secured Party in all or any part of the Collateral, as the case may be, or the
provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
prevent or impair the rights of any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit
Claimholder, any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party to enforce this
Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement relating to the priority of the Liens
securing the Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1.

     2.3 No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the
Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations have not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor, each
Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari
Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each
Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, and each Grantor, agrees that each Grantor shall not, and shall not permit any other
Grantor to:

               (a) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Pari Passu
Secured Obligation unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to
secure the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and each other Series of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations (subject to any agreement to the contrary permitted under Section 2.4(b));

               (b) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or
property to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations (subject to any agreement to the contrary
permitted under Section 2.4(b)), or

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               (c) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Subordinated
Lien Secured Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or
property to secure the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the Pari Passu Secured Obligations
and each other Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations.

To the extent any additional Liens are granted on any asset or property in accordance with this
Section 2.3, the priority of such additional Liens as between the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall
be determined in accordance with Section 2.1. In addition, to the extent that the
foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and
remedies available hereunder, each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the other
Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the
other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any
of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3
shall be subject to Section 6.2.

     2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements. The parties hereto agree that, except as set forth in
Section 2.4(b), it is their intention that the Collateral securing the Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations and the Collateral securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations be identical.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement:

               (a) upon request by any Revolving Credit Agent or any Pari Passu Representative, to cooperate
in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order
to determine the specific items included in the Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their
respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the Revolving
Credit Loan Documents and the Pari Passu Loan Documents; and

               (b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the Collateral for the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations and the Pari Passu Secured Obligations shall (subject to any deviations
therefrom as may be approved by both the Revolving Credit Agents and the Pari Passu Representatives
such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) be in all material respects substantially
the same forms of documents and agreements other than with respect to the nature of the Obligations
secured thereunder and, to the extent relevant, the priority of the Liens granted thereunder except
(i) to the extent that the creditors who have the direct benefit of such agreements or documents
agree that such documents and agreements may grant Liens in less than all the Collateral and/or are
less restrictive on the Grantors (or provide fewer rights or remedies to the secured party) than
the forms of documents and agreements on the date hereof (and the satisfaction of such requirement
will be conclusively established if the Borrower delivers to the Pari Passu Representatives and the
Revolving Credit Agents an officers’ certificate certifying that the Borrower has determined in
good faith that such Pari Passu Security Documents satisfy the foregoing requirements unless any
Pari Passu Representative or any Revolving Credit Agent notifies the Borrower within five Business
Days that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis
upon which it disagrees)), (ii) the representations and covenants relating to Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral contained in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents may be more restrictive that
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the representations and covenants relating to Pari Passu Secured Obligations contained in the
Pari Passu Loan Documents may be more restrictive that those contained in the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents.

     2.5 German Real Estate. Any amounts realized by any Pari Passu Collateral Agent, any Pari
Passu Secured Parties or Revolving Credit Claimholders with respect to, or allocable to, real
property interests (including fixtures and equipment attached thereto) of any German Guarantor
following an Enforcement or during an Enforcement Period, shall, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein for purposes of this Agreement, constitute Pari Passu Priority
Collateral, and be payable to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent on behalf of the Pari
Passu Secured Parties.

	 	III.	 	PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS OF PARI PASSU SECURED PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO COMMON PARI PASSU COLLATERAL

     3.1 Priority of Claims.

               (a) The Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent will distribute proceeds of Collateral received
by it among the Pari Passu Secured Parties as provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.3.

               (b) The Pari Passu Secured Parties hereby acknowledge that the Pari Passu Secured Obligations
of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Pari Passu Loan
Documents, be Modified or Refinanced from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set
forth in Section 6.3(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of
the Pari Passu Secured Parties of any Series.

               (c) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection
of any Liens securing any Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations granted on the Common Pari Passu
Collateral, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise, and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any
jurisdiction, the PPSA or any other applicable law or the Pari Passu Security Documents, but
subject to any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Liens securing the Pari Passu
Secured Obligations of any Series or other Impairment (and in each case, subject to Section
1.3(a)), each Pari Passu Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of
Pari Passu Secured Obligations on any Common Pari Passu Secured Collateral shall be of equal
priority.

     3.2 Actions with Respect to Common Pari Passu Collateral.

               With respect to any Common Pari Passu Collateral, (i) notwithstanding any other provision
hereof or of any other Pari Passu Loan Document, only the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent
shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Common Pari Passu Collateral (except that the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent may permit other Pari Passu Representatives to act with
respect to the Pari Passu Collateral) and (ii) no other Pari Passu Collateral Agent with respect
to Pari Passu Secured Obligations or any other Pari Passu Representative or other Pari Passu
Secured Party (other than the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent) shall or shall instruct the
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commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a
trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to
take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any
action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to
it in respect of, any Common Pari Passu Collateral, whether under any Pari Passu Security
Document, applicable law or otherwise (unless the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent otherwise
consents to such action), it being agreed that only the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Common
Pari Passu Collateral (subject to the right of any such Pari Passu Collateral Agent with respect
to Pari Passu Secured Obligations, any other Pari Passu Representative or other Pari Passu Secured
Party to take limited protective measures with respect to the Liens securing Pari Passu Secured
Obligations and to take certain actions that would be permitted to be taken by unsecured
creditors). Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens securing each Series of Pari Passu
Secured Obligations, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent may deal with the Common Pari
Passu Collateral as if such Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent had a senior Lien on such
Common Pari Passu Collateral. No Pari Passu Authorized Representative or Pari Passu Secured Party
will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Authorized
Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Controlling Secured Parties or any other exercise by the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Controlling Pari Passu Secured Parties of any rights
and remedies relating to the Common Pari Passu Collateral, or to cause any other Pari Passu
Collateral Agent to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and
priorities of any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Pari Passu Representative with respect to any
Collateral not constituting Common Collateral.

     3.3 No Interference; Payment Over.

               (a) Each of the Pari Passu Secured Parties and each of the Pari Passu Collateral Agents agrees
that (i) it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in
contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity or
enforceability of any Pari Passu Secured Obligations of any Series or any Pari Passu Security
Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or
other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to prevent or impair (x) the rights of any of the Pari Passu Collateral Agents or any
Pari Passu Representative to enforce this Agreement or (y) the rights of any of the Pari Passu
Collateral Agents or any Pari Passu Secured Party to contest, or support any other Person in
contesting, the enforceability of any Pari Passu Secured Obligations constituting unmatured
interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code, (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of
which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial
proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Common Pari Passu
Collateral by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, (iii) except as provided in Section
3.2, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or any
other Pari Passu Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common
Pari Passu Collateral or (B) consent to the exercise by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent
or any other Pari Passu Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Pari
Passu Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency
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Passu Collateral Agent or any other Pari Passu Secured Party seeking damages from or other
relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Common Pari
Passu Collateral, and none of the Pari Passu Collateral Agents, any Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent or any other Pari Passu Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or other Pari Passu Secured Party
with respect to any Common Pari Passu Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Common Pari Passu
Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such
Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or
otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided
that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the
Pari Passu Collateral Agents or any other Pari Passu Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.

               (b) Each Pari Passu Secured Party hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of any
Common Pari Passu Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any such Common
Pari Passu Collateral, pursuant to any Pari Passu Security Document or by the exercise of any
rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
through any other exercise of remedies, at any time prior to the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations, then it shall hold such Common Pari Passu Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for
the other Pari Passu Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Common Pari Passu Collateral,
proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent (unless it
shall have an obligation, to the extent such Common Pari Passu Collateral constitutes Revolving
Loan Priority Collateral, to transfer such Common Pari Passu Collateral to the Revolving Credit
Agents under this Agreement, in which case it will hold such proceeds in trust for the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent and transfer such proceeds to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent as
required under Article VI) to be distributed by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent
in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3(a).

     3.4 Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to Pari Passu Security Documents.

               (a) If, at any time the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent forecloses upon or otherwise
exercises remedies against any Common Pari Passu Collateral, then (whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Pari Passu Collateral
Agents for the benefit of each Series of Pari Passu Secured Debt upon such Common Pari Passu
Collateral will automatically be released and discharged; provided that any proceeds of any
Common Pari Passu Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Article VI.

               (b) Each Pari Passu Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense
of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by
the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Common Pari Passu
Collateral or amendment to any Pari Passu Security Documents provided for in this Section.

     3.5 Insurance. As between the Pari Passu Secured Parties, the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or
constituting Common Pari Passu Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve

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any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Pari Passu
Collateral.

     3.6 Benefit of the Article. Except as expressly provided in this Article III, the
provisions of this Article III are solely for the benefit of the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent, the other Pari Passu Representatives and the other Pari Passu Secured Parties,
and nothing contained in this Article III shall confer any benefits on any other Person or
are to affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, the other
provision of this Agreement except that the provisions of Sections 3.3 and 3.4
shall be for the benefit of, and enforceable by, the Revolving Credit Agents to the extent such
Sections allocate proceeds of Common Pari Passu Collateral to the Revolving Credit Agents.

	 	IV.	 	PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COMMON SUBORDINATED LIEN COLLATERAL

     4.1 Priority of Claims.

               (a) The Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent will distribute proceeds of Collateral
received by it among the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties as provided in Sections 6.1 and
6.3.

               (b) The Subordinated Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledge that the Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant
Subordinated Lien Documents, be Modified or Refinanced from time to time, all without affecting the
priorities set forth in Section 6.3(b) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the
relative rights of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties of any Series.

               (c) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection
of any Liens securing any Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations granted on the Common
Subordinated Lien Collateral, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute,
operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform
Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, the PPSA or any other applicable law or the Subordinated Lien
Security Documents, but subject to any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Liens
securing the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of any Series or other Impairment (and in each
case, subject to Section 1.3(b)), each Subordinated Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens
securing each Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations on any Common Subordinated Lien
Secured Collateral shall be of equal priority.

     4.2 Actions with Respect to Common Subordinated Lien Collateral.

               (a) With respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, (i) notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement or of any other Subordinated Lien Loan Document, only the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Common
Subordinated Lien Collateral (except that the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent may
permit other Subordinated Lien Representatives to act with respect to the Pari Passu Collateral)
and (ii) no other Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent with respect to Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations or any other Subordinated Lien Representative or other

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Subordinated Lien Secured Party (other than the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent)
shall or shall instruct the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial
or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver,
liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of,
exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its
security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any
Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, whether under any Subordinated Lien Security Document,
applicable law or otherwise (unless the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent otherwise
consents to such action), it being agreed that only the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to
Common Subordinated Lien Collateral (subject to the right of any such Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agent with respect to Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, any other Subordinated Lien
Representative or other Subordinated Lien Secured Party to take limited protective measures with
respect to the Liens securing Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations and to take certain actions
that would be permitted to be taken by unsecured creditors). Notwithstanding the equal priority of
the Liens securing each Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent may deal with the Common Subordinated Lien Collateral as if such
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent had a senior Lien on such Common Subordinated Lien
Collateral. No Subordinated Lien Authorized Representative or Subordinated Lien Secured Party will
contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or the Controlling Secured Parties or any other exercise by the
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or the Controlling Subordinated Lien Secured Parties
of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, or to cause any
other Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit
the rights and priorities of any Subordinated Lien Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien
Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Common Collateral.

     4.3 No Interference; Payment Over.

               (a) Each of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties and each of the Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agents agrees that (i) it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other
Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the
validity or enforceability of any Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of any Series or any
Subordinated Lien Security Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or
duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair (x) the rights of any of the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agents or any Subordinated Lien Representative to enforce this Agreement or (y) the
rights of any of the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party to
contest, or support any other Person in contesting, any Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations
constituting unmatured interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section
502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose
or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by
judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Common
Subordinated Lien Collateral by the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, (iii) except as
provided in Section 4.2, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Authorized Subordinated
Lien Collateral Agent or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or

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power with respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral or (B) consent to the exercise
by the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party
of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, (iv) it will
not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim
against the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any other Subordinated Lien Secured
Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or
otherwise with respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, and none of the Subordinated
Lien Collateral Agents, any Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any other Subordinated
Lien Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or other Subordinated Lien Secured Party with respect to any
Common Subordinated Lien Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it
will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral or any
part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it
will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to
challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in
this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agents or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.

               (b) Each Subordinated Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of
any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any
such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, pursuant to any Subordinated Lien Security Document or by
the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies, at any time prior to the Discharge of
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, then it shall hold such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral,
proceeds or payment in trust for the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties and promptly transfer
such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent (unless it shall have an obligation, (i) to the
extent such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral constitutes Revolving Loan Priority Collateral, to
transfer such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral to the Revolving Credit Agents under this
Agreement , in which case it will hold such proceeds in trust for the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent and transfer such proceeds to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent as required under
Article VI or (ii) to the extent such Common Subordinated Lien Collateral constitutes Pari
Passu Priority Collateral, to transfer such Common Pari Passu Collateral to the Authorized Pari
Passu Collateral Agent under this Agreement, in which case it will hold such proceeds in trust for
the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and transfer such proceeds to the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent as required under Article VI) to be distributed by the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3(b).

     4.4 Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to Subordinated Lien Security Documents.

               (a) If, at any time the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent forecloses upon or
otherwise exercises remedies against any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral in compliance with the
terms of this Agreement, then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending
at the time) the Liens in favor of the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents for the benefit of each
Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Debt upon such Common Subordinated

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Lien Collateral will automatically be released and discharged; provided that any
proceeds of any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to
Article VI.

               (b) Each Subordinated Lien Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and
expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be
requested by the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release
of Common Subordinated Lien Collateral or amendment to any Subordinated Lien Security Documents
provided for in this Section.

     4.5 Insurance. As between the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or
claim covering or constituting Common Subordinated Lien Collateral in the event of any loss
thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the
Common Subordinated Lien Collateral.

     4.6 Benefit of the Article. Except as expressly provided in this Article IV, the
provision of the Article IV are solely for the benefit of the Authorized Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent, the other Subordinated Lien Representatives and the other Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties, and nothing contained in this Article IV shall confer any benefits on any
other Person or are to affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting,
the other provision of this Agreement except that the provisions of Sections 4.3 and
4.4 shall be for the benefit of, and enforceable by, the Revolving Credit Agents and the
Pari Passu Representatives to the extent such Sections allocate proceeds of Common Subordinated
Lien Collateral to the Revolving Credit Agents.

	 	V.	 	ENFORCEMENT

     5.1 Exercise of Remedies — Restrictions on Pari Passu Secured Parties and Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties.

               (a) Unless the Pari Passu Representatives, the Subordinated Lien Representatives and the
Revolving Credit Agents agree in writing otherwise, until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been
commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor, each Pari Passu Representative, each
Subordinated Lien Representative and the other Pari Passu Secured Parties and Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties:

               (1) will not seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed
for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, or otherwise exercise or seek to
exercise any rights or remedies with respect to, any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
(including the exercise of any right of set-off or any right under any Account Agreement
(other than Account Agreements with respect to Net Cash Proceeds Accounts), landlord waiver
or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Pari Passu Collateral
Agent or Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent is a party, to the extent relating to Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral), or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such
rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure); provided, however,
that:

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               (x) the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent may exercise any or all such
rights or remedies after the passage of a period of at least 180 days has elapsed
since the later of: (i) the date on which any Pari Passu Representative first
declared the existence of a Pari Passu Default and demanded the repayment of all the
principal amount of any Pari Passu Secured Obligations; and (ii) the date on which
any Revolving Credit Agent received notice from any Pari Passu Representative of
such declarations of a Pari Passu Default and of such demand for payment (the “Pari
Passu Standstill Period”); provided, further, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Authorized
Pari Passu Collateral Agent or any other Pari Passu Secured Party exercise any
rights or remedies with respect to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral if,
notwithstanding the expiration of the Pari Passu Standstill Period, any of the
Revolving Credit Agents or any of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have
commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights or remedies with
respect to all or any material portion of such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
(prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral
Agent and each Pari Passu Representative); and

               (y) the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent may exercise any or all
of such rights or remedies against the Collateral after the passage of a period of
at least 360 days has elapsed since the later of: (i) the date on which any
Subordinated Lien Representative first declared the existence of a Subordinated Lien
Default, and demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of the related
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations; and (ii) the date on which each Pari Passu
Representative and each Revolving Credit Agent received notice from any Subordinated
Lien Representative of such declarations of a Subordinated Lien Default and of such
demand for payment (the “Subordinated Lien Standstill Period”); provided,
further, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any
other Subordinated Lien Secured Party exercise any rights or remedies with respect
to any of the Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Subordinated Lien
Standstill Period, either (A) any of the Revolving Credit Agents or any of the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders or (B) the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or
any other Pari Passu Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing
the exercise of their rights or remedies with respect to all or any material portion
of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Subordinated
Lien Representatives);

               (2) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought
by any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder or any other
exercise by any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder of any
rights and remedies relating to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, whether under the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents or otherwise; and

               (3) subject to their rights under clause (a)(1) above and except as may be permitted in
Section 5.1(c), will not object to the forbearance by any of the Revolving

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Credit Agents or any of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders from bringing or
pursuing any Enforcement;

provided that, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3) above,
the Liens (if any) granted to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Obligations shall attach to any proceeds resulting from actions taken by any
Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder in accordance with this
Agreement after giving effect to any application of such proceeds to the Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations.

               (b) Until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred, whether or not
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any other
Grantor, the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have the
right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the right of the Revolving Credit
Agents to credit bid the debt under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents) and, in connection
therewith, make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to
the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Pari
Passu Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Pari Passu Secured Party or
any Subordinated Lien Secured Party; provided, however, that the Lien (if any)
securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall
remain on the proceeds (other than those properly applied to the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations) of such Collateral released or disposed of subject to the relative priorities
described in Section 2. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral, the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders
may enforce the provisions of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder,
all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole
discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them
to sell or otherwise dispose of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur
expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies
of a secured creditor under the UCC or the PPSA (or any similar or equivalent legislation of any
other applicable jurisdiction outside the United States) and of a secured creditor under the
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

               (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien
Secured Party may:

               (1) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be;
provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against any Borrower or any other Grantor;

               (2) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (giving effect
to this Agreement), or the rights of any of the Revolving Credit Agents or any of the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders to exercise rights or remedies in respect thereof, it being
understood that any objection to a sale of Revolving Credit Priority Collateral by any
Grantor that is not objected to by any Revolving Credit Agent,

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or any objection to any related sale process (including any sale or bidding procedures
motion), shall be deemed to be adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect its Lien on any
of the Collateral, including, in the case of the Pari Passu Secured Parties, exercising
rights solely with respect to Pari Passu Priority Collateral pursuant to rights provided
under landlord waivers or bailee’s letters or similar agreements or arrangements;

          (3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise
seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Pari Passu Secured Parties or the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, including any claims secured by the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;

          (4) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or
interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under any Pari Passu Loan
Document or Subordinated Lien Loan Document, Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement;

          (5) vote on any plan of reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings and
make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, with respect to the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations and/or, in the case of the Pari Passu Secured Parties, the Pari Passu Priority
Collateral;

          (6) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to any of the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral after the termination of the Pari Passu Standstill Period or the
Subordinated Lien Standstill Period, as applicable, to the extent permitted by Section
5.1(a)(1); and

          (7) make a cash bid on all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
in any foreclosure proceeding or action.

Each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and
the other Pari Passu Secured Parties and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, respectively agrees
that it will not (i) take or receive any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or any proceeds of
such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including set-off) with respect to any such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral in its capacity
as a creditor in violation of this Agreement or (ii) in or in connection with any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, take any action with respect to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or
the validity or enforceability of any of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or any of the
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations thereunder, including by filing any pleadings or motions or
taking any position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, that in each case (x) violates, or
is prohibited by, Article VIII (or, in the absence of an Insolvency or Liquidations
Proceeding, otherwise would violate or be prohibited by this Agreement), (y)

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asserts any right, benefit or privilege that arises in favor of any Pari Passu Collateral Agent or
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Pari Passu Secured Party or Subordinated Lien Secured
Party, in whole or in part, as a result of their interest in the Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral or in their respective Liens on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral (unless the
assertion of such right is expressly permitted by this Agreement, it being understood that this
clause (y) shall not restrict the right of any Pari Passu Secured Party or Subordinated Lien
Secured Party to seek the payment of post-petition interest in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding) or (z) relates in any way to the determination of any Liens or claims held by any
Revolving Credit Agent (including the validity and enforceability thereof) or any other Revolving
Credit Claimholder or the value of any claims of such parties under Section 506(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in
Sections 5.1(a), 8.3(c)(1) and this Section 5.1(c), the sole right of the
Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien (if any) on such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
pursuant to the respective Pari Passu Loan Documents and Subordinated Lien Loan Documents for the
period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any,
after the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred.

               (d) Subject to Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(c) and 8.3(c)(1):

               (1) each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Pari Passu
Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the
other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it will not take any action that would
hinder any exercise of remedies under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents (other than with
respect to Pari Passu Priority Collateral) or under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents with
respect to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or that is otherwise prohibited
hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

               (2) each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties,
and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights the Pari Passu Secured Parties and
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as applicable, may at any time have as a junior lien
creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which any Revolving Credit Agent or any
other Revolving Credit Claimholders seek to enforce or collect the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations or the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral if such
enforcement or collection is undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of
whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any Revolving Credit Agent or any
other Revolving Credit Claimholders is adverse to the interest of the Pari Passu Secured
Parties on the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties; and

               (3) each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien Representative hereby
acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Pari
Passu Loan Document or Subordinated Loan Document relating to its Series shall be deemed to
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Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder with respect to the
enforcement of the Liens on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral as set forth in this
Agreement and the Revolving Credit Loan Documents.

               (e) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(d),
5.5 and Article VIII, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Borrower or any other
Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, and the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, in each case, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Pari Passu Loan Documents or Subordinated Loan
Documents, as the case may be, and applicable law; provided, however, that in the
event that any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party becomes a judgment
Lien creditor in respect of Revolving Credit Priority Collateral as a result of its enforcement of
its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Pari Passu Secured Obligations or the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this
Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral) as
the other Liens securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations are subject to this Agreement.

               (f) Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Pari Passu Secured Party or
any Subordinated Lien Secured Party of the required payments of interest, principal and other
amounts owed in respect of its Pari Passu Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, as the case may be, so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of
the exercise or enforcement by any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party,
as the case may be, of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral (including set-off) or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any
Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects, as
between the Grantors on the one hand, and the Pari Passu Secured Parties or Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties, on the other hand, any rights or remedies the Pari Passu Secured Parties or
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may have against the Grantors under the Pari Passu Loan Documents
or the Subordinated Loan Documents, as the case may be.

     5.2 Exercise of Remedies — Restrictions on Revolving Credit Claimholders and Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties.

               (a) Unless the Pari Passu Representatives, the Subordinated Lien Representatives and the
Revolving Credit Agents agree in writing otherwise, until the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been
commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor, the Revolving Credit Agents, the
Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Subordinated Lien Representatives and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties:

               (1) will not seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed
for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, or otherwise exercise or seek to
exercise any rights or remedies with respect to, any Pari Passu Priority Collateral
(including the exercise of any right of set-off or any right under any Account

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Agreement with respect to Net Cash Proceeds Accounts, landlord waiver or bailee’s
letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Revolving Credit Agent or any other
Revolving Credit Claimholder is a party, to the extent relating to Pari Passu Priority
Collateral), or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies
(including any action of foreclosure); provided, however, that

                    (x) any of the Revolving Credit Agents may exercise the rights provided for in
Section 5.3 (with respect to any Access Period) and Section 5.4 and
may exercise any or all such rights or remedies after the passage of a period of at
least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (i) the date on which any Revolving
Credit Agent first declared the existence of any Revolving Credit Default and
demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations; and (ii) the date on which each Pari Passu Representative received
notice from any Revolving Credit Agent of such declarations of a Revolving Credit
Default and of such demand for payment (the “Revolving Credit Standstill Period”);
provided, further, however, that notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Revolving Credit Agent or any other
Revolving Credit Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies (other than those under
Section 5.3) with respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral if,
notwithstanding the expiration of the Revolving Credit Standstill Period, any Pari
Passu Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of
their rights or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of such Pari
Passu Priority Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the
Revolving Credit Agents); and

                    (y) the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent may exercise any or all
of such rights or remedies against the Collateral after the passage of a period of
at least 360 days has elapsed since the later of: (i) the date on which any
Subordinated Lien Representative first declared the existence of a Subordinated Lien
Default, and demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of the related
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations; and (ii) the date on which each Pari Passu
Representative and each Revolving Credit Agent received notice from any Subordinated
Lien Representative of such declaration of a Subordinated Lien Default and of such
demand for payment (the “Subordinated Lien Standstill Period”); provided,
further, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any
other Subordinated Lien Secured Party exercise any rights or remedies with respect
to any of the Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Subordinated Lien
Standstill Period, either (A) the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or any
other Pari Passu Secured Party or (B) the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any
other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing
the exercise of their rights or remedies with respect to all or any material portion
of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Subordinated
Lien Representatives);

                    (2) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought
by any Pari Passu Secured Party or any other exercise by any Pari Passu

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Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Pari Passu Priority
Collateral, whether under the Pari Passu Loan Documents or otherwise; and

               (3) subject to their rights under clause (a)(1) above and except as may be permitted in
Section 5.2(c), will not object to the forbearance by the Pari Passu Secured Parties
from bringing or pursuing any Enforcement;

provided that in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3) above,
the Liens (if any) granted to secure the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall attach to any proceeds resulting from actions
taken by any Pari Passu Secured Party in accordance with this Agreement after giving effect
to any application of such proceeds to the Pari Passu Secured Obligations.

               (b) Until the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any other
Grantor, the Pari Passu Secured Parties shall have the right to enforce rights, exercise remedies
(including set-off and the right of the Pari Passu Representatives to credit bid the debt under the
related Series of Pari Passu Debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or
restrictions with respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral without any consultation with or
the consent of any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder or any
Subordinated Lien Representative or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party; provided,
however, that the Lien (if any) securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall remain on the proceeds (other than those properly
applied to the Pari Passu Secured Obligations) of such Collateral released or disposed of subject
to the relative priorities described in Section 2. In exercising rights and remedies with
respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and the
other Pari Passu Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Pari Passu Loan Documents and
exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the
exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an
agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral upon
foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the
rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC or the PPSA (or any similar or equivalent
legislation of any other applicable jurisdiction outside the United States) and of a secured
creditor under the Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

               (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any of the Revolving Credit Secured Parties and the other
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may:

          (1) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be,
provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against any Borrower or any other Grantor;

          (2) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Pari Passu
Priority Collateral securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations (giving effect to this
Agreement), or the rights of any of the Pari Passu Secured Parties to exercise rights or
remedies in respect thereof (it being understood that any objection to a

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sale of Pari Passu Priority Collateral by any Grantor that is not objected to by any
Pari Passu Representative, or any objection to any related sale process (including any sale
or bidding procedures motion), shall be deemed to be adverse to the priority status of the
Liens on Pari Passu Priority Collateral) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect
its Lien on any of the Collateral, including, in the case of the Revolving Credit
Claimholders, exercising rights solely with respect to Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
pursuant to rights provided under landlord waivers or bailee’s letters or similar agreements
or arrangements;

          (3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise
seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, including any claims secured by the
Pari Passu Priority Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;

          (4) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or
interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under any Revolving
Credit Loan Document, any Subordinated Lien Loan Document, Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not inconsistent with the terms of
this Agreement;

          (5) vote on any plan of reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings and
make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, with respect to the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations and/or in the case of the Revolving Credit Secured Parties, the
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral;

          (6) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to any of the Collateral after
the termination of the Revolving Credit Standstill Period or the Subordinated Lien
Standstill Period, as applicable, to the extent permitted by Section 5.2(a)(1); and

          (7) make a cash bid on all or any portion of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral in any
foreclosure proceeding or action.

Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, and
each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, agrees that it will not (i) take or receive any Pari Passu Priority Collateral or any
proceeds of such Pari Passu Priority Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or
remedy (including set-off) with respect to any such Pari Passu Priority Collateral in its capacity
as a creditor in violation of this Agreement or (ii) in or in connection with any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, take any action with respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral or the
validity or enforceability of any of the Pari Passu Loan Documents or any of the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations thereunder, including by filing any pleadings or motions or taking any position at any
hearing or proceeding of any nature, that in each case (x) violates, or is prohibited by,
Article VIII (or, in the absence of an Insolvency or Liquidations Proceeding, otherwise

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would violate or be prohibited by this Agreement), (y) asserts any right, benefit or privilege that
arises in favor of the Revolving Credit Agents, any Revolving Credit Claimholder, any Subordinated
Lien Representative or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, in whole or in part, as a result of
their interest in the Pari Passu Priority Collateral or in their respective Liens on the Pari Passu
Priority Collateral (unless the assertion of such right is expressly permitted by this Agreement,
it being understood that this clause (y) shall not restrict the right of any Pari Passu Secured
Party or Subordinated Lien Secured Party to seek the payment of post-petition interest in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) or (z) relates in any way to the determination of any Liens
or claims held by the Pari Passu Representative or any other Pari Passu Secured Party (including
the validity and enforceability thereof) or the value of any claims of such parties under Section
506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
unless and until the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has occurred, except as expressly
provided in Sections 5.2(a), 5.3, 8.3(c)(2) and this Section
5.2(c), the sole right of the Revolving Credit Agents, the other Revolving Credit Claimholders,
the Subordinated Lien Representatives and the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties with respect
to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien (if any) on such Pari Passu Priority
Collateral pursuant to the respective Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds
thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has occurred.

               (d) Subject to Sections 5.2(a), 5.2(c), 5.3 and 8.3(c)(2):

          (1) each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it will not take any action that would hinder
any exercise of remedies under the Pari Passu Loan Documents (other than, in the case of the
Revolving Credit Claimholders, with respect to Revolving Credit Priority Collateral) or
under the Pari Passu Loan Documents with respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral or
that is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or
other disposition of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, whether by foreclosure or
otherwise;

          (2) each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights such Revolving Credit
Agent, the respective other Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Subordinated Lien
Representatives, and the respective Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as applicable, may at
any time have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which any
Pari Passu Secured Party seeks to enforce or collect the Pari Passu Secured Obligations or
the Liens securing the Pari Passu Priority Collateral if such enforcement or collection is
undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to
act by or on behalf of any Pari Passu Secured Party is adverse to the interest of the
Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties; and

          (3) each Revolving Credit Agent and Subordinated Lien Representative hereby
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restriction contained in any Revolving Credit Loan Document or Subordinated Lien Loan
Document relating to its Series shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and
remedies of any Pari Passu Secured Party with respect to the enforcement of its Liens on the
Pari Passu Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Pari Passu Loan
Documents.

               (e) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 5.2(a), 5.2(d) and
5.5 and Article VIII, the Revolving Credit Agents, the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, the Subordinated Lien Representatives, and the other Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Borrower or any other
Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and
the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, respectively and the Revolving Credit Agents, the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Subordinated Lien Representatives, and the other Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, may exercise rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, in each
case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or the
Subordinated Loan Documents (as the case may be) and applicable law; provided,
however, that in the event that any Revolving Credit Agent, any other Revolving Credit
Claimholder, any Subordinated Lien Representative or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party,
becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Pari Passu Priority Collateral as a result of its
enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, such judgment Lien
shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the Pari
Passu Priority Collateral) as the other Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or
the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, are subject to this Agreement.

          (f) Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Revolving Credit Agent, any
other Revolving Credit Claimholder, any Subordinated Lien Representative or any other Subordinated
Lien Secured Party, of the required payments of interest, principal and other amounts owed in
respect of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations,
as the case may be, so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by
any Revolving Credit Agent, any other Revolving Credit Claimholder, any Subordinated Lien
Representative, or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured
creditor in respect of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral (including set-off) or enforcement in
contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement impairs
or otherwise adversely affects, as between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Revolving Credit
Claimholders and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, on the other hand, any rights or remedies the
Revolving Credit Claimholders and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may have against the Grantors
under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, as the case may
be.

          5.3 Exercise of Remedies — Collateral Access Rights.

               (a) The Revolving Credit Agents and Pari Passu Representatives agree not to commence
Enforcement until the earlier of (i) the date on which an Enforcement Notice has been given to each
Pari Passu Representative by any Revolving Credit Agent or to any Revolving Credit Agent by the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and (ii) the date on which any
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provisions of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 above, any of the Revolving Credit Agents,
any of the Pari Passu Secured Parties and any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, join in any judicial proceedings commenced by the other Person
to enforce Liens on the Collateral, provided that no such Revolving Credit Claimholder, Pari Passu
Secured Party or Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall interfere with the Enforcement actions of
the other with respect to Collateral in which such party or its agent or representative has the
benefit of the priority Lien in accordance herewith.

               (b) If any of the Pari Passu Secured Parties or Subordinated Lien Secured Parties or any of
their respective agents or representatives, or any third party pursuant to any Enforcement
undertaken by any Pari Passu Secured Parties or Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as applicable,
or any receiver, shall obtain possession or physical control of any of the Mortgaged Premises, the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall
promptly notify the Revolving Credit Agents of that fact and the Revolving Credit Agents shall,
within 10 Business Days thereafter, notify the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and, if applicable, any such
third party (at such address to be provided by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in connection with the applicable
Enforcement), as to whether the Revolving Credit Agents desire to exercise access rights under this
Agreement, at which time the parties shall confer in good faith to coordinate with respect to the
Revolving Credit Agents’ exercise of such access rights. Access rights may apply to differing
parcels of Mortgaged Premises at differing times (i.e., the Revolving Credit Agents may obtain
possession of one plant at a different time than it obtains possession of other properties), in
which case, a differing Access Period may apply to each such property.

               (c) Upon delivery of notice to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, as provided in Section 5.3(b), the
Access Period shall commence for the subject parcel of Mortgaged Premises. During the Access
Period, the Revolving Credit Agents and their respective agents, representatives and designees
shall have a non-exclusive right to have access to, and a rent free right to use, Pari Passu
Priority Collateral for the purpose of arranging for and effecting the sale or disposition of
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, including the production, completion, packaging and other
preparation of such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral for sale or disposition. During any such
Access Period, the Revolving Credit Agents and their respective agents, representatives and
designees, may continue to operate, service, maintain, process and sell the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral, as well as to engage in bulk sales of Revolving Credit Priority Collateral.
Each Revolving Credit Agent shall take proper care of any Pari Passu Priority Collateral that is
used by it during the Access Period and repair and replace any damage (ordinary wear-and-tear
excepted) caused by it or its agents, representatives or designees and comply with all applicable
laws in connection with its use or occupancy of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral. The Revolving
Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties for any injury or damage to
Persons or property caused by the acts or omissions of Persons under the control of, or retained
by, any of the Revolving Credit Agents or any other Revolving Credit Claimholders. The Revolving
Credit Agents, the Pari Passu Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Representatives shall
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described above do not interfere materially with the activities of the other as described above,
including the right of the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent to commence foreclosure of
the Pari Passu Mortgages or to show the Pari Passu Priority Collateral to prospective purchasers
and to ready the Pari Passu Priority Collateral for sale.

               (d) If any order or injunction is issued or stay is granted or otherwise comes into force
which prohibits the Revolving Credit Agents from exercising any of their rights hereunder, then at
the Revolving Credit Agents’ option, the Access Period granted under this Section 5.3 shall
be stayed during the period of such prohibition and shall continue thereafter for the number of
days remaining as required under this Section 5.3. If the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral
Agent shall foreclose or otherwise sell any of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, such Person will
notify the buyer thereof of the existence of this Agreement and that the buyer is acquiring such
Pari Passu Priority Collateral subject to the terms of this Agreement.

               (e) The Grantors hereby agree with the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and any
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent that the Revolving Credit Agents shall have access,
during the Access Period, as described herein and each such Grantor that owns any of the Mortgaged
Premises grants a non-exclusive easement in gross over its property to permit the uses by Revolving
Credit Agents, contemplated by this Section 5.3. Each Pari Passu Representative consents
to such easement.

     5.4 Exercise of Remedies — Intellectual Property Rights/Access to Information/Use of
Equipment.

               (a) Each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien Representative hereby grants (to
the full extent of its rights and interests) to each Revolving Credit Agent and its agents,
representatives and designees a royalty free, rent free license and lease to use all of the Pari
Passu Priority Collateral (exclusive of Intellectual Property but including any computer or other
data processing Equipment), to collect all Accounts or amounts owing under Instruments or Chattel
Paper, to copy, use or preserve any and all information relating to any of the Collateral, and to
complete the manufacture, packaging and sale of Inventory; provided, however, that
the royalty free, rent free license and lease granted in clause (a) with respect to Equipment shall
immediately expire upon the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of such Equipment;
provided, further, that the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent shall provide
the Revolving Credit Agent with at least ten (10) days’ notice prior to such sale, lease, transfer
or disposition.

               (b) Each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien Representative hereby grants (to
the full extent of its rights and interests) each Revolving Credit Agent and its agents,
representatives and designees, solely during the Enforcement Period, (i) a nonexclusive, royalty
free, worldwide license or sublicense (subject to the terms of the underlying license) (which will
be binding on any successor or assignee of the Intellectual Property) to use all of the Pari Passu
Priority Collateral constituting Intellectual Property solely to the extent necessary to collect
all Accounts or amounts owing under Instruments or Chattel Paper and to complete the manufacture,
packaging and sale of Inventory and (ii) a nonexclusive, royalty free, worldwide license or
sublicense (subject to the terms of the underlying license) (which will be binding on any successor
or assignee of the Intellectual Property) to use any and all Pari Passu Priority Collateral
constituting Intellectual Property in connection with its Enforcement; provided,
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Credit Agent, during the term of the above licenses, shall use
any Trademarks of such licensed Intellectual Property solely in connection with (x) goods or services which the Revolving
Credit Agents in good faith reasonably believe to be in all material respects of at least the same
level of quality offered by, and in a manner in which the Revolving Credit Agents in good faith
reasonably believe to be in all material respects consistent with the practices of, the relevant
Grantors as of the date of the Enforcement Notice or (y) the disposition of damaged, obsolete or
second-quality goods which dispositions the Revolving Credit Agents in good faith reasonably
believe will not materially diminish the distinctiveness and quality characteristics associated
with such Intellectual Property or the validity thereof (it being understood and agreed that each
Revolving Credit Agent and its agents, representatives and designees shall comply in all material
respects with all laws pertaining to its use of Intellectual Property described hereunder,
including notice requirements).

     5.5 Exercise of Remedies — Set Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds. Each Pari Passu
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each
Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent any such Person exercises its rights of
set-off against any Grantors’ Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or other assets, the amount of
such set-off shall be deemed to be the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral to be held and
distributed pursuant to Section 6.1; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
any set-off by any such Person against any Pari Passu Priority Collateral (including proceeds
thereof and amounts in any Net Cash Proceeds Accounts) to the extent applied to payment of the Pari
Passu Secured Obligations. Each Pari Passu Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other
Pari Passu Secured Parties and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the
other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that prior to an issuance of an Enforcement Notice
all funds deposited under Account Agreements (excluding funds in Net Cash Proceeds Accounts) and
then applied to the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations shall be treated as Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral and, unless any Revolving Credit Agent has actual knowledge to the contrary,
any claim that payments made to any Revolving Credit Agent through the bank accounts that are
subject to Account Agreements (other than Account Agreements with respect to Net Cash Proceeds
Accounts) are proceeds of or otherwise constitute Pari Passu Priority Collateral, are waived.
Prior to an issuance of an Enforcement Notice, any proceeds of Collateral, whether or not deposited
under Account Agreements, which are used by any Grantor to acquire other property (excluding
property held pursuant to an Account Agreement) that is Collateral shall not (as among the Pari
Passu Secured Parties and the Revolving Credit Claimholders) be treated as proceeds of Collateral
for purposes of determining the relative priorities in the Collateral which was so acquired. After
an issuance of an Enforcement Notice, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Revolving Credit
Claimholders shall cooperate in good faith to identify the proceeds of the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral and the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, as the case may be (it being agreed
that after an issuance of an Enforcement Notice, unless any Revolving Credit Agent has actual
knowledge to the contrary, all funds deposited under Account Agreements (other than funds deposited
in Net Cash Proceeds Accounts) and then applied to the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations shall
be presumed to be Revolving Credit Priority Collateral (a presumption that can be rebutted by the
Pari Passu Secured Parties); provided, however, that no Pari Passu Secured Party,
Revolving Credit Claimholder or Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall be liable or in any way
responsible for any claims or damages from conversion of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
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Priority Collateral, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that (i) the
only obligation of any Revolving Credit Agent or other Revolving Credit Claimholder is to pay over
to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as the
case may be, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, all proceeds that such
Revolving Credit Agent or other Revolving Credit Claimholder received that have been identified as
proceeds of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral and, until such time, such proceeds will be held in
trust for the Pari Passu Secured Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured parties, as the case may
be, (ii) the only obligation of any Pari Passu Secured Party is to pay over to the Revolving Credit
Agents or the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in the same form
as received, with any necessary endorsements, all proceeds that such Pari Passu Secured Party
received that have been identified as proceeds of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral and
(iii) the only obligation of any Subordinated Lien Secured Party is to pay over to the Revolving
Credit Agents or the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in the same form
as received, with any necessary endorsements, all proceeds that such Subordinated Lien Secured
Party received that have been identified as proceeds of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or
the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, as the case may be, and, in each case in (i), (ii) and (iii),
after both the Discharge of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred and the Discharge
of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has occurred, then as provided in Section 6.1(d)). Any
Revolving Credit Agent, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may request from the other an accounting of the
identification of the proceeds of Collateral (and the Revolving Credit Agents, the Authorized Pari
Passu Collateral Agent or the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, upon which
such request is made shall deliver such accounting reasonably promptly after such request is made)
and, until such time, such proceeds will be held in trust for the Revolving Credit Agents, the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable.

     VI. PAYMENTS.

          6.1 Application of Proceeds.

          (a) So long as the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has not occurred, whether
or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or
any other Grantor, all Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof received in
connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral upon the exercise of remedies by (x) any of the Revolving Credit Agents or any other
Revolving Credit Claimholders, shall be applied by the Revolving Credit Agents to the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Revolving Credit Loan
Documents or (y) any of the Pari Passu Representatives, the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, the
Subordinated Lien Representatives or the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties shall be
segregated and held in trust for and on behalf of and forthwith paid over to the Revolving Credit
Agents for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements. Upon the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Revolving
Credit Agents shall deliver to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent any Collateral and
proceeds of Collateral held by any Revolving Credit Agents in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements, to be applied by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent in such order
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(subject to the terms of any Pari Passu Loan Documents which
may provide for other allocations,
with respect to the proportionate share of Collateral applicable to such Series), then
pursuant to Section 6.1(d) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

          (b) So long as the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has not occurred, whether or
not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any
other Grantor, all Pari Passu Priority Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with
the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Pari Passu Priority Collateral upon the
exercise of remedies by (x) the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or any of the Pari Passu
Secured Parties, shall be applied by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent to the Pari Passu
Secured Obligations in such order as specified in Section 6.3(a) (subject to the terms of
any Pari Passu Loan Documents which may provide for other allocations, with respect to the
proportionate share of Collateral applicable to such Series), or (y) any of the Revolving Credit
Agents, the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Subordinated Lien Representatives or the other
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in accordance with this Agreement shall be segregated and held in
trust for and on behalf of and forthwith paid over to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Pari Passu Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary
endorsements. Upon the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Revolving Credit Agents any Collateral and proceeds of
Collateral held by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent in the same form as received, with
any necessary endorsements to be applied by the Revolving Credit Agents in such order as specified
in the relevant Revolving Credit Loan Documents, then pursuant to Section 6.1(d) or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

          (c) Any amounts realized by the Revolving Credit Claimholders from real property interests of
German Subsidiaries as provided in Section 2.5 shall be held in trust for and on behalf of
and forthwith paid over to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent in the same form as received,
with any necessary endorsements.

          (d) Upon the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Discharge of Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations, proceeds of Collateral held by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or
the Revolving Credit Agents shall be (i) delivered to the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agent to the extent that the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent has notified such Person
in writing that (x) Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are then due and payable or (y) the
Subordinated Lien Loan Documents require that such proceeds be delivered to the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent. If the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Revolving
Credit Agents, as the case may be, have not received such notice from the Authorized Subordinated
Lien Collateral Agent, such proceeds shall be turned over to the relevant Grantor or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

     6.2 Payments Over in Violation of Agreement. Unless and until both the Discharge of Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations and the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations have occurred,
whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any
Borrower or any other Grantor, any Collateral or proceeds thereof (including assets or proceeds
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any
Revolving Credit Agent, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent,
the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any other Claimholder in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy (including set-off) relating to the Collateral in contravention of this Agreement
shall be segregated and held in trust for and on behalf of and forthwith paid over to the Revolving
Credit Agents or the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, as appropriate, in the same form as
received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct. Each of the Revolving Credit Agents is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as
agent for the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and the Authorized Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent, and the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any
such endorsements as agent for the Revolving Credit Agents and the Authorized Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent. Each of the foregoing authorizations is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until both the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and Discharge of Pari
Passu Secured Obligations have occurred.

     6.3 Application of Pari Passu Payments Among Pari Passu Secured Parties; Application of
Subordinated Lien Payments Among Subordinated Lien Secured Parties.

               (a) Anything contained herein or in any of the Pari Passu Loan Documents to the contrary
notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.3(a) of this Agreement), if a Pari Passu Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent is taking
action to enforce rights in respect of any Common Pari Passu Collateral, or the Authorized Pari
Passu Collateral Agent receives any proceeds of any Common Pari Passu Collateral from any Revolving
Credit Claimholder or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, or any distribution is made in respect
of any Common Pari Passu Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any Grantor, or
any Pari Passu Secured Party receives any payment with respect to any Common Pari Passu Collateral,
in each case to the extent the Pari Passu Secured Parties are entitled to retain such proceeds,
distribution or payment under the terms of this Agreement, then the proceeds of any sale,
collection or other liquidation of any such Collateral by any Pari Passu Secured Party or received
by any Pari Passu Secured Party with respect to such Common Pari Passu Collateral and proceeds of
any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately
following) to which the Pari Passu Secured Obligations are entitled under any agreement (other than
this Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral and
all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “Pari Passu Collateral
Proceeds”), shall be applied as follows:

          FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Pari
Passu Collateral Agents or any other Pari Passu Representative in connection with such
collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, or any other Pari Passu
Security Document or any of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, including all court costs
and the reasonable fees and expenses of their agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all
advances made by the Pari Passu Collateral Agents or any other Pari Passu Representative, as
applicable, hereunder or under any other Pari Passu Security Document on behalf of Grantors
and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy hereunder or under any other Pari Passu Security Document;

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          SECOND, subject to Section 1.3(a), to the payment of all other Pari
Passu Secured Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed pro rata among the Pari
Passu Secured Parties in accordance with the amounts of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations
owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

          THIRD, after payment in full of all Pari Passu Secured Obligations, (i) if the
Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has not then occurred, to the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, (ii) if the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has
then occurred but the Discharge of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations has not then
occurred, to the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and (iii) if the Discharge of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the Discharge of Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations has each occurred, to the Grantors or their successors or assigns, or as a court
of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Common Pari Passu Collateral for which a third
party (other than a Pari Passu Secured Party) has a lien or security interest that is junior in
priority to the security interest of any Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations but senior (as
determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of
any other Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations (such third party a “Pari Passu Intervening
Creditor”), the value of any Common Collateral or Pari Passu Collateral Proceeds which are
allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Pari
Passu Collateral Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.

All amounts received by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent from proceeds of Collateral that
do not constitute Common Pari Passu Collateral (and which the Pari Passu Secured Creditors are
entitled to retain) will be applied (after deduction of amounts payable under clause FIRST,
above) pro rata among the Pari Passu Secured Parties with Pari Passu Secured Obligations secured by
a Lien on such Collateral in accordance with the amounts of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations owed
to them on the date of any such distribution (subject to adjustments for Pari Passu Intervening
Creditor payments as provided above).

          (b) Anything contained herein or in any of the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents to the
contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.3(b) of this Agreement), if a
Subordinated Lien Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Authorized Subordinated
Lien Collateral Agent is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Common Subordinated Lien
Collateral, or the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent receives any proceeds of any
Common Pari Passu Collateral from any Revolving Credit Claimholder or any Pari Passu Secured Party
or any distribution is made in respect of any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding of any Grantor, or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party receives any
payment with respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral, in each case to the extent the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties are entitled to retain such proceeds, distribution or payment
under the terms of this Agreement, then the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation
of any such Collateral by any Subordinated Lien Secured Party or received by any Subordinated Lien
Representative or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party with respect to such Common
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such distribution (subject, in the case of any
such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) to which the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations are entitled under any agreement
(other than this Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any
Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as
"Subordinated Lien Collateral Proceeds”), shall be applied as follows:

     FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents or any other Subordinated Lien Representative in
connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, or
any other Subordinated Lien Security Document or any of the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of their agents
and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agents or any other Subordinated Lien Representative, as applicable, hereunder or under any
other Subordinated Lien Security Document on behalf of Grantors and any other reasonable
costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder
or under any other Subordinated Lien Security Document;

     SECOND, subject to Section 1.3(b), to the payment of all other
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed pro rata
among the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in accordance with the amounts of the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution);
and

     THIRD, after payment in full of all Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations:

     (i) if such proceeds constitute proceeds of Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral, and (A) if the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has not
then occurred, to Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, (B) if the Discharge of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has then occurred but the Discharge of Pari
Passu Secured Obligations has not then occurred, to the Authorized Pari Passu Lien
Collateral Agent and (C) if the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations
and the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has each occurred, to the
Grantors or their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct; and

     (ii) if such proceeds constitute proceeds of Pari Passu Priority Collateral,
and (A) if the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has not then occurred, to
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, (B) if the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations has then occurred but the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations has not then occurred, to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and (C)
if the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Discharge of Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations has each occurred, to the Grantors or their successors or
assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Common Subordinated Lien Collateral for which a
third party (other than a Subordinated Lien Secured Party) has a lien or security interest that is
junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations
but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any
dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations
(such third party a “Subordinated Lien Intervening Creditor”), the value of any Common Collateral
or Subordinated Lien Collateral Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be
deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Subordinated Lien Collateral Proceeds to be distributed
in respect of the Series of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations with respect to which such
Impairment exists.

All amounts received by the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent from proceeds of
Collateral that do not constitute Common Subordinated Lien Collateral (and which the Subordinated
Lien Creditors are entitled to retain) will be applied (after deduction of amounts payable under
clause FIRST, above), pro rata among the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties with
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations secured by a Lien on such Collateral in accordance with the
amounts of the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such
distribution (subject to adjustments for Subordinated Lien Intervening Creditor payments as
provided above).

               (c) Subject to the other terms of this Agreement (i) all payments received by any Revolving
Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in
whole or in part, to the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations to the extent provided for herein and
in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents; and (ii) all payments received by the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent or any Pari Passu Secured Party may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole
or in part, to the Pari Passu Secured Obligations to the extent provided for herein and in the Pari
Passu Loan Documents.

     VII. OTHER AGREEMENTS.

          7.1 Releases.

               (a) (i) If in connection with the exercise by any Revolving Credit Agent of remedies in
respect of any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, any Revolving Credit Agent, for itself and/or
on behalf of any of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, releases its Liens on any part of the
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, then the Liens, if any, of the Pari Passu Secured Parties and
the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties on the Revolving Credit Primary Collateral sold or disposed
of in connection with such exercise, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously
released. The Pari Passu Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Representatives shall promptly
execute and deliver to the Revolving Credit Agents such termination statements, releases and other
documents as the Revolving Credit Agents may request to effectively confirm such release.

               (ii) If in connection with the exercise by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent of
remedies in respect of any Pari Passu Priority Collateral, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral
Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of any of the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, releases its
Liens on any part of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, then the Liens, if any, of the

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Revolving
Credit Agents, the Subordinated Lien Representatives, and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders,
and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral sold or disposed
of in connection with such exercise, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously
released. Each Revolving Credit Agent and each Subordinated Lien Representative shall promptly execute and deliver to the Authorized Pari
Passu Collateral Agent such termination statements, releases and other documents as the Authorized
Pari Passu Collateral Agent may request to effectively confirm such release.

               (b) If in connection with any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any
Collateral or all of the Equity Interests of any Grantor (collectively, a “Disposition”) permitted
under the terms of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, (i) any Revolving Credit Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of
any of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, releases its Liens on any part of the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral subject to such Disposition other than (A) in connection with the
Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or (B) after the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Pari Passu Default, then the Liens, if any, of the Pari Passu Representatives, the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties on such Collateral subject to Disposition shall be automatically, unconditionally
and simultaneously released, and (ii) the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, for itself and/or
on behalf of any of the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, releases its Liens on any part of the
Pari Passu Priority Collateral subject to such Disposition other than (A) in connection with the
Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations or (B) after the occurrence and during the continuance
of a Revolving Credit Default, then the Liens, if any, of the Revolving Credit Agents, the
Subordinated Lien Representatives and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders and Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties on such Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously
released. Each of the Revolving Credit Agents, for itself and/or on behalf of the other Revolving
Credit Claimholders, each Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of
the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, for itself and/or on
behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, shall promptly execute and
deliver to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Agents, as the case
may be, such termination statements, releases and other documents as the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Agents may request to effectively confirm such release.

               (c) Until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations shall occur, each Pari Passu
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each
Subordinated Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Revolving Credit Agent and any of its
officers or agents, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of each Pari Passu Representative, each
Subordinated Lien Representative or each such Pari Passu Secured Party or Subordinated Lien Secured
Party, whether in such Revolving Credit Agent’s name or, at the option of such Revolving Credit
Agent, in each such Pari Passu Representative’s, such Subordinated Lien Representative’s, any Pari
Passu Secured Party’s, or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party’s own name, from time to time in such
Revolving Credit Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section
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instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 7.1,
including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.

               (d) Until the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations shall occur, each Revolving Credit
Agent, for itself and on behalf of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, and the Subordinated
Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral
Agent and any of its officers or agents, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Revolving
Credit Agent, the Subordinated Lien Representative or such other Revolving Credit Claimholder or
Subordinated Lien Secured Party, whether in the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent’s name or,
at the option of the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, in any Revolving Credit Agent’s, the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent’s, any other Revolving Credit Claimholder’s or any Subordinated
Lien Secured Party’s own name, from time to time in the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent’s
discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 7.1, to take any and
all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary
to accomplish the purposes of this Section 7.1, including any endorsements or other
instruments of transfer or release.

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          7.2 Insurance.

               (a) Unless and until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred,
subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Revolving Credit Loan Documents,
(i) the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have the sole and
exclusive right to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral or the Liens with respect thereto in the event of any loss thereunder or with
respect thereto and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any
deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting such Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, (ii) all
proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of
condemnation) if in respect of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral shall be paid to the
Revolving Credit Agents for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders or as the Revolving
Credit Agents may direct pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents (including
for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit and including allowing the Grantors to
receive and retain such proceeds) and thereafter, subject to the terms of, and the rights of the
Grantors under, the Pari Passu Loan Documents, to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Pari Passu Secured Parties (including for purposes of cash collateralization of
letters of credit and including allowing the Grantors to receive and retain such proceeds) and
thereafter, to the extent no Pari Passu Secured Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the
terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, to the
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties to the extent required under the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents and then, to the extent
no Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations which were secured by such Collateral are outstanding, to
the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct and (iii) if any Pari Passu Secured Party or
Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance
policy or any such award or payment in contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold
in trust and forthwith pay such proceeds over to the Revolving Credit Agents in accordance with the
terms of Article VI.

               (b) Unless and until the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has occurred, subject to
the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Pari Passu Loan Documents, (i) the Pari
Passu Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right to adjust settlement for any
insurance policy covering the Pari Passu Priority Collateral or the Liens with
respect thereto in the event of any loss thereunder or with respect thereto and to approve any
award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation)
affecting such Pari Passu Priority Collateral, (ii) all proceeds of any such policy and any such
award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect of the Pari
Passu Priority Collateral shall be paid to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Pari Passu Secured Parties (including for purposes of cash collateralization of
letters of credit and including allowing the Grantors to receive and retain such proceeds) and
thereafter, subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents, to the Revolving Credit Agents for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders
or as the Revolving Credit Agents may direct pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents (including for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit and including
allowing the Grantors to receive and retain such proceeds) and thereafter, to the extent no
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Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the terms of, and the rights
of the Grantors under, the Authorized Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, to the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties to the extent required
under the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents and then, to the extent no Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations which were secured by such Collateral are outstanding, to the owner of the subject
property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct and (iii) if any Revolving Credit Claimholder or any Subordinated Lien Secured
Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or
payment in contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay
such proceeds over to the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of
Article VI.

               (c) To effectuate the foregoing, the applicable Revolving Credit Agents, each Pari Passu
Collateral Agent and each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall each receive separate lender’s
loss payable endorsements naming themselves as loss payee and additional insured, as their
interests may appear, with respect to policies which insure Collateral hereunder. To the extent
any proceeds are received for business interruption and those proceeds are not compensation for a
casualty loss with respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, such proceeds shall first be
applied to the payment of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, then be applied, to the extent
required by the Pari Passu Loan Documents, to the payment of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and
then be applied, to the extent required under the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, to the payment
of the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations. To the extent any proceeds are received for
liability or indemnification and those proceeds are not compensation for a casualty loss with
respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, such proceeds shall be applied to compensate or
reimburse the Pari Passu Secured Parties, Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties in accordance with such liability or indemnification claims.

     7.3 Amendments to Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Pari Passu Loan Documents;
Refinancings; Legending Provisions.

               (a) The Revolving Credit Security Documents, the Pari Passu Security Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Security Documents, as applicable, may be Modified in accordance with the terms
of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents and the Subordinated Lien
Loan Documents, as applicable. in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the
extent a consent is required to permit such Modification under any Revolving Credit Loan Document,
any Pari Passu Loan Document or any Subordinated Lien Loan
Document, as applicable) of any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit
Claimholder, any Pari Passu Representative or any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien
Representative or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as the case may be, all without affecting
the lien priorities provided for herein or the other provisions of this Agreement.

               (b) (i) In the event each Revolving Credit Agent enters into (or otherwise agrees or consents
to) any Modification in respect of any of the Revolving Credit Security Documents for the purpose
of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of,
any Revolving Credit Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties
thereunder, in each case solely with respect to any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, then such
Modification shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Pari Passu
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consent of or
action by any Pari Passu Representative or any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien
Representative or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as the case may be (with all such
Modifications subject to the terms hereof); provided that, (A) no such Modification shall
have the effect of removing assets subject to the Lien of any Pari Passu Security Document or
Subordinated Lien Security Document, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted
by Section 7.1, (B) any such Modification that materially and adversely affects the rights
of any of the Pari Passu Secured Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties and does not
affect the Revolving Credit Claimholders in a like or similar manner shall not apply to the Pari
Passu Security Documents or Subordinated Lien Security Documents, as the case may be, without the
consent of the Pari Passu Representatives or the Subordinated Lien Representatives, as the case may
be, (C) no such Modification with respect to any provision applicable to the Pari Passu
Representative under any Pari Passu Loan Documents shall be made without the prior written consent
of such Pari Passu Representative, (D) no such Modification with respect to any provision
applicable to any Subordinated Lien Representative under any Subordinated Lien Loan Documents shall
be made without the prior written consent of such Subordinated Lien Representative and (E) notice
of such Modification shall be given to each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien
Representative no later than 30 days after its effectiveness (provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof)

               (ii) In the event each Pari Passu Representative enters into (or otherwise agrees or consents
to) any Modification in respect of any of the Pari Passu Security Documents for the purpose of
adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of,
any Pari Passu Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder,
in each case solely with respect to any Pari Passu Priority Collateral, then such Modification
shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Revolving Credit Security
Document and the Comparable Subordinated Lien Security Document without the consent of or action
by any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder or the Subordinated Lien
Representative or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as the case may be (with all such
Modifications subject to the terms hereof); provided that, (A) no such a Modification
shall have the effect of removing assets subject to the Lien of any Revolving Credit Security
Document or any Subordinated lien Security Document, except to the extent that a release of such
Lien is permitted by Section 7.1, (B) any such Modification that materially and adversely
affects the rights of any of the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties and does not affect the Pari Passu Secured Parties in a like or similar manner shall not
apply to the Revolving
Credit Security Documents or Subordinated Lien Security Documents, as the case may be,
without the consent of the Revolving Credit Agents or the Subordinated Lien Representatives, as
the case may be, (C) no such Modification with respect to any provision applicable to any
Revolving Credit Agent under any Revolving Credit Documents shall be made without the prior
written consent of such Revolving Credit Agent and (D) no such Modification with respect to any
provision applicable to any Subordinated Lien Representative under any Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents shall be made without the prior written consent of such Subordinated Lien Representative
and (E) notice of such Modification shall be given to the Revolving Credit Agents and each
Subordinated Lien Representative no later than 30 days after its effectiveness (provided that the
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               (c) The Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without
notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is required to permit such Refinancing
transaction under any Revolving Credit Loan Document, any Pari Passu Loan Document or the
Subordinated Lien Loan Documents) of any Revolving Credit Claimholder, Pari Passu Secured Party or
any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as the case may be, all without affecting the lien priorities
provided for herein or the other provisions of this Agreement; provided, however,
that the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their
behalf which shall be a Secured Debt Representative in the case of any such Refinancing
Indebtedness which constitutes Pari Passu Debt or Subordinated Lien Debt and a Revolving Credit
Agent (if applicable) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness which constitutes Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations) and each relevant Grantor bind themselves to this Agreement through the
execution and delivery of an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and such other documents or agreements
(including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Revolving Credit Agents or any Pari
Passu Representative, as the case may be, shall reasonably request and in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Revolving Credit Agents and its Pari Passu Representatives, as the
case may be, and any such Refinancing transaction shall be in accordance with the provisions of the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents and the Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents.

               (d) Each Revolving Credit Security Document, Pari Passu Security Document and Subordinated
Lien Security Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved
by each of the Revolving Credit Agents and each Pari Passu Representative, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed):

“NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY
INTEREST GRANTED TO [COLLATERAL AGENT OR OTHER PERSON, AS APPLICABLE] FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY [COLLATERAL AGENT OR OTHER PERSON, AS
APPLICABLE] HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT,
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED,
SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED
FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG NOVELIS INC.,
NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA
INC., 4260856 CANADA INC., NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS
CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH
AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE
HOLDINGS LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED., NOVELIS
DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG, NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY
AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING

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COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., NOVELIS
LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS
INC. (“HOLDINGS”), THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTY THERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE
REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT
CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR
THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME
BOUND THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND
THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN
AND CONTROL.

          In addition, each of the Revolving Credit Agents and the Pari Passu Representatives agree that
the foregoing language shall be modified as necessary or advisable or reasonably requested by the
Borrower (subject to the consent of the Revolving Credit Agents and the Pari Passu Representatives
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Pari Passu Representatives (subject to the consent
of the Revolving Credit Agents not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or the Revolving Credit
Agents (subject to the consent of the Pari Passu Representatives not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed)to conform to the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction.

          7.4 Bailee or Agency for Perfection.

               (a) Each Revolving Credit Agent and the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, respectively,
agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its possession or control (or
in the possession or control of its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession or
control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC or the PPSA or under the law of
any other applicable jurisdiction outside of the United States (such Collateral being the “Pledged
Collateral”), as sub-agent and as bailee for the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and the
other Pari Passu Collateral Agents (for the benefit of the Pari Passu Secured Parties) and the
Revolving Credit Agents (for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders), respectively, and
for the Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and the other Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agents (for the benefit of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) (such bailment being intended,
among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC)
and any of their respective assignees, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest
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respectively,
and the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section 7.4. To the extent a junior pledge of or junior lien on any Pari Passu Priority
Collateral is prohibited or unenforceable under the law of any applicable jurisdiction outside of
the United States, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to
hold any such Pari Passu Priority Collateral, as sub-agent for the Revolving Credit Agents, for the
benefit of the Revolving Lien Claimholders, and for the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents (for
the benefit of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), solely for the purpose of the creation
and/or perfection of Liens in such Pari Passu Priority Collateral to secure the Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Section 7.4, it being expressly understood and agreed that the claims of
the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of such Pari
Passu Priority Collateral shall be subordinated to the claims of the Senior Secured Parties in
respect of such Pari Passu Priority Collateral on the same basis as the Liens on the other Pari
Passu Priority Collateral securing any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations, respectively, are subordinated to the Liens on such other Pari Passu Priority
Collateral securing any Pari Passu Secured Obligations, and nothing in this Section 7.4
shall affect the status of such Collateral as Pari Passu Priority Collateral.

               In addition, the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent is hereby appointed by the Revolving
Credit Agent and by the Subordinated Lien Representatives as agent for the benefit of the Revolving
Credit Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, respectively, for the purpose of
holding the Collateral subject to the Italian Pledge Agreements, the Korea Share Pledge Agreements,
Swiss Stock and IP Agreements, the Security Transfer Agreement, the German Pari Passu Non-Accessory
Security Documents and any other Security Document that grants a Lien on Pari Passu Primary
Collateral in favor of a Pari Passu Collateral Agent to secure any Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, on behalf of the Pari Passu Secured Parties,
the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties (but only, in case of
the Revolving Credit Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, to the extent the
grant in such Collateral secures the related Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or Subordinated
Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be), it being understood that the Collateral subject to
the Italian Pledge Agreements, the Korea Share Pledge Agreements, the Swiss Stock and IP
Agreements, the Security Transfer Agreement and the German Pari Passu Non-Accessory Security
Documents constitutes Pari Passu Priority Collateral.

               In the event the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent becomes subject to liability, or
suffers any costs, damages or expenses as a result of acting in any such capacity for the Revolving
Credit Agents or Revolving Credit Claimholders or for the Subordinated Lien Representatives or the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, (i) the Grantors shall pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold
harmless the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent for any such liabilities, costs, damages or
expenses subject to any limitations contained in the Pari Passu Security Document to the extent
applicable and (ii) in the event the Grantors fail to so pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold
harmless the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, shall pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold
harmless the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent for any such liabilities,

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costs, damages or
expenses suffered by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent as a result of acting in such
capacity for the benefit of such Persons.

               To the extent a junior pledge of or junior lien on any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral is
prohibited or unenforceable under the law of any applicable jurisdiction outside of the United
States, any applicable Revolving Credit Agent may, in its sole discretion, hold any such Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral, as sub-agent for the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties solely for the purpose of the creation and/or perfection of Liens in such
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section
7.4, it being expressly understood and agreed that the claims of the Pari Passu Secured Parties
and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of such Pledged Collateral shall be
subordinated to the claims of the Revolving Credit Claimholders in respect of such Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral on the same basis as the Liens on the other Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral securing any Pari Passu Secured Obligations or any Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, as the case may be, are subordinated to the Liens on such other Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral securing any Revolving Obligations, and nothing in this Section 7.4
shall affect the status of such Collateral as Revolving Credit Priority Collateral.

               In addition, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent is hereby appointed by the Pari Passu
Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Representatives as agent for the benefit of the Pari
Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, respectively, for the purpose of
holding the Collateral subject to the Swiss Security Agreement, the German Revolving Credit
Non-Accessory Security Documents, the Madeira Assignment of Credits Agreement and any other
Security Document that grants, in favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to secure any Pari
Passu Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations on behalf of the Revolving
Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties (but
only, in case of the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, to the
extent the grant in such Collateral secures the related Pari Passu Secured Obligations or
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be), it being understood that the Collateral
subject to the Swiss Security Agreement, the German Revolving Credit Non-Accessory Security
Documents and the Madeira Assignment of Credits constitutes Revolving Credit Priority Collateral.

               In the event any Revolving Credit Agent becomes subject to liability, or suffers any costs,
damages or expenses as a result of acting in any such capacity for the Pari Passu Secured Parties
or for the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, (i) the Grantors shall pay,
reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the Revolving Credit Agents for any such liabilities,
costs, damages or expenses subject to the limitations set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement
to the extent applicable and (ii) in the event the Grantors fail to so pay, reimburse, indemnify
and hold harmless the Revolving Credit Agents, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, shall pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the
Revolving Credit Agents for any such liabilities, costs, damages or expenses suffered by any
Revolving Credit Agent as a result of acting in such capacity for the benefit of such Persons.

               (b) No Person shall have any obligation whatsoever to any other Person to ensure that the
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Agent for the
Revolving Credit Secured Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, or by the Revolving
Credit Agents for the Pari Passu Lien Secured Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) is
genuine or owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as
expressly set forth in this Section 7.4. The duties or responsibilities under this
Section 7.4 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral (or such other
Collateral held as provided in clause (a) above) as sub-agent and/or bailee, as applicable, in
accordance with this Section 7.4 and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon a Discharge of
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or Discharge of Pari Passu Collateral Secured Obligations, as
the case may be, as provided in paragraph (d) below.

               (c) No Person acting pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall have by reason of the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents, the Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents, this Agreement or any other document, a fiduciary relationship with any other Person
with respect to such acts.

               (d) Upon the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations the Revolving Credit Agents
shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) in their possession or control (or in the
possession or control of their agents), together with any necessary endorsements, first, to
the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent to the extent the Pari Passu Secured Obligations which
are secured by such Pledged Collateral remain outstanding, second to the Authorized
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent to the extent the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations which
are secured by such Pledged Collateral remain outstanding and third, to the applicable
Grantor (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such Pledged
Collateral). Each Revolving Credit Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably
requested by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, in connection with the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority interest in the Collateral
or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

               (e) Upon the Discharge of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) in its possession or
control (or in the possession or control of its agents), together with any necessary endorsements,
first, to the Revolving Credit Agents to the extent any Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations which are secured by such Pledged Collateral remain outstanding, second to the
Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent to the extent the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations which are secured by such Pledged Collateral remain outstanding and third, to
the applicable Grantor (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession or control of
such Pledged Collateral). The Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent further agrees to take
all other action reasonably requested by any Revolving Credit Agent or Authorized Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in connection with such Revolving Credit Agent or
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority interest in the Collateral or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

          (f) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, (i) so long as the Discharge of Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations has not occurred, each Revolving Credit Agent shall be entitled to deal with
any Pledged Collateral and any other Collateral within its “control” (within the meaning of the
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Credit Loan Documents, but
only to the extent that such Collateral constitutes Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, as if the
Liens (if any) of the Pari Passu Representatives and Subordinated Lien Representatives did not
exist and (ii) so long as the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has not occurred, the
Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent shall be entitled to deal with any Pledged Collateral and
any other Collateral within its “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the Pari Passu Loan Documents, but only to the extent that such
Collateral constitutes Pari Passu Priority Collateral, as if the Liens of the Revolving Credit
Agents and Subordinated Lien Representatives did not exist.

          7.5 Additional Secured Debt.

               (a) The Parent Borrower will be permitted to designate additional Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, Pari Passu Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case
may be, incurred by any Grantor after the date of this Agreement permitted by the terms of all
applicable Revolving Credit Loan Documents, Pari Passu Loan Documents or Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents (collectively, the “Secured Debt Loan Documents”). The Borrower may effect such
designation by delivering to each Revolving Credit Agent, each Pari Passu Representative and each
Subordinated Lien Representative an Additional Secured Debt Designation stating that:

               (i) such Grantor intends to incur additional secured debt (“Additional Secured Debt”)
which will be one of the following: (x) Revolving Credit Secured Obligations permitted by
each applicable Secured Debt Loan Document to be secured by the Collateral, including Liens
on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral entitled to priority over the Liens securing the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (provided,
there may only be one series of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations outstanding at any
time), (y) Pari Passu Debt permitted by each applicable Secured Debt Loan Document to be
secured by the Collateral (to the extent provided in the documentation for such Additional
Secured Debt), including a Lien on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral (to the extent
provided in the documentation for such Additional Secured Debt) entitled to priority over
the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations (Equally and Ratably with all previously existing and future Pari Passu
Debt); it being acknowledged that Revolving Credit Secured Obligations may be Refinanced as
Pari Passu Secured Obligations if so designated pursuant to this Section 7.5, and (z)
Subordinated Lien Debt permitted by each applicable Secured Debt Loan Document to be secured
by the Collateral (to the extent provided in the documentation for such Additional Secured
Debt), subject to the senior Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations
and the Pari Passu Secured Obligations (Equally and Ratably with all previously existing and
future Subordinated Lien Debt);

               (ii) specifying the name and address of the Revolving Credit Agent or Secured Debt
Representative for such series of Additional Secured Debt for purposes of Section
11.9; and

               (iii) attaching complete copies (or substantially final drafts) of the material
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Loan Documents
or Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, as the case may be, relating to such Additional Secured
Debt.

Although the Parent Borrower shall be required to deliver a copy of each Additional Secured Debt
Designation to each then existing Revolving Credit Agent and Secured Debt Representative, the
failure to so deliver a copy of the Additional Secured Debt Designation to any then existing
Revolving Credit Agents and Secured Debt Representatives shall not affect the status of such debt
as Additional Secured Debt if the other requirements of this Section 7.5 are complied with.
Each Revolving Credit Agent and Secured Debt Representative shall have the right to request that
the Parent Borrower provide a legal opinion (in form and substance customary in the jurisdiction(s)
covered by such opinions at such time, and subject to customary qualifications and assumptions,
which opinion may be a copy of a legal opinion of counsel provided to the holders of Additional
Secured Debt or their Secured Debt Representatives) as to the Additional Secured Debt being secured
by a valid and perfected security interest (which legal opinion may be provided by internal counsel
to the extent the holders of Additional Secured Debt or their Secured Debt Representatives relied
on an opinion of internal counsel on such matters); provided, however, that such
legal opinion or opinions need not address any collateral of a type or located in a jurisdiction
not previously covered by any legal opinion delivered by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will be construed to allow any Grantor to
incur additional Indebtedness or Liens if prohibited by the terms of any applicable Secured Debt
Loan Documents or the Revolving Credit Loan Documents.

Each Revolving Credit Agent and Secured Debt Representative shall have the right to request that
the Grantors (i) reaffirm, amend and/or re-execute any of the then-existing Security Documents (and
do all acts and execute all documents required or advisable in connection therewith) to the extent
such reaffirmation, amendment and/or re-execution is required or advisable to maintain the
validity, enforceability, perfection and, to the extent possible, priority of the Liens granted
thereunder and/or (ii) to the extent required or advisable, execute any additional Security
Document (and do all acts and execute all documents required or advisable in connection therewith)
to establish the validity, enforceability, perfection and, to the extent possible, priority of new
Lien(s) over the Collateral.

The Security Documents creating or evidencing the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations shall
comply with Sections 2.4 and 7.5(d).

               (b) No Revolving Credit Claimholder under any Additional Secured Debt shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Intercreditor Agreement unless the Revolving Credit Agent, acting on its behalf
and pursuant to the authority provided in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents governing the terms
of the related Revolving Credit Secured Obligations signs an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and
delivers the same to each Secured Debt Representative existing at the time such Additional Secured
Debt is incurred.

               (c) No Pari Passu Secured Party shall be entitled to the benefits of this Intercreditor
Agreement unless the Pari Passu Representative, acting on its behalf and pursuant to the authority
provided in the Loan Documents governing the terms of the related Pari Passu

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Secured Obligations
signs an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and delivers the same to each Revolving Credit Agent and
each Secured Debt Representative existing at the time such Additional Secured Debt is incurred.

               (d) The Security Documents creating or evidencing the Liens securing the Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligation and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations in relation to any Additional Secured Debt shall be in all material respects
substantially the same forms of documents other than with respect to the first lien, second lien or
third lien nature of the Obligations thereunder and except (i) to the extent that the creditors who
have the direct benefit of such agreements or documents agree that such documents and agreements
may grant Liens in less than all the Collateral and/or are less restrictive on the Grantors (or
provide fewer rights or remedies to the secured party) than the forms of documents and agreements
on the date hereof (and the satisfaction of such requirement will be conclusively established if
the Parent Borrower delivers to each Secured Debt Representative and the Revolving Credit Agents an
officers’ certificate certifying that the Parent Borrower has determined in good faith that such
Pari Passu Documents satisfy the foregoing requirements unless any Senior Secured Debt
Representative or any Revolving Credit Agent notifies the Borrower within five Business Days that
it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it
disagrees)), (ii) the representations and covenants relating to Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral contained in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents may be more restrictive that those
contained in the Pari Passu Loan Documents and (iii) the representations and covenants relating to
Pari Passu Secured Obligations contained in the Pari Passu Loan Documents may be more restrictive
that those contained in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing in this Agreement will be construed to allow any Grantor to incur additional Indebtedness
or Liens if prohibited by the terms of any applicable Secured Debt Loan Documents.

     7.6 When Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations or Pari Passu Secured Obligations Deemed
to Not Have Occurred.

               (a) If concurrently with the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, any of the
Grantors thereafter enters into any Refinancing of any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations
designated to constitute Revolving Credit Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 7.5, which
Refinancing is permitted by the Pari Passu Loan Documents and the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents,
then such Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to
have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a
result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations) and, from and after the date the Parent Borrower and the new Revolving Credit
Agent each complies with the requirements set forth in Section 7.5 with respect to such
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the obligations under such Refinancing shall automatically be
treated as Revolving Credit Secured Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for
purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the
Revolving Credit Agents under such new Revolving Credit Loan Documents shall be the Revolving
Credit Agents for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of an Additional Secured Debt
Designation stating that the applicable Grantors have entered into new Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, such new Revolving Credit Agents, each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated
Lien Representative shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including

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amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as such Grantors or such new Revolving Credit Agents
shall reasonably request in order to provide to the new Revolving Credit Agent the rights
contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this
Agreement and (b) deliver, to the extent contemplated by this Agreement, to such new Revolving
Credit Agent any Pledged Collateral in its possession or control, together with any necessary
endorsements (or otherwise allow such new Revolving Credit Agent to obtain possession or control of
such Pledged Collateral) (for the avoidance of doubt, it being expressly understood and agreed that
nothing in this clause (b) shall require the Pari Passu Collateral Agent to deliver or otherwise
allow any new Revolving Credit Agent to obtain possession or control of Pledged Collateral
constituting Pari Passu Priority Collateral).

               (b) If concurrently with the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, any of the Grantors
thereafter enters into any Refinancing of any Pari Passu Secured Obligations, which Refinancing is
permitted by the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, then
such Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred
for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the
occurrence of such first Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations) and, from and after the date
the Parent Borrower and the new Pari Passu Representative complies with the requirements set forth
in Section 7.5 with respect to such Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the obligations under
such Refinancing shall automatically be treated as Pari Passu Secured Obligations for all purposes
of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of
Collateral set forth herein. Upon receipt of an Additional Secured Debt Designation stating that
the applicable Grantors have entered into new Pari Passu Loan Documents, each other Pari Passu
Representative, each Revolving Credit Agent and each Subordinated Lien Representative shall
promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this
Agreement) as such Grantors or such Pari Passu Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in order
to provide to such Pari Passu Collateral Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case
consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (b) deliver, to the extent
contemplated by this Agreement, to such Pari Passu Collateral Agent any Pledged Collateral in its
possession or control, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow such Pari Passu
Collateral Agent to obtain possession or control of such Pledged Collateral) (for the avoidance of
doubt, it being expressly understood and agreed that nothing in this clause (b) shall require the
Revolving Credit Agents to deliver or otherwise allow such Pari Passu Collateral Agent to obtain
possession or control of Pledged Collateral constituting Revolving Credit Priority Collateral).

     VIII. INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS.

     8.1 Finance and Sale Issues.

               (a) If any Grantor becomes subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at any time
prior to the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, and if any Revolving Credit Agent
or any of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders desire to consent (or does not object) to the use
of cash collateral that constitutes Revolving Credit Priority Collateral under the Bankruptcy Code
or to the provision of financing to any Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or does
not object) to the provision of such financing to any Grantor by any third party (any such
financing, “Revolving Credit DIP Financing”), which Revolving Credit DIP Financing

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shall be secured
by the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, then each Pari Passu Representative and each
Subordinated Lien Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Pari Passu Secured
Parties and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, respectively, that so long as (1) the Pari Passu
Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Representatives, as the case may be, retains the Liens on
the Collateral to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, respectively (in each case, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement
of any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), and, as to the Lien on the Pari Passu Primary
Collateral securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations only, such Lien has the same priority as
existed prior to the commencement of such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any Lien
securing such Revolving Credit DIP Financing is junior and subordinate to the Lien securing the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, (2) all Liens on Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral securing any such Revolving Credit DIP Financing shall be senior to or
on a parity with the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations on such Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral and (3) if the Revolving Credit Agents receive a replacement or adequate
protection Lien on post-petition assets of any Grantor that constitute Pari Passu Priority
Collateral (the “Pari Passu Post-Petition Assets”) to secure the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, (x) such replacement or adequate protection Lien on such Pari Passu Post-Petition
Assets is junior and subordinate to the Lien on the Pari Passu Post-Petition Assets securing the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations (but may be senior to the Lien securing the Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations) and (y) the Pari Passu Representatives and the Subordinated Lien
Representatives also receive a replacement or adequate protection Lien on such Pari Passu
Post-Petition Assets to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, respectively, the Pari Passu Representatives, on behalf of itself and each Pari Passu
Secured Party, and each Subordinated Lien Representatives, on behalf of itself and each
Subordinated Lien Secured Party:

               (1) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any
other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such Revolving Credit DIP
Financing,

               (2) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection
with the use of such cash collateral or such Revolving Credit DIP Financing except as set
forth in Section 8.3 below, and

               (3) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Lien
securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Lien securing the Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations, respectively, on the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral (i) to such Revolving Credit DIP Financing on the same terms as the
Lien securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (and such subordination will not
alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided
to the Revolving Credit Claimholders on the same terms as the Lien securing the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of
this Agreement) and (iii) to any “carve-out,” including for debtor’s professionals, agreed
to by the Revolving Credit Representative or the other Revolving Credit Claimholders.

               (b) If any Grantor becomes subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at any time
prior to the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, and if any Pari Passu

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Representative or
any of the other Pari Passu Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash
collateral that constitutes Pari Passu Priority Collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide
financing to any Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision
of such financing to any Grantor by any third party (any such financing, “Pari Passu DIP
Financing”), which Pari Passu DIP Financing shall be secured by the Pari Passu Priority Collateral,
then each of the Revolving Credit Agents agrees, on behalf of the Revolving Credit Claimholders,
and each Subordinated Lien Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, respectively, that so long as (1) the Revolving Credit Agent and the
Subordinated Lien Representatives, as the case may be, retains the Liens on the Collateral to
secure the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations,
respectively (in each case, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of any such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), and, as to the Lien on the Revolving Credit Primary
Collateral securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations only, such Lien has the same priority
as existed prior to the commencement of such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any Lien
securing such Pari Passu DIP Financing is junior and subordinate to the Lien securing the Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, (2) all Liens on Pari Passu
Priority Collateral securing any such Pari Passu DIP Financing shall be senior to or on a parity
with the Liens securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations on such Pari Passu Priority Collateral
and (3) if the Pari Passu Representatives receive a replacement or adequate protection Lien on
post-petition assets of any Grantor that constitute Revolving Credit Priority Collateral (the
“Revolving Credit Lien Post-Petition Assets”) to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, (x)
such replacement or adequate protection Lien on such Revolving Credit Lien Post-Petition Assets is
junior and subordinate to the Lien on the Revolving Credit Lien Post-Petition Assets securing the
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations (but may be senior to the Lien securing the Subordinated Lien
Secured Obligations) and (y) the Revolving Credit Agents and Subordinated Lien Representatives also
receives a replacement or adequate protection Lien on such Revolving Credit Lien Post-Petition
Assets to secure the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, respectively, the Revolving Credit Agents, on behalf of itself and each Revolving
Credit Secured Party, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each
Subordinated Lien Secured Party:

               (1) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any
other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such Pari Passu DIP
Financing,

               (2) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection
with the use of such cash collateral or such Pari Passu DIP Financing except as set forth in
Section 8.3 below, and

               (3) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Lien
securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the Lien securing the Subordinated
Lien Secured Obligations, respectively, on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral (i) to such
Pari Passu DIP Financing on the same terms as the Lien securing the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the Pari Passu Secured Parties on
the same terms as the Lien securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations (and such
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Agreement) and (iii) to any
“carve-out,” including for debtor’s professionals, agreed to by such Pari Passu
Representatives or the other Pari Passu Secured Parties.

               (c) If any Grantor becomes subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at any time
prior to the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, and if the Authorized Pari Passu
Collateral Agent consents (or not object) to the use of cash collateral that constitutes Pari Passu
Priority Collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Grantor under the
Bankruptcy Code or consents (or not object) to the provision of a Pari Passu DIP Financing, which
Pari Passu DIP Financing shall be secured by the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, then each Pari
Passu Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and each of the Pari Passu Secured Parties,
respectively, that so long as (1) each of the Pari Passu Representatives retains the Liens on the
Collateral to secure the Pari Passu Secured Obligations (in each case, including proceeds thereof
arising after the commencement of any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), and such Lien has
the same priority as existed prior to the commencement of such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, (2) all Liens on Pari Passu Priority Collateral securing any such Pari Passu DIP
Financing shall be senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations on such Pari Passu Priority Collateral, and (3) if any Pari Passu Representative
receives a replacement or adequate protection Lien on post-petition assets of any Grantor, each
other Pari Passu Representative also receives a replacement or adequate protection Lien on
post-petition assets of such Grantor (each such Lien to be Equally and Ratably secured), each
Non-Controlling Secured Party:

               (1) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any
other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such Pari Passu DIP
Financing,

               (2) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection
with the use of such cash collateral or such Pari Passu DIP Financing except as set forth in
Section 8.3 below, and

               (3) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) its Liens
securing its pre-petition Pari Passu Secured Obligations on the Collateral (i) to such Pari
Passu DIP Financing (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this
Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the Pari Passu Secured Parties (and
such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms
of this Agreement) and (iii) to any “carve-out,” including for debtor’s professionals,
agreed to by such Pari Passu Representatives or the other Pari Passu Secured Parties.

If any Pari Passu Secured Party is granted any form of adequate protection payments,
including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with any Revolving Credit DIP
Financing or Pari Passu DIP Financing, the proceeds of such adequate protection shall be
applied pursuant to Section 6.3(a) hereof.

               (d) All Liens granted to the Revolving Credit Agents or any Pari Passu Representative or any
Subordinated Lien Representative in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether as adequate
protection or otherwise, are intended to be and shall be deemed to

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be subject to the lien
priorities set forth in Section 2.1 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     8.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay.

               (a) Until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred, each Pari Passu
Representative, on behalf of itself and each other Pari Passu Secured Party, and each Subordinated
Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees
that none of them shall seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic stay
or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral (other than, in the case of any Pari Passu Representative, to the extent such
relief is required to exercise its rights under Section 5.3), without the prior written
consent of the Revolving Credit Agents.

               (b) Until the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has occurred, each Revolving Credit
Agent, on behalf of itself and each other Revolving Credit Claimholder each Subordinated Lien
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, and each
Non-Controlling Secured Party agrees that none of them shall seek (or support any other Person
seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in respect of any Pari Passu Priority Collateral (other than, in the case of any
Revolving Credit Agent, to the extent such relief is required to exercise its rights under
Section 5.3), without the prior written consent of the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral
Agent.

     8.3 Adequate Protection.

               (a) Each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and each of the Pari Passu Secured
Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):

               (1) any request by any Revolving Credit Agent for adequate protection with respect to
any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or any adequate protection provided to any
Revolving Credit Agents or any Revolving Credit Claimholder in respect of its interests in
the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral;

               (2) any objection by any Revolving Credit Agent to any motion, relief, action or
proceeding based on the Revolving Credit Agents or the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral; or

               (3) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the Revolving Credit
Agents or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the
Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that any action described in the foregoing
clauses (1) and (2) does not violate Section 8.1.

Each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Pari Passu Secured Parties, and
each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Lien

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Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, none
of them shall assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or
otherwise that is senior to or on a parity with the Liens on the Revolving Credit Primary
Collateral securing the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or
disposing of any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral.

               (b) Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and each of the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, and the Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person
contesting):

               (1) any request by any Pari Passu Representative for adequate protection with respect
to any Pari Passu Priority Collateral or any adequate protection provided to any Pari Passu
Representative or any other Pari Passu Secured Party in respect of its interests in the Pari
Passu Priority Collateral;

               (2) any objection by any Pari Passu Representative to any motion, relief, action or
proceeding based on any Pari Passu Representative or any Pari Passu Secured Party claiming a
lack of adequate protection with respect to the Pari Passu Priority Collateral; or

               (3) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the Pari Passu
Representatives or any other Pari Passu Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the
Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that any action described in the foregoing
clauses (1) and (2) does not violate Section 8.1.

Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of each Revolving Credit Claimholder, and each Subordinated
Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, further
agrees that, prior to the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations, none of them shall assert or
enforce any claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise that is senior
to or on a parity with the Liens on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral securing the Pari Passu
Secured Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Pari Passu Priority
Collateral.

               (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 8.3, in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding:

               (1) in the event any of the Revolving Credit Agents or any of the other Revolving
Credit Claimholders is granted adequate protection in respect of Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral in the form of additional collateral (even if such collateral is not of a type
which would otherwise have constituted Revolving Credit Priority Collateral), then each
Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders,
agrees that the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may
also be granted a Lien on the same additional collateral as security for (x) the Pari Passu
Secured Obligations and for any Cash Collateral use or Pari Passu DIP Financing and (y) the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be; and each Pari Passu
Representative, on behalf of itself and each Pari Passu Secured Party,

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and each Subordinated
Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees
that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Pari Passu Secured Obligations or
the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, shall be subordinated
(except, in the case of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, to the extent that the Pari
Passu Secured Parties already had a Lien on such Collateral (in which case the priorities
established by Section 2.1 shall apply)) to the Liens on such collateral securing
the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and any Cash Collateral use or Revolving Credit DIP
Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto), all on the same basis as the other Liens
of the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Liens of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties on
the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral; and

               (2) in the event any of the Pari Passu Secured Parties is granted adequate protection
in respect of Pari Passu Priority Collateral in the form of additional collateral (even if
such collateral is not of a type which would otherwise have constituted Pari Passu Priority
Collateral), then the Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari Passu
Secured Parties agree that the Revolving Credit Agents, the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, the Subordinated Lien Representative and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties
may also be granted a Lien on the same additional collateral as security for (x) the
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and for any Cash Collateral use or Revolving Credit DIP
Financing and (y) the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, and each
Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and each Revolving Credit Claimholder, and the
Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, agrees that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, shall
be subordinated (except, in the case of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, to the
extent that the Revolving Credit Agents or any other Revolving Credit Claimholders already
had a Lien on such Collateral (in which case the priorities established by Section
2.1 shall apply)) to the Liens on such collateral securing the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations and any Cash Collateral use or Pari Passu DIP Financing provided by any Pari
Passu Secured Parties (and all Obligations relating thereto), all on the same basis as the
other Liens of the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders and
the Liens of the Subordinated Lien Representatives and the Subordinated Secured Parties on
the Pari Passu Priority Collateral.

               (d) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 8.1 or in connection with the
exercise of remedies with respect to (i) the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, nothing herein
shall limit the right of the Pari Passu Representatives and the Pari Passu Secured Parties to
seek adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Pari Passu Priority Collateral in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment,
periodic cash payments or otherwise) or (ii) the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, nothing herein
shall limit the right of the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders to
seek adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash
payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise).

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     8.4 Avoidance Issues. If any Revolving Credit Claimholders, Pari Passu Secured Parties or
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties are required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Borrower or any other Grantor any
amount paid in respect of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations
or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, (a “Recovery”), then such
Revolving Credit Claimholders, Pari Passu Secured Parties, or Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as
the case may be, shall be entitled to a reinstatement of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be,
with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to
such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior
termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of
the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement.

     8.5 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt
obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor
are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on
account of one or more of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations
distributed on account of two or more of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu
Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are secured by Liens upon the
same property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt
obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the debt obligations so
distributed, to the Liens securing such debt obligations and the distribution of proceeds thereof.

     8.6 Post-Petition Interest.

               (a) Each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari Passu Secured Parties,
and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, agrees that none of them shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Revolving
Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations consisting of Post-Petition
Interest, fees or expenses to the extent of (x) the value of the Lien on Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral securing any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, without regard to the existence of
any Lien of the Pari Passu Representatives (on behalf of the Pari Passu Secured Parties) on the
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral or the existence of any Lien of the Subordinated Lien
Representatives (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) on the Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral and (y) the value of the Lien on Pari Passu Priority Collateral securing any
Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, taking into account the existence of any Lien of the Pari
Passu Representatives on behalf of the Pari Passu Secured Parties on any Pari Passu Priority
Collateral.

               (b) Each of the Revolving Credit Agents, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, and the Subordinated Lien Representatives, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any
Pari Passu Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Pari Passu
Secured Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest, fees or expenses

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to the extent of (x) the value of the Lien on Pari Passu Priority Collateral securing any Pari
Passu Secured Obligations, without regard to the existence of any Lien of any Revolving Credit
Agent (on behalf of the Revolving Credit Claimholders) or the existence of any Lien of the
Subordinated Lien Representatives (for the benefit of the Subordinated Lien Secured Creditors) on
any Pari Passu Priority Collateral and (y) the value of the Lien on any Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral securing any Pari Passu Secured Obligations, taking into account the existence of any
Lien of any Revolving Credit Agent on behalf of the Revolving Credit Claimholders on any Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral.

     8.7 Waiver — Section 1111(b)(2) Issues.

          (a) The Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties each waives any
objection or claim that any Pari Passu Secured Party or Subordinated Lien Secured Party may
hereafter have against any Revolving Credit Claimholder arising out of the election of any
Revolving Credit Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code to any
claims of such Revolving Credit Claimholder and agrees that in the case of any such election it
shall have no claim or right to payment with respect to the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral in
or from such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

          (b) Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, each waives any objection or claim that any Revolving Credit Claimholder or
Subordinated Lien Secured Party may hereafter have against any Pari Passu Secured Party arising out
of the election of any Pari Passu Secured Party of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code to any claims of any Pari Passu Secured Party and agrees that in the case of any
such election it shall have no claim or right to payment with respect to the Pari Passu Priority
Collateral in or from such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

     8.8 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

               (a) No Pari Passu Secured Party or Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall, in an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any Revolving Credit
Priority Collateral that is supported by the Revolving Credit Agents or object to any related sale
process (including any sale or bidding procedures motion), and the Pari Passu Secured Parties and
the Subordinated Secured Parties will be deemed (i) to have consented under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale of any Revolving Credit Priority Collateral supported
by the Revolving Credit Agents and (ii) to have released their Liens on such assets (but not on the
proceeds of such assets).

               (b) No Revolving Credit Claimholder or Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall, in an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any Pari Passu Priority
Collateral that is supported by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent or object to any related
sale process (including any sale or bidding procedures motion), and the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties will be deemed (i) to have consented under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale of any Pari Passu Priority
Collateral supported by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent and (ii) to have released their
Liens on such assets (but not on the proceeds of such assets); provided that this

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Section 8.8(b) shall not apply to any sale or disposition of Real Property unless the
Revolving Credit Agents have received at least 90 days prior notice of the consummation of any such
sale.

     8.9 Additional Section 363 and Section 364 Matters.

               (a) To the extent that any Revolving Credit Claimholder or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party
has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise with
respect to any of the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of
itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on
behalf of each Subordinated Lien Secured Party, agrees not to assert any of such rights without the
prior written consent of the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent; provided that if
requested by the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Agents and the
Subordinated Lien Representatives shall each timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by
the Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, including any rights to payments in respect of such
rights.

               (b) To the extent that any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party has
or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise with
respect to any of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral, each Pari Passu Representative, on
behalf of itself and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on
behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees not to assert any of such rights
without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Agents; provided that if
requested by the Revolving Credit Agents, each Pari Passu Representative and each Subordinated Lien
Representative shall each timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Revolving
Credit Agents, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.

     8.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings. This Agreement, which the parties
hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.

     8.11 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each Revolving Credit
Claimholder, Pari Passu Secured Party, and Subordinated Lien Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and
agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Revolving Credit Security Documents, the Pari
Passu Security Documents and the Subordinated Lien Security Documents constitute three separate and
distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the
Collateral, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations, the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations are each fundamentally different from the each other and
should be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the
immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of any of the Revolving Credit
Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect
of the Collateral constitute claims in the same class (rather than separate classes of senior and
junior secured claims), then each Revolving Credit Claimholder, Pari Passu Secured Party, and
Subordinated Lien Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be
made as if there were separate classes of Revolving Credit Secured Obligation claims, Pari Passu
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Obligation claims against the Grantors (with the effect being that, (i) to the extent that the
aggregate value of the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose
ignoring all claims held by the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties), the Revolving Credit Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts
distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts
owing in respect of Post-Petition Interest that is available from the Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Pari Passu Secured
Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, (ii) to the extent that the aggregate value of
the Pari Passu Priority Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the
Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), the Pari Passu Secured
Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of
principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of Post-Petition
Interest that is available from the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, before any distribution is made
in respect of the claims held by the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties and (iii) to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient
(for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), the Pari
Passu Secured Parties and the Revolving Credit Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other
claims, all amounts owing in respect of Post-Petition Interest that is available from the
Collateral, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties, in each case, with the other Claimholders hereby acknowledging and agreeing to
turn over to the respective other Claimholders amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to
the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the
effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries.

     IX. RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC.

     9.1 Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, each Revolving Credit
Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, acknowledges that it and
such other Revolving Credit Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on any Pari Passu
Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed
by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own
credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or
this Agreement. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, each Pari Passu
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, acknowledges that it and
such other Pari Passu Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Revolving
Credit Claimholder or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and information
deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Pari
Passu Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make
their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Pari Passu Loan Documents or
this Agreement. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the Subordinated Lien
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, acknowledges that it
and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Revolving
Credit Claimholder or any Pari Passu Secured Party, and based on documents and

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information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into
the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will
continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the
Subordinated Lien Loan Documents or this Agreement.

     9.2 No Warranties or Liability. Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that each of the Pari Passu Secured Parties
and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties has made no express or implied representation or
warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility
or enforceability of any of the Pari Passu Loan Documents or any Subordinated Lien Loan Documents,
the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Pari Passu Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and
supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Pari Passu Loan Documents in
accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. Each
Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, acknowledges and
agrees that none of the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties has
made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution,
validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents or any Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the
perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Revolving Credit Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and
extensions of credit under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents in accordance with law and as they
may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. Each Subordinated Lien Representative,
on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that none of
the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Pari Passu Secured Parties has made any express or implied
representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality,
completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or the
Pari Passu Loan Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any
Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit
under the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in
their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties shall have no duty to the Revolving Credit Agents or any of the other Revolving
Credit Claimholders to act or refrain from acting in a manner which allows, or results in, the
occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with any Borrower
or any other Grantor (including the Revolving Credit Loan Documents), regardless of any knowledge
thereof which they may have or be charged with. The Subordinated Lien Secured Parties and the
Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have no duty to the Pari
Passu Representatives or any of the Pari Passu Secured Parties to act or refrain from acting in a
manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default
under any agreements with any Borrower or any other Grantor (including the Pari Passu Loan
Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with. The Pari
Passu Representatives and Pari Passu Secured Parties and the Revolving Credit Agents and the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have no duty to the Subordinated Lien Representatives or

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any of the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties to act or refrain from acting in a manner which
allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any
agreements with any Borrower or any other Grantor (including the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents),
regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.

     9.3 No Waiver of Lien Priorities.

               (a) No right of any Revolving Credit Claimholder, any Pari Passu Secured Party or any
Subordinated Lien Secured Party to enforce any provision of this Agreement, any Revolving Credit
Loan Document, any Pari Passu Loan Document or any Subordinated Lien Loan Document shall at any
time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Borrower
or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by such Persons or by any noncompliance by any
such Persons with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the Revolving
Credit Loan Documents, any of the Pari Passu Loan Documents or any of the Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which such Persons, or any of them, may have or be
otherwise charged with.

               (b) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the
rights of the Borrowers and the other Grantors under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, Pari
Passu Loan Documents and the Subordinated Lien Loan Document and subject to the provisions of
Section 7.3), the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents, the Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the other Persons (as the
case may be), without incurring any liabilities to such Persons and without impairing or releasing
the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation
or other right or remedy is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the
following:

          (1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of
payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the
Obligations or any Lien or guaranty thereof or any liability of any Borrower or any other
Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any
increase in or extension of the Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or
terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise Modify in any manner any Liens held by
any Revolving Credit Agent, any Pari Passu Representative or any Subordinated Lien
Representative or any rights or remedies under any of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents,
the Pari Passu Loan Documents or the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents (it being understood
that the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents or the Subordinated
Lien Loan Documents each may contain restrictions on any such amendments, renewals,
exchanges, increases, alterations and other Modifications, and nothing contained in this
clause (1) shall be deemed to permit any amendments, renewals, exchanges, increases,
alterations and other Modifications otherwise prohibited thereunder);

          (2) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in
any manner and in any order any part of the Collateral (except to

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the extent provided in this Agreement) or any liability of any Borrower or any other
Grantor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

          (3) settle or compromise any Obligation or any other liability of any Borrower or any
other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in
respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability
in any manner or order that is not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement; and

          (4) except to the extent provided in this Agreement, exercise or delay in or refrain
from exercising any right or remedy against any security or any Borrower or any other
Grantor or any other Person, elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with any Borrower or
any other Grantor.

     9.4 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the
Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

               (a) except as expressly provided hereunder with respect to Impairments (including under
Sections 1.3 and 6.3 and Articles III and IV), any lack of validity
or enforceability of any Revolving Credit Loan Document, any Pari Passu Loan Document or any
Subordinated Lien Loan Document;

               (b) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time, manner
or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, or
any Modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or
otherwise, of the terms of any Revolving Credit Loan Document, any Pari Passu Loan Document or any
Subordinated Lien Loan Document;

               (c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange of any security
interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any Modification, whether in writing or by
course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari
Passu Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, or any guaranty thereof;

               (d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Borrower or
any other Grantor; or

               (e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of any Revolving Credit Claimholder or
any Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Pari Passu Secured
Obligations, or any Subordinated Lien Secured Parties or any Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations,
in respect of this Agreement.

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     X. THE AUTHORIZED COLLATERAL AGENT.

     10.1 Authority.

          (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, nothing herein shall be construed
to impose any fiduciary or other duty on either Authorized Collateral Agent to any Revolving Credit
Claimholder, any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party or give any
Non-Controlling Secured Party the right to direct the Authorized Collateral Agent, except that the
Authorized Collateral Agent shall be obligated to distribute proceeds of any Common Collateral in
accordance with Article VI hereof.

          (b) In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the Non-Controlling Secured Parties acknowledges
and agrees that each Authorized Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the Pari
Passu Secured Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any Common Collateral as provided herein and in the
Security Documents, as applicable, for which the Authorized Collateral Agent is the collateral
agent of such Common Collateral, without regard to any rights to which the Non-Controlling Secured
Parties would otherwise be entitled. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured
Party agrees that the Authorized Collateral Agent and any other Pari Passu Secured Party or
Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as the case may be, shall not have any duty or obligation first to
marshal or realize upon any type of Common Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations), or to sell, dispose
of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Common Collateral (or any such other
Collateral), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Secured Parties,
notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation
may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Non-Controlling Secured Parties from
such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. In addition, whether or not it is the
Authorized Collateral Agent, no Secured Debt Representative, Pari Passu Secured Party or
Subordinated Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any
type of Collateral not constituting Common Collateral, or to sell, dispose of or otherwise
liquidate all or any portion of such Collateral not constituting Common Collateral, in any manner
that would maximize the return to the holders of any other Series of Secured debt, notwithstanding
that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the
amount of proceeds actually received by the holders of any other Series of Secured Debt from such
realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari
Passu Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties waives any claim it may now or
hereafter have against any Secured Debt Representative or the Authorized Collateral Agent of either
Class or any other holder of Secured Obligations of any other Series or Class arising out of (i)
any actions which any Secured Debt Representative, any Authorized Collateral Agent or any other
holder of Secured Obligations may take or omit to take (including, actions with respect to the
creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the
foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the
Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the
Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the
applicable Security Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the
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release of any security for any Secured Obligations, (ii) any election by either Authorized
Collateral Agent or any holders of Secured Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code
or (iii) subject to Section 8.1, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or
administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code (or similar provision of
law in any other jurisdiction) by, Holdings, Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as
debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Secured Debt
Representative (including any Authorized Collateral Agent) shall accept any Common Collateral in
full or partial satisfaction of any Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of any jurisdiction (or similar provision in any other jurisdiction) , without the
consent of each of the Secured Debt Representatives representing holders of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations (as the case may be) for whom such Collateral
constitutes Common Collateral.

     10.2 Rights as a Secured Party. Any Person serving as an Authorized Collateral Agent hereunder
shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as any other holder of Pari Passu Secured
Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, under any Series of
Secured Obligations that it holds as any other holder of Indebtedness of such Series and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Authorized Collateral Agent Such Person and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other
advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Parent Borrower or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Authorized Collateral Agent
hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other holder of Secured Obligations.

     10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.

          (a) No Authorized Collateral Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly
set forth herein and in the other Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, no Authorized Collateral Agent:

          (i) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties of any kind or nature to
any Person, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

          (ii) shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents or the Subordinated Lien Loan
Documents; provided that no Authorized Collateral Agent shall be required to take
any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Authorized
Collateral Agent to liability or expense or that is contrary to any Security Document or
applicable law;

          (iii) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents or the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, have any
duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
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communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Authorized Collateral Agent or any
of its Affiliates in any capacity;

          (iv) shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (A) with the consent or at
the request of either Term Loan Agent or the Controlling Secured Parties or (B) in the
absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (C) in reliance on a
certificate of an authorized officer of the Parent Borrower stating that such action is
permitted by the terms of this Agreement. No Authorized Collateral Agent shall be deemed to
have knowledge of any Event of Default under any Series or Class of Secured Obligations
unless and until notice describing such Event Default is given to such Authorized Collateral
Agent by the Secured Debt Representative of such Series or Class of Secured Obligations or
the Parent Borrower;

          (v) shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any
Security Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (C) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein
or therein or the occurrence of any Event of Default, (D) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Security Document or any other
agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien
purported to be created by any Security Documents, (E) the value or the sufficiency of any
Collateral for any Series of Pari Passu Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured
Obligations, or (F) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any document or
agreement, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such
Authorized Collateral Agent;

          (vi) shall have any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of any kind or nature
under any Additional Secured Debt (but shall be entitled to all protections provided to the
Additional Secured Debt Representative therein);

          (vii) with respect to any Pari Passu Loan Document or Subordinated Lien Loan Document,
may conclusively assume that the Grantors have complied with all of their obligations
thereunder unless advised in writing by the Secured Debt Representative thereunder to the
contrary specifically setting forth the alleged violation; and

          (viii) subject to Section 10.4, may conclusively rely on any certificate of an
officer of the Parent Borrower.

          (b) Each Pari Passu Secured Party and each Subordinated Loan Secured Party acknowledges that,
in addition to acting as the initial Authorized Pari Passu Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A.
also serves as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent, Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, Term Loan
Administrative Agent and Term Loan Collateral Agent, and each Pari Passu Secured Party and each
Subordinated Loan Secured Party hereby waives any right to make any objection or claim against Bank
of America, N.A. (or any successor Authorized Pari

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Passu Collateral Agent, any future Authorized Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any of their
respective counsel) based on any alleged conflict of interest or breach of duties arising from any
Authorized Collateral Agent also serving in any such agency capacity.

     10.4 Reliance by Authorized Collateral Agents. Each Authorized Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request,
certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it in good faith
to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each
Authorized Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and
believed by it in good faith to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any
liability for relying thereon. Each Authorized Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may include, but shall not be limited to counsel for the Parent Borrower or counsel for any Secured
Debt Representative), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be
liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of any
such counsel, accountants or experts.

     10.5 Delegation of Duties. Each Authorized Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Security Document by or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Authorized Collateral Agent. Each Authorized
Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this
Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of either Authorized Collateral
Agent and any such sub-agent.

     10.6 Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations. Whenever either Authorized Collateral Agent
or any Secured Debt Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights
or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any Pari
Passu Secured Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations of any Series, or the Common
Collateral subject to any Lien securing the Obligations of any Series, it may request that such
information be furnished to it in writing by each other Secured Debt Representative and shall be
entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided,
however, that if a Secured Debt Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to
provide the requested information, the requesting Authorized Collateral Agent or Secured Debt
Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination or not make any determination by
such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance
upon a certificate of the Parent Borrower. Each Authorized Collateral Agent and each Secured Debt
Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any
determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as
otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any
Grantor, any holder of Secured Obligations or any other Person as a result of such determination.

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     XI. MISCELLANEOUS.

     11.1 Conflicts; No Additional Rights. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of
this Agreement and the provisions of any Revolving Credit Loan Document, any Pari Passu Loan
Document or any Subordinated Lien Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and
control; provided that (i) to the extent the provisions of any applicable Revolving Credit
Loan Documents reserve in favor of any particular Revolving Credit Agents or other Revolving Credit
Claimholders (or any subset thereof) any rights to direct rights and remedies with respect to any
of the Collateral, such rights shall not be deemed to have been granted to any other Revolving
Credit Claimholders solely as a result of the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) to the extent the
provisions of any applicable Pari Passu Loan Documents reserve in favor of any Pari Passu
Representative or any other Pari Passu Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) any rights to direct
rights and remedies with respect to any of the Collateral, such rights shall not be deemed to have
been granted to any Pari Passu Secured Parties solely as a result of the provisions of this
Agreement and (iii) to the extent the provisions of any applicable Subordinated Lien Loan Documents
reserve in favor of any Subordinated Lien Representative or any other Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties (or any subset thereof) any rights to direct rights and remedies with respect to any of the
Collateral, such rights shall not be deemed to have been granted to any Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties solely as a result of the provisions of this Agreement.

     11.2 Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This Agreement shall
become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement
of lien subordination and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and
the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may continue, at
any time and without notice to any of the others, to extend credit and other financial
accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Grantor in
reliance hereon. Each such Person hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to
revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement
shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction. All references to any Borrower or any other Grantor shall include such
Borrower or such other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for
any Borrower or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:

               (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders
and the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, on the date of the Discharge of Revolving Credit
Secured Obligations, subject to the provisions of Section 7.6 and the rights of the
Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders under Section 8.4;

               (b) with respect to the Pari Passu Representatives and the Pari Passu Secured Parties and the
Pari Passu Secured Obligations, on the date of the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations,
subject to the provisions of Section 7.6 and the rights of the Pari Passu Representatives
and the other Pari Passu Secured Parties under Section 8.4; and

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               (c) with respect to the Subordinated Lien Representatives and the other Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, on the earlier of (i) the date of
the Discharge of Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations, subject to the rights of the Subordinated
Lien Representatives and the other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties under Section 8.4 and
(ii) the date that both of the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above have occurred.

     11.3 Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this
Agreement (other than pursuant to any Intercreditor Joinder Agreement) shall be deemed to be made
unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of Borrower (to the extent required pursuant
to the last sentence of this Section 11.3), the Revolving Credit Agents, the Pari Passu
Representatives, the Subordinated Lien Representatives or their respective authorized agents and
each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and
shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other
parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any Revolving Credit Agent or Secured Debt Representative may become a party hereto by execution
and delivery of an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto
without the consent of any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder, any
Pari Passu Representative or any other Pari Passu Secured Party or any Subordinated Lien
Representative or any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party, and upon such execution and delivery,
such Revolving Credit Agent or Secured Debt Representative, as the case may be, and the additional
Claimholders and Additional Secured Debt of the Series for which such Revolving Credit Agent or
Secured Debt Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower nor any other Grantor shall have any right to consent to
or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the
extent its rights or interests are directly and adversely affected in any material respect (which
includes, but is not limited to any amendment to any Grantor’s ability to cause additional
obligations to constitute Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, Pari Passu Secured Obligations or
Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations as such Grantor may designate).

     11.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of Holdings, the Borrowers and their Respective
Subsidiaries. The Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a)
the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries and all
endorsers and/or guarantors of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon
the risk of nonpayment of any of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, the Pari Passu Secured
Obligations or Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations. None of the Revolving Credit Claimholders,
the Pari Passu Secured Parties or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties shall have any duty to
advise the other of information known to it or them regarding any such condition or any such
circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Pari
Passu Secured Parties, or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties undertake at any time or from time
to time to provide any such information to any of the others, it or they shall be under no
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               (a) to make, and shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including
with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so
provided;

               (b) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent
occasion;

               (c) to undertake any investigation; or

               (d) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance
practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain
confidential.

     11.5 Subrogation.

               (a) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that any Pari Passu Secured Party pays over to any Revolving Credit Claimholder under the
terms of this Agreement, the Pari Passu Secured Parties shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Revolving Credit Claimholders; provided, however, that each Pari Passu
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, hereby agrees not to assert
or enforce any such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations has occurred. Each Grantor acknowledges and
agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the value of any payments or distributions
in cash, property or other assets received by any Pari Passu Representative or any Pari Passu
Secured Party that are paid over to any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit
Claimholder pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Pari Passu Secured Obligations.

               (b) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder pays over to any
Pari Passu Secured Party under the terms of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agents and the
other Revolving Credit Claimholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the Pari Passu Secured
Parties; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself
and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce any such rights
of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Pari
Passu Secured Obligations has occurred. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets received by any Revolving Credit Agent or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder that are
paid over to any Pari Passu Representative or any Pari Passu Secured Party pursuant to this
Agreement shall not reduce any of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations.

               (c) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that the Subordinated Lien Representative or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party pays over
to any Pari Passu Secured Party or any other Revolving Credit Claimholder under the terms of this
Agreement, the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties shall be subrogated to the rights of the Pari
Passu Secured Party and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, as the case may be; provided,
however, that Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce any such rights of subrogation it may
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as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations and the Discharge of Pari Passu Secured Obligations has each occurred. Each Grantor
acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the value of any payments
or distributions in cash, property or other assets received by any Subordinated Lien Secured Party
that are paid over to any Pari Passu Secured Party or any Revolving Credit Claimholder pursuant to
this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations.

     11.6 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

     11.7 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.

               (a) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND
ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT
A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY PARTY HERETO MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

               (b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT
REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE
MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

               (c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER

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THAN TELECOPIER, E-MAIL OR OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) IN SECTION 11.9. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW.

     11.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)
CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.

     11.9 Notices. All notices to the Revolving Credit Claimholders permitted or required under this
Agreement shall be sent to the Revolving Credit Agents, on behalf of the Revolving Credit
Claimholders (and the Revolving Credit Agents shall distribute such notices to the other Revolving
Credit Claimholders). All notices to the Pari Passu Secured Parties permitted or required under
this Agreement shall be sent to the Pari Passu Representatives, on behalf of the Pari Passu Secured
Parties (and the Pari Passu Representatives shall distribute such notices to the other Pari Passu
Secured Parties). All notices to the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties permitted or required under
this Agreement shall be sent to the Subordinated Lien Representatives on behalf of the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties (and the Subordinated Lien Representatives for further distribution to the
other Subordinated Lien Secured Parties). Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any
notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, or sent by telefacsimile or
United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in
person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile,
or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and
properly addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set
forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other
address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.

     11.10 Further Assurances. Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other
Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari
Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and
shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if
requested) as any Revolving Credit Agent, the Pari Passu Representative or the Subordinated Lien
Representative may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities
contemplated by, this Agreement.

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     11.11 Binding Effect on Successors and Assigns and on Claimholders and Agents. This Agreement
shall be binding upon the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, the
Pari Passu Representatives and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, the Subordinated Lien
Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, and their respective successors and
assigns. Each Revolving Credit Agent represents that it has not agreed to any modification of the
provisions in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents authorizing it to execute this Agreement and bind
the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari Passu Representative represents that it has not
agreed to any modification of the provisions in the Pari Passu Loan Documents authorizing it to
execute this Agreement and bind the other Pari Passu Secured Parties and each Subordinated Lien
Representative represents that it has not agreed to any modification of the provisions in the
Subordinated Lien Loan Documents authorizing it to execute this Agreement and bind the other
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties. Notwithstanding any implication to the contrary in any
provision in any other section of the Agreement, no Revolving Credit Agent, Pari Passu
Representative or any Subordinated Lien Representative makes any representation regarding the
validity or binding effect of any of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, any of the Pari Passu
Loan Documents or any of the Subordinated Lien Loan Documents, respectively, or their authority to
bind any of the Claimholders through their execution of this Agreement.

     11.12 Specific Performance. Each of the Revolving Credit Agents, each Pari Passu Representative
and each Subordinated Lien Representative may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each
Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Pari
Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated
Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby
irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which
might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by
any Revolving Credit Claimholder, by any Pari Passu Secured Party, or by any Subordinated Lien
Secured Party, as the case may be.

     11.13 Headings. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given
any substantive effect.

     11.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties
hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which
when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith by
telecopy or electronic image scan transmission (e.g., PDF) shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other document or instrument, as
applicable.

     11.15 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party
hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute
this Agreement.

     11.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall
inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns

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and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving
Credit Claimholders, the Pari Passu Representatives and the Pari Passu Secured Parties, and the
Subordinated Lien Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties. Nothing in this
Agreement shall impair, as between any of the Borrowers and any of the other Grantors and any of
the Revolving Credit Agents and any of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, as between any of
the Borrower and any of the other Grantors and the Pari Passu Representatives and any of the Pari
Passu Secured Parties, or as between any of the Borrower and any of the other Grantors and the
Subordinated Lien Representatives and any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, the obligations
of the Borrowers and the other Grantors to pay principal, interest, fees and other amounts as
provided in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Pari Passu Loan Documents and the Subordinated
Lien Loan Documents, respectively.

     11.17 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. Except with respect to the bailee and agency
provisions of Section 7.4, Sections 7.5(a) and (to the extent expressly provided therein)
Section 7.6, the provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of (i) the Revolving Credit Agents and the other Revolving Credit
Claimholders, (ii) the Pari Passu Representatives and the Pari Passu Secured Parties and (iii) the
Subordinated Lien Representatives and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties. Except with respect
to the bailee and agency provisions of Section 7.4, Sections 7.5(a) and (to the extent
expressly provided therein) Section 7.6, none of the Borrowers, any other Grantor or any other
creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder and neither any Borrower nor any other Grantor may
rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations
of any Borrower or any other Grantor to pay or perform the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations,
the Pari Passu Secured Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Secured Obligations as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

     11.18 Marshalling of Assets. Each Pari Passu Representative, on behalf of itself and the Pari
Passu Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, each hereby waives any and all rights to have the Revolving
Credit Priority Collateral, or any part thereof, marshaled upon any foreclosure or other
enforcement of any Revolving Credit Agent’s Liens on the Revolving Credit Priority Collateral.
Each Revolving Credit Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Revolving Credit Claimholders, and
each Subordinated Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties, each hereby waives any and all rights to have the Pari Passu Priority Collateral, or any
part thereof, marshaled upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of any Pari Passu Secured Party’s
Liens on the Pari Passu Priority Collateral.

     11.19 Joinder of Additional Grantors. The Grantors party hereto shall cause each Person which,
from time to time, after the date hereof, becomes party to any Revolving Credit Security Document,
any Pari Passu Security Document or any Subordinated Lien Security Document as a “Grantor” or a
“Pledgor” (or the equivalent thereof), to execute and deliver to the Agents an Intercreditor
Joinder Agreement within five Business Days (or such longer period as may be determined by the
Agents in their sole discretion) of the date on which such Person became a party to such Revolving
Credit Security Document, such Pari Passu Security Document and/or such Subordinated Lien Security
Document, and upon execution and delivery of such Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, such Person
shall constitute a “Grantor” for all purposes hereunder with the same force and effect as if
originally named as a Grantor herein.

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The execution and delivery of such Intercreditor Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of
any other Grantor or Agent hereunder. The obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

     11.20 Agent for Service of Process. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and
empowers CSC Corporation, 1133 Ave of the Americas, Suite 3100, New York, New York, 10036
(telephone no: 212-299-5600) (telecopy no: 212-299-5656) (electronic mail address:
agrigora@cscinfo.com and/or jpelleti@cscinfo.com), in the case of any suit, action or proceeding
brought in the United States as its designee, appointee and agent to receive, accept and
acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property, service of any and all legal
process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any action or proceeding arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement.

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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective officers or representatives as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	REVOLVING CREDIT AGENTS

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Revolving Credit

Administrative Agent and as Revolving Credit

Collateral Agent, and in such capacity, as

authorized representative of the Revolving Credit

Claimholders

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Peter M. Walther	 
	 	 	Name:  	Peter M. Walther	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior
Vice President	 
	 
	 	NOTICE ADDRESS

 	 
	 	135
S. Lasalle, Suite 927 124-135-09-27	 
	 	Chicago,
IL 60603	 
	 	Attention: Account
Officer	 
	 	Telecopier No. :  312-453-5555	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TERM LOAN AGENTS

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Term Loan Agent,

and in such capacity, as a Pari Passu 

Representative of certain Pari Passu Secured

Parties

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Christopher Kelly Wall	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher Kelly Wall	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing
Director	 
	 
	 	NOTICE ADDRESS

 	 
	 	1455
Market Street	 
	 	San
Francisco, CA 94103	 
	 	Attention: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	Facsimile No. : 	 
	 	 	 	       

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO AS OF THE 
DATE FIRST
WRITTEN ABOVE:

NOVELIS INC., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CORPORATION, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie
J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie
J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS BRAND LLC, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Name:  	Leslie J. Parrette Jr.	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS UK LTD., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS AG, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	4260848 CANADA INC., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	4260856 CANADA INC., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS NO. 1

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, as a Grantor

by its general partner,

4260848 Canada Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Name:  	Marion Barnes	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NOVELIS PAE S.A.S., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	AV METALS INC., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., as a Grantor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Name:  	Randal P. Miller	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Present when the Common Seal of

SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED

for and on behalf of Novelis Aluminium Holding Company

by its lawfully appointed attorney

in the presence of: Randal P. Miller

(Witness): Nina Mansoori

 	 

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

ANNEX I

FORM OF ADDITIONAL SECURED DEBT DESIGNATION

     Reference is made to the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the
“Intercreditor Agreement”) among Novelis Inc., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the “Parent Borrower“), the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, Bank
of America, N.A., as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent, Bank of
America, N.A., as Term Loan Collateral Agent, and the other Secured Debt Representatives from time
to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. This Additional Secured Debt Designation is
being executed and delivered in order to designate additional secured debt as either Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations, Pari Passu Debt or Subordinated Lien Debt entitled to the benefit of
the Intercreditor Agreement.

     The undersigned, the duly appointed [specify title] of the Parent Borrower hereby certifies
that:

          (A) [insert name of the Borrower or Guarantor] intends to incur [Revolving
Credit Secured Obligations] [additional Pari Passu Debt] [Subordinated Lien Debt]
(“Additional Secured Debt“) which will be [select appropriate alternative]
[Revolving Credit Secured Obligations permitted by each Revolving Credit Loan
Document, each Pari Passu Loan Document and each Subordinated Lien Loan Document to
be secured by Liens on the Collateral with priority on the Revolving Credit Priority
Collateral] [Pari Passu Debt permitted by each Revolving Credit Loan Document, each
Pari Passu Loan Document and each Subordinated Lien Loan Document to be secured by
Liens on the Collateral Equally and Ratably with all previously existing and future
Pari Passu Debt] or [Subordinated Lien Debt permitted by each Revolving Credit Loan
Document, each Pari Passu Loan Document and each Subordinated Lien Loan Document to
be secured with a subordinated Lien on the Collateral Equally and Ratably with all
previously existing and future Subordinated Lien Debt];

          (B) the name and address of the Secured Debt Representative for the Additional
Secured Debt for purposes of Section 11.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement is:

_____________________________

_____________________________

Telephone: ___________________

Fax: _______________________

Attention: ____________________

 

 

          (C) attached are complete copies (or substantially final drafts) of the
material operative agreements constituting the [Revolving Credit Loan Documents]
[Pari Passu Loan Documents] [Subordinated Lien Loan Documents] relating to such
Additional Secured Debt; and

          (D) the Parent Borrower has caused a copy of this Additional Secured Debt
Designation to be delivered to each Revolving Credit Agent and each existing Secured
Debt Representative; provided, however, that a failure to deliver
such copies shall not effect the status of the Additional Secured Debt if the other
requirements of Section 7.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement are satisfied.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parent Borrower has caused this Additional Secured Debt Designation to
be duly executed by the undersigned officer as of ___________________, 201.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOVELIS INC.

 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Acknowledgement of Receipt

The undersigned, [a Revolving Credit Agent] [a [Pari Passu][Subordinated Lien] Representative]
under the Intercreditor Agreement, hereby acknowledges receipt of an executed copy of this
Additional Secured Debt Designation.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[-], as [Revolving Credit Agent] [[Pari Passu]

[Subordinated Lien] Representative]

 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF INTERCREDITOR JOINDER AGREEMENT (GRANTOR)

          The undersigned, _____________________, a _______________, hereby agrees to become party as a
Grantor under the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December __, 2010 (as Modified from time to
time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein having
the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 of the Intercreditor Agreement), by and among
NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the other
Grantors from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the
Revolving Credit Lenders and as collateral agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Term Loan Agreement, for all
purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Intercreditor Agreement as
of the date thereof.

          The provisions of Section 10 of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like
effect to this Intercreditor Joinder Agreement.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Intercreditor Joinder Agreement to be duly
executed by its authorized officers or representatives as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[_________________________]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF INTERCREDITOR JOINDER AGREEMENT — ADDITIONAL DEBT

          Reference is made to the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as Modified
from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein having the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 of the Intercreditor Agreement),
by and among NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act,
the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent
for the Revolving Credit Lenders and as collateral agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement and as collateral
agent for the Term Loan. This Intercreditor Joinder Agreement is being executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 7.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement as a condition precedent to the debt
for which the undersigned is acting as agent or another representative capacity being entitled to
the benefits of being Additional Secured Debt under the Intercreditor Agreement.

          1. Joinder. The undersigned, _____________________, a _______________, (the [“New
Representative”]) as [trustee] [administrative agent] under that certain [describe applicable
indenture, credit agreement or other document governing the Additional Secured Debt] hereby agrees
to become party as [a Revolving Credit Agent] [a Pari Passu Representative] [a Subordinated Lien
Representative] under the Intercreditor Agreement for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth
therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement as fully as if the undersigned
had executed and delivered the Intercreditor Agreement as of the date thereof.

          2. Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation.

          The undersigned New Representative, on behalf of itself and each holder of Obligations in
respect of the [Revolving Credit Lien Obligations] [Series of [Pari Passu] [Subordinated Lien] Debt
for which the undersigned is acting as [Pari Passu] [Subordinated Lien] Representative] hereby
agrees, for the enforceable benefit of all holders of the Obligations, each existing and future
Revolving Credit Agent, each existing and future Pari Passu Representative, and each [existing and]
future Subordinated Lien Representative and as a condition to being treated as [Revolving Credit
Lien Obligations] [Pari Passu] [Subordinated Lien] Debt] under the Intercreditor Agreement:

     (a) that the New Representative and each holder of Obligations in respect of
the [Revolving Credit Lien Obligations] [Series of [Pari Passu] [Subordinated Lien]
Debt for which the undersigned is acting as [a Revolving Credit Agent] [Pari Passu]
[Subordinated Lien] Representative] are bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement, including the provisions relating to the ranking of Liens securing the
Obligations and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement of Liens
securing the Obligations; and

     (c) to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

 

               3. Governing Law and Miscellaneous Provisions. The provisions of Article 10
of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Intercreditor Joinder Agreement.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Intercreditor Joinder Agreement to be duly
executed by its authorized officers or representatives as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[_________________________]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:

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