Document:

First Amendment to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 Exhibit 10.3 

FIRST AMENDMENT 

TO 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT 

This First Amendment to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (this “Amendment”) is dated as of May 26, 2010 and
is entered into by and among SSI Investments I Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of Ireland (“SSI I”), SSI Investments II Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of Ireland ( “SSI
II”), SSI Investments III Limited, a private limited company formed under the laws of Ireland (“SSI III” and together with SSI I and SSI II, the “Initial Grantors”) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
as Collateral Agent, and is made with reference to that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of February 11, 2010 (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”) by and among SSILuxco II S.à r.l., SSI I, SSI
II, SSI III and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement after
giving effect to this Amendment, as applicable. 
 WHEREAS, the Initial Grantors have requested that the Collateral Agent
agree to amend certain provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as provided for herein; and 
 WHEREAS,
subject to certain conditions, the Collateral Agent willing to agree to such amendments relating to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT. 

1.1. Amendment to Table of Contents. 

A. The reference to “Schedule 4.12(a)” in the Table of Contents of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety. 
 1.2. Amendments to Section 1.01: Defined Terms. 

A. The defined term “Excluded Assets” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended
by amending (iv) by deleting the parenthetical and replacing it with the following: 
 “; provided, however, in the
case of any US Grantor holding an Equity Interest in a Foreign Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary solely by virtue of being an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, only the Equity Interests held by such US Grantor representing more than 65% of the
issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary shall constitute Excluded Assets” 
 B. The
defined term “Material Contract” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety. 

C. The defined term “US Borrower” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby deleted in
its entirety. 

 1.3. Amendment to Section 4.12 

A. Section 4.12 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 “4.12 [Reserved].” 

1.4. Amendment to Section 5.09 

A. Section 5.09 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 “5.09 [Reserved].” 

1.5. Amendment to Section 8.15 

A. Section 8.15(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 “(b) The Liens granted hereunder on the Collateral shall be released or subordinated, the Grantors shall be released
from their obligations hereunder and the Guarantors shall be released from their obligations hereunder, in each case, in accordance with Section 9.20 of the Credit Agreement. In addition, upon payment in full of all obligations of Luxco under
the Bridge Credit Agreement and termination of the Bridge Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms, all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of Luxco hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any
instrument or performance of any act by any party.” 
 SECTION 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS. 

This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof upon the Collateral Agent’s receipt of this Amendment, duly executed by
each of the Initial Grantors and the Collateral Agent. 
 SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 

In order to induce the Collateral Agent to enter into this Amendment and to amend the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in the manner
provided herein, each of the Initial Grantors represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that the following statements are true and correct in all material respects: 

3.1. Powers. Each of the Initial Grantors have the power and authority, and the legal right, to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Amendment. 
 3.2. Authorization; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment (a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, partnership, public limited liability company or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder, shareholder, partner or member action on behalf of
the Initial Grantors and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the memorandum or articles of association, certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or
by-laws of any Initial Grantor, (B) any order of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator applicable to any Initial Grantor or (C) any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which any Initial Grantor is a party or by
which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, except to the extent that such violation of clauses (A), (B) or (C) could not 
  

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reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of
time or both) a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument, except to the extent that such conflict, breach
or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Initial Grantor, other than Liens created under the Security Documents and liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. 

3.3. Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Initial Grantor and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each of the Initial Grantors enforceable against such Initial Grantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, court protection, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 

3.4. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with, Permit from, notice to, or any
other action by, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with this Amendment, except for (i) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect or which will be made or obtained by the time required by law
(including the Perfection Requirements) and (ii) those actions, consents, approvals, registrations, filings, Permits, notices or actions, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. 
 3.5. Absence of Certain Funds Default. As of the date hereof and after
giving effect to this Amendment, no Certain Funds Default is continuing unremedied or unwaived. 
 SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS 

4.1. Reference to and Effect on the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Other Loan Documents. On and after the date
hereof, each reference in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and each
reference in the other Loan Documents to “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as amended hereby, and this Amendment and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be read together and construed as a single instrument. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as
a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Agent or Lender under, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents except as expressly provided herein. 

4.2. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment should be held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions
with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. 
  

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 4.3. Limitation of Amendment. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the
Initial Grantors to a further consent to, or a further waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Loan
Document in similar or different circumstances. 
 4.4. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment. 

4.5. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. 
 4.6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 2 hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to
this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Amendment. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed
and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	SSI INVESTMENTS I LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ MICHAEL C. ASCIONE

		 	Director: Michael Ascione
		
	By:	 	 /s/ IMELDA SHINE

		 	Director: Imelda Shine
	
	SSI INVESTMENTS II LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ MICHAEL C. ASCIONE

		 	Director: Michael Ascione
		
	By:	 	 /s/ IMELDA SHINE

		 	Director: Imelda Shine
	
	SSI INVESTMENTS III LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ MICHAEL C. ASCIONE

		 	Director: Michael Ascione
		
	By:	 	 /s/ IMELDA SHINE

		 	Director: Imelda Shine

 [SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT] 

					
	 MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as

Collateral Agent,

		
	By:	 	 /s/ FRED STUPART

		 	Name:	 	Fred Stupart
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT]Assumption Agreement

 Exhibit 10.4 

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT dated as of May 26, 2010, made by Books24x7.com, Inc. a Massachusetts corporation, SkillSoft Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, SkillSoft Canada, Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, SkillSoft Finance Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, and SkillSoft
U.K. Limited, a private limited company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom, each as an additional Grantor and Guarantor (each a “Company” and, collectively, the “Companies”), in favor of Morgan Stanley
Senior Funding, Inc. (“Morgan Stanley”), as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the “Collateral Agent”) for (i) the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below, and
(ii) the other Secured Parties (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as hereinafter defined)). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Credit Agreement. 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity and
together with its successors, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the “Collateral Agent”); 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Companies) have entered into
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of February 11, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”) in favor of the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties; 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires each of the Companies to become a party to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as Grantor and Guarantor; and 
 WHEREAS, each of the Companies has agreed to execute and
deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor and Guarantor; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED BY EACH COMPANY: 

1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Company, as provided in
Section 8.14 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor and Guarantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and
Guarantor, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor and Guarantor thereunder. The information with respect to the Company set forth in Attachment 1 hereto is
hereby added to the information set forth in the Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as indicated in 

 
such attachment. Subject to Section 4.13 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and correct in all material respects on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date, except for representations and
warranties expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. 

2. GOVERNING LAW. 

THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	SKILLSOFT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANTHONY P. AMATO

	Name:	 	Anthony P. Amato
	Title:	 	Chief Accounting Officer
	
	BOOKS24X7.COM, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANTHONY P. AMATO

	Name:	 	Anthony P. Amato
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	SKILLSOFT CANADA, LTD.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANTHONY P. AMATO

	Name:	 	Anthony P. Amato
	Title:	 	Secretary-Treasurer
	
	SKILLSOFT FINANCE LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANTHONY P. AMATO

	Name:	 	Anthony P. Amato
	Title:	 	Director
	
	SKILLSOFT U.K. LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANTHONY P. AMATO

	Name:	 	Anthony P. Amato
	Title:	 	Director

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