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Exhibit 10.6  

EXECUTION COPY  

 
  INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT    
    

        This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), is dated as of February 14, 2006, and entered into by and among
LINENS 'N THINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "LNT"), LINENS HOLDING CO., a Delaware corporation
("Holdings"), LINENS 'N THINGS CENTER, INC., a California corporation (the "LNT Center"; and
together with LNT. the "Companies" and each individually a " Company"), LINENS 'N THINGS CANADA CORP, a
Nova Scotia corporation (the "Canadian Borrower"; and together with the Companies, the "Borrowers" and
each individually a "Borrower"), certain subsidiaries of Holdings (the "Subsidiary Guarantors" and
together with Holdings, the "Guarantors"), UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative
Agent"), UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in their capacities as US co-collateral agents for the Revolving Credit Lenders referenced
below (including their successors and assigns from time to time, collectively referred to as the "US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent"), UBS AG CANADA
BRANCH and WACHOVIA CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION (CANADA), in their capacities as Canadian co-collateral agents for the Revolving Credit Lenders (including their successors and assigns from
time to time, collectively referred to as the "Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent"; and together with the Administrative Agent, the US Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, collectively referred to as the "Revolving Credit Collateral Agent"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in its capacity as the
collateral agent under the Note Lien Security Documents referred to below (including its successors and assigns from time to time, the "Note Lien Collateral
Agent"), and any future Note Lien Representative. As described in more detail in Section 8.11 hereof, this Agreement is intended to be binding on all Claimholders and
Note Lien Representatives, as well as the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in
Section 1 below. 

RECITALS  

        The Borrowers, Holdings and the other Guarantors, the lenders (the "Revolving Credit Lenders") and agents from
time to time party thereto, and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof providing for a revolving credit facility (as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time, the "Revolving Credit Agreement"); 

        The
Companies are issuing Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2014 in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $650,000,000 million (including any related exchange notes,
the "Notes") pursuant to an Indenture dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect
from time to time, the "Indenture") among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York as the trustee thereunder (in such capacity
and including its successors and assigns from time to time, the "Trustee") and the Note Lien Collateral Agent; 

        The
obligations of (i) the Companies to the Revolving Credit Claimholders are secured by Liens (as defined below) on substantially all the assets of the Companies and the Domestic
Guarantors, (ii) the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and certain of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders are secured by Liens (as defined below) on
substantially all the assets of the Canadian Borrower and the Guarantors, and (iii) the Companies to the Note Lien Claimholders are secured by Liens (as defined below) on substantially all the
assets of the Companies and the Domestic Guarantors; and 

        As
a condition to the closing of each of the Financing Transactions referred to below, each of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agents and the various
Claimholders have 

 

agreed
to the relative priority of their respective Liens on the Collateral (as defined below) 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 (a) with respect to all Primary Real Estate Assets, the period, after the commencement of an Enforcement
Period, which begins, with respect to all Primary Real Estate Assets, on the day that a Revolving Credit Collateral Agent provides the Note Lien Collateral Agent with the notice of its election to
request access with respect to all Primary Real Estate Assets pursuant to Section 3.3(b) below and ends on the earliest of (i) the 180th day after such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
obtains the ability to use, take physical possession of, remove or otherwise control the use or access to the Revolving Credit Collateral located on the Primary Real Estate Assets following
Enforcement plus such number of days, if any, after such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent obtains access to such Revolving Credit Collateral that it is
stayed or otherwise prohibited by law or court order from exercising remedies with respect to Revolving Credit Collateral located on the Primary Real Estate Assets or (ii) the date on which all
or substantially all of the Revolving Credit Collateral located on the Primary Real Estate Assets is sold, collected or liquidated or (iii) the date on which the Discharge of Revolving Credit
Obligations occurs and (b) with respect to each parcel of Other Real Estate, the period, after the commencement of an Enforcement Period, which begins, with respect to such parcel of Other Real
Estate, on the day that a Revolving Credit Collateral Agent provides the Note Lien Collateral Agent with the notice of its election to request access with respect to such parcel of Other Real Estate
pursuant to Section 3.3(b) below and ends on the earliest of (i) the 180th day after such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent obtains the ability to use, take physical possession of,
remove or otherwise control the use or access to the Revolving Credit Collateral located on such Other Real Estate following Enforcement plus such
number of days, if any, after such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent obtains access to such Revolving Credit Collateral that it is stayed or otherwise prohibited by law or court order from exercising
remedies with respect to Revolving Credit Collateral located on such Other Real Estate or (ii) the date on which all or substantially all of the Revolving Credit Collateral located on such
Other Real Estate is sold, collected or liquidated or (iii) the date on which the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations occurs. 

        "Accounts" means all now 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, securities account control
agreement, armored car agreements, credit card processing agreement or any similar deposit or securities account agreements among the Note Lien
Collateral Agent and/or Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and a Grantor and the relevant service provider, financial institution depository or securities intermediary. 

        "Administrative Agent" has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

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        "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control," as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that
beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control
with" have correlative meanings. 

        "Agreement" means this Intercreditor Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time. 

        "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. 

        "Board of Directors" means (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof
duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (3) with respect to a limited
liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of directors of such company or of the sole member or of the managing member thereof and (4) with respect
to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function. 

        "Borrowers" and "Borrower" have the meanings assigned to those term in the preamble to
this Agreement. 

        "Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Toronto, Canada are
authorized or required by law to close. 

        "Canadian" means as to any Person, a Person that is created or organized under the laws of Canada or a Province or territory of Canada. 

        "Canadian Borrower" has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Canadian Collateral" means the assets of the Canadian Borrower and Canadian Subsidiaries of Holdings covered by one or more Revolving
Credit Collateral Documents and any other assets of Canadian Borrower or Canadian Subsidiaries of Holdings, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at
any time be or become subject to a Lien in favor of the Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and all or some of the other Revolving Credit Claimholders. 

        "Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent" has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Capital Stock" means: 

        (1)   in
the case of a corporation, corporate stock; 

        (2)   in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; 

        (3)   in
the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; 

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        (4)   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 assets of, the issuing
Person; and 

        (5)   any
warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing; but 

excluding from all of the foregoing interests any debt securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing equity interests,
whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock. 

        "Capital Stock Collateral" means: 

        (1)   all
of the Capital Stock in the Companies; 

        (2)   all
of the Capital Stock in the Companies' Domestic Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, Bloomington MN, L.T., Inc., LNT, Inc., LNT
Services, Inc., LNT West, Inc., Vendor Finance LLC, LNT Leasing II LLC, LNT Leasing III LLC, LNT Virginia LLC, LNT Merchandising Company, LLC and Citadel LNT LLC); 

        (3)   65%
of the Capital Stock in the Subsidiaries that are not Domestic Subsidiaries but which are directly owned by Holdings, any of the Companies or any Domestic Subsidiary
thereof; 

        (4)   Records,
"supporting obligations" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and related Letters of Credit, commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action,
in each case, to the extent related primarily to the foregoing; and 

        (5)   substitutions,
replacements, accessions, products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages
and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing. 

        "Chattel Paper" means all present and future "chattel paper" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC). 

        "Claimholders" means the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Note Lien Claimholders. 

        "Class" means all Series of Note Lien Debt, taken together. 

        "Collateral" means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting either Revolving Credit
Collateral or Note Lien Collateral. 

        "Companies" and "Company" have the meanings assigned to those terms in the preamble to
this Agreement. 

        "Copyright Licenses" means any and all present and future agreements (whether or not in writing) providing for the granting of any right
in, to or under Copyrights (whether the applicable Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder). 

        "Copyrights" means, collectively, with respect to each Grantor, all copyrights (whether statutory or common law, whether established or
registered in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished) and all copyright registrations and
applications made by such Grantor, in each case, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by or assigned to such Grantor, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter
adopted or acquired, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Grantor's use of such copyrights, (ii) reissues, renewals,
continuations and extensions thereof and amendments thereto, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including
damages and 

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payments
for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements
thereof. 

        "Credit Card Processing Accounts" means any accounts which are not Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts and which are maintained by or
with a person which conducts the processing of credit card payments for any of the Grantors, including all amounts reflecting any reserves or other amounts owing to any of the Grantors and which may
be maintained by such processors pursuant to the respective card processing agreements. 

        "Credit Card Receivables" shall mean, collectively, all present and future rights of the Grantors to payment from (a) any major
credit card issuer or major credit card processor arising from sales of goods or rendition of services to customers who have purchased such goods or services using a credit or debit card,
(b) any major credit card issuer or major credit card processor in connection with the sale or transfer of Accounts arising pursuant to the sale of goods or rendition of services to customers
who have purchased such goods or services using a credit card or a debit card, including, but not limited to, all amounts at any time due or to become due from any major credit card issuer or major
credit card processor under the Credit Card Agreements (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) or otherwise and (c) Private Label Credit Cards (as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement). 

        "Deposit Accounts" means all present and future "deposit accounts" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC). 

        "DIP Financing" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1. 

        "Discharge of Note Lien Obligations" means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.5: 

        (1)   termination
or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would constitute Note Lien Debt; 

        (2)   payment
in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether
or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Note Lien Documents and constituting Note Lien Debt; 

        (3)   discharge
or cash collateralization (at the lower of (A) 105% of the aggregate undrawn amount and (b) the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount
required for release of Liens under the terms of the applicable Note Lien Document) of all outstanding letters of credit constituting Note Lien Debt; and 

        (4)   payment
in full in cash of all other Note Lien Obligations that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the Note Lien Debt 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); 

        If
a Discharge of Note Lien Obligations occurs prior to the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.2, to the extent that additional Note Lien Obligations are
incurred or Note Lien Obligations are reinstated in accordance with Section 6.4, the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations shall (effective upon the incurrence of such additional Note Lien
Obligations or reinstatement of such Note Lien Obligations, as applicable) be deemed to no longer be effective. 

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        "Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations" means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.5: 

        (1)   termination
or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute Revolving Credit Obligations; 

        (2)   payment
in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether
or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and constituting Revolving Credit
Obligations; 

        (3)   termination
or cash collateralization (in an amount and manner reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, but in no event greater than 105% of the
aggregate undrawn face amount) of all letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and constituting Revolving Credit Obligations; and 

        (4)   payment
in full in cash of all other Revolving Credit Obligations that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the Indebtedness constituting such Revolving Credit
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). 

        If
a Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations occurs prior to the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.2, to the extent that additional Revolving Credit
Obligations are incurred or Revolving Credit Obligations are reinstated in accordance with Section 6.4, the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations shall (effective upon the incurrence of
such additional Revolving Credit Obligations or reinstatement of such Revolving Credit Obligations, as applicable) be deemed to no longer be effective. 

        "Disposition" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(b). 

        "Domestic" means, as to any Person, a Person which is created or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any of its
states or the District of Columbia. 

        "Enforcement" means, collectively or individually for any one of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Note Lien Collateral Agent
when a Revolving Credit Default or a Note Lien Default, as the case may be, has occurred and is continuing, any action taken by such Person to repossess, or exercise any remedies with respect to, any
material amount of Collateral (other than Canadian Collateral) or commence the judicial enforcement of any of the rights and remedies with respect to any Collateral under the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents or the Note Lien 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, Credit Card Processing Accounts or Securities Accounts against the Revolving Credit Obligations pursuant to the Revolving Credit Loan Documents;  provided,
 however, the foregoing exclusion set forth in clause (iii) shall immediately cease to
apply upon the earlier of (x) the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent' delivery of written notice to the Borrowers that such exclusion no longer applies, (y) the lapse of ten
(10) consecutive Business Days after a Revolving Credit Default in which no "Revolving Loans" are made and no "Letters of Credit" are issued (in each case, as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement), and (z) the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1 (or any other applicable provision) of the Revolving Credit Agreement. 

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        "Enforcement Notice" means a written notice delivered, at a time when a Revolving Credit Default or Note Lien Default has occurred and is
continuing, by either the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Note Lien Collateral Agent to the other such Person announcing that an Enforcement Period has commenced, specifying the relevant
event of default, stating the current balance of the Revolving Credit Obligations or the current balances owing with respect to Note Lien Obligations, as the case may be, and requesting the current
balance owing of the Revolving Credit Obligations or Note Lien Obligations, as the case may be. 

        "Enforcement Period" means the period of time following the receipt by either the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Note Lien
Collateral Agent of an Enforcement Notice from the other until either (i) in the case of an Enforcement Period commenced by the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Discharge of Note Lien
Obligations, or (ii) in the case of an Enforcement Period commenced by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations, or (iii) the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent or the Note Lien Collateral Agent (as applicable) agree in writing to terminate the Enforcement Period. 

        "Equally and Ratably" means, in reference to sharing of Liens or proceeds thereof as between holders of Note Lien Obligations within the
same Class that such Liens or proceeds: 

        (1)   will
be allocated and distributed first to the Note Lien Representative for each outstanding Series of Note Lien Debt, for the account of the holders of such Note Lien
Debt, 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, if any, outstanding
(whether or not drawings have been
made under such letters of credit) on each outstanding Series of Note Lien Debt when the allocation or distribution is made; and thereafter, 

        (2)   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, if any, outstanding (whether or not drawings have been made on such letters of credit) on all outstanding Note Lien Obligations) to the
Note Lien Representative for each outstanding Series of Note Lien Debt, for the account of the holders of any remaining Note Lien Obligations, ratably in proportion to the aggregate unpaid amount of
such remaining Note Lien Obligations due and demanded (with written notice to the applicable Note Lien Representative and the Note Lien Collateral Agent) prior to the date such distribution is made. 

        "Equipment" means: (i) all "equipment" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), (ii) all trade-fixtures, sales displays,
lighting, shelving, signage and "fixtures" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and (iii) all accessions or additions thereto, all parts thereof, whether or not at any time of
determination incorporated or installed therein or attached thereto, and all replacements therefore, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing. 

        "Financing Transactions" means the execution, delivery and initial funding under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the issuance of the
Notes. 

        "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), Hedge Agreements and Intellectual Property and any rights thereunder. 

        "Grantors" means Holdings, the Companies, the Canadian Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each other Person that has or may from time
to time hereafter execute and deliver a Security Document as a person granting a Lien or other interest in its property to secure any of the Obligations. 

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        "Guarantor" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Hedge Agreements" means any (i) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest
rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate risk;
(ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (iii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices. 

        "Hedging Obligation" of any Person means any Obligation of such Person pursuant to any Hedge Agreement. 

        "Holdings" has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement. 

        "Indebtedness" means and includes all Obligations that constitute "Indebtedness" within the meaning of the Revolving Credit Agreement or
the Note Lien Documents, as applicable. 

        "Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means: 

        (1)   any
voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code 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 their respective assets; 

        (3)   any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or 

        (4)   any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor. 

        "Instruments" means all present and future "instruments" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC). 

        "Intellectual Property" means, collectively, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and
the Trademark Licenses. 

        "Intercompany Notes of Subsidiaries" means all indebtedness owing by any of the Companies' Subsidiaries to any of the Companies or any of
the Companies' other Subsidiaries, whether or not represented by a note or an agreement. 

        "Intercreditor Agreement Joinder" means an agreement substantially in the form of  Exhibit A. 

        "Inventory" mean all present and future "inventory" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and, in any event, includes, without
limitation, 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) and all goods in which
any Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind; and all goods which are returned to or repossessed by any Grantor, all computer programs 

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embedded
in any goods and all accessions thereto and products thereof (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as inventory under the UCC). 

        "Investment Property" means all "investment property" (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York
UCC). 

        "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 any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give
any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust, UCC financing statement or other preferential arrangement
having the practical effect of any of the foregoing. 

        "Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation" means the written agreement of the holders of any Series of Note Lien Debt, as set forth in the
indentures, credit agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Note Lien Debt, for the enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future Series
of Priority Lien Debt and Note Lien Debt, each existing and future Note Lien Representative and each existing and future holder of "Permitted Liens" (as defined in the Indenture): 

        (a)   that
all Note Lien Obligations will be and are secured Equally and Ratably by all Note Liens at any time granted by the Companies or any other Guarantor to secure any
Obligations in respect of such Series of Note Lien Debt, whether or not upon property otherwise constituting collateral for such Series of Note Lien Debt, and that all such Note Liens will be
enforceable by the Note Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of all holders of Note Lien Obligations Equally and Ratably; 

        (b)   that
the holders of Obligations in respect of such Series of Note Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions relating to the
ranking of Note Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement of Note Liens; 

        (c)   consenting
to and directing the Note Lien Collateral Agent to perform its obligations under the Security Documents; and 

        (d)   consenting
to the terms of this Agreement. 

        "Mortgaged Premises" means any real property which shall now or hereafter be subject to a Note Lien Mortgage. 

        "Net Available Cash Account" means any Deposit Account or Securities Account established by the Companies or any other Grantor in
accordance with the requirements of the covenant set forth in Section 4.10 of the Indenture and which does not contain proceeds of Inventory, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Investment
Property (other than Capital Stock Collateral sold prior to the Release Date) or General Intangibles and which has been identified in writing to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent as such at the
time that proceeds from any sale of Note Lien Collateral shall be deposited pending final application in accordance with such covenant. 

        "New Agent" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.5. 

        "New Debt Notice" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.5. 

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        "Noteholder" means, at any relevant time, a Person in whose name a Note is registered. 

        "Note Capital Stock Collateral" means, except as provided below: 

        (a)   until
the Release Date (i) all of the Capital Stock in LNT, Vendor Finance LLC, LNT Virginia LLC, LNT Merchandising Company, LLC, Citadel LNT LLC and the LNT's
hereafter acquired Domestic Subsidiaries; and (ii) 65% of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiaries other than Domestic Subsidiaries owned directly by Holdings or its Domestic Sudsidiaries; 

        (b)   Records,
"supporting obligations" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and related Letters of Credit, commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action,
in each case, to the extent related primarily to the foregoing; and 

        (c)   substitutions,
replacements, accessions, products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages
and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing. 

        "Note Obligations" means all Obligations with respect to Notes outstanding under the Indenture. "Note 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 Indenture whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. 

        "Notes" has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

        "Note Lien" means a Lien granted by a security document to the Note Lien Collateral Agent, at any time, upon any property of the Companies
or any other Guarantor (other than Canadian Borrower and Canadian Subsidiaries of Holdings) to secure Note Lien Obligations. 

        "Note Lien Claimholders" means, at any relevant time, the holders of the Note Obligations, including the Noteholders and the Note Lien
Representatives. 

        "Note Lien Collateral" means all now owned or hereafter acquired: 

        (a)   any
Net Available Cash Account; 

        (b)   Equipment;

        (c)   Real
Estate Assets; 

        (d)   documents
of title related to Equipment; 

        (e)   Intellectual
Property; 

        (f)    Note
Lien General Intangibles; 

        (g)   Note
Capital Stock Collateral; 

        (h)   Records,
"supporting obligations" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and related Letters of Credit, commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action,
in each case, to the extent related primarily to the foregoing; and 

        (i)    substitutions,
replacements, accessions, products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages
and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing; 

provided, however, that the term "Note Lien Collateral" shall include (as provided in Section 3.5
below) Instruments or Chattel Paper to the extent such Instruments or Chattel 

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Paper
constitute identifiable proceeds of Note Lien Collateral and other identifiable proceeds (including lease payments under leases of Equipment) of Note Lien Collateral are deposited or held in any
such Deposit Accounts, Credit Card Processing Accounts or Securities Accounts after an Enforcement Notice but shall not, in any event, include the Canadian Collateral. 

        "Note Lien Collateral Agent" has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement, but shall also include where the
context so indicates, any agent or representative of the Note Lien Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Note Lien Collateral Agent. 

        "Note Lien Debt" means: 

        (1)   the
Notes issued and the related guarantees by the Guarantors incurred on the date of the Indenture (including any related exchange notes); and 

        (2)   any
other Indebtedness of the Companies (including additional notes), which may be guaranteed by the Guarantors, that is secured Equally and Ratably with the Notes by a
Note Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each of the applicable Note Lien Documents and Revolving Credit Loan Documents;  provided that in the case of any Indebtedness referred to
in clause (2) of this definition: 

        (a)   on
or before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Companies, such Indebtedness is designated by the Companies, in an officers' certificate delivered to
each Note Lien Representative and the Note Lien Collateral Agent, as "Note Lien Debt" for the purposes of the Indentures and this Agreement; 

        (b)   such
Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, credit agreement or other agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation; and 

        (c)   all
requirements set forth in this Agreement as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of the Note Collateral Agent's Liens to secure such Indebtedness or Obligations
in respect thereof are satisfied (and the satisfaction of such requirements and the other provisions of this clause (c) will be conclusively established if the Companies deliver to the Note
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent an officers' certificate stating that such requirements and other provisions have been satisfied and that such Indebtedness is "Note Lien Debt"). 

        "Note Lien Default" means an "Event of Default" (as defined in any of the Note Documents), which is no longer subject to any applicable
cure or notice period. 

        "Note Lien General Intangibles" means all General Intangibles pertaining to the other items of property included within clauses (b), (c),
(d), (e) and (g) of the definition of Note Lien Collateral, including, without limitation, all contingent rights with respect to warranties on Equipment. 

        "Note Lien Documents" means, collectively, the Indenture and the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing each other
Series of Note Lien Debt and the related Security Documents (other than any Security Documents that do not secure Note Lien Obligations). 

        "Note Lien 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 Note Lien Obligations or (except for this Agreement) under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Liens are
governed. 

        "Note Lien Obligations" means Note Lien Debt and all other Obligations in respect thereof (including, without limitation, all Note
Obligations). 

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        "Note Lien Representative" means: 

        (1)   in
the case of each Series of the Notes, the Note Lien Collateral Agent; or 

        (2)   in
the case of any other Series of Note Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of Note Lien Debt who maintains the transfer
register for such Series of Note Lien Debt and is appointed as a Note Lien Representative (for purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents) pursuant to an indenture, credit
agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Note Lien Debt, together with its successors in such capacity. 

        "Obligations" means all obligations of every nature of each Grantor from time to time owed to any agent or trustee, the Revolving Credit
Claimholders, the Note Lien Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates, in each case under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or the Note Lien Documents, whether for principal,
interest or payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing. 

        "Other Real Estate" means any Real Estate Asset which is not Primary Real Estate Asset. 

        "Patent Licenses" means all present and future agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Patents (whether the applicable
Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder). 

        "Patents" means, collectively, with respect to each Grantor, all letters patent issued or assigned to, and all patent applications and
registrations made by, such Grantor (whether established or registered or recorded in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all goodwill associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Grantor's use of any patents,
(ii) inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof
and amendments thereto, and rights to obtain any of the foregoing, (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 thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present
or future infringements 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 set forth in Section 5.4(a). 

        "Primary Real Estate Asset" means Mortgaged Premises, distribution centers and warehouses and corporate headquarters and administrative
offices. 

        "Real Estate Asset" means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Grantor in any real
property. 

        "Records" means all present and future "records" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC). 

        "Recovery" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4. 

        "Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace,
refund or repay, or to issue other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part. "Refinanced" and  "Refinancing"
shall have correlative meanings. 

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        "Release Date" means the later of (1) the date on which the Lien on Capital Stock Collateral is released pursuant to the Indenture;
or (2) with respect to each Subsidiary of Holdings, the date on which the Lien on Capital Stock Collateral relating to such Subsidiary triggers a separate reporting requirement with respect to
such Subsidiary pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X.

        "Revolving Commitments" means the "Revolving Commitments," (as such term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement). 

        "Revolving Credit Agreement" has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

        "Revolving Credit Capital Stock Collateral" means all of the Capital Stock Collateral other than the Note Capital Stock Collateral. 

        "Revolving Credit Claimholders" means, at any relevant time, the holders of Revolving Credit Obligations at that time, including the
Revolving Credit Lenders, and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents. 

        "Revolving Credit Collateral" means all now owned or hereafter acquired Collateral other than the Note Lien Collateral, including, without
limitation: 

        (a)   all
Accounts, including, without limitation, Credit Card Receivables, 

        (b)   all
Chattel Paper, 

        (c)   all
Instruments (including Intercompany Notes of Subsidiaries); 

        (d)   all
Letter of Credit Rights; 

        (f)    all
Deposit Accounts (other than the Net Available Cash Account, to the extent that it constitutes a Deposit Account), Credit Card Processing Accounts and Securities
Accounts (other than the Net Available Cash Account, to the extent it constitutes a Securities Account), and all other Investment Property (other than Capital Stock Collateral), including all cash,
marketable securities, securities entitlements, financial assets and other funds held in or on deposit in any of the foregoing, 

        (g)   all
Inventory or documents of title, customs receipts, insurance certificates, shipping documents and other written materials related to the purchase or import of any
Inventory; 

        (h)   all
General Intangibles (other than Intellectual Property and Note Lien General Intangibles) and all rights under Hedge Agreements; 

        (i)    all
Revolving Credit Capital Stock Collateral; 

        (j)    all
Records, "supporting obligations" (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and related Letters of Credit, commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of
action, in each case, to the extent not primarily related to Note Lien Collateral; and 

        (k)   substitutions,
replacements, accessions, products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages
and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing; 

provided, however, that to the extent that Instruments or Chattel Paper constitute identifiable proceeds
of Note Lien Collateral or other identifiable proceeds (including lease payments under leases of Equipment) of Note Lien Collateral are deposited or held in any such Deposit Accounts, Credit Card
Processing Accounts or Securities Accounts after an Enforcement 

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Notice,
then (as provided in Section 3.5 below) such Instruments, Chattel Paper or other identifiable proceeds shall be treated as Note Lien Collateral. 

        "Revolving Credit Collateral Agent" has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement, but shall also include where
the context so indicates, any agent or representative of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent. 

        "Revolving Credit Collateral Documents" means the "Security Documents" (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and any other
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Revolving Credit Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed. 

        "Revolving Credit Default" means an "Event of Default" (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement). 

        "Revolving Credit Lenders" has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

        "Revolving Credit Loan Documents" means the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Collateral 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 Revolving Credit Obligation, and any other
document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Revolving Credit Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Revolving Credit
Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, supplemented, refunded, deferred, restructured, replaced or refinanced from time to time in whole or in part
(whether with the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit Lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise), in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. 

        "Revolving Credit Obligations" means all Obligations outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Revolving Credit Loan
Documents. "Revolving Credit 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. For the purposes of extending loans or other financial accommodations under the Revolving Credit Agreement
and the other Revolving Credit Loan Documents, or receiving or continuing Liens securing Revolving Credit Obligations, or in any way dealing with any Grantor, the Revolving Credit Claimholders may
conclusively rely for a period of 45 days after the delivery thereof on the officers' certificate from the Companies stating that the Companies are in compliance with Sections 4.09 and 4.12 of
the Indenture. 

        "Revolving Credit Standstill Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(1). 

        "Securities Accounts" means all present and future "securities accounts" (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC), including all
monies, "uncertificated securities," and "securities entitlements" (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) contained therein. 

        "Security Documents" means this Agreement, and all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of
trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Companies or any other Grantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien
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favor
of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, as each may be amended, supplemented, refunded, deferred, restructured, replaced or refinanced from time to time in whole or in part (whether with the First
Lien Term Loan Agent, First Lien Term Loan Lenders, the Note Lien Collateral Agents and Noteholders existing on the date of this Agreement or other agents, lenders, trustees and Noteholders or
otherwise), in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. 

        "Series of Note Lien Debt" means, severally, the Notes and each other issue or series of Note Lien Debt for which a single transfer
register is maintained. 

        "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any specified Person: 

        (1)   any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders' agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers,
trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or
a combination thereof); and 

        (2)   any
partnership (A) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general
partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof). 

        "Subsidiary Guarantors" has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble of this Agreement. 

        "Trademark Licenses" means any and all present and future agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Trademarks (whether
such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder). 

        "Trademarks" means, collectively, with respect to each Grantor, all trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos, certification marks, trade
dress, uniform resource locations (URL's), domain names, corporate names, trade names and other source or business identifiers, whether registered or unregistered, owned by or assigned
to such Grantor and all registrations and applications for the foregoing (whether statutory or common law and whether established or registered in the United States, any State thereof, or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof), and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising
under applicable law with respect to such Grantor's use of any trademarks, (ii) reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto, (iii) 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 thereof,
(iv) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof. 

        "Trustee" has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 

        "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or when the context implies, the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other applicable jurisdiction. 

        "US Borrower" has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

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        "US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent" has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

        "Voting Stock" of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the
election of the Board of Directors of such Person. 

        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 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 agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended; 

        (b)   any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's permitted successors and assigns; 

        (c)   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; 

        (d)   all
references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; 

        (e)   all
references to terms defined in the New York UCC shall have the meaning ascribed to them therein (unless otherwise specifically defined herein); and 

        (f)    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. 

        Whenever
any term used in this Agreement is defined or otherwise incorporated by reference to the Indenture, such reference shall be deemed to have the same effect as if the definition
of such term had been independently set forth herein in full, and such term shall continue to have the meaning established pursuant to the Indenture (subject to the immediately preceding sentence of
this subsection) notwithstanding the termination of the Indentures or redemption of all Note Lien Obligations evidenced thereby. 

        II.    Lien Priorities.    

        2.1    Relative Priorities.    Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or
perfection of any Liens securing the Note Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the Revolving Credit Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any
provision of any UCC, or any other applicable law or the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or the Note Lien Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Liens securing the
Revolving Credit Obligations or Note Lien Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and/or the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the
Note Lien Collateral Agent, and each Note Lien Representative, for itself on behalf of the respective Note Lien Claimholders hereby each agrees that: 

        (a)   any
Lien of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent on the Revolving Credit Collateral, whether now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of 

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how
acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Revolving Credit Collateral securing any
Note Lien Obligations; and 

        (b)   any
Lien of the Note Lien Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Representative on the Note Lien Collateral, whether now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Note Lien
Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative, any Note Lien 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 all respects and prior to any Liens on the Note Lien Collateral securing any Revolving Credit Obligations. 

        2.2    Prohibition on Contesting Liens.    The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, Revolving Credit Claimholders, the
Note Lien Collateral Agent, each Note Lien Representative and the Note Lien Claimholders, each 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 of the Revolving Credit
Claimholders or any of the Note Lien Claimholders in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that nothing in
this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of either any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, or the Note Lien
Representatives or any Note Lien Claimholder 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 3.2. 

        2.3    Liens Granted to Note Lien Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Representatives; Liens Granted to Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent.    

        (a)   No
Grantor will grant any Lien securing Note Lien Debt to any Person other than the Person then acting as Note Lien Collateral Agent and any Person then acting as Note
Lien Representative. 

        (b)   No
Grantor will grant any Lien securing Revolving Credit Obligations to any Person other than the Person then acting as the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent. 

        III.    Enforcement.    

        3.1    Exercise of Remedies—Restrictions on the Note Lien Collateral Agent, and Note Lien Representatives and Note Lien
Claimholders.    

        (a)   Until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor,
the Note Lien Collateral Agent, each Note Lien Representative and Note Lien Claimholders: 

        (1)   will
not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Revolving Credit Collateral (including the exercise of any right of setoff or any right
under any Account Agreement, landlord waiver or bailee's letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder
is a party) or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure); provided,  however, that
the Note Lien 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 earlier of: (x) the date of the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding by or against any Grantor that has not been dismissed, or (y) the date on
which a Note Lien Representative first declares the existence of a Note Lien Default, demands the repayment of all the principal amount of any Note Lien Obligations; and the Revolving 

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Credit
Collateral Agent has received notice from the Note Lien Collateral Agent of such declaration of a Note Lien Default, (the "Note Lien Standstill
Period"); provided, further,  however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any
Note Lien Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Revolving Credit Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Note Lien Standstill Period, any Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent or 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 Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Note Lien Collateral Agent); 

        (2)   will
not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder or any
other exercise by any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Revolving Credit 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 3.1(c), will not object to the forbearance by any Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any Enforcement; 

provided, however, that, in the case of (1), (2) and (3) above, the Liens granted to
secure the Note Lien Obligations shall attach to any proceeds resulting from actions taken by any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder in accordance with this
Agreement after application of such proceeds to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations. 

        (b)   Until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor,
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have the right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the right to credit bid their
debt) and, in connection therewith (including voluntary Dispositions of Revolving Credit Collateral by the respective Grantors
after a Revolving Credit Default) make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Revolving Credit Collateral without any consultation with or the consent
of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder; provided,  however, that the Lien securing the Note Lien
Obligations shall remain on the proceeds (other than those properly applied to the Revolving Credit
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
Collateral, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agents and the 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 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 and of a secured creditor under the Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction. 

        (c)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative and any Note Lien Claimholder may: 

        (1)   file a
claim or statement of interest with respect to the Note Lien Obligations of any Grantor; provided that an
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        (2)   take
any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Revolving Credit Collateral, or the rights of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any
Revolving Credit Claimholder to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect its Lien on any of the Collateral (other than Canadian Collateral); 

        (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 Note Lien Claimholders, including any claims secured by the Revolving Credit 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 either any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not prohibited by 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, not prohibited by the terms of
this Agreement, with respect to the Note Lien Obligations; 

        (6)   exercise
any of its rights or remedies with respect to any of the Revolving Credit Collateral after the termination of the Note Lien Standstill Period to the extent
permitted by Section 3.1(a)(1); and 

        (7)   make
a cash bid on all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Collateral in any foreclosure proceeding or action. 

        The
Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and/or its respective Note Lien Claimholders, agrees that it will not take or receive any Revolving
Credit Collateral or any proceeds of such Revolving Credit Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to any such Revolving Credit
Collateral in its capacity as a creditor in violation of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred,
except as expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a), 6.3(c)(1) and this Section 3.1(c), the sole right of the Note Lien Collateral Agent and any Note Lien Representative or Note Lien Claimholder
with respect to the Revolving Credit Collateral is to hold a Lien (if any) on such Collateral pursuant to the respective
Note Lien 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 Obligations has occurred. 

        (d)   Subject
to Sections 3.1(a) and (c) and Section 6.3(c)(1): 

        (1)   The
Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, for itself and/or on behalf of its respective Note Lien Claimholders, agrees that it will not take any
action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or that is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition of the Revolving Credit Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise; 

        (2)   The
Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, for itself and/or on behalf of its respective Note Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any and all rights
the Note Lien Collateral Agent, such Note Lien Representative and the respective Note Lien Claimholders, as applicable, may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Claimholders seek to enforce or collect the Revolving Credit Obligations or the 

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Liens
securing the Revolving Credit Obligations granted in any of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to
act by or on behalf of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Revolving Credit Claimholders is adverse to the interest of the Note Lien Claimholders; 

        (3)   the
Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Note Lien
Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Claimholders with respect to the
enforcement of the Liens on the Revolving Credit Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Revolving Credit Loan Documents. 

        (e)   Except
as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and (d) and 3.5, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and Note Lien
Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Note Lien Obligations, and the Note Lien Collateral Agent
may exercise rights and remedies with respect to the Note Lien Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Note Lien Documents and applicable law;  provided, however, that in the event that the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative
or Note Lien Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Revolving Credit Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Note Lien
Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes
(including in relation to the Revolving Credit Obligations) as the other Liens securing the Note Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement. 

        (f)    Nothing
in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or Note Lien Claimholder of the required payments of
interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of its Note Lien Obligations, so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by Note Lien Collateral Agent, such
Note Lien Representative or Note Lien Claimholder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of the Revolving Credit 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 any rights or remedies the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the
Revolving Credit Claimholders may have against the Grantors under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents. 

        3.2    Exercise of Remedies—Restrictions on Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit
Claimholders.    

        (a)   Until
the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit Claimholders: 

        (1)   will
not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Note Lien Collateral (including the exercise of any right of setoff or any right under
any Account Agreements, landlord waiver or bailee's letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, any Revolving Credit Claimholder is a party) or institute
any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure); provided,  however, the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent may exercise the rights provided for in Section 3.3 (with respect to any Access Period) and
Section 3.4 (with respect to Intellectual Property and Records) 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 earlier of: (x) the date of the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding by or against any Grantor that has not been 

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dismissed,
or (y) the date on which the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent first declares the existence of a Revolving Credit Default, demands the repayment of all the principal amount of any
Revolving Credit Obligations and the Note Lien Collateral Agent has received notice from the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent of such declaration of a Revolving Credit Default, (the  "Revolving Credit Standstill
Period"); provided,  further, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall any Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies (other than those under Sections 3.3 and 3.4) with respect to the Note Lien Collateral if, notwithstanding
the expiration of the Revolving Credit Standstill Period, the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of its rights or remedies with respect to all or
any material portion of such Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent); 

        (2)   will
not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien
Claimholder or any other exercise by the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Note Lien Collateral, whether
under the Note Lien Documents or otherwise; and 

        (3)   subject
to their rights under clause (a)(1) above and except as may be permitted in Section 3.2(c), will not object to the forbearance by the Note Lien
Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder from bringing or pursuing any Enforcement; 

provided, however, that in the case of (1), (2) and (3) above, the Liens (if any) granted
to secure the Revolving Credit Obligations shall attach to any proceeds resulting from actions taken by the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative and any Note Lien Claimholder in
accordance with this Agreement after application of such proceeds to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge of Note Lien Obligations. 

        (b)   Until
the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the Note
Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders shall have the right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the right to credit bid
their debt) and make, in connection therewith (including voluntary Dispositions of Note Lien Collateral by the respective Grantors after a Note Lien Default) determinations regarding the release,
disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Note Lien Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder;  provided,
however, that the Lien (if any) securing the Revolving Credit Obligations shall remain on the
proceeds (other than those properly applied to the Note Lien 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 Note Lien Collateral, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the Note Lien
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 Note Lien 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 and of a secured creditor under the Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction. 

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        (c)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit Claimholders may: 

        (1)   file a
claim or statement of interest with respect to the Revolving Credit Obligations of any Grantor; provided
that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against such Grantor; 

        (2)   take
any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens of the Note Lien Collateral Agent on the Note Lien Collateral) in order to create, perfect, preserve or
protect its Lien on any of the Collateral; 

        (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; 

        (4)   file
any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not prohibited by 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, not prohibited by the terms of
this Agreement, with respect to the Revolving Credit Obligations and the Revolving Credit 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, to the extent permitted by
Section 3.2(a)(1); and 

        (7)   make
a cash bid on all or any portion of the Note Lien Collateral in any foreclosure proceeding or action. 

        The
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, agrees that it will not take or receive any Note Lien Collateral or any proceeds of such
Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to any such Collateral in its capacity as a creditor in violation of this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Sections 3.2(a), 3.3, 3.4, 6.3(c)(2) and
this Section 3.2(c), the sole right of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Revolving Credit Claimholder with respect to the Note Lien Collateral is to hold a Lien (if any) on such
Collateral pursuant to the respective Revolving Credit 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
Note Lien Obligations has occurred. 

        (d)   Subject
to Sections 3.2(a) and (c) and Sections 3.3 and 6.3(c)(2): 

        (1)   the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, agrees that the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving
Credit Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies by the Note Lien Collateral Agent under the Note Lien Documents or that is otherwise prohibited hereunder,
including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Note Lien Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise; 

        (2)   the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, hereby waive any and all rights they or the Revolving Credit
Claimholders may at any time have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the 

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manner
in which the Note Lien Collateral Agent seeks to enforce or collect the Note Lien Obligations or the Liens securing the Note Lien Collateral granted in any of the Note Lien Documents or
undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Note Lien Representatives or Note Lien Claimholders is adverse to the interest
of the Revolving Credit Claimholders; and 

        (3)   the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Revolving Credit Collateral Documents,
or any other Revolving Credit Loan Document (other than this Agreement), shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative
or Note Lien Claimholder with respect to the enforcement of its Liens on the Note Lien Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Note Lien Documents. 

        (e)   Except
as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.2(a) and (d) and 3.5, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders may
exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Revolving Credit Obligations and may exercise rights and remedies with
respect to the Revolving Credit Collateral, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and applicable law;  provided, however, that in the event that any Revolving Credit Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien
creditor in respect of Note Lien Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Revolving Credit Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject
to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the Note Lien Obligations) as the other Liens securing the Revolving Credit Obligations are subject to this Agreement. 

        (f)    Nothing
in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder of the required payments of interest,
principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Revolving Credit Obligations, so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect
result of the exercise by any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of the Note Lien 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 any rights or remedies the Note
Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives or the Note Lien Claimholders may have against the Grantors under the Note Lien Documents. 

        3.3    Exercise of Remedies—Collateral Access Rights.    

        (a)   The
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Representatives agree not to commence Enforcement until the earlier of the date on
which (A) an Enforcement Notice has been given to the Note Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, as the case may be and (B) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
is commenced by or against any Grantor that has not been dismissed. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.1 and 3.2 above, either the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Note Collateral Agent
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 neither such Person, nor the Revolving
Credit Claimholders or Note Lien Claimholders, as the case may be, shall interfere with the
Enforcement actions of the other with respect to Collateral in which such party has the benefit of the priority Lien in accordance herewith. 

        (b)   If
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undertaken
by the Note Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Representative, as applicable, or any receiver, shall obtain possession or physical control of any of the Primary Real Estate Assets or any of
the Other Real Estate, the Note Collateral Agent or such Note Lien Representative, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent of that fact and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent shall, within ten (10) Business Days thereafter, notify Note Collateral Agent or Note Lien Representative or, if applicable, any such third party (at such address to be
provided by the Note Collateral Agent or such Note Lien Representative, as applicable, in connection with the applicable Enforcement), as to whether the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent 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 Collateral Agent' exercise of such access rights.
Access rights may apply to differing parcels of Other Real Estate at differing times (i.e. a Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may obtain possession of one store 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 Note Collateral Agent or the relevant Note Lien Representative as provided in Section 3.3(b), the Access Period shall commence for
all of the Primary Real Estate Assets or the subject parcel of Other Real Estate, as applicable. During the Access Period and for any period prior to an Access Period when the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent may have had access and/or use
of any Note Lien Collateral (e.g. pursuant to access granted by a landlord of any Real Estate Asset), the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and their agents, representatives and designees shall have a
non-exclusive right to have such access to, and a rent free right to use, the Note Lien Collateral for the purpose of arranging for and effecting the sale or disposition of Revolving
Credit Collateral, including the production, completion, packaging, shipping and other preparation of such Revolving Credit Collateral for sale or disposition. During any such Access Period (or period
prior to an Access Period), one or more Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and their representatives (and persons employed on their behalf), may continue to operate, service, maintain, process and sell
the Revolving Credit Collateral, as well as to engage in bulk sales or other liquidations of Revolving Credit Collateral. Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall take proper care of any Note Lien
Collateral that is used by it during the Access Period and repair and replace any damage (ordinary wear-and-tear excepted) caused by them or their agents, representatives or
designees and comply with all applicable laws in connection with its use or occupancy of the Note Lien Collateral. The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Note Lien Collateral Agent or the relevant Note Lien Claimholders for any injury or damage to Persons or property caused by the acts or omissions of Persons under its
control. Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative shall cooperate and use reasonable efforts to ensure that their activities during the Access
Period as described above do not interfere materially with the activities of the other as described above, including the right of the Note Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Representative to commence
foreclosure of the Note Lien Mortgages or to show the Note Lien Collateral to prospective purchasers and to ready the Note Lien Collateral for sale. 

        (d)   If
the Note Lien Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Representative shall foreclose or otherwise sell any of the Note Lien Collateral, such Person will notify the buyer
thereof of the existence of this Agreement and that the buyer is acquiring such Collateral subject to the terms of this Agreement. 

        (e)   The
Grantors hereby agree with the Note Lien Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Representatives that Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall have access, during the
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grants
a non-exclusive easement in gross over its property to permit the uses by Revolving Credit Collateral Agent contemplated by this Section 3.3. The Note Lien Collateral Agent
and each Note Lien Representative consents to such easement. 

        3.4    Exercise of Remedies—Intellectual Property Rights/Access to Information/Use of Equipment.    

        (a)   The
Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative hereby grants (to the full extent of their respective rights and interests) the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent and its agents, representatives and designees a royalty free, rent free license and lease to use all of the Note Lien Collateral exclusive of Intellectual Property but including any
computer or other data processing
Equipment to operate stores or distribution activities on the Real Estate Assets during any Enforcement Period, 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, the royalty free, rent free license and lease granted in this clause (a) with respect to Equipment shall immediately expire upon the
sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of such Equipment. 

        (b)   The
Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative hereby grants (to the full extent of their respective rights and interests) the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent and its agents, representatives and designees solely during the Enforcement Period (A) a nonexclusive, royalty free, worldwide license or sublicense (subject to the terms of
the underlying license) to use all of the Note Lien 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 (B) 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 Intellectual Property in connection with its Enforcement;  provided, however, that on and after the 30th day following the termination of the Access Period with
respect to the Primary Real Estate Assets, the Revolving Credit Collateral 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 Collateral Agent in good faith reasonably believes 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 Collateral Agent in good faith reasonably believes to be in all material respects consistent with the practices of, one or more 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 Collateral Agent in good faith reasonably believes
will not materially diminish the distinctiveness and quality characteristics associated with such Intellectual Property or the validity thereof (it being understood and agreed that the Revolving
Credit Collateral 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). 

        3.5    Exercise of Remedies—Set Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds.    The Note Lien Collateral
Agent and each Note Lien Representative, for itself and/or on behalf of the Note Lien Claimholders, each acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent any such Person exercises its rights of setoff
against any Grantors' Deposit Accounts, Credit Card Processing Accounts, Securities Accounts or other assets, the amount of such setoff shall be deemed to be the Revolving Credit Collateral to be held
and distributed pursuant to Section 4.3; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to
any setoff by any such Person against any Note Lien Collateral (including funds in any Net Available Cash Account) to the extent applied to payment of Note Lien Debt. The Note Lien Collateral Agent
and each Note Lien Representative, for itself and/or on behalf of the Note Lien Claimholders agree that prior to an issuance of an Enforcement Notice all funds 

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deposited
under Account Agreements and then applied to the Revolving Credit Obligations shall be treated as Revolving Credit Collateral and, unless the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent have actual
knowledge to the contrary, any claim that payments made to Revolving Credit Collateral Agent through the Deposit Accounts, Credit Card Processing Accounts or Securities Accounts that are subject to
Account Agreements are proceeds of or otherwise constitute Note Lien Collateral, are waived. The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, Revolving Claimholders, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note
Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, each agrees that, 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 which is Collateral shall not (as among the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and
the various Claimholders) be treated as proceeds of Collateral for purposes of determining the relative priorities in the Collateral which was so acquired. The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent,
Revolving Claimholders, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, each agrees that after an issuance of an Enforcement Notice, each such Person
shall cooperate in good faith to identify the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Collateral and the Note Lien Collateral, as the case may be (it being agreed that after an issuance of an Enforcement
Notice, unless the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent has actual knowledge to the contrary, all funds deposited under Account Agreements and then applied to the Revolving Credit Obligations shall be
presumed to be Revolving Credit Collateral (a presumption that can be rebutted by the Note Lien Collateral Agent); provided,  however, that neither any
Revolving Credit Claimholder nor any Note Lien Claimholder shall be liable or in any way responsible for any claims or damages
from conversion of the Revolving Credit Collateral or Note Lien Collateral, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that (A) the only obligation of any Revolving Credit Claimholder
is to pay over to the Note Lien Collateral Agent, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, all proceeds that such Revolving Credit Claimholder received that have been identified
as proceeds of the Note Lien Collateral and (A) the only obligation of any Note Lien Claimholder is to pay over to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements, all proceeds that such Note Lien Claimholder received that have been identified as proceeds of the Revolving Credit Collateral. Each of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
and the Note Lien Collateral Agent may request from the other an accounting of the identification of the proceeds of Collateral (and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral
Agent, as the case may, upon which such request is made shall deliver such accounting reasonably promptly after such request is made). 

        3.6    Exercise of Remedies—Capital Stock Collateral after the Release Date.    After the Release Date,
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may not sell or otherwise dispose of any Revolving Credit Capital Stock Collateral until the earliest to occur: 

        (i)    the
Discharge of Note Lien Obligations; or 

        (ii)   the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral Agent agree in writing on the allocation of proceeds from such sale or other disposition of such
Revolving Credit Capital Stock Collateral; or 

        (iii)  the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent has received a specific written request from the Note Lien Collateral Agent that the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent enforce
its Lien on and exercise its rights and remedies with respect to such Revolving Credit Capital Stock Collateral, provided,  however, that the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent may refuse such request unless and until it is satisfied in its sole reasonable discretion that it
has received from the Noteholders adequate indemnity (as determined in the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent's sole reasonable discretion and which may include security or other payment assurances
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expenses,
losses, damages, actions, judgments, suits and liabilities in connection with or arising from such action; provided,  further, however, that any net proceeds received by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent from such
enforcement of its Liens and exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to such Revolving Credit Capital Stock Collateral (such net proceeds being the "Proceeds
Amount") shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Obligations, and the Revolving Credit Claimholders' rights in any proceeds of future sale or other disposition of Revolving
Credit Collateral on which the Note Lien Collateral Agent has a perfected Lien shall be, to the extent of the Proceeds Amount, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the rights of the Note
Lien Claimholders to receive such Proceeds Amount. 

        3.7    Exercise of Remedies—Applicable Landlord Agreements.    In respect of each consent/waiver/access
agreement between the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and a landlord leasing real estate to a Grantor which provides that the Note Lien Collateral Agent may be one of the invitees of the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent with respect the right to inspect or remove the personal property of the applicable Grantor from the leased premises (such consent/waiver/access agreement being an  "Applicable Landlord
Agreement"): 

        (i)    subject
to the other terms of this Agreement and such Applicable Landlord Agreement, the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be an invitee of the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent with regard to the real estate that is subject to such Applicable Landlord Agreement prior to the Junior Lien Effective Date (as defined below); 

        (ii)   if
the Note Lien Collateral Agent exercises its rights as such invitee under such Applicable Landlord Agreement, the Note Lien Collateral Agent hereby agrees to
reimburse the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent upon demand for any repair by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent of any damage arising from the removal of the personal property by or on behalf of the Note Lien Collateral Agent; and 

        (iii)  the
Note Lien Collateral Agent hereby expressly agrees, for the benefit of such landlord and those claiming through such landlord, that (A) such landlord may
exclusively deal with the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent until the date (the "Junior Lien Effective Date ") of a delivery of a certificate to such
landlord pursuant to the terms of such Applicable Landlord Agreement certifying to the effect that the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred and (B) the Note Lien Collateral
Agent has no right to object to any discussions, correspondence or agreements between such landlord and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any amendments or modifications to such Applicable
Landlord Agreement prior to the Junior Lien Effective Date; it being understood and agreed, as between the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral Agent, that the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent shall not agree without Note Lien Collateral Agent's advance written consent to any amendment or modifications to such Applicable Landlord Agreement the reasonably likely
effect of which is to impair Note Lien Collateral Agent's rights as an invitee under such Applicable Landlord Agreement or impact the Note Lien Collateral Agent differently than it would impact the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent under such Applicable Landlord Agreement prior to the Junior Lien Effective Date. 

        IV.    Payments.    

        4.1    Application of Proceeds.    

        (a)   Subject
to the provisions of Section 6.5 hereof, so long as the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, all Revolving Credit Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on,
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Revolving
Credit Claimholders, shall be applied by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to the Revolving Credit Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Revolving Credit Loan Documents.
Upon the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Note Lien Collateral Agent any Collateral and proceeds of Collateral held by it in the
same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the Note Lien Representatives in such order as specified in the
Note Lien Documents. 

        (b)   Subject
to the provisions of Section 6.5 hereof, so long as the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, all Note Lien Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale
or other disposition of, or collection on, such Collateral upon the exercise of remedies by the Note Lien Collateral Agent or Note Lien Claimholders, shall be applied to the Note Lien Obligations in
such order as specified in Note Lien Documents. Upon the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations, the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Revolving Credit Agent any Collateral and proceeds of
Collateral held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
in such order as specified in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents. 

        4.2    Payments Over in Violation of Agreement.    Unless and until both the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations
and the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations have occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, any Collateral or proceeds thereof
(including assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of Section 2.3) received by any Revolving Credit Claimholder or any Note Lien 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 and forthwith paid over to the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Note Lien Collateral Agent, as appropriate, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct. The Note Lien Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent are each hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the other Person. This authorization is coupled with
an interest and is irrevocable until both the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations and Discharge of Note Lien Obligations have occurred. 

        4.3    Application of Payments.    Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, all payments received by
(a) the Revolving Credit Claimholders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to the Revolving Credit Obligations to the extent provided for in the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents; and (b) the Note Lien Claimholders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to the Note Lien Obligations to the extent provided for in the Note Lien Documents. 

        V.    OTHER AGREEMENTS.    

        5.1    Releases.    

        (a)   If
in connection with the exercise of any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent's remedies in respect of any Collateral as provided for in Section 3.1, the Revolving
Credit Collateral 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 Collateral, then the Liens, if any, of
the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, on the Collateral sold or disposed of in connection with such exercise, shall be automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Note Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of any of the Note Lien Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to the Revolving
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releases
and other documents as the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or such Grantor may request to effectively confirm such release. 

        (ii)   If
in connection with the exercise by any Note Lien Representative of remedies in respect of any Collateral as provided for in Section 3.2, the Note Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of any of the Note Lien Claimholders, releases all of its Liens on any part of the Note Lien Collateral, then the Liens, if any, of the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent, for itself and/or for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, on the Collateral sold or disposed of in connection with such exercise, shall be automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of any such Revolving Credit Claimholder shall promptly execute and deliver to the Note
Lien Collateral Agent or such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as the Note Lien Collateral Agent or such Grantor may request to effectively confirm such release. 

        (b)   If
in connection with any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any Collateral (collectively, a  "Disposition") permitted under the terms of both the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and
the Note Lien Documents (including voluntary Dispositions of
Revolving Credit Collateral by the respective Grantors after a Revolving Credit Default and voluntary Dispositions of Note Lien Collateral by the respective Grantors after a Note Lien Default),
(i) the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of any of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, releases its Liens on any part of the Revolving Credit Collateral, in each
case other than (A) in connection with the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations or (B) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Note Lien Default, then the Liens, if
any, of the Note Lien Representatives, for themselves and/or for the benefit of the Note Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released, and
(ii) any Note Lien Representative, for itself and/or on behalf of the Note Lien Claimholders, releases all of its Liens on any part of the Note Lien Collateral, in each case other than
(A) in connection with the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations or (B) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Revolving Credit Default, then the Liens, if any, of the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, for itself and/or for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, on such Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. Each
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Note Lien Representative, each for itself and/or on behalf of any such Revolving Credit Claimholders or Note Lien Claimholder, as the case may be, promptly shall
execute and deliver to the Note Lien Collateral Agent, Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as the Note Lien Collateral Agent,
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or such Grantor may request to effectively confirm such release. 

        (c)   Until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations shall occur, the Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, for itself and/or on behalf of the
Note Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Revolving Credit 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 the Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative or such Note Lien
Claimholder, whether in the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent's name or, at the option of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, in the Note Lien Collateral Agent's, any Note Lien Representative's or
any Note Lien Claimholder's own name, from time to time in such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent's discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, 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 5.1, including any endorsements or other
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        (d)   Until
the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations shall occur, each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, for itself and/or on behalf of the Revolving Credit Claimholders hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Note Lien 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 Collateral Agent or such Revolving Credit Claimholder, whether in the Note Lien Collateral Agent's name or, at
the option of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, in such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent's or any Revolving Credit Claimholder's own name, from time to time in Note Lien Collateral Agent's discretion,
for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, 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 5.1, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release. 

        5.2    Insurance.    

        (a)   Unless
and until the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, (i) the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have the sole and exclusive right to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the
Revolving Credit 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 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 to such Collateral and to the extent required by the Revolving Credit Loan Documents shall be paid to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Claimholders
pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents (including, without limitation, for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit) and thereafter, to the extent no Revolving
Credit Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Note Lien Documents, to the Note Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Note Lien
Claimholders to the extent required under the Note Lien Documents and then, to the extent no Note Lien 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 the Note Lien Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Representative
or any Note Lien Claimholder 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 Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2. 

        (b)   Unless
and until the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has occurred, subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under the Note Lien Documents,
(i) the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Note Lien 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 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 to such Collateral and to the extent required by the Note
Lien Documents shall be paid to the Note Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Note Lien Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the Note Lien Documents and thereafter, to the extent no Note Lien
Obligations which were secured by such Collateral are outstanding, and subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Revolving Credit Collateral Documents to either the Revolving
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the
Revolving Credit Claimholders to the extent required under such Revolving Credit Collateral Documents and then, to the extent no Revolving Credit 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 the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, Note Lien Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder 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 Note Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2. 

        (c)   To
effectuate the foregoing, the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Note 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 or for any liability or indemnification and those proceeds are not compensation for a casualty loss with respect to the Note Lien Collateral, such proceeds shall first be applied to repay
the Revolving Credit Obligations and then be applied, to the extent required by the Note Lien Documents, to the Note Lien Obligations. 

        5.3    Amendments to Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Note Lien Documents; Refinancing; Legending Provisions.    

        (a)   The
Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Note Lien Documents may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms of both the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and the Note Lien Documents and the Revolving Credit Obligations and Note Lien Obligations may be Refinanced, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a
consent is required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any Revolving Credit Document or any Note Lien Document) of the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Note Lien Claimholders, as the case
may be, all without affecting the Lien subordination or other provisions of this Agreement, provided,  however, that the holders of such Refinancing debt
bind themselves in an Intercreditor Joinder Agreement or other writing, reasonably acceptable to the
Note Lien Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and addressed to the Note Lien Collateral Agent or Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the terms of this
Agreement and any such amendment, supplement, modification or
Refinancing shall be in accordance with the provisions of both the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Note Lien Documents. 

        (b)   The
Companies agree that each Note and each promissory note evidencing Revolving Credit Obligations and each security agreement, pledge agreement and mortgage that is a
Revolving Credit Collateral Document or Note Lien Document, as the case may be, shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by both the Note Lien Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent): 

"Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the [the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent or other Person, as
applicable] pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the [the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent or other Person, as
applicable] hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the "Intercreditor Agreement"), among Linens 'n Things, Inc., Linens Holding Co., Linens 'n Things Center, Inc., Linens 'n Things
Canada Corp, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent, (the "Administrative Agent"), UBS AG, Stamford Branch and Wachovia Bank, National
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serving
as the "US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent", UBS AG Canada Branch and Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Canada), as co-agents
serving as "Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent", (the Administrative Agent, the US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Canadian Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent being referred to collectively as the "Revolving Credit Collateral Agent"), The Bank of New York, serving as  "Note Lien 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 between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control." 

        (c)   The
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative shall each use its best efforts to notify the other parties of
any written amendment or modification to any Revolving Credit Loan Document or any Note Lien Document, as applicable, but the failure to do so shall not create a cause of action against the party
failing to give such notice or create any claim or right on behalf of any third party. In connection with amendments or modifications permitted by  Section 5.3, Revolving Credit Collateral Agent,
the Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, as applicable shall, upon
request of the other party, provide copies of all such modifications or amendments and copies of all other relevant documentation to the other Persons. 

        5.4    Bailees for Perfection.    

        (a)   Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, as the case may be, agree 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 (such
Collateral being the "Pledged Collateral") as collateral agent for the Revolving Credit Claimholders and Note Lien Claimholders, as the case may be, and
as bailee for the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent or the Note Lien Representative, as the case may be, (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 assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted under the Revolving Credit
Loan Documents and the Note Lien Documents, as applicable, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.4. 

        (b)   No
Person shall have any obligation whatsoever to any other Person to ensure that the Pledged Collateral 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 5.4. The duties or responsibilities under this Section 5.4 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged
Collateral as bailee in accordance with this Section 5.4 and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon a Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations or Discharge of Note Lien Obligations, as the
case may be, as provided in paragraph (d) below, so that, subject to the terms of this Agreement, (A) until a Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations, the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral or Collateral within its "control" in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and other Revolving Credit Loan Documents (but only to the
extent that such Collateral constitutes Revolving Credit Collateral) as if the Liens (if any) of the Note Lien Collateral Agent or Note Lien Representatives did not exist and (B) until a
Discharge of Note Lien Obligations, the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral or Collateral within its "control" in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and other Note Lien Documents (but only to the extent that such Collateral constitutes Note Lien Collateral) as if the Liens (if any) of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent did not exist 

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        (c)   No
Person acting pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall have by reason of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, the Note Lien 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 Obligations the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) together with any
necessary endorsements, first, to the Note Lien Collateral Agent to the extent the Note Lien Obligations which are secured by such Pledged Collateral
remain outstanding, and second, to the applicable Grantor (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such Pledged
Collateral). The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent further agree to take all other action reasonably requested by the Note Lien Collateral Agent in connection with the Note 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 Note Lien Obligations, the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) together with any necessary
endorsements, first, to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to the extent any Revolving Credit Obligations which are secured by such Pledged
Collateral remain outstanding, and second, to the applicable Grantor (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such
Pledged Collateral). The Note Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent in connection with the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority interest in the Collateral or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct 

        5.5    When Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations and Discharge of Note Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have
Occurred.    If concurrently with the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations or the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations, any of the Companies or any other Borrower
enters into any Refinancing of any Revolving Credit Obligation or Note Lien Obligation as the case may be, which Refinancing is permitted by the Note Lien Documents and the Revolving Credit Loan
Documents, then such Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations or the Discharge of Note Lien 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 Obligations or the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations) and, from and after the date on
which the New Debt Notice (defined below) is delivered to the Note Lien Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, as appropriate, in accordance with the next sentence, the obligations
under such Refinancing shall automatically be treated as Revolving Credit Obligations or Note Lien 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 Collateral Agent or Note Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, under such new Revolving Credit Loan Documents or Note
Lien Documents shall be the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Note Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice (the "New Debt
Notice") stating that any of the Companies or any other Borrower, as the case may be, has entered into new Revolving Credit Loan Documents or new Note Lien Documents (which
notice shall include a complete copy of the relevant new documents and provide the identity of the new agent for such facility, such agent, the "New
Agent"), the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or
supplements to this Agreement) as such Company, such Borrower or such New Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the New 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 the New Agent any Pledged Collateral held by it together with any
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agree
in a writing addressed to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, the Revolving Credit Claimholders, and Note Lien Claimholders, as
the case may be, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. 

        VI.    INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS.    

        6.1    Finance and Sale Issues.    

        (a)   Until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, if any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent shall, acting in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement, agree to permit the use of "Cash Collateral" (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code)
other than the identifiable Cash Proceeds of any Note Lien Collateral on which a Lien has been granted to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent pursuant to the Revolving Credit Loan Documents; or any
Grantor to obtain financing, whether from the Revolving Credit Claimholders or any other Person under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law
("DIP Financing"), then each Note Lien Claimholder agrees that it will raise no objection to or contest such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing so
long as such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing meet the following requirements: (i) it is on commercially reasonable terms, (ii) the Note Lien Claimholders retain the right to object
to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding the Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing that are materially prejudicial to their interests in the Note Lien Collateral (other than any Real
Estate Assets upon which such Lien has not been perfected), and (iii) the terms of the DIP Financing (A) do not compel the applicable Grantor to seek confirmation of a specific plan of
reorganization for which all or substantially all of the material terms are set forth in the DIP Financing documentation or a related document and (B) do not expressly require the liquidation
of the Collateral prior to a default under the DIP Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order. To the extent the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Obligations are subordinated to or  pari passu
with such DIP Financing which meets the requirements of clauses (i) through (iii) above, each Note Lien Representative will
subordinate any Liens in the Revolving Credit Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in
connection therewith (except, as expressly agreed by the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or to the extent permitted by Section 6.3). 

        (b)   Until
the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has occurred, if any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Note Lien Representatives
shall, acting in accordance with the Note Lien Documents, agree to permit the use of "Cash Collateral" (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code consisting solely of the
identifiable Cash Proceeds of any Note Lien Collateral on which a Lien has been granted to the Note Lien Representatives pursuant to the Note Lien Documents; then each Revolving Credit Claimholder
agrees that it will raise no objection to or contest such Cash Collateral use so long as such Cash Collateral use meets the following requirements: (i) it is on commercially reasonable terms
and (ii) Revolving Credit Claimholders retain the right to object to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding the Cash Collateral use that are materially prejudicial to their
interests in the Note Lien Collateral. 

        (c)   Until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, if any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent shall, acting in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement, agree to permit a sale of the Revolving Credit Collateral free and clear of Liens or other claims, under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, then each Note Lien Claimholder agrees that it will not raise any objection to or contest such sale or request adequate protection or 

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any
other relief in connection therewith (it being understood that the Note Lien Claimholders still, but subject to this Agreement, have rights with respect to the proceeds of such Collateral). 

        (d)   Until
the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has occurred, if any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Note Lien Representatives
shall, acting in accordance with the Note Lien Documents, agree to permit a sale of the Note Lien Collateral free and clear of Liens or other claims, under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or
otherwise, then each Revolving Credit Claimholder agrees that it will not raise any objection to or contest such sale or request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (it
being understood that the Revolving Credit Claimholders still, but subject to this Agreement, have rights with respect to the proceeds of such Collateral). 

        6.2    Relief from the Automatic Stay.    

        (a)   Until
the Discharge of Revolving Credit Obligations has occurred, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, each Note Lien Representative and each Note Lien Claimholder, 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 the Revolving Credit
Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent. 

        (b)   Until
the Discharge of Note Lien Obligations has occurred, each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders 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 the Note Lien Collateral (other
than to the extent such relief is required to exercise its rights under Section 3.3 or Section 3.4), without the prior written consent of the Note Lien Collateral Agent. 

        6.3    Adequate Protection.    

        (a)   The
Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, each agree that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person
contesting): 

        (1)   any
request by any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent for adequate protection with respect to the Revolving Credit Collateral; or 

        (2)   any
objection by any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving
Credit Claimholders claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Revolving Credit Collateral. 

        (b)   Each
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, each agree that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting): 

        (1)   any
request by the Note Lien Collateral Agent for adequate protection with respect to the Note Lien Collateral; or 

        (2)   any
objection by the Note Lien Collateral Agent to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Note Lien Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Claimholder claiming
a lack of adequate protection with respect to the Note Lien Collateral. 

        (c)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding: 

        (1)   if
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additional
collateral (even if such collateral is not of a type which would otherwise have constituted Revolving Credit Collateral) in connection with any Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing, then
the Note Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Note Lien Claimholders, may seek or request adequate protection with respect to its interests in such Collateral in the form of a Lien
on the same additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated (except to the extent that the Note Lien Collateral Agent already had a Lien on such Collateral (in which case the priorities
established by Section 2.1 shall apply)) to the Liens securing the Revolving Credit Obligations and such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same
basis as the other Liens of the Note Lien Collateral Agent on Revolving Credit Collateral; and 

        (2)   in
the event any Note Lien Claimholder seeks or requests adequate protection in respect of Note Lien Collateral and such adequate protection is granted in the form of
additional collateral (even if such collateral is not of a type which would otherwise have constituted Note Lien Collateral), then the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the
Note Lien Claimholders each agrees that the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent may also be granted a Lien on the same additional collateral as security for the Revolving Credit Obligations and for any
Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing provided by the Revolving Credit Claimholders, each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and each Revolving Credit Claimholder agrees that any Lien on such additional
collateral securing the Revolving Credit Obligations, shall be subordinated (except to the extent that the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent 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 Note Lien Obligations, all on the same basis as the other Liens of the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent on Note Lien Collateral. 

        (d)   Except
as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 6.1 or in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to (i) the Revolving Credit Collateral,
nothing herein shall limit the rights of any Note Lien Claimholder from seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Note Lien 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 Note Lien Collateral, nothing herein shall limit the rights of any Revolving
Credit Claimholder from seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Revolving Credit Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the
form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise). 

        6.4    Avoidance Issues.    If any Revolving Credit Claimholder or Note Lien Claimholder is required in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Grantor any amount paid in respect of Revolving Credit Obligations or the Note Lien Obligations, as the case
may be, (a "Recovery"), then such Revolving Credit Claimholders or Note Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to a reinstatement of Revolving Credit
Obligations or the Note Lien 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. 

        6.5    Reorganization Securities.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if, in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding, the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Note Lien Claimholders (the "Applicable Junior Lien Claimholders") receive pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar
dispositive restructuring plan a distribution of debt obligations ("Junior Lien Reorganization Securities") in whole or in part on account of their
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the
applicable Claimholders have a junior Lien, the "Applicable Junior Collateral") that are secured by Liens on such Applicable Junior Collateral, and (ii) the other Claimholders (the  "Applicable Senior Lien
Claimholders") receive pursuant to such plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan a distribution of debt
obligations ("Senior Lien Reorganization Securities") in whole or in part on account of their Revolving Credit Obligations or Note Lien Obligations, as
the case may be, that are secured by Liens on such Applicable Junior Collateral, then (i) the Applicable Junior Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to retain their Junior Lien Reorganization
Securities and shall not be obligated to turnover same to any or all of the Applicable Senior Lien Claimholders, and (ii) to the extent the Junior Lien Reorganization Securities and the Senior
Lien Reorganization Securities are secured by Liens upon the same Applicable Junior Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such Junior Lien Reorganization
Securities and Senior Lien Reorganization Securities and will apply with like effect to the Junior Lien Reorganization Securities and Senior Lien Reorganization Securities, to such Liens securing such
Junior Lien Reorganization Securities and Senior Lien Reorganization Securities and to the distribution of proceeds of such Applicable Junior Collateral. 

        6.6    Post-Petition Interest.    

        (a)   The
Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders each agree that none of them shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by
any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Revolving Credit Obligations consisting of
post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien securing any Revolving Credit Claimholder's claim, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Note
Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Note Lien Claimholders on the Collateral. 

        (b)   Neither
any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, nor any other Revolving Credit Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Note Lien Collateral Agent,
any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Note Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or
expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien securing any Note Lien Claimholder's claim, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Revolving Credit Claimholders on the Collateral. 

        VII.    RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC.    

        7.1    Reliance.    Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders under its Revolving Credit Loan Documents, acknowledges that it and such Revolving Credit Claimholders have, independently and without reliance
on the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such 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. The Note Lien Collateral Agent and each Note Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Note Lien Claimholders, acknowledges that it
and the Note Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any Revolving Credit Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by
them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Note Lien 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 Note Lien Documents or this Agreement. 

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        7.2    No Warranties or Liability.    Each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving
Credit Claimholders under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, acknowledges and agrees that each of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders have
made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Note Lien Documents,
the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and
the Note Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Note Lien Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in
their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, each acknowledges and agrees that the Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders have made no 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, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under their respective Revolving Credit Loan
Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders
shall have no duty to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders shall have no
duty to the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives or any of the Note Lien 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 Grantor (including the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Note Lien Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof
which they may have or be charged with. 

        7.3    No Waiver of Lien Priorities.    

        (a)   No
right of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives or the Note Lien
Claimholders to enforce any provision of this Agreement, any Revolving Credit Loan Document or any Note Lien Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of any Grantor or by any act or failure to act by such Persons or by any noncompliance by any such Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the
Revolving Credit Loan Documents or any of the Note Lien 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 Grantors under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Note Lien
Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a)), the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien
Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and Note Lien 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
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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 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 amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Note Lien Collateral Agent or any rights or remedies under any of the Revolving Credit Loan Documents or the Note Lien Documents; 

        (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 the extent provided
in this Agreement) or any liability of any Grantor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof; 

        (3)   settle
or compromise any Obligation or any other liability of any Grantor or any security therefore 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)   exercise
or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against any Grantor or any security or any other Grantor or any other Person, elect any remedy and
otherwise deal freely with any Grantor. 

        7.4    Obligations Unconditional.    All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full
force and effect irrespective of: 

        (a)   any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Revolving Credit Loan Documents or any Note Lien Documents; 

        (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 Obligations or Note Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of
any Revolving Credit Loan Document or any Note Lien 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 amendment, waiver or
other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Revolving Credit Obligations or Note Lien Obligations or any guaranty thereof; 

        (d)   the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Grantor; or 

        (e)   any
other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the
Revolving Credit Obligations, any Revolving Credit Claimholder, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives, the Note Lien Obligations or any Note Lien Claimholder in respect of this
Agreement. 

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        VIII.    MISCELLANEOUS.    

        8.1    Conflicts.    In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any
Revolving Credit Loan Document or any Note Lien Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control. 

        8.2    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 Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Note Lien
Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders 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 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 Grantor shall include such Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or
Note Lien Collateral Agent for any 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 Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Revolving Credit Obligations, the date of the Discharge of Revolving
Credit Obligations, subject to the rights of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Revolving Credit Claimholders under Section 6.4; and 

        (b)   with
respect to the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives, the Note Lien Claimholders and the Note Lien Obligations, the date of the Discharge of
Note Lien Obligations, subject to the rights of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders under Section 6.4. 

        8.3    Amendments; Waivers.    No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral Agent or their respective authorized agent 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, no 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 are directly affected (which includes, but is not limited to any amendment to the Grantors' ability to cause additional obligations to constitute Revolving
Credit Obligations or Note Lien Obligations as the Grantors may designate). 

        8.4    Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Companies and their Subsidiaries.    The Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, on the other hand, shall each
be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Companies and their Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the Revolving Credit Obligations or
the Note Lien Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Revolving Credit Obligations or the Note Lien Obligations. Neither the Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders, on the one hand, nor the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien 

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Claimholders,
on the other hand, shall have any duty to advise the other of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that either
any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or any of the Revolving Credit Claimholders, on the one hand, or the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, on
the other hand, undertakes 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 obligation: 

        (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. 

        8.5    Subrogation.    

        (a)   With
respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets that any of the Note Lien Claimholders or the Note Lien Collateral Agent or
any Note Lien Representative pays over to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, the Note Lien Claimholders, the Note Lien
Collateral Agent and any Note Lien Representative shall be subrogated to the rights of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders;  provided, however, that, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative and the Note Lien
Claimholders, hereby each agrees not to assert or enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of
Revolving Credit 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 the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder that are paid over to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit
Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce the amounts which such Grantor shall be obligated to pay the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any such Note Lien Representative or any such Note
Lien Claimholder. 

        (b)   With
respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets that any of the Revolving Credit Claimholders or any Revolving Credit
Collateral Agent pays over to the Note Lien Collateral Agent or any Note Lien Representative or the Note Lien Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the
Revolving Credit Collateral Agent shall be subrogated to the rights of the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative and the Note Lien Claimholders;  provided, however, that the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving
Credit Claimholders, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Note Lien 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 the Revolving
Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Claimholders that are paid over to the Note Lien Collateral Agent, any Note Lien Representative or any Note Lien Claimholder pursuant to this Agreement
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Grantor
shall be obligated to pay the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or such Revolving Credit Claimholders. 

        8.6    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.    

        (a)   ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY:

        (1)   ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS;

        (2)   WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;

        (3)   AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.8; AND

        (4)   AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (3) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT.

        (b)   EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING
HEREUNDER. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, INCLUDING
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER
WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS
WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE; MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 8.6(b) AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT
TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

        (c)   EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT or ANY OTHER REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN DOCUMENT, NOTE LIEN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY
HERETO.

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        8.7    Notices.    All notices to the Note Lien Representatives or to the Revolving Credit Claimholders and Note Lien
Claimholders permitted or required under this Agreement shall also be sent to the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and Note Lien Collateral Agent, respectively. Unless otherwise specifically provided
herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, telexed 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 telex, 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. 

        8.8    Further Assurances.    The Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, each Note Lien
Representative and each of the Claimholders, each 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 the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Note Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, all such Persons agree upon request by Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or Note Lien Collateral Agent, 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 Revolving Credit Collateral or Note Lien Collateral, as applicable, 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 Note Lien Documents. 

        8.9    APPLICABLE LAW.    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

        8.10    Binding Effect on Successors and Assigns and on Claimholders and Note Lien Representatives.    This Agreement
shall be binding upon the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Revolving Credit Claimholders, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders and their
respective successors and assigns. Note Lien Collateral Agent represents that it has not agreed to any modification of the provisions in the Note Lien Documents authorizing it to execute this
Agreement and bind the Note Lien Claimholders and Note Lien Representatives, and each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent represents that it has not agreed to any modification of the provisions in the
Revolving Credit Agreement authorizing it to execute this Agreement and bind the Revolving Credit Claimholders. Notwithstanding any implication to the contrary in any provision in any other section of
the Agreement, neither the Note Lien Collateral Agent nor any Revolving Credit Collateral Agent makes any representation regarding the validity or binding effect of the Note Lien Documents or
Revolving Credit Loan Documents, respectively, or their authority to bind any of the Claimholder's through their execution of this Agreement. 

        8.11    Specific Performance.    Each of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Note Lien Collateral Agent may
demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Claimholders under the Revolving Credit Loan Documents, and the Note
Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably waive 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 the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or the Revolving Credit Claimholders or the Note
Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives or the Note Lien Claimholders, as the case may be. 

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        8.12    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. 

        8.13    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 shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other document or
instrument, as applicable. 

        8.14    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. 

        8.15    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 and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien
Representatives, the Revolving Credit Claimholders and the Note Lien Claimholders. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair, as between the Grantors and the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the
Revolving Credit Claimholders, or as between the Grantors and the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders the obligations of the Grantors to pay
principal, interest, fees and other amounts as provided in the Revolving Credit Loan Documents and the Note Lien Documents, respectively. 

        8.16    Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.    The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely
for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Claimholders on the one hand and the Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien
Representatives and the Note Lien Claimholders on the other hand. None of the Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Companies nor any Grantor may rely
on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Revolving Credit Obligations, and the
Note Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms. 

        8.17    Marshalling of Assets.    The Note Lien Collateral Agent, the Note Lien Representatives and the Note Lien
Claimholders hereby each waive any and all rights to have the Revolving Credit Collateral, or any part thereof, marshaled upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of any Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent's or Note Lien Collateral Agent's Liens. Revolving Credit Collateral Agent and each Revolving Credit Claimholder hereby waive any and all rights to have the Note Lien Collateral, or any part
thereof, marshaled upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of the Note Lien Collateral Agent's Liens. 

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

	 	 	US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as US Co-Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Notice Address:
	

 	
 	

UBS AG, Stamford Branch

677 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

Attention: Doris Mesa

Fax No.: (203) 719-4176
	

 	
 	

With a copy to:
	

 	
 	

Latham & Watkins, LLP

233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5800

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Donald L. Schwartz

Fax No.: (312) 993-9767

	 	 	US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as US Co-Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Notice Address:
	

 	
 	

1133 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Portfolio Manager

Fax No.: (212) 445-4283

	 	 	Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

UBS AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian Co-Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Notice Address:
	

 	
 	

UBS AG Canada Branch

161 Bay Street

Suite 4100, BCE Place

Toronto, Ontario M5J2S1

Attention: Amy Fung

Fax No.: (416) 350-2261
	

 	
 	

With a copy to:
	

 	
 	

Latham & Watkins, LLP

233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5800

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Donald L. Schwartz

Fax No.: (312) 993-9767

	 	 	Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

WACHOVIA CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION (CANADA), as Canadian Co-Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Notice Address:
	

 	
 	

Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Canada)

141 Adelaide Street West

Suite 1500

Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5

Attention: Portfolio Manager

Fax No.: (416) 364-6068
	

 	
 	

With a copy to:
	

 	
 	

Wachovia Bank, National Association

1133 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Portfolio Manager

Fax No.: (212) 545-4283

	 	 	Administrative Agent
	

 	
 	

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Administrative Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Notice Address:
	

 	
 	

UBS AG, Stamford Branch

677 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

Attention: Doris Mesa

Fax No.: (203) 719-4176
	

 	
 	

With a copy to:
	

 	
 	

Latham & Watkins, LLP

233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5800

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Donald L. Schwartz

Fax No.: (312) 993-9767

	 	 	Note Lien Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Note Lien Collateral Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Notice Address:
	

 	
 	

The Bank of New York

101 Barclary Street, 8 W

New York, New York 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Fax No.: 212-815-5707
	

 	
 	

With a copy to:
	

 	
 	

Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP

120 Broadway 32nd Floor

New York, NY 10271

Attention: Deirdre K. Pierson

Fax No.: 212-238-3100

	Acknowledged and Agreed to by:
	

LNT
	

LINENS 'n THINGS, INC.
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

Holdings
	

LINENS HOLING CO.
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT Center
	

LINENS 'n THINGS CENTER, INC.
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

Canadian Borrower
	

LINENS 'n THINGS CANADA CORP
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	 

	

Subsidiary Guarantors
	

BLOOMINGTON MN, L.T. INC.
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT INC.
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT SERVICES, INC.
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT WEST
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

VENDOR FINANCE LLC
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	 

	

LNT LEASING II LLC
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT VIRGINIA LLC
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT MERCHANDISING COMPANY, LLC
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

LNT LEASING III, LLC
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 
	

CITIDEL LNT, LLC
	
By:	
 	
    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 

   EXHIBIT A  

 FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT JOINDER  

        The undersigned,                        ,
a                        , hereby agrees to become party as [a Grantor] [a Note Lien
Representative] under the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of February 14, 2006 (the "Intercreditor Agreement") among Linens 'n
Things, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("LNT"), Linens Holing Co., a Delaware corporation
("Holdings"), Linens 'n Things Center, Inc., a California corporation ("LNT Center"; and together
with LNT. the "Companies" and each individually a "Company"), Linens 'n Things Canada Corp, a Nova
Scotia corporation (the "Canadian Borrower"; and together with the Companies, the "Borrowers" and each
individually a " Borrower"), certain subsidiaries of Holdings (the "Subsidiary Guarantors" and together
with Holdings, the "Guarantors"), UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative
Agent"), UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in their capacities as US co-collateral agents for the Revolving Credit Lenders (including
their successors and assigns from time to time, collectively referred to as the "US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent"), UBS AG CANADA BRANCH and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION (CANADA), in their capacities as Canadian co-collateral agents for the Revolving Credit Lenders (including their successors and assigns from time to
time, collectively referred to as the "Canadian Revolving Credit Collateral Agent"; and together with the US Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, the  "Revolving Credit Collateral
Agent"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in its capacity as the collateral agent
under the Note Lien Security Documents referred to below (including its successors and assigns from time to time, the "Note Lien Collateral Agent"), as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, 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 Article 8 of the Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Joinder. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Intercreditor Agreement Joinder to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as
of                        ,
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SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE    
    

        THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of the 12th day of January, 2006, by and between Linens
'n Things, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the "Company"), and Jack E. Moore, Jr. (the "Executive"). 

        WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive have previously entered into and executed an Employment Agreement dated as of November 29, 2004 (the "Employment Agreement"), a copy of
which is on file with the SEC as Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 29, 2004; and 

        WHEREAS,
the Executive's employment relationship with the Company is terminating, as further described in this Agreement; 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained herein, it is agreed as follows: 

        1.     Separation Terms; Continuation of Responsibilities; Employment Termination Date.

        (a)   Executive
will cease as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective January 12, 2006. 

        (b)   Executive
will continue as an employee of the Company, and will continue to be entitled to receive his normal base salary and will continue to be covered by his normal
medical, health and life insurance benefits, from January 12, 2006 up to and including (but not after) January 31, 2006 (or the Employment Termination Date under Paragraph 1(d)
below, if earlier). During such period the Executive will at all
times be available for all such assignments and assistance with respect to all of the matters under his responsibility as an executive of the Company prior to January 12, 2006 and, in addition,
the Executive will have no right or authority to act on behalf of the or to bind the Company or its subsidiaries or to incur expenses or costs in connection with the Company or its subsidiaries. 

        (c)   On
January 31, 2006, Executive will be placed, as an employee of the Company, on unpaid leave of absence. Executive will continue on such unpaid leave of absence
from January 31, 2006 up to and including (but not after) his Employment Termination Date (as established under and set forth in Paragraph 1(d) below) (the "Unpaid Leave of Absence").
The following shall apply with respect to the period covered by the Unpaid Leave of Absence: 

        (i)    Executive's
status will be "unpaid leave of absence"; 

        (ii)   throughout
the period of Unpaid Leave of Absence the Executive will at all times be available for assignments, assistance and consultation with respect to any of the
matters under his responsibility as an executive of the Company prior to January 12, 2006; 

        (iii)  Executive
will not receive or be entitled to any base salary or other cash compensation with respect to such period; 

        (iv)  Executive
will not receive or be eligible for any bonus or other incentive compensation, or to accrue any vacation days or entitlement with respect to such period; 

        (v)   Executive
will continue to be covered only by his normal medical, health and life insurance benefits; 

        (vi)  Executive
will not be eligible under or covered by any disability policy, plan or coverage of or sponsored by the Company; 

 

        (vii) Executive
will have no right or authority to act on behalf of or to bind the Company or its subsidiaries or to incur expenses or costs in connection with the Company
or its subsidiaries; 

        (viii) the
period of such Unpaid Leave of Absence will not be included or taken into account with respect to any "pro rata annual incentive award for the year in which
termination occurs" under Section 10(c)(iii) or 10(e)(iii) of the Employment Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1(d) below; and 

        (ix)  the
Unpaid Leave of Absence will terminate on the Employment Termination Date as established pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1(d) below. 

        (d)   The
date of employment termination under Section 10 of the Employment Agreement will be the earliest of the following (the "Employment Termination Date"): 

        (i)    the
closing and consummation of the merger pursuant to the merger agreement dated November 8, 2005 among the Company and the entities formed by Apollo Management
V, L.P., NRDC Real Estate Advisors I LLC and Silver Point Capital Fund Investments, LLC (the "Apollo Merger Agreement"); 

        (ii)   April 18,
2006; or 

        (iii)  any
termination of the Apollo Merger Agreement. 

The
Company acknowledges that the closing and consummation of the merger pursuant to the terms of the Apollo Merger Agreement, if such closing and consummation in fact occurs, would constitute a
"Change in Control" as defined in Section 10(c) of the Employment Agreement. 

In
the event that a "Change in Control" (as defined in Section 10(c) of the Employment Agreement) has not occurred on or before the Employment Termination Date as determined under this
Paragraph 1(d), then the Executive's employment shall be deemed a termination of employment without Cause prior to a Change in Control pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Employment
Agreement and the Company shall satisfy its obligations to the Executive pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Employment Agreement (subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code, as amended, and subject to Paragraph 1(c) (viii) above with respect to excluding the period of any Unpaid Leave of Absence for purposes of determining any pro rata annual
incentive award for the year of termination under Section 10(c) (iii) of the Employment Agreement). 

In
the event that a "Change in Control" (as defined in Section 10(c) of the Employment Agreement) has occurred on or before the Employment Termination Date as determined under this
Paragraph 1(d), then the Executive's employment shall be deemed a Termination without Cause following a Change in Control pursuant to Section 10(e) of the Employment Agreement and the
Company shall satisfy its obligations to the Executive pursuant to Section 10(e) of the Employment Agreement (subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, and subject to Paragraph 1(c)(viii) above with respect to excluding the period of any Unpaid Leave of Absence for purposes of determining any pro rata annual incentive award for
the year of termination under Section 10(e)(iii) of the Employment Agreement). 

The
payments required to be made to the Executive under Section 10(c) or Section 10(e) of the Employment Agreement, as applicable, in accordance with the two immediately foregoing
paragraphs, shall be paid, in the amounts and at the times provided in Section 10(c) or Section 10(e) of the Employment Agreement, as applicable, notwithstanding the death or disability
of the Executive during the Unpaid Leave of Absence (and, in such event, the Employment Termination Date shall continue to be the date as established pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Paragraph 1(d)) or following the Employment Termination Date. 

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In
the event that for any reason the Employment Termination Date occurs prior to the commencement of any Unpaid Leave of Absence, then no Unpaid Leave of Absence shall occur and Paragraph 1(c)
shall have no effect. 

For
purposes of the determination of "Base Salary" under Section 10(c) or 10(e) of the Employment Agreement, as applicable, Base Salary shall mean the Executive's Base Salary as in effect on
January 12, 2006. In addition, the reference in Section 10(e)(ix)(B) of the Employment Agreement to "clause (vii) of this Section 10(e)" shall mean a reference to
"clause (ix) of this Section 10(e)" and the reference to the term "Severance Period" in Section 10(e) of the Employment Agreement shall mean the twenty-four
(24) month period beginning on the Employment Termination Date. 

This
Paragraph 1(d) shall constitute written notice of the effective date of the Executive's employment termination under Section 10 of the Employment Agreement. 

The
Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he has not engaged any willful material dishonesty with respect to the Company during his term of employment with the Company. 

For
all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase "normal medical, health and life insurance benefits" shall mean the particular coverage identified in  Exhibit B at the benefit levels and individual
contribution levels, or any subsequent change in contribution level if that change is applicable to the general Linens N Things employee population identified therein. The Executive shall not be
eligible or entitled to any disability benefit or coverage during any Unpaid Leave of Absence or at or following his Employment Termination Date. The Executive will be paid $13,615.38 for 6 unused
vacation days up to the Employment Termination Date and will have no other entitlement to vacation pay or accruals. 

Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no earlier than the Employment Termination Date, the Executive agrees to execute and deliver to the Company a general
unconditional release in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the "Further Release") and the Executive agrees that the execution, delivery and
full effectiveness and validity of the Further Release shall be an absolute condition to the Company's obligation to satisfy and perform each and all of its obligations under Paragraph 1 of
this Agreement. 

        2.     General Release.    In consideration of and return for the particular payments and benefits required to be
provided to the Executive under the terms of Paragraph 1(d) of this Agreement, which is acknowledged to be in addition to any payments or benefits which he would otherwise be entitled to
receive and the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Executive, on behalf of himself and his respective heirs, executors, administrators and assigns (hereinafter the "Releasors"), hereby
releases and forever discharges the Company (as well as each of Apollo Management, L.P., Apollo Management V, L.P., NRDC Real Estate Advisors I LLC and Silver Point Capital Fund Investments, LLC), and
each of its and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, predecessors, and successors, and each of its and their respective past and present officers, directors, employees,
affiliates, agents, attorneys, insurers, benefit committees, trustees, fiduciaries, plans, and trusts, and the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of each of the
foregoing (hereinafter the "Releasees"), from any and all actions, causes of action, demands, suits and claims, in law or in equity, whether now known or unknown which he ever had, now has, or could
have, including any and all claims arising out of or relating in any way to the Employment Agreement, the Executive's employment with the Company, and the termination of that employment. The claims
released include, but are not limited to: 

        (a)   all
statutory claims including claims arising under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, the New Jersey Civil
Rights Act, the New Jersey Wage and Hour Laws, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act,
the Family and Medical Leave Act, the New Jersey Family Leave Act, the Fair 

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Labor
Standards Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; 

        (b)   all
claims arising under the United States or New Jersey Constitutions; 

        (c)   all
claims arising under any Executive Order or derived from or based upon any federal regulations; 

        (d)   all
common law claims including claims for wrongful discharge, public policy claims, retaliation claims, claims for breach of an express or implied contract (including
but not limited to any claims arising in connection with the Employment Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto), claims for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing,
intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, defamation, conspiracy, loss of consortium, tortious interference with contract or prospective economic advantage, and negligence; 

        (e)   other
than as required to be provided to the Executive under Section 10(c) or Section 10(e) of the Employment Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to the
terms of Paragraph 1(d) above, all claims for any compensation including back wages, front pay, bonuses or awards, severance, fringe benefits, stock options, restricted stock units, deferred
compensation, profit sharing, pay in lieu of notice of termination of employment, reinstatement, retroactive seniority, pension benefits, or any other form of economic loss; 

        (f)    all
claims for person injury, including physical injury, mental anguish, emotional distress, pain and suffering, embarrassment, humiliation, damage to name or
reputation, liquidated damages, and punitive damages; and 

        (g)   all
claims for costs and attorneys' fees on behalf of any attorneys who may have represented him. 

Without
limiting the foregoing, the parties expressly agree, pursuant to Section 10(j) of the Employment Agreement, that payment and performance in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this
Agreement shall operate to fully discharge and release each of the Releasees from any further obligation or liability with respect to the rights of the Executive under or in connection with the
Employment Agreement or his employment with the Company or the termination thereof, except only as expressly otherwise set forth in this Agreement. 

Without
limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the parties expressly acknowledge and agree that the provisions of Sections 10(g), 10(h)("No Mitigation; No Offset"), 15 ("Remedies"), 16
("Resolution of Disputes"), 17 ("Indemnification"), 18 ("Excise Tax Gross-Up"), 20 ("Assignability; Binding Nature"), 26 ("Beneficiary/References"), and 30 ("Executive Representations and
Warranties") of the Employment Agreement are valid and enforceable and survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Further, nothing herein is intended to release the Company from any right
of the Executive to be indemnified by the Company under the Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws to the extent provided for therein. 

The
parties also acknowledge and agree that the provisions of Sections 11 ("Forfeiture Provisions"), 12 ("Confidentiality; Cooperation with Regard to Litigation; Non-disparagement; Return
of Company Materials"), 13 ("Non-Competition"), and 14 ("Non-Solicitation") of the Employment Agreement are valid and enforceable and survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, that they are not waived or altered by this Agreement, and, in the event of any breach of the terms thereof by the Executive, the Company would be entitled to all of the rights and remedies
referred to in Section 15 of the Employment Agreement as well as all such other rights and remedies as may arise or exist at law or in equity. Without limiting the foregoing, the Executive
expressly acknowledges that all stock options and restricted stock units and other equity awards heretofore granted by the Company to the Executive are expressly subject to all of the terms and
conditions of Section 11 of the Employment Agreement 

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and
are subject to (i) the Executive having materially complied, during his Term of Employment, with Section 13 ("Non-Competition") of the Employment Agreement and
(ii) the Executive's continued compliance with Section 12 ("Confidentiality; Cooperation with Regard to Litigation; Non-Disparagement; Return of Company Materials") and
Section 14 ("Non-Solicitation") of the Employment Agreement during his Term of Employment and for periods stated therein following the Employment Termination Date. 

        3.     No Filed Charges.    The Executive represents that he has not filed any charge, claim, or complaint of any kind
against the Releasees, and he further covenants and represents that no such charge, claim or complaint will be filed against any of the Releasees with respect to any matter released under
Paragraph 2 of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the parties to this Agreement from (a) bringing any action to enforce the terms of this Agreement;
(b) filing a timely charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") regarding the validity of this Agreement; (c) filing a timely charge or complaint with
the EEOC or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC or any other governmental agency (although the Executive agrees that he has waived any right to personal recovery or
personal injunctive relief in connection with any such charge or complaint), or (d) participating or testifying in any action if compelled to do so by judicial subpoena, court order, or as
otherwise required by state or federal law. 

        4.     Cooperation.    The Executive agrees to reasonably cooperate with and to assist the Releasees in connection with
the preparation and defense, including but not limited to personal appearances and testimony, of any claim, action or litigation in which any Releasee is, or may become, a party and which relates in
any way to matters or actions within the possible scope of the Executive's responsibilities while in the employment of the Company. In seeking the Executive's assistance, the Company will make
reasonable efforts to accommodate the Executive's other personal and business obligations. The Company agrees to reimburse the Executive for reasonable and necessary
out-of-pocket expenses incurred while so cooperating and assisting the Releasees. The Executive further agrees that he will advise the Company immediately upon becoming aware
of any claim or litigation connected in any way to the Company or any of the Releasees in which he is required or requested to appear as a witness or made a party. 

        5.     Governing Law.    This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey
(without regard to its rules as to conflicts of laws). 

        6.     No Other Consideration.    The Executive acknowledges that the only consideration he has received for executing
this Agreement is that set forth herein. No other promise, inducement, threat, agreement or understanding of any kind or description has been made with him or to him or anyone else to cause him to
enter into this Agreement. 

        7.     Entire Agreement.    This Agreement reflects the entire agreement reached by the parties and supersedes all
prior agreements which are hereby made null and void, except as to those provisions of the Employment Agreement that pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement are to continue in full force
and effect. There is no other agreement except as stated herein. This Agreement may not be changed or modified unless the change or modification is in writing and signed by the Executive and by a duly
authorized representative of the Company or its successor. 

        8.     Executive's Right to Consult an Attorney.

        (a)   The
Executive is advised to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement. He represents that he has carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions
of this Agreement, that he has had an opportunity to review and discuss it with an attorney of his choosing if he wished to do so, and that he is voluntarily executing this Agreement without duress or
coercion. 

        (b)   The
Executive is hereby advised that he is permitted a period of twenty-one (21) days to review and consider this Agreement before signing it. He
understands that he is free to use as 

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much
of the twenty-one day period as he wishes or considers necessary before signing this Agreement. The Executive is further advised that he may revoke his signature within seven
(7) days of signing by delivering written notice of revocation marked "Personal and Confidential" to Brian D. Silva, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Linens 'n Things, Inc., Six
Brighton Road, Clifton, New Jersey. It is understood and agreed that the benefits of this Agreement will not become effective until seven (7) days have passed from the date of execution of this
Agreement by the Executive, at which point he will no longer be able to revoke his signature, and this Agreement will become binding and effective. 

        9.     Resolution of Disputes.    The parties agree that any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to this
Agreement will be settled in the manner set forth in Section 16 of the Employment Agreement. 

	LINENS 'N THINGS, INC.	 	EXECUTIVE
	

By:	
 	

/s/  BRIAN SILVA      
	
 	

/s/  JACK E. MOORE, JR.      

	Name:	 	Brian Silva	 	Jack E. Moore, Jr.
	Title:	 	SVP Human Resources & Admin	 	 	 	 
	

Dated: February 10, 2006	
 	

Dated: February 13, 2006

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