Document:

Ex-10.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of September 30, 2010 (as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, this “Security
Agreement”), among Clopay Ames True Temper LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Holdings”), Clopay Ames True Temper Holding Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and certain subsidiaries of the
Borrower listed on Schedule 1 hereto (together with Holdings and the
Borrower, the “Grantors”), and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC (“GSLP”),
in its capacity as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the
Secured Parties referred to below.

 

Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted
pursuant to this Security Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy
hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as
of September 30, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the
Borrower, Holdings, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, the Term Loan
Representative (as defined therein) and the ABL Representative (as defined
therein).  In the event of any conflict
between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Security Agreement,
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

The
Grantors, GSLP, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and the
Lenders are entering into a Credit Agreement dated as of September 30,
2010 (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”).  Each Grantor is
entering into this Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to enter
into and extend credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and to secure
the Obligations that such Grantor has agreed to guarantee pursuant to
Section 7 of the Credit Agreement.

 

ACCORDINGLY,
the Grantors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby
agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Terms Defined in Credit Agreement.  All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.

 

1.2           Terms Defined in UCC.  Terms defined in the UCC which are not
otherwise defined in this Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement are used
herein as defined in the UCC.

 

1.3           Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein.  As used in this Security Agreement, in
addition to the terms defined in the Preliminary Statement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

 

“ABL
Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

 

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“ABL
Obligations Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Account
Debtor” means any Person obligated on an Account.

 

“Accounts”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Article”
means a numbered article of this Security Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.

 

“Chattel
Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Closing
Date” means the date of the Credit Agreement.

 

“Collateral”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article II.

 

“Collateral
Access Agreement” means any landlord waiver or other agreement, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, between the
Collateral Agent (and prior to the ABL Obligations Payment Date, the ABL
Representative) and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs
broker, or other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any
landlord of any Credit Party for any real property where any Collateral is
located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement may be amended, restated, or
otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Collateral
Agent” means Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, in its capacity as
Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties under the Credit Documents, and its
successors and assigns in such capacity as provided in Section 9 of the
Credit Agreement.

 

“Collateral
Report” means any certificate, report or other document delivered by any
Grantor to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to the
Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document.

 

“Collection
Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b).

 

“Commercial
Tort Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Commodity
Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Control”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in
Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Controlled
Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

“Control
Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, among any Credit Party, a banking
institution holding such Credit Party’s funds, the Collateral Agent and the
Collateral Agent under the Existing ABL Agreement with respect to collection
and control of all deposits and balances held in a deposit account maintained
by any Credit Party with such banking institution.

 

“Copyrights”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and
interest in and to the following: 
(a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works
protectable by copyright, copyright registrations, and copyright applications;
(b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties,
damages, and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past or
future infringements for any of

 

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the
foregoing; (d) the right to sue for past, present, and future
infringements of any of the foregoing; and (e)  all rights corresponding
to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

“Copyright
Security Agreement” shall mean the Copyright Security Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

 

“Deposit
Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Documents”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Equipment”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Exhibit”
refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.

 

“Existing
ABL Agreement” means the credit agreement dated as of September 30,
2010, among Clopay Ames True Temper Holding Corp., as borrower, Clopay Ames
True Temper LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and the other lenders party
thereto, as in effect on the date hereof.

 

“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Grantor organized under the laws of
any jurisdiction outside the United States of America.

 

“Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock” means the voting Equity Interests in any
first-tier Foreign Subsidiary.

 

“General
Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Goods”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Grantors”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

“Instruments”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Insurance”
shall mean (i) all insurance policies covering any or all of the
Collateral (regardless of whether the Collateral Agent is the loss payee
thereof) and (ii) any key man life insurance policies.

 

“Intellectual
Property” means all intellectual property of every kind and nature now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs,
Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secret licenses, confidential
or proprietary technical or business information, know-how, show-how or other
data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations
thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all
additions, improvements and accessions to, and booked and records describing or
used in connection with, any of the foregoing.

 

“Intellectual
Property Security Agreements” means the Copyright Security Agreement, the
Patent Security Agreement, and the Trademark Security Agreement.

 

“Intercompany
Note” means any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

“Inventory”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

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“Investment
Accounts” means the Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts and Deposit
Accounts, including any Prepayment Accounts.

 

“Investment
Property” means: (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined
in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all of the following (regardless of
whether classified as investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity
Interests, Pledged Debt, the Investment Accounts and certificates of deposit.

 

“Letter-of-Credit
Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Licenses”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and
interest in and to (a) any and all licensing agreements or similar
arrangements in and to its Patents, Copyrights, or Trademarks, (b) all
income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or
payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages
and payments for past and future breaches thereof, and (c) all rights to
sue for past, present, and future breaches thereof.

 

“Lock
Boxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

“Lock
Box Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

 

“Patents”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and
interest in and to:  (a) any and all
patents and patent applications; (b) all inventions and improvements
described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
renewals, extensions, and continuations-in-part thereof; (d) all income,
royalties, damages, claims, payments and Proceeds now or hereafter due or
payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages
and payments for past and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to
sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and (f) all other
rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

“Patent
Security Agreement” means the Patent Security Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit I.

 

“Pledged
Collateral” means all Instruments (including without limitation, Pledged
Debt), Securities, Pledged Equity Interests and other Investment Property of
the Grantors, whether or not physically delivered to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to this Security Agreement; provided that in no event shall
either the stock of any Immaterial Subsidiary or more than 65% of the total
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each Foreign Subsidiary be
required to be pledged hereunder.

 

“Pledged
Debt” means all Indebtedness owed to any Grantor, whether or not evidenced
by any Instrument, including, without limitation, all Indebtedness described on
Exhibit E under the heading “Pledged Debt” (as such schedule may be
amended or supplemented from time to time), issued by the obligors named
therein, the Instruments, if any, evidencing any of the foregoing, and all
interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any or all of the foregoing.

 

“Pledged
Equity Interests” means (i) all Equity Interests owned by a Grantor (including,
without limitation, all Equity Interests listed on Exhibit E, as such
schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) the
certificates if any, representing such Equity Interests and (iii) any
other participation or interest in any equity or profits of any business entity
including, without limitation, any trusts and all management rights relating to
any entity whose equity interests are included as Collateral.

 

“Prepayment
Account” shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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“Proceeds”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Receivables”
means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Investment Property, Instruments
and any other rights or claims to receive money which are General Intangibles
or which are otherwise included as Collateral.

 

“Requirement
of Law” means, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any
law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a
court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding
upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its
property is subject.

 

“Section”
means a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.

 

“Secured
Parties” the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders,
any affiliate of any Lender to which Obligations are owed and any other holder
of Obligations.

 

“Securities
Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

 

“Security”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

 

“Stock
Rights” means all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any
other right or property which the Grantors shall receive or shall become
entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution
for or in exchange for any Equity Interest constituting Collateral (including
any right to receive any Equity Interest).

 

“Supporting
Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Term
Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

 

“Trademarks”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and
interest in and to the following: 
(a) all trademarks (including service marks), trade names, trade
dress, and trade styles and the registrations and applications for registration
thereof and the goodwill of the business symbolized by the foregoing;
(b) all licenses of the foregoing, whether as licensee or licensor;
(c) all renewals of the foregoing; (d) all income, royalties,
damages, and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto,
including, without limitation, damages, claims, and payments for past and
future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and
future infringements of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits
involving claims and demands for royalties owing; and (f) all rights
corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

“Trademark
Security Agreement” means the Trademark Security Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit J.

 

“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State
of New York  or
of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be
applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or
remedies with respect to, Collateral Agent’s or any Secured Party’s Lien on any
Collateral.

 

The
foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the defined terms.

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

2.1           Each Grantor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the
Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, on behalf of and for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and continuing lien on all of
such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property
and other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or
arising in favor of such Grantor (including under any trade name or derivations
thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such
Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively
referred to as the “Collateral”), including:

 

(i)            all Accounts;

 

(ii)           all Chattel Paper;

 

(iii)          all Intellectual Property;

 

(iv)          all Documents;

 

(v)           all Equipment;

 

(vi)          all General Intangibles;

 

(vii)         all Goods;

 

(viii)        all Instruments;

 

(ix)           all Inventory;

 

(x)            all Investment Property, other than any stock of any
Immaterial Subsidiary and Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the
definition of Pledged Collateral;

 

(xi)           all cash or cash equivalents (including Cash Equivalents
(as defined in the Credit Agreement));

 

(xii)          all Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations;

 

(xiii)         all Deposit Accounts;

 

(xiv)        Insurance;

 

(xv)         Commercial Tort Claims now or hereafter described on
Exhibit E; and

 

(xvi)        all accessions to, substitutions for and replacements,
Proceeds (including Stock Rights), insurance proceeds and products of the
foregoing, together with all books and records, customer lists, credit files,
computer files, programs, printouts and other computer materials and records
related thereto and any General Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating
to any of the foregoing;

 

to
secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations; provided,
however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in
this Article II, this Security Agreement shall not

 

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constitute
a grant of a security interest in (i) any leasehold interest in real
property, (ii) any property to the extent that such grant of a security
interest is prohibited by any Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority,
requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such
Requirement of Law or conflicts with or is prohibited by, or constitutes a
breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any
consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or
other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of
any Equity Interests in Persons which are not Subsidiaries of a Grantor, any
applicable shareholder or similar agreement among holders of Equity Interests
in such Persons, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term
in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or
shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach,
default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under
applicable law, or (iii) any vehicle subject to a certificate of title statute.  It is hereby understood and agreed that any
property described in the preceding proviso, and any property that is otherwise
expressly excluded from any clause in this section above, and any property
specifically excluded from any defined term used in any clause of this section
above, shall be excluded from the definition of “Collateral”.

 

2.2           Continuing Liability Under Collateral.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under
the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a
delegation of duties to Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party,
(ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements
included in the Collateral, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it
thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions
thereof and neither Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any
obligation or liability under any such agreement by reason of or arising out of
this Security Agreement or any other document related hereto nor shall
Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry
as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any
obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any such
agreement included in the Collateral and (iii) the exercise by Collateral
Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of
its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each
Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders that:

 

3.1           Title, Perfection and Priority.  Such Grantor has good and valid rights in or
the power to transfer the Collateral and title to the Collateral with respect
to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, free and
clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under Section 4.1(f), and
has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security
interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. 
When financing statements have been filed in the appropriate offices
against such Grantor in the locations listed on Exhibit F, the
Collateral Agent will have a fully perfected first priority security interest
in that Collateral of the Grantor in which a security interest may be perfected
by filing, subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.1(f).

 

3.2           Name, Type and Jurisdiction of Organization,
Organizational and Identification Numbers. 
The full legal name of such Grantor, all trade names or other names
under which such Grantor currently conducts business, the type of entity of
such Grantor, its state of organization, the organizational number issued to it
by its state of organization and its federal employer identification number are
set forth on Exhibit A.

 

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3.3           Principal Location. 
Such Grantor’s mailing address and the location of its place of business
(if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one
place of business), are
disclosed in Exhibit A.

 

3.4           Collateral Locations.  All of such Grantor’s locations where any
Collateral with an aggregate value in excess of $500,000 is located are listed
on Exhibit A.  All of said
locations are owned by such Grantor except for locations (i) which are
leased by the Grantor as lessee and designated in Part VII(b) of
Exhibit A and (ii) at which Inventory is held in a public
warehouse or is otherwise held by a bailee or on consignment as designated in Part VII(c) of
Exhibit A.

 

3.5           Deposit Accounts. 
All of such Grantor’s Deposit Accounts are listed on Exhibit B.

 

3.6           Exact Names. 
Such Grantor’s name in which it has executed this Security Agreement is
the exact name as it appears in such Grantor’s organizational documents, as
amended, as filed with such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization.  Other than as set forth on Exhibit A,
such Grantor has not, during the past five years, been known by or used any
other corporate, trade, fictitious or other name, or been a party to any merger
or consolidation, or been a party to any acquisition.

 

3.7           Letter-of-Credit Rights and Chattel Paper.  Exhibit C lists all
Letter-of-Credit Rights and Chattel Paper of such Grantor.  All action by such Grantor reasonably
necessary to protect and perfect the Collateral Agent’s Lien on each item
listed on Exhibit C (including the delivery of all originals and
the placement of a legend on all Chattel Paper as required hereunder) has been
duly taken.  The Collateral Agent will
have a fully perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral
listed on Exhibit C, subject only to Liens permitted under
Section 4.1(f).

 

3.8           Accounts and Chattel Paper.

 

(a)           The names of the obligors, amounts owing, due dates and
other information with respect to its Accounts and Chattel Paper are and will
be correctly stated in all material respects in all records of such Grantor
relating thereto and in all invoices and Collateral Reports with respect
thereto furnished to the Collateral Agent by such Grantor from time to
time.  As of the time when each Account
or each item of Chattel Paper arises, such Grantor shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that such Account or Chattel Paper, as the case may be,
and all records relating thereto, are genuine and in all material respects what
they purport to be.

 

(b)           With respect to its Accounts, except as specifically
disclosed on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined in the
Existing ABL Agreement), (i) all Accounts are Eligible Accounts (as
defined in the Existing ABL Agreement); (ii) all Accounts represent bona
fide sales of Inventory or rendering of services to Account Debtors in the
ordinary course of such Grantor’s business and are not evidenced by a
judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper; (iii) there are no setoffs,
claims or disputes existing or asserted in writing with respect thereto and
such Grantor has not made any agreement with any Account Debtor for any
extension of time for the payment thereof, any compromise or settlement for
less than the full amount thereof, any release of any Account Debtor from
liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except a discount or allowance
allowed by such Grantor in the ordinary course of its business for prompt
payment or otherwise permitted pursuant to the Existing ABL Agreement;
(iv) to such Grantor’s knowledge, there are no facts, events or
occurrences which in any material way impair the validity or enforceability
thereof or would reasonably be expected to materially reduce the amount payable
thereunder as shown on such Grantor’s books and records and any invoices,
statements and Collateral Reports with respect thereto; (v) such Grantor
has not received any written notice of proceedings or actions which are
threatened or pending against any Account Debtor which might result in any
material adverse change in such Account Debtor’s financial condition; and
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Grantor has no knowledge that any Account Debtor is
unable generally to pay its debts as they become due.

 

(c)           In addition, with respect to all of its Accounts,
(i) the amounts shown on all invoices, statements and Collateral Reports
with respect thereto are actually owing to such Grantor as indicated thereon
and are not in any way contingent; (ii) if applicable, no payments have
been or shall be made thereon except payments delivered to a Lock Box or
Controlled Account as and to the extent required pursuant to Section 7.1;
and (iii) to such Grantor’s knowledge, all Account Debtors have the
capacity to contract.

 

3.9           Commercial Tort Claims.  All of such Grantor’s Commercial Tort Claims,
other than any Commercial Tort Claims having a value of less than $200,000
individually and $500,000 in the aggregate, are listed on Exhibit E.

 

3.10         Inventory. 
With respect to any of its Inventory scheduled or listed on the most
recent Borrowing Base Certificate, (a) such Inventory (other than
Inventory in transit) is located at one of such Grantor’s locations set forth
on Exhibit A, (b) no Inventory (other than Inventory in
transit) is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other
location except as permitted by Section 4.1(h), (c) such Grantor has
good and merchantable title to such Inventory and such Inventory is not subject
to any Lien or security interest or document whatsoever except for the Lien
granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and
except for Permitted Encumbrances and the Lien granted to the Revolving
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties (as defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement), (d) except as specifically disclosed in
the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, such Inventory is Eligible
Inventory (as defined in the Existing ABL Agreement) of good and merchantable
quality, free from any material defects, (e) such Inventory is not subject
to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright
agreements with any third parties which would require any consent of any third
party upon sale or disposition of that Inventory or the payment of any monies
to any third party upon such sale or other disposition, (f) such Inventory
has been produced in all material respects in accordance with the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and all applicable rules, regulations
and orders thereunder and (g) the completion of manufacture, sale or other
disposition of such Inventory by the Collateral Agent following an Event of
Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a
material breach or default under any contract or agreement to which such
Grantor is a party or to which such property is subject.

 

3.11         Intellectual Property.  Other than any “off the shelf”, “shrink wrap”,
or similar license agreements, such Grantor does not have any interest in, or
title to, any License or any registration or application to register any
Patent, Trademark or Copyright, except as set forth in Exhibit D.  This Security Agreement is effective to
create a valid and continuing Lien and, upon the giving of value and filing of
appropriate financing statements in the offices listed on Exhibit F
and Intellectual Property Security Agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit H,
Exhibit I and Exhibit J with the United States
Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, fully
perfected first priority security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent on
such Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses (other than
security interests in Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses in which the
perfection of security interest requires filing outside of the United States),
and such perfected security interests in such collateral are enforceable as
such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from such Grantor.

 

3.12         Filing Requirements. 
None of its Equipment is covered by any certificate of title, except for
vehicles.  None of the Collateral owned
by it is of a type for which security interests or liens may be perfected by
filing under any federal statute except for Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
held by such Grantor and described in Exhibit D.

 

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3.13         No Financing Statements, Security Agreements.  No financing statement or security agreement
describing all or any portion of the Collateral which has not lapsed or been
terminated naming such Grantor as debtor has been filed or is of record in any
jurisdiction except (a) for financing statements or security agreements
naming the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as the secured
party and (b) for financing statements which have been filed without the
consent of the Grantor and with respect to which no Lien has been created and
(c) as permitted by Section 4.1(f).

 

3.14         Pledged Collateral.

 

(a)           Exhibit E sets forth a complete and accurate
(in all material respects) list of all Pledged Collateral owned by such
Grantor.  Such Grantor is the direct,
sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the Pledged Collateral
listed on Exhibit E as being owned by it, free and clear of any
Liens, except for the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder, and any Liens permitted under
Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement. 
Such Grantor further represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged
Collateral owned by it constituting an Equity Interest of a Subsidiary of a
Grantor has been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such
Pledged Collateral) duly authorized and validly issued, and is fully paid and
non-assessable, (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the
Collateral Agent representing an Equity Interest, either such certificates are
Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by
the issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, such
Grantor has so informed the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent may
take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible,
(iii) all such Pledged Collateral held by a securities intermediary will
be covered by a control agreement among such Grantor, the securities
intermediary and the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Collateral Agent
has Control within the time period set forth in this Security Agreement and
(iv) to such Grantor’s knowledge all Pledged Collateral which represents
Indebtedness owed to such Grantor has been duly authorized, authenticated or
issued and delivered by the issuer of such Indebtedness, is the legal, valid
and binding obligation of such issuer and such issuer is not in default
thereunder.

 

(b)           In addition, (i) to such Grantor’s knowledge none of
the Pledged Collateral owned by it has been issued or transferred in violation
of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any
jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject,
(ii) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Credit Documents
or securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be
freely transferable and assignable, (iii) there are existing no options,
warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such
Pledged Collateral or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interest included
in the Pledged Collateral to issue additional Equity Interests, and none of the
Pledged Collateral is subject to any right of first refusal, shareholders
agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any
nature that would materially prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the
pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof
pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies
hereunder and (iv) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action
by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any governmental authority or any
other Person is required for the pledge by such Grantor of such Pledged
Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery
and performance of this Security Agreement by such Grantor, or for the exercise
by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this
Security Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Collateral
pursuant to this Security Agreement, except as may be required in connection
with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities
generally.

 

(c)           Except as set forth in Exhibit E, or as
expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.6 of the Credit Agreement, such
Grantor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests which
constitute Pledged Collateral owned by it and none of the Pledged Collateral
which represents

 

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Indebtedness owed to such Grantor is subordinated in
right of payment to other Indebtedness or subject to the terms of an indenture.

 

(d)           Pledged Debt. 
Each Intercompany Note and, to the knowledge of such Grantor, any other
Pledged Debt constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor
with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the
effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and subject to an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.

 

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

 

From
the date of this Security Agreement, and thereafter until this Security
Agreement is terminated, each Grantor agrees that:

 

4.1           General.

 

(a)           Collateral Records. 
Such Grantor will maintain complete and accurate (in all material
respects) books and records with respect to the Collateral owned by it, and
furnish to the Collateral Agent, such reports relating to such Collateral as
the Collateral Agent shall from time to time reasonably request.

 

(b)           Authorization to File Financing Statements;
Ratification.  Such Grantor hereby
authorizes the Collateral Agent to file, and if requested will deliver to the
Collateral Agent all financing statements and other documents and take such
other actions as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent in order to maintain a first perfected security interest in
and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by such Grantor.  Any financing statement filed by the
Collateral Agent may be filed in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction and
may (i) indicate such Grantor’s Collateral (1) as all assets of the
Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset
comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC
of such jurisdiction, or (2) by any other description which reasonably
approximates the description contained in this Security Agreement, and
(ii) contain any other information reasonably required by part 5 of
Article 9 of the UCC filing office acceptance of any financing statement
or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the
type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such
Grantor, and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture
filing or indicating such Grantor’s Collateral as as-extracted collateral or
timber to be cut, a reasonably sufficient description of real property to which
the Collateral relates.  Such Grantor
also agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly
upon request.  Such Grantor also ratifies
its authorization for the Collateral Agent to have filed in any UCC
jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed
prior to the date hereof.

 

(c)           Intellectual Property Filings.  The Collateral Agent is further authorized to
file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States
Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other
country) such documents, including Intellectual Property Security Agreements,
as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming,
continuing, enforcing or protecting the security interest granted by each
Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the
Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.

 

(d)           Further Assurances. 
Such Grantor will, if so reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent,
furnish to the Collateral Agent, as often as the Collateral Agent reasonably
requests,

 

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statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Collateral owned by it and such other reports and information in
connection with its Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request,
in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, all
in such detail as the Collateral Agent may specify.  Such Grantor shall, at its own expense, use
commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Collateral against all
persons and to defend the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral
and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

 

(e)           Disposition of Collateral.  Such Grantor will not sell, lease, license or
otherwise dispose of the Collateral owned by it except for dispositions
expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.4 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(f)            Liens. 
Except as expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Credit
Agreement, such Grantor will not create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien on
the Collateral owned by it except (i) the security interest created by
this Security Agreement, and (ii) other Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(g)           Other Financing Statements.  Such Grantor will not authorize the filing of
any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the
Collateral owned by it, except with respect to Liens permitted by Section 4.1(f).  Such Grantor acknowledges that it is not
authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination
statement with respect to any financing statement other than with respect to
any Lien permitted by Section 4.1(f), without the prior written consent of
the Collateral Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under
Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

 

(h)           Locations. 
Such Grantor will not (i) maintain any Collateral, in an aggregate
value in excess of $500,000, owned by it at any location other than those
locations listed on Exhibit A (ii) otherwise change, or add
to, such locations without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) as required by
the Credit Agreement (and if the Collateral Agent gives such consent, such
Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Collateral Access
Agreement for each such location to the extent required by the Credit
Agreement), or (iii) change its principal place of business or chief
executive office from the location identified on Exhibit A, other
than as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

 

(i)            Compliance with Terms.  Such Grantor will perform and comply with all
obligations in respect of the Collateral owned by it and all agreements to
which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to such Collateral, except
where a failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably
be expected to result in a material adverse effect.

 

4.2           Receivables.

 

(a)           Certain Agreements on Receivables.  Such Grantor will not make or agree to make
any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the original amount owing on
a Receivable or accept in satisfaction of a Receivable less than the original
amount thereof, except that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default,
such Grantor may reduce the amount of Accounts arising from the sale of
Inventory in accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course of
business, or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

(b)           Collection of Receivables.  Except as otherwise provided in this Security
Agreement and the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will use commercially
reasonable efforts to collect and enforce, at such Grantor’s sole expense, all
amounts due or hereafter due to such Grantor under the Receivables owned by it,
in accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course of business.

 

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(c)           Delivery of Invoices.  Such Grantor will deliver to the Collateral
Agent as soon as reasonably practicable upon its request after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default duplicate invoices with respect to
each Account owned by it bearing such language of assignment as the Collateral
Agent shall reasonably specify.

 

(d)           Disclosure of Counterclaims on Receivables.  If (i) any discount, credit or agreement
to make a rebate or to otherwise reduce the amount owing on any Receivable
owned by such Grantor other than in accordance with its present policies and in
the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to
the Credit Agreement exists or (ii) if, to the knowledge of such Grantor,
any dispute, setoff, claim, counterclaim or defense exists or has been asserted
or threatened in writing with respect to any such Receivable, such Grantor will
promptly disclose such fact to the Collateral Agent in writing.

 

(e)           Electronic Chattel Paper.  Such Grantor shall grant the Collateral Agent
Control of all electronic chattel paper in accordance with the UCC and all “transferable
records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

 

4.3           Inventory and Equipment.

 

(a)           Maintenance of Goods.  Such Grantor will use commercially reasonable
efforts to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Inventory and the Equipment
in reasonably good repair and working and saleable condition, except for
damaged or defective goods arising in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s
business and except for ordinary wear and tear in respect of the Equipment.

 

(b)           Returned Inventory. 
If an Account Debtor returns any Inventory to such Grantor when no Event
of Default exists, then such Grantor shall promptly determine the reason for
such return and shall issue a credit memorandum to the Account Debtor in the
appropriate amount.  Such Grantor shall
immediately report to the Collateral Agent any return involving an amount in
excess of $100,000 (or such higher amount as may be agreed to by the Collateral
Agent in its Permitted Discretion).  Each
such report shall indicate the purported reasons for the returns and the locations
and condition of the returned Inventory. 
In the event any Account Debtor returns Inventory to such Grantor when
an Event of Default exists, such Grantor, upon the reasonable request of the
Collateral Agent, shall: (i) hold the returned Inventory in trust for the
Collateral Agent; (ii) segregate all returned Inventory from all of its
other property; (iii) dispose of the returned Inventory solely according
to the Collateral Agent’s written instructions; and (iv) not issue any
credits or allowances with respect thereto without the Collateral Agent’s prior
written consent.  All returned Inventory
shall be subject to the Collateral Agent’s Liens thereon.  Whenever any Inventory is returned, the
related Account shall be deemed ineligible to the extent of the amount owing by
the Account Debtor with respect to such returned Inventory.

 

(c)           Inventory Count; Perpetual Inventory System.  Such Grantor will conduct a physical count of
its Inventory at least once per fiscal year, and after and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, at such other times as the Collateral
Agent reasonably requests.  Such Grantor,
at its own expense, shall deliver to the Collateral Agent the results of each
physical verification, which such Grantor has made, or has caused any other
Person to make on its behalf, of all or any material portion of its
Inventory.  Such Grantor will maintain a
perpetual inventory reporting system at all times.

 

(d)           Equipment. 
Such Grantor shall promptly inform the Collateral Agent of any additions
to or deletions from its Equipment which individually have a fair market value
in excess of $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 in the aggregate.  Such Grantor shall not permit any Equipment
to become a fixture with respect to real property or to become an accession with
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with respect to which real or personal property the
Collateral Agent does not have a Lien. 
Such Grantor will not, without the Collateral Agent’s prior written
consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), alter or
remove any identifying symbol or number on any of such Grantor’s Equipment
constituting Collateral.

 

(e)           Property.  If
at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an
Account Debtor or any other Person with a fair market value in excess of
$150,000 to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall
promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent; provided that
the aggregate fair market value of all property in which the Grantors have
taken a security interest and have not assigned such security interests to the
Collateral Agent shall not exceed $300,000. 
Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue
the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and
transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security
interest.

 

4.4           Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited
Partnership Interests.  Each interest
in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any
Grantor and pledged hereunder shall be represented by a certificate, shall be a
“security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall
be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC; provided, however,
that in the case of any limited liability company or limited partnership that,
in either case, is formed or acquired by a Grantor after the Closing Date,
Borrower shall cause interests in such limited liability company or limited
partnership to be represented by a certificate, to be a “security” within the
meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and to be governed by
Article 8 of the New York UCC, in each case not later than 20 Business
Days (or such later dates from time to time consented to by the Collateral
Agent in its reasonable discretion) after the date of formation or acquisition
thereof, as applicable.

 

4.5           Delivery of Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper and
Documents.  Such Grantor will
(a) deliver to the Collateral Agent promptly upon execution of this
Security Agreement the originals of all Chattel Paper, Securities and
Instruments (including certificates evidencing Pledged Debt in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $250,000 and Pledged Equity Interests) constituting
Collateral owned by it (if any then exist), in each case duly endorsed by an
effective indorsement (within the meaning of Section 8-107 of the UCC), or
accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly endorsed by such an
effective endorsement, in each case, to Collateral Agent or in blank,
(b) hold in trust for the Collateral Agent upon receipt and as soon as
reasonably practicable thereafter deliver to the Collateral Agent any such
Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments (including certificates evidencing
Pledged Debt in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000 and Pledged
Equity Interests) constituting Collateral in each case duly endorsed by an
effective indorsement (within the meaning of Section 8-107 of the UCC), or
accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly endorsed by such an
effective endorsement, in each case, to Collateral Agent or in blank,
(c) upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request, deliver to the
Collateral Agent (and thereafter hold in trust for the Collateral Agent upon
receipt and promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent) any Document evidencing
or constituting Collateral and (d) upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable
request, deliver to the Collateral Agent a duly executed amendment to this
Security Agreement, in the form of Exhibit G hereto (the “Amendment”),
pursuant to which such Grantor will pledge such additional Collateral.  Such Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral
Agent to attach each Amendment to this Security Agreement and agrees that all
additional Collateral owned by it set forth in such Amendment shall be
considered to be part of the Collateral.

 

4.6           Uncertificated Pledged Collateral.

 

(a)           Such Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the appropriate issuers (and, if held with a securities intermediary,
such securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other types of
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books and records with the numbers and face amounts
of all such uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged Collateral not
represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to
reflect the Lien of the Collateral Agent granted pursuant to this Security
Agreement.  With respect to any Pledged
Collateral owned by it on the Closing Date, such Grantor will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause (a) the issuers of uncertificated securities
which are Pledged Collateral and (b) any securities intermediary which is the
holder of any such Pledged Collateral, to cause the Collateral Agent to have
and retain Control over such Pledged Collateral.  Without limiting the foregoing, such Grantor
will, (i) with respect to any such Pledged Collateral held with a
securities intermediary as of the Closing Date, cause such securities
intermediary, no later than 90 days after the Closing Date (or such later date
as the Collateral Agent shall agree), to enter into a control agreement with
the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, giving the Collateral Agent Control and (ii) otherwise
with respect to any Pledged Collateral, prior to the opening or replacement of
any Securities Account (including the replacement of any Securities Account in
place as of the Closing Date) or any applicable securities intermediary
receiving any Pledged Collateral, enter into a control agreement with such
securities intermediary and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, giving the Collateral Agent
Control.

 

With respect to any issuer
of Pledged Collateral consisting of partnership interests or limited liability
company interests in which the Grantor owns less than 100% of such Equity
Interests, Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement of such entity to
be amended to include the following provision: 
“Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, in the event
that an Event of Default shall have occurred under that certain Credit and
Guarantee Agreement (as such Credit and Guarantee Agreement may be amended,
modified, supplemented or restated from time to time) dated as of
September 30, 2010 among Clopay Ames True Temper Holding Corp., as
Borrower, Clopay Ames True Temper LLC, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower,
Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent (together with its successors and assigns, the “Collateral Agent”), and
the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and the Collateral Agent shall
exercise any of its rights and remedies with respect to equity interests in the
company, then each [member][partner] hereby irrevocably consents to the
transfer of any equity interest and all related management and other rights in
the company to the Collateral Agent or any designee of the Collateral
Agent.  The Collateral Agent is a
third-party beneficiary of this provision and this provision cannot be amended
or repealed without the consent of the Collateral Agent until the Credit
Agreement has been discharged in full.”

 

4.7           Pledged Collateral.

 

(a)           Changes in Capital Structure of Issuers.  Except as expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not (i) permit
any issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral owned by it to
dissolve, merge, liquidate, retire any of its Equity Interests or other
Instruments or Securities evidencing ownership, reduce its capital, sell or
encumber all or substantially all of its assets (except for Permitted
Encumbrances, Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 of the
Credit Agreement and sales of assets permitted pursuant to Section 4.1(e))
or merge or consolidate with any other entity, or (ii) vote any such
Pledged Collateral in favor of any of the foregoing.

 

(b)           Issuance of Additional Securities.  Except as expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not permit the
issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral owned by it to
issue additional Equity Interests, any right to receive the same or any right
to receive earnings, except to such Grantor.

 

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(c)           Equity Interests.  No Grantor will permit any Equity Interest
which is included within the Collateral to constitute a Security, nor will any
Grantor allow any issuer of any such Equity Interest to take any action to have
such interests treated as a Security, unless (i) all certificates or other
documents constituting such Security have promptly been delivered to the
Collateral Agent and such Security is properly defined as such under
Article 8 of the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction, whether as a result
of actions by the issuer thereof or otherwise, or (ii) the Collateral
Agent has entered into a control agreement with the issuer of such Security or
with a securities intermediary relating to such Security and such Security is
defined as such under Article 8 of the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction
whether as a result of actions by the issuer thereof or otherwise.

 

(d)           Registration of Pledged Collateral.  Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, such Grantor will permit any registerable
Pledged Collateral owned by it to be registered in the name of the Collateral
Agent or its nominee at any time at the option of the Requisite Lenders.

 

(e)           Exercise of Rights in Pledged Collateral.

 

(i)            Without in any way limiting the foregoing and subject to
clause (ii) below, such Grantor shall have the right to exercise all
voting rights or other rights relating to the Pledged Collateral owned by it
for all purposes not inconsistent with this Security Agreement, the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided, however, that no
vote or other right shall be exercised or action taken which would have the
effect of materially impairing the rights of the Collateral Agent in respect of
such Pledged Collateral.

 

(ii)           Such Grantor will permit the Collateral Agent or its
nominee at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default to solely and exclusively exercise all voting rights or other rights
relating to the Pledged Collateral owned by it, including, without limitation,
exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges, or options pertaining
to any Equity Interest or Investment Property constituting such Pledged
Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof.

 

(iii)          Such Grantor shall be entitled to collect and receive for
its own use all cash dividends and interest paid in respect of the Pledged
Collateral owned by it to the extent not in violation of the Credit Agreement other
than any of the following distributions and payments (collectively referred
to as the “Excluded Payments”): (A) dividends and interest paid or
payable other than in cash in respect of such Pledged Collateral, and
instruments and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral; (B) dividends and
other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of such Pledged
Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or
in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in capital
of an issuer; and (C) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed, in
respect of principal of, or in redemption of, or in exchange for, such Pledged
Collateral; provided, however, that until actually paid, all
rights to such distributions shall remain subject to the Lien created by this
Security Agreement.  Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, then all Stock Rights,
including all rights of such Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other
distributions, shall cease and thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent,
which shall have the sole and exclusive right to retain such dividends,
interest, principal or other distributions.

 

(iv)          All Excluded Payments and all other distributions in
respect of any of the Pledged Collateral owned by such Grantor, whenever paid
or made, shall be  promptly made subject
to the Lien of the Collateral Agent in the same manner as if it were Collateral
on the date

 

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hereof and, in the case of
any Excluded Payment described in clause 4.7(d)(iii)(A), shall be forthwith
delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form and so received with any
necessary endorsement.

 

4.8           Intellectual Property.

 

(a)           Such Grantor will use its reasonable efforts to secure all
consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the grant of the security
interest for the benefit of the Collateral Agent of any License held by such
Grantor and to enforce the security interests granted hereunder.

 

(b)           Such Grantor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if
it knows that any application or registration relating to any Patent, Trademark
or Copyright (now or hereafter existing) may become abandoned or dedicated
excluding the expiration by its terms of any License or the expiration at the
conclusion of its maximum statutory term of any Patent or Copyright owned by
Grantor, or of any adverse determination or development (including the
institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or any court, (but excluding any non-final office actions or similar
non-final actions or proceedings) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any
Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and
maintain the same.

 

(c)           Within 30 Business Days after which, either directly or
through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, any Grantor files an
application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office
or any similar office or agency, such Grantor shall report such filing to the
Collateral Agent, and, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent,
such Grantor shall execute and deliver any and all security agreements as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s
first priority security interest on such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and
the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented
thereby.

 

(d)           Such Grantor shall take all actions necessary or
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain and pursue each
application, to obtain the relevant registration and to maintain the
registration of each of its Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (now or
hereafter existing), including the filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and opposition and
interference and cancellation proceedings, except as such Grantor may otherwise
determine in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment.

 

(e)           Such Grantor shall, unless it shall reasonably determine
that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright is not material to the conduct of its
business or operations, sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution,
except as such Grantor may determine in its reasonable business judgment, to
recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or
dilution, or shall take such other reasonable and necessary actions as the
Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
material Patent, Trademark or Copyright. 
In the event that such Grantor institutes suit because any of its
Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights constituting Collateral is infringed upon, or
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall comply with
Section 4.8.

 

4.9           Commercial Tort Claims.  Such Grantor shall promptly, and in any event
within ten Business Days after the same is acquired by it, notify the
Collateral Agent of any commercial tort claim (as defined in the UCC) in excess
of $200,000 acquired by it and, unless the Collateral Agent otherwise consents,
such Grantor shall enter into an supplement to this Security Agreement, in the
form of Exhibit G hereto, granting to Collateral Agent a first
priority security interest in such commercial tort claim.

 

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4.10         Letter-of-Credit Rights.  If such Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary
of a letter of credit, with a stated value in excess of $200,000, it shall
promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days after becoming aware that
it is a beneficiary, notify the Collateral Agent thereof and cause the issuer
and/or confirmation bank to (i) consent to the assignment of any Letter-of-Credit
Rights to the Collateral Agent and (ii) agree to direct all payments
thereunder to a Deposit Account at the Collateral Agent or subject to a Control
Agreement for application to the Obligations, in accordance with
Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

4.11         Federal, State or Municipal Claims.  Such Grantor will promptly notify the
Collateral Agent of any Collateral which constitutes a material claim against
the United States government or any state or local government or any
instrumentality or agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted
by federal, state or municipal law.

 

4.12         No Interference. 
Such Grantor agrees that it will not interfere with any right, power and
remedy of the Collateral Agent provided for in this Security Agreement or now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, or the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any one or
more of such rights, powers or remedies.

 

4.13         Insurance. 
(a)  In the event any Collateral is located in any area that has
been designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “Special Flood
Hazard Area”, such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
purchase and maintain flood insurance on such Collateral (including any
personal property which is located on any real property leased by such Credit
Party within a “Special Flood Hazard Area”). 
The amount of flood insurance required by this Section shall be in
an amount equal to the lesser of the total Commitments or the total replacement
cost value of the improvements.

 

(a)           All insurance policies relating to the Collateral required
hereunder and under Section 5.06 of the Credit Agreement shall name the
Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) as an additional
insured or as loss payee, as applicable, and shall contain loss payable clauses
or mortgagee clauses, through endorsements in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, which provide that: (i) all proceeds
thereunder with respect to any Collateral shall be payable to the Collateral
Agent; (ii) no such insurance shall be affected by any act or neglect of
the insured or owner of the property described in such policy; and
(iii) such policy and loss payable or mortgagee clauses may be canceled,
amended, or terminated only upon at least thirty days prior written notice
given to the Collateral Agent.

 

(b)           All premiums on any such insurance shall be paid when due
by such Grantor, and copies of the policies delivered to the Collateral
Agent.  If such Grantor fails to obtain
any insurance as required by this Section, the Collateral Agent may obtain such
insurance at the Borrowers’ expense.  By
purchasing such insurance, the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have
waived any Default arising from the Grantor’s failure to maintain such
insurance or pay any premiums therefor.

 

4.14         Collateral Access Agreements.  Such Grantor shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain a Collateral Access Agreement, from the lessor of
each leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee or consignee with
respect to any warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location
where Equipment or Inventory in excess of $500,000 is stored or located, which
agreement or letter shall provide access rights, contain a waiver or
subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord, mortgagee, bailee or
consignee may assert against the Collateral at that location, and shall otherwise
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.  Such Grantor shall timely and fully pay and
perform its obligations in all material respects under all leases and other
agreements with respect to each leased location or third party warehouse where
any material Collateral is or may be located. 
Such Grantor shall enter into a Collateral Access Agreement with the
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Collateral Agent only if the Collateral Agent is a
party to such Collateral Access Agreement with the same rights as the Revolving
Collateral Agent unless otherwise reasonably agreed to by the Collateral Agent.

 

4.15         Change of Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year.  Such Grantor shall not (a) change its
name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or
organization, (b) change its chief executive office, principal place of
business, mailing address, corporate offices or warehouses or locations at
which Collateral is held or stored, or the location of its records concerning
the Collateral as set forth in the Security Agreement, (c) change the type
of entity that it is, (d) change its organization identification number,
if any, issued by its state of incorporation or other organization, or
(e) change its state of incorporation or organization, in each case,
unless the Collateral Agent shall have received at least thirty days prior
written notice of such change and the Collateral Agent shall have acknowledged
in writing that either (1) such change will not adversely affect the
validity, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in
the Collateral, or (2) any reasonable action requested by the Collateral
Agent in connection therewith has been completed or taken (including any action
to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of Secured Parties, in any Collateral), provided that, any new
location shall be in the continental U.S.

 

ARTICLE V
  REMEDIES

 

5.1           Remedies.

 

(a)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is
continuing, the Collateral Agent may,
with the concurrence or at the direction of the Requisite Lenders, exercise
any or all of the following rights and remedies:

 

(i)            those rights and remedies provided in this Security
Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document; provided
that, this Section 5.1(a) shall
not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties prior to an Event of Default;

 

(ii)           those rights and remedies available to a secured party
under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or
under any other applicable law (including, without limitation, any law
governing the exercise of a bank’s right of setoff or bankers’ lien) when a
debtor is in default under a security agreement;

 

(iii)          give notice of sole control or any other instruction under
any Control Agreement or and other control agreement with any securities
intermediary and take any action therein with respect to such Collateral;

 

(iv)          without notice (except as specifically provided in
Section 8.1 or elsewhere herein), demand or advertisement of any kind to
any Grantor or any other Person, enter the premises of any Grantor where any
Collateral is located (through self-help and without judicial process) to
collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant an
option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize
upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or
private sale or sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to
time with or without notice and may take place at any Grantor’s premises or
elsewhere), for cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of
any credit risk, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem
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(v)           concurrently with written notice to the applicable
Grantor, transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the
whole or any part of the Pledged Collateral, to exchange certificates or
instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Collateral for certificates or
instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to exercise the voting and all
other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and receive all cash
dividends, interest, principal and other distributions made thereon and to
otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Collateral as though the Collateral
Agent was the outright owner thereof.

 

(b)           The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties,
may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection
with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to
adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

 

(c)           The Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such
public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private
sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the whole or
any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right of equity redemption,
which equity redemption the Grantor hereby expressly releases.

 

(d)           Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale,
lease, or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the
right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it
deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for
any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects,
seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral
and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or
hearing as to such appointment.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Collateral
Agent nor the Secured Parties shall be required to (i) make any demand
upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, any
Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect
to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights
or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect
guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the
Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any
particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.

 

(f)            Each Grantor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be
unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Collateral and may be
compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with clause
(a) above.  Each Grantor also
acknowledges that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less
favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not
be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by
virtue of such sale being private.  The
Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the
Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit any Grantor or
the issuer of the Pledged Collateral to register such securities for public sale
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if the applicable Grantor and the issuer would agree to
do so.

 

5.2           Application of Proceeds.

 

(a)           Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Security
Agreement, all proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale
of, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the
Collateral shall be applied in full or in part by the Collateral Agent against
the Obligations in the following order of priority:  first, to the payment of all costs and
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collection or other realization, including
reasonable compensation to the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent and
their respective agents and counsel, and all other expenses, liabilities and
advances made or incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent
in connection therewith, and all amounts for which the Collateral Agent or the
Administrative Agent is entitled to be reimbursed or indemnified hereunder or
under any other Credit Document (in its capacity as the Collateral Agent and
not as a Lender) and all advances made by the Collateral Agent or the
Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document for the
account of any, and to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses paid or
incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent in connection with
the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit
Documents, all in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; second,
to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other
Obligations for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Secured Hedge
Counterparties; and third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds,
to the payment to or upon the order of the applicable Grantor or to whosoever
may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.

 

(b)           Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent
(including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial
proceeding), the receipt of proceeds by the Collateral Agent or of the officer
making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers
of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over
to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication thereof.

 

5.3           Grantor’s Obligations Upon an Event of Default.  Upon the request of the Collateral Agent
after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, each
Grantor will:

 

(a)           assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent the
Collateral and all books and records relating thereto at any place or places
reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent, whether at a Grantor’s premises or
elsewhere;

 

(b)           permit the Collateral Agent, by the Collateral Agent’s
representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use  any premises where all or any part of the
Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to
take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records
relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral or the
books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the
Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Grantor for such use and
occupancy;

 

(c)           prepare and file, or use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to prepare and file, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other applicable government agency,
registration statements, a prospectus and such other documentation in
connection with the Pledged Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, and furnish to the Collateral Agent, or use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to furnish to the Collateral
Agent, any information regarding the Pledged Collateral in such detail as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably specify;

 

(d)           take, or cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to take,
any and all actions necessary to register or qualify the Pledged Collateral to
enable the Collateral Agent to consummate a public sale or other disposition of
the Pledged Collateral; and

 

(e)           at its own expense, cause the independent certified public
accountants then engaged by each Grantor to prepare and deliver to the
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from time to time, promptly upon the Collateral
Agent’s request, the following reports with respect to the applicable Grantor:
(i) a reconciliation of all Accounts; (ii) an aging of all Accounts;
(iii) trial balances; and (iv) a test verification of such Accounts.

 

5.4           Grant of Intellectual Property License.  For the purpose of enabling the Collateral
Agent to exercise the rights and remedies under this Article V at
such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such
rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby (a) grants to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license
(exercisable after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Grantor) to use,
license or sublicense any Intellectual Property rights now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including
in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be
recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof and (b) irrevocably agrees that after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default the Collateral
Agent may sell any of such Grantor’s Inventory directly to any person,
including without limitation persons who have previously purchased the Grantor’s
Inventory from such Grantor and in connection with any such sale or other
enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s rights under this Security Agreement, may
sell Inventory which bears any Trademark owned by or licensed to such Grantor
and any Inventory that is covered by any Copyright owned by or licensed to such
Grantor and the Collateral Agent may finish any work in process and affix any
Trademark owned by or licensed to such Grantor and sell such Inventory as
provided herein.

 

ARTICLE VI

ACCOUNT VERIFICATION; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY

 

6.1           Account Verification.  The Collateral Agent may after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the Collateral Agent’s
own name, in the name of a nominee of the Collateral Agent, or in the name of
any Grantor communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with the
Account Debtors of any such Grantor, parties to contracts with any such Grantor
and obligors in respect of Instruments of any such Grantor to verify with such
Persons, to the Collateral Agent’s satisfaction, the existence, amount, terms
of, and any other matter relating to, Accounts, Instruments, Chattel
Paper, payment intangibles and/or other Receivables.

 

6.2           Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action.

 

(a)           After the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default (except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) below
which can be performed by the Collateral Agent at any time), each Grantor
irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time
in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent and appoints the Collateral
Agent as its attorney in fact (i) to execute on behalf of such Grantor as
debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the
Collateral Agent’s sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection
and priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral,
(ii) to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral,
(iii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this
Security Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Collateral as
a financing statement and to file any other financing statement or amendment of
a financing statement (which does not add new collateral or add a debtor) in
such offices as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or
desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the
Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, (iv) to contact
and enter into one or more agreements with the issuers of uncertificated
securities which are Pledged Collateral or with securities intermediaries
holding Pledged Collateral as may be necessary or advisable to give the
Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged Collateral, (v) to apply the
proceeds of any Collateral received by the Collateral Agent to the Obligations
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taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the
Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder),
(vii) to contact Account Debtors for any reason, (viii) to demand
payment or enforce payment of the Receivables and any other Collateral in the
name of the Collateral Agent or such Grantor and to endorse any and all checks,
drafts, and other instruments for the payment of money relating to the
Receivables and any other Collateral, (ix) to sign such Grantor’s name on
any invoice or bill of lading relating to the Receivables and any other
Collateral, drafts against any Account Debtor of the Grantor, assignments and
verifications of Receivables, (x) to exercise all of such Grantor’s rights
and remedies with respect to the collection of the Receivables and any other
Collateral, (xi) to settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew the
Receivables, (xii) to settle, adjust or compromise any legal proceedings
brought to collect Receivables, (xiii) to prepare, file and sign such
Grantor’s name on a proof of claim in bankruptcy or similar document against
any Account Debtor of such Grantor, (xiv) to prepare, file and sign such
Grantor’s name on any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or
similar document in connection with the Receivables, (xv) to change the
address for delivery of mail addressed to such Grantor to such address as the
Collateral Agent may designate and to receive, open and dispose of all mail
addressed to such Grantor, and (xvi) to do all other acts and things
necessary to carry out this Security Agreement; and such Grantor agrees to
reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any
reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with any of
the foregoing; provided that, this authorization shall not relieve such
Grantor of any of its obligations under this Security Agreement or under the
Credit Agreement.

 

(b)           All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified
and approved. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, under this Section 6.2 are solely to protect the
Collateral Agent’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty
upon the Collateral Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers.  The
Collateral Agent agrees that, except for the powers granted in
Section 6.2(a)(i) and Section 6.2(a)(ii), it shall not exercise
any power or authority granted to it unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.

 

6.3           Proxy. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTES
AND APPOINTS THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS ITS PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (AS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 6.2 ABOVE) WITH RESPECT TO ITS PLEDGED
COLLATERAL, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL, WITH FULL
POWER OF SUBSTITUTION TO DO SO.  IN
ADDITION TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE ANY SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL, THE APPOINTMENT OF
THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO
EXERCISE ALL OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES AND REMEDIES TO WHICH A HOLDER OF
SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL WOULD BE ENTITLED (INCLUDING GIVING OR WITHHOLDING
WRITTEN CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, CALLING SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND
VOTING AT SUCH MEETINGS).  SUCH PROXY
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE, AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF ANY ACTION
(INCLUDING ANY TRANSFER OF ANY SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL ON THE RECORD BOOKS OF
THE ISSUER THEREOF) BY ANY PERSON (INCLUDING THE ISSUER OF SUCH PLEDGED
COLLATERAL OR ANY OFFICER OR AGENT THEREOF), UPON THE OCCURRENCE AND DURING THE
CONTINUATION OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT.

 

6.4           Nature of Appointment; Limitation of Duty.  THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT AS
PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN THIS ARTICLE VI IS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST
AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT IS
TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.14. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN, NEITHER THE COLLATERAL AGENT, NOR ANY LENDER, NOR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR
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EXERCISE ANY RIGHT OR POWER GRANTED HEREUNDER OR
OTHERWISE OR TO PRESERVE THE SAME AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO DO
SO OR FOR ANY DELAY IN DOING SO, EXCEPT 
IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE
OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT, IN NO EVENT SHALL THEY BE LIABLE FOR
ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

 

ARTICLE VII

DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS

 

7.1           Deposit Accounts.

 

(a)           Within 90 days after the Closing Date (or such later date
as the Collateral Agent shall agree), each Grantor shall (i) execute and
deliver to the Collateral Agent Control Agreement for each Deposit Account
(other than accounts with a balance not exceeding $25,000 individually or
$100,000 in the aggregate) maintained by such Grantor into which all cash,
checks or other similar payments relating to or constituting payments made in
respect of Receivables will be deposited into a depositary account (such
Deposit Account, a “Controlled Account”), which Controlled Accounts are
identified as such on Exhibit B, and (ii) establish lock box
service (the “Lock Boxes”) with the bank(s) set forth in Exhibit B,
which lock boxes shall be subject to irrevocable lockbox agreements in the form
provided by or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and
shall be accompanied by an acknowledgment by the bank where the Lock Box is
located of the Lien of the Collateral Agent granted hereunder and of
irrevocable instructions to wire all amounts collected therein to Controlled
Accounts (a “Lock Box Agreement”). After the Closing Date, each Grantor
will comply with the terms of Section 7.2.

 

(b)           Within 90 days after the Closing Date (or such later date
as the Collateral Agent shall agree), each Grantor shall direct all of its
Account Debtors that forward payments to such Grantor to forward payments
directly to Lock Boxes subject to Lock Box Agreements.  The Collateral Agent shall have sole access
to the Lock Boxes at all times and each Grantor shall take all actions
necessary to grant the Collateral Agent such sole access.  At no time shall any Grantor remove any item
from a Lock Box without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent.  If any Grantor should refuse or neglect to
notify any Account Debtor to forward payments directly to a Lock Box subject to
a Lock Box Agreement after notice from the Collateral Agent, the Collateral
Agent shall, notwithstanding the
language set forth in Section 6.2(b), be entitled to make such
notification directly to Account Debtor. 
If notwithstanding the foregoing instructions, any Grantor receives any
proceeds of any Receivables, such Grantor shall receive such payments as the
Collateral Agent’s trustee, and shall immediately deposit all cash, checks or
other similar payments related to or constituting payments made in respect of
Receivables received by it to a Controlled Account.  Any such proceeds of the Collateral shall be
applied in the order set forth in Section 5.2 unless a court of competent
jurisdiction shall otherwise direct.

 

7.2           Covenant Regarding New Deposit Accounts; Lock Boxes.  Before opening or replacing any Controlled
Account or other Deposit Account (other than accounts with a balance not
exceeding $25,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate), or establishing a
new Lock Box, each Grantor shall  cause
each bank or financial institution in which it seeks to open (i) a Deposit
Account, to enter into a Control Agreement with the Collateral Agent in order
to give the Collateral Agent Control of such Deposit Account, or (ii) a
Lock Box, to enter into a Lock Box Agreement with the Collateral Agent Control
of the Lock Box.  In the case of Deposit
Accounts or Lock Boxes maintained with Lenders, the terms of such letter shall
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ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

8.1           Waivers. 
Each Grantor hereby waives notice (to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law) of the time and place of any public sale or the time after
which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the
Collateral may be made.  To the extent
such notice may not be waived under applicable law, any notice made shall be
deemed reasonable if sent to the Grantors, addressed as set forth in
Article IX, at least ten days prior to (i) the date of any such
public sale or (ii) the time after which any such private sale or other
disposition may be made.  To the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages,
and demands against the Collateral Agent or any Lender arising out of the
repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral, except such as arise solely
out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or
such Lender as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.  To the extent it may lawfully do so, each
Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and
advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Collateral Agent or any
Lender, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption or
similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or
hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the
commercially reasonable sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order
or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by this
Security Agreement, or otherwise.  Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor hereby waives
presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any
Collateral.

 

8.2           Limitation on Collateral Agent’s and Lenders’ Duty with
Respect to the Collateral.  The
Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the
Collateral for sale.  The Collateral
Agent and each Lender shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral
in its possession or under its control. 
Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Lender shall have any other duty as
to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control
of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent or such Lender, or any income
thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other
rights pertaining thereto. To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on
the Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner,
each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that each of the following, in and of
itself, is commercially unreasonable for the Collateral Agent to do:
(i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by the Collateral Agent
to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to transform raw material or
work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition,
(ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be
disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain
governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of
Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise
collection remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral
or to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to
exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors and other Persons
obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and
other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral
through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the
Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other Persons,
whether or not in the same business as such Grantor, for expressions of interest
in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or
more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral,
whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to
dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction
of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable
capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to
dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim
disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment,
(xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Collateral
Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to
provide to the Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or
disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by
the Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment
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consultants and other professionals to assist the
Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the
Collateral.  Each Grantor acknowledges
that the purpose of this Section 8.2 is to provide non-exhaustive
indications of what actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent would not, in
and of themselves be commercially unreasonable in the Collateral Agent’s
exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions
by the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on
account of not being indicated in this Section 8.2.  Without limitation upon the foregoing,
nothing contained in this Section 8.2 shall be construed to grant any
rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on the Collateral Agent that
would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by
applicable law in the absence of this Section 8.2.

 

8.3           Compromises and Collection of Collateral.  The Grantors and the Collateral Agent
recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be
asserted by obligors with respect to certain of the Receivables, that certain
of the Receivables may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that
the expense and probability of success in litigating a disputed Receivable may
exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered with respect
to a Receivable.  In view of the
foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Collateral Agent may at any time and
from time to time, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
compromise with the obligor on any Receivable, accept in full payment of any
Receivable such amount as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion shall
determine or abandon any Receivable, and any such action by the Collateral
Agent shall be commercially reasonable so long as the Collateral Agent acts in
good faith based on information known to it at the time it takes any such
action.

 

8.4           Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations.  Without having any obligation to do so, the
Collateral Agent may perform or pay any obligation which any Grantor has agreed
to perform or pay in this Security Agreement and which such Grantor has failed
to timely perform or pay and the Grantors shall reimburse the Collateral Agent
for any amounts paid by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this
Section 8.4.  The Grantors’
obligation to reimburse the Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be an Obligation payable on demand.

 

8.5           Specific Performance of Certain Covenants.  Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that a
breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 4.1(e), 4.1(f), 4.4, 4.5,
4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 or 5.3 or in Article VII
will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, that the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of
such breaches and therefore agrees, without limiting the right of the
Collateral Agent or the Lenders to seek and obtain specific performance of
other obligations of the Grantors contained in this Security Agreement, that
the covenants of the Grantors contained in the Sections referred to in this
Section 8.5 shall be specifically enforceable against the Grantors.

 

8.6           Dispositions Not Authorized.  No Grantor is authorized to sell or otherwise
dispose of the Collateral except as set forth in Section 4.1(e) and
notwithstanding any course of dealing between any Grantor and the Collateral
Agent or other conduct of the Collateral Agent, no authorization to sell or
otherwise dispose of the Collateral (except as set forth in
Section 4.1(e)) shall be binding upon the Collateral Agent or the Lenders
unless such authorization is in writing signed by the Collateral Agent with the
consent or at the direction of the Requisite Lenders, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

8.7           No Waiver; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies.  No delay or omission of the Collateral Agent
or any Secured Parties to exercise any right or remedy granted under this
Security Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a
waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial
exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.  No waiver, amendment or other variation of
the

 

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terms, conditions or provisions of this Security
Agreement whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Collateral
Agent with the concurrence or at the direction of the Secured Parties and then
only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth.  All rights and remedies contained in this
Security Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be
available to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties until the Obligations
have been paid in full.

 

8.8           Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions.  All rights, remedies and powers provided in
this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise
thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the
provisions of this Security Agreement are intended to be subject to all
applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be
limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security
Agreement invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered,
in whole or in part.  Any provision in
this Security Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or
invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative,
unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that
jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in
any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Security
Agreement are declared to be severable.

 

8.9           Reinstatement. 
This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Grantor
for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver
or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Grantor’s
assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part
thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or
must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations,
whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all
as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part
thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.

 

8.10         Benefit of Agreement. 
The terms and provisions of this Security Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantors, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders and their respective successors and assigns (including all persons who
become bound as a debtor to this Security Agreement), except that no Grantor
shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate its obligations under
this Security Agreement or any interest herein, without the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed).  No sales of participations,
assignments, transfers, or other dispositions of any agreement governing the
Obligations or any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner
impair the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, hereunder.

 

8.11         Survival of Representations.  All representations and warranties of the
Grantors contained in this Security Agreement shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Security Agreement.

 

8.12         Taxes and Expenses. 
Any taxes (including income taxes) payable or ruled payable by Federal
or State authority in respect of this Security Agreement shall be paid by the
Grantors, together with interest and penalties, if any.  The Grantors shall reimburse the Collateral
Agent for any and all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’,
auditors’ and accountants’ fees and reasonable time charges of attorneys,
paralegals, auditors and accountants) paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent
in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
collection and enforcement of this Security Agreement and in the audit,
analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral
(including the expenses and charges associated with any periodic or special
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the Grantors in the performance of actions required
pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Grantors.

 

8.13         Headings.  The
title of and section headings in this Security Agreement are for convenience of
reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and
provisions of this Security Agreement.

 

8.14         Termination. 
This Security Agreement shall continue in effect until the Credit
Agreement has terminated pursuant to its express terms.

 

8.15         Entire Agreement. 
This Security Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding
between the Grantors and the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Grantors and the
Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.

 

8.16         CHOICE OF LAW. 
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.

 

8.17         CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.  EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING
IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST ANY GRANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY GRANTOR
AGAINST THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT OR ANY
LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF,
RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.

 

8.18         WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR, THE COLLATERAL
AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT,
CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP
ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.

 

8.19         Indemnity. 
Each Grantor hereby agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders, and their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees (each
an “Indemnitee”), from and against any and all liabilities, damages,
penalties, suits, costs, and expenses of any kind and nature (including,
without limitation, all reasonable expenses of litigation or preparation
therefor whether or not the Collateral Agent or any Lender is a party thereto)
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral Agent or the
Lenders, or their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees, in any
way relating to or arising out of this Security Agreement, or the manufacture,
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ownership, delivery, lease, possession, use,
operation, condition, sale, return or other disposition of any Collateral
(including, without limitation, latent and other defects, whether or not
discoverable by the Collateral Agent or the Lenders or any Grantor, and any
claim for Patent, Trademark or Copyright infringement); provided, however, that
no Grantor shall have any indemnity obligation under this Section 8.19 to
the extent such indemnity obligation arises from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of an Indemnitee, in each case, as determined by a final,
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

8.20         Counterparts. 
This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the
parties hereto may execute this Security Agreement by signing any such
counterpart.

 

ARTICLE IX

NOTICES

 

9.1           Sending Notices. 
Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Security
Agreement shall be sent by United States mail, telecopier, personal delivery or
nationally established overnight courier service, and shall be deemed received
(a) when received, if sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed
by certified or registered mail notices or (b) when sent, if sent by
telecopier (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the
recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the
next Business Day for the recipient), in each case addressed to the Grantors at
the notice address set forth on Exhibit A, and to the Collateral
Agent and the Lenders at the addresses set forth in accordance with
Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.

 

9.2           Change in Address for Notices.  Each of the Grantors, the Collateral Agent
and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a
notice in writing to the other parties.

 

ARTICLE X

THE COLLATERAL AGENT

 

Goldman
Sachs Lending Partners LLC, has been appointed Collateral Agent for the Lenders
hereunder pursuant to Section 9 of the Credit Agreement.  It is expressly understood and agreed by the
parties to this Security Agreement that any authority conferred upon the
Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of
authority made by the Lenders to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, and that the Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor
Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions
contained in such Section 9 of the Credit Agreement.  Any successor Collateral Agent appointed
pursuant to Section 9 of the Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the
rights, interests and benefits of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantors and the Collateral Agent have executed this
Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

	
   

  	
  GRANTORS:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY
  AMES TRUE TEMPER HOLDING CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY
  AMES TRUE TEMPER LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Seth L. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Seth K. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Senior Vice President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY
  PLASTIC PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY
  BUILDING PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Treasurer

  

 

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  CLOPAY
  TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY
  ACQUISITION CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Seth L. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Seth K. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Senior Vice President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CHATT
  HOLDINGS INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President of Finance and CFO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  ATT
  HOLDING CO.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President of Finance and CFO

  

 

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  AMES
  TRUE TEMPER, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President of Finance and CFO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  AMES
  U.S. HOLDING CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  AMES
  TRUE TEMPER PROPERTIES, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  CFO and Assistant Secretary

  

 

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  CLOPAY
  BUILDING PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL SALES CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:
  Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:
  Vice President and Treasurer

  

 

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  GOLDMAN
  SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Collateral Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Alexis Maged

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Authorized
  Signatory

  

 

34Ex-10.5

 

EXECUTION
VERSION

 

INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT

 

Intercreditor Agreement (this “Agreement”),
dated as of September 30, 2010, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as
more specifically defined below, the “ABL Representative”) for the ABL Secured Parties (as defined
below), Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent (in such capacities, with its successors and assigns, and as
more specifically defined below, the “Term Loan Representative”) for the
Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined below) and each of the Loan Parties (as
defined below) party hereto.

 

WHEREAS, Clopay Ames True Temper LLC
(“Holdings”), Clopay Ames True Temper Holding Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”),
the subsidiary guarantors, the ABL Representative and certain financial
institutions and other entities are parties to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Existing ABL Agreement”),
pursuant to which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to
make loans and extend other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties;

 

WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the
Term Loan Representative, the subsidiary guarantors and certain financial
institutions and other entities are parties to the Credit and Guarantee
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Existing Term Loan Agreement”),
pursuant to which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to
make loans to the Borrower;

 

WHEREAS, the Loan Parties have
granted to the ABL Representative security interests and liens in the
Collateral (as defined below) as security for payment and performance of the
ABL Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS, the Loan Parties have
granted to the Term Loan Representative security interests and liens in the
Collateral as security for payment and performance of the Term Loan Obligations
(as defined below).

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the existence and sufficiency of which is expressly
recognized by all of the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. 
Definitions; Rules of Construction.

 

1.1                                 UCC Definitions.  The following terms which are defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code are used herein as so defined:  Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort
Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, General Intangibles,
Goods, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter of
Credit, Letter of Credit Rights, Records, Securities Account and Supporting
Obligations.

 

1.2.                              Defined Terms.  The following terms, as used herein, have the
following meanings:

 

“ABL Agreement” means the
collective reference to (a) the Existing ABL Agreement, (b) any
Additional ABL Agreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan
agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other
financial accommodation that has at any time been incurred to extend, replace,
refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations
outstanding under the

 

 

Existing ABL Agreement (regardless
of whether such replacement, refunding or refinancing (i) is a “working
capital” facility, asset-based facility, revolving loan facility, term loan
facility or otherwise or (ii) was entered into after the ABL Obligations
Payment Date), any Additional ABL Agreement or any other agreement or
instrument referred to in this clause (c) unless such agreement or
instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not an ABL
Agreement hereunder (a “Replacement ABL Agreement”). 
Any reference to the ABL Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference
to any ABL Agreement then extant.

 

“ABL Collateral” means all Collateral consisting of the
following:

 

(1)                                  all Accounts;

 

(2)                                  all Inventory;

 

(3)                                  all Deposit Accounts;

 

(4)                                  all cash and cash equivalents;

 

(5)                                  to the extent evidencing or governing any of
the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1), (2), (3) and
(4) all Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments, General
Intangibles and Securities Accounts related thereto;

 

(6)                                  all books and records relating to the
foregoing (including all books, databases, customer lists and records, whether
tangible or electronic which contain any information relating to any of the
foregoing); and

 

(7)                                  all Proceeds of and Supporting Obligations, including Letter
of Credit Rights, with respect to any of the foregoing  and all collateral security and guarantees
given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
ABL Collateral shall not include: (a) Prepayment Accounts and all cash,
cash equivalents, financial assets, negotiable instruments and other evidence
of payment, and other funds on deposit therein or credited thereto,
(b) any amounts described in clause (5) above to the extent relating
to Term Collateral, (c) Proceeds of Term Collateral received in respect of
an Enforcement Action or during an Insolvency Proceeding, (d) obligations
owing by Holdings or its Subsidiaries to Holdings or any other Subsidiary and
(e) Proceeds required to be applied to the mandatory prepayment of the
Term Loan Obligations pursuant to the Term Loan Documents or to be deposited
into a Prepayment Account, so long as such prepayment is permitted by the
Existing ABL Agreement.

 

“ABL Creditors” means, collectively, the “Lenders” and the “Secured
Parties”, each as defined in the ABL Documents.

 

“ABL DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

 

“ABL Documents” means the ABL
Agreement, each ABL Security Document, each ABL Guarantee and each other “Loan
Document” as defined in the ABL Agreement (other than this Agreement).

 

“ABL Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or
all of the ABL Obligations.

 

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“ABL Lien”  means
any Lien created by the ABL Security Documents.

 

“ABL Obligations” means
(a) all principal of and interest (including any Post-Petition Interest)
and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the ABL Agreement or any ABL
DIP Financing by the ABL Creditors, (b) all reimbursement obligations (if
any) and interest thereon (including any Post-Petition Interest) with respect
to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to the ABL
Agreement, (c) all Secured ABL Swap Obligations, (d) all Banking
Services Obligations and (e) all guarantee obligations, indemnities, fees,
expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the ABL
Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency
Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any ABL Obligation
(whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as Proceeds of security, enforcement
of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent transfer or
a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to an estate of a
Loan Party, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and
obligations of the ABL Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties, be
deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.

 

“ABL Obligations Payment Date”
means the first date on which (a) the ABL Obligations (other than those
that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid
in cash in full (or cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the
terms of the ABL Documents), (b) all commitments to extend credit under
the ABL Documents have been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding
letters of credit or similar instruments issued under the ABL Documents (other
than such as have been cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the
terms of the ABL Documents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the
applicable issuing banks), and (d) so long as the Term Loan Obligations
Payment Date shall not have occurred, the ABL Representative has delivered a
written notice to the Term Loan
Representative stating that the events described in clauses (a),
(b) and (c) have occurred to the satisfaction of the ABL Secured
Parties.

 

“ABL Representative” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.  In the case of any Replacement ABL Agreement,
the ABL Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such
Agreement.

 

“ABL Secured Parties” means
the ABL Representative, the ABL Creditors and any other holders of the ABL
Obligations.

 

“ABL Security Documents”
means the “Collateral Documents” as defined in the ABL Agreement, and any other
documents that are designated under the ABL Agreement as “ABL Security
Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“ABL Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any
obligations of such Loan Party owed to any ABL Creditor (or any of its
affiliates) in respect of any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction
or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities,
or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or
pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these
transactions or any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations
or assignments of any these transactions.

 

“Access Period” means, with
respect to each parcel or item of Term Collateral, the period, following the
commencement of any Enforcement Action, which begins on the earlier of
(a) the day on which the ABL Representative provides the Term Loan Representative with the
notice of its election to request access to such parcel or item of Term
Collateral pursuant to Section 3.4(c) and (b) the fifth

 

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Business Day after the Term Loan
Representative provides the ABL Representative with notice that the Term Loan
Representative (or its agent) has obtained possession or control of such parcel
or item of Term Collateral and ends on the earliest of (i) the day which
is 180 days after the date (the “Initial Access Date”) on which the ABL
Representative initially is permitted the ability (regardless of whether the
ABL Representative exercises such ability on such Initial Access Date) to take
physical possession of, remove or otherwise control, on a non-exclusive basis,
physical access to, or actually uses, such parcel or item of Term Collateral
plus such number of days, if any, after the Initial Access Date that it is
stayed or otherwise prohibited by law or court order from exercising remedies
with respect to associated ABL Collateral, (ii) the date on which all or
substantially all of the ABL Collateral associated with such parcel or item of
Term Collateral is sold, collected or liquidated, (iii) the ABL
Obligations Payment Date and (iv) the date on which the default which
resulted in such Enforcement Action has been cured or waived in writing.

 

“Additional ABL Agreement” means any agreement for the
incurrence of additional indebtedness that is permitted to be secured by the
ABL Collateral on a pari passu basis with other ABL Obligations and treated as
an ABL Agreement pursuant to the ABL Agreement and any agreement approved for
designation as such by the ABL Representative and the Term Loan Representative.

 

“Additional Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(b).

 

“Additional Term Loan Agreement” means any agreement for the
incurrence of additional indebtedness that is permitted to be secured by the
Term Collateral on a pari passu basis with other Term Loan Obligations and treated
as a Term Loan Agreement pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and any agreement
approved for designation as such by the Term Loan Representative and the ABL
Representative.

 

“Banking Services Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan
Party, any obligations of such Loan Party, whether absolute or contingent and
howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all
renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor),
owed to any “Lender” (as defined in the ABL Agreement) or any of its affiliates
in respect of the following bank services to the extent agreed to by such Loan
Party in a notice delivered to the ABL Representative designating such services
as a “Banking Service” (as defined in the ABL Agreement) between such “Lender”
or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and the applicable Loan Party, on
the other hand, for purposes of the ABL Agreement and the other ABL Documents
(it being understood that any “Banking Service” provided by the ABL Representative
or its affiliates will be deemed to be a “Banking Service” for purposes of the
ABL Agreement and other ABL Documents without the delivery of further notice)
and to the extent such obligations are permitted to be and are designated as
obligations secured by the ABL Collateral pursuant to the terms of the ABL
Agreement:  (a) commercial credit
cards, (b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management services
(including controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions,
return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).

 

“Bankruptcy Code” means the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to
time.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS
clause above.

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required
by law to remain closed.

 

“Collateral” means,
collectively, all property upon which a Lien is granted pursuant to the

 

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Security Documents.

 

“Comparable Security Document” means, in relation to any Senior Collateral subject to any
Senior Security Document, that Junior Security Document (if any) that creates a
security interest in the same Senior Collateral, granted by the same Loan
Party, as applicable.

 

“Copyrights” means, with respect to any Person, all of such
Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the following:  (a) all copyrights, rights and interests
in copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations, and
copyright applications; (b) all renewals of any of the foregoing;
(c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due
and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including damages or payments for
past or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the right to
sue for past, present, and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and
(e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means
any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

“Enforcement Action” means,
with respect to the ABL Obligations or the Term Loan Obligations, the exercise
of any rights and remedies with respect to any Collateral securing such
obligations or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of the
rights and remedies under, as applicable, the ABL Documents or the Term Loan
Documents, or applicable law, including the exercise of any rights of set-off
or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor
under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the
Bankruptcy Code, in the understanding that the commencement and continuation of
a Cash Dominion Period (as defined in the Existing ABL Security Agreement) by
itself shall not constitute an Enforcement Action.

 

“Equity Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any
and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation),
including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all
warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to
acquire any of the foregoing.

 

“Existing ABL Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.

 

“Existing ABL Security Agreement”
means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the Existing ABL Agreement.

 

“Existing Term Loan Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the second WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.

 

“Insolvency Proceeding” means
any proceeding in respect of bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, receivership,
dissolution or assignment for the benefit of creditors, in each of the
foregoing events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal,
state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or
similar law.

 

“Intellectual Property” means
all intellectual property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Loan Party, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights,
Licenses, Trademarks, trade secret licenses, confidential or proprietary
technical or business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information,
software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof and related
documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements
and

 

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accessions to, and booked and records
describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.

 

“Junior
Collateral” shall mean with respect to any Junior Secured Party, any
Collateral on which it has a Junior Lien.

 

“Junior
Documents” shall mean (a) with respect to any Junior Obligations
that are Term Loan Obligations, the Term Loan Documents and (b) with
respect to any Junior Obligations that are ABL Obligations, the ABL Documents.

 

“Junior
Liens” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Collateral, all
Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term
Collateral, all Liens securing the ABL Obligations.

 

“Junior
Obligations” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Collateral,
all Term Loan Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term Collateral, all
ABL Obligations.

 

“Junior
Representative” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL
Obligations or any ABL Collateral, the Term Loan Representative and
(b) with respect to any Term Loan Obligations or any Term Collateral, the
ABL Representative.

 

“Junior
Secured Parties” shall mean (a) with respect to the ABL
Collateral, all Term Loan Secured Parties and (b) with respect to the Term
Collateral, all ABL Secured Parties.

 

“Junior Security Documents” shall mean with respect to any Junior Secured Party, the Security
Documents that secure the Junior Obligations.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to
any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, assignation, debenture, encumbrance, charge
or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor
or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in
the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third
party with respect to such securities.

 

“Licenses” means, with
respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and
to (a) any and all licensing agreements or similar arrangements in and to
its Patents, Copyrights, or Trademarks, (b) all income, royalties,
damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with
respect thereto, including damages and payments for past and future breaches
thereof, and (c) all rights to sue for past, present, and future breaches
thereof.

 

“Lien Priority” means with respect to any Lien of the ABL
Representative or Term Loan Representative in the Collateral, the order of
priority of such Lien specified in Section 2.1.

 

“Loan
Documents” shall mean, collectively, the ABL Documents and the Term
Loan Documents.

 

“Loan Party” means Holdings,
the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Borrower)
that is now or hereafter becomes a party to any ABL Document or any Term Loan
Document, in each case as a direct obligor or guarantor of the ABL Obligations
or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable. 
All references in this Agreement to any Loan Party shall include such
Loan Party as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan
Party in any Insolvency Proceeding.

 

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“Patents” means with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s
right, title, and interest in and to: 
(a) any and all patents and patent applications; (b) all
inventions and improvements described and claimed therein; (c) all
reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions, and
continuations-in-part thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims,
and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto,
including damages and payments for past and future infringements thereof;
(e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof;
and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the
world.

 

“Person” means any person,
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association,
institution, entity, party, including any government and any political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

“Prepayment Account” means any Deposit Account or Securities
Account established and maintained for the sole purpose of depositing the net
cash proceeds of any Loan Party with respect to any asset sale, incurrence of
indebtedness or casualty or condemnation event pending the application of such
proceeds to the prepayment of loans under the Term Loan Documents in accordance
with the mandatory prepayment provisions thereof.

 

“Post-Petition Interest”
means any interest or entitlement to fees, costs or charges that accrue during
an Insolvency Proceeding (or would accrue but for the commencement of an
Insolvency Proceeding), whether or not allowed or allowable in any such
Insolvency Proceeding.

 

“Proceeds” means (a) all “proceeds,” as defined in
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, with respect to the Collateral,
and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Collateral is sold,
exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily,
including all proceeds of any insurance policy covering the Collateral.

 

“Real Property” means any right, title or interest in and to
real property, including any fee interest, leasehold interest, easement, or
license and any other right to use or occupy real property, including any right
arising by contract.

 

“Replacement ABL Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of “ABL Agreement.”

 

“Replacement Term Loan Agreement” has the meaning set forth in
the definition of “Term Loan Agreement.”

 

“Secured
Obligations” shall mean the ABL Obligations and the Term Loan
Obligations.

 

“Secured Parties” means the
ABL Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties.

 

“Secured ABL Swap Obligation”
means the ABL Swap Obligations of a Loan Party in connection with any Swap
Agreement entered into between such Loan Party and any “Lender” (as defined in
the ABL Agreement) or its affiliate at the time such Swap Agreement is entered
into, which is designated by the Borrower as a Swap Agreement whose obligations
will constitute Secured ABL Swap Obligations under the ABL Agreement in a
notice delivered to the ABL Representative (it being understood that any ABL
Swap Obligation of a Loan Party to the ABL Representative or its affiliate will
be a Secured ABL Swap Obligation unless notice is delivered to the contrary) to
the extent such ABL Swap Obligations are permitted to be and are designated as
obligations secured by the ABL Collateral pursuant to the terms of the ABL
Agreement; provided that Secured ABL Swap Obligations shall not include
any ABL Swap Obligations with respect to Swap Agreements settled by reference
to equity

 

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instruments; provided  further
that in no event shall any such obligations be both Secured ABL Swap
Obligations and Secured Term Loan Hedge Obligations.

 

“Secured Term Loan Hedge
Obligation” means the Term Loan Hedge Obligations of a Loan Party in
connection with any Hedge Agreement entered into between such Loan Party and (a) any
“Agent”, or “Arranger” (in each case as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) or
its affiliate (whether or not such counterparty shall have been an Agent, an
Arranger or an affiliate thereof at the time such Hedge Agreement was entered
into), (b) a “Lender” (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) or an
affiliate thereof that is in effect on the Closing Date (as defined in the Term
Loan Agreement) or (c) a “Lender” (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement)
or an affiliate thereof at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, in
each case which is designated by the Borrower as a Hedge Agreement whose
obligations will constitute Secured Term Loan Hedge Obligations under the Term
Loan Agreement in a notice delivered to the Term Loan Representative (it being
understood that any Term Loan Hedge Obligation of a Loan Party to the Term Loan
Representative or its affiliate will be a Secured Term Loan Hedge Obligation
unless notice is delivered to the contrary) to the extent such Term Loan Hedge
Obligations are permitted to be and are designated as obligations secured by
the Term Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement; provided
that Secured Term Loan Hedge Obligations shall not include any Term Loan Hedge
Obligations with respect to Swap Agreements settled by reference to equity
instruments; provided  further that in no event shall any such
obligations be both Secured ABL Swap Obligations and Secured Term Loan Hedge
Obligations.

 

“Security Documents” means,
collectively, the ABL Security Documents and the Term Loan Security Documents.

 

“Senior
Collateral” shall mean with respect to any Senior Secured Party, any
Collateral on which it has a Senior Lien.

 

“Senior
Documents” shall mean, collectively, with respect to any Senior
Obligation, any provision pertaining to such Senior Obligation in any Loan
Document or any other document, instrument or certificate evidencing or
delivered in connection with such Senior Obligation.

 

“Senior
Liens” shall mean (a) with respect to the ABL Collateral, all
Liens securing the ABL Obligations and (b) with respect to the Term
Collateral, all Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations.

 

“Senior
Obligations” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Collateral,
all ABL Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term Collateral, all Term
Loan Obligations.

 

“Senior
Obligations Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to ABL
Obligations, the ABL Obligations Payment Date and (b) with respect to any
Term Loan Obligations, the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date.

 

“Senior
Representative” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL
Collateral, the ABL Representative and (b) with respect to any Term
Collateral, the Term Loan Representative.

 

“Senior
Secured Parties” shall mean (a) with respect to the ABL
Collateral, all ABL Secured Parties and (b) with respect to the Term
Collateral, all Term Loan Secured Parties.

 

“Senior Security Documents” shall mean with respect to any Senior Secured Party, the Security
Documents that secure the Senior Obligations.

 

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“Standstill Period” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of the Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence
of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether
directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions)
having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person, one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a
combination thereof; provided that in determining the percentage of
ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership
interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be
deemed to be outstanding.

 

“Term Collateral” means all Collateral other than the ABL
Collateral.

 

“Term Loan Agreement” means
the collective reference to (a) the Existing Term Loan Agreement,
(b) any Additional Term Loan Agreement and (c) any other credit
agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness
or other financial accommodation that has at any time been incurred to extend,
replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other
obligations outstanding under the Existing Term Loan Agreement (regardless of
whether such replacement, refunding or refinancing (i) is a “working
capital” facility, asset-based facility, revolving loan facility, term loan
facility or otherwise or (ii) was entered into after the Term Loan
Obligations Payment Date), any Additional Term Loan Agreement or any other
agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (c) unless such
agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is
not a Term Loan Agreement hereunder (a “Replacement
Term Loan Agreement”).  Any
reference to the Term Loan Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to
any Term Loan Agreement then extant.

 

“Term Loan Creditors” means, collectively, the “Lenders” and
the “Secured Parties”, each as defined in the Term Loan Documents.

 

“Term Loan DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b).

 

“Term Loan Documents” means
the Term Loan Agreement, each Term Loan Security Document, each Term Loan
Guarantee and each other “Credit Document” as defined in the Term Loan
Agreement (other than this Agreement).

 

“Term Loan Hedge Obligations” means, with
respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party owed to any Term
Loan Creditor (or any of its affiliates) in respect of any swap, forward,
future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or
debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or
measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions or any and all
cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any these
transactions.

 

“Term Loan Lien” means
any Lien created by the Term Loan Security Documents.

 

“Term Loan Obligations” means
(a) all principal of and interest (including any Post-Petition Interest)
and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement or
any Term Loan DIP Financing by the Term Loan Creditors, (b) all
reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including any
Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar
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pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement,
(c) all Secured Term Loan Hedge Obligations and (d) all guarantee
obligations, indemnities, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to
time pursuant to the Term Loan Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or
allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect
to any Term Loan Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as
Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is
declared to be a fraudulent transfer or a preference in any respect, set aside
or required to be paid to an estate of a Loan Party, then the obligation or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of
this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the ABL Secured Parties and
the Term Loan Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if
such payment had not occurred.

 

“Term Loan Obligations Payment Date” means the first date on
which (a) the Term Loan Obligations (other than those that constitute
Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in cash in full,
(b) all commitments to extend credit under the Term Loan Documents have
been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding letters of credit or similar
instruments issued under the Term Loan Documents (other than such as have been
cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the applicable issuing
banks), and (d) so long as the ABL Obligations Payment Date shall not have
occurred, the Term Loan Representative has delivered a written notice to the
ABL Representative stating that the events described in clauses (a),
(b) and (c) have occurred to the satisfaction of the Term Loan Secured
Parties.

 

“Term Loan Representative”
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.  In the case of any Replacement Term Loan
Agreement, the Term Loan Representative shall be the Person identified as such
in such Agreement.

 

“Term Loan Secured Parties”
means the Term Loan Representative, the Term Loan Creditors and any other
holders of the Term Loan Obligations.

 

“Term Loan Security Documents”
means the “Collateral Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement, and any
other documents that are designated under the Term Loan Agreement as “Term Loan
Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Trademarks” means, with respect to any Person, all of such
Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the following:  (a) all trademarks (including service
marks), trade names, trade dress, and trade styles and the registrations and
applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the business
symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all licenses of the foregoing, whether as
licensee or licensor; (c) all renewals of the foregoing; (d) all
income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due or payable with
respect thereto, including damages, claims, and payments for past and future
infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future
infringements of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits involving
claims and demands for royalties owing; and (f) all rights corresponding
to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

“Unasserted Contingent
Obligations” shall mean, at any time, ABL Obligations or Term Loan
Obligations, as applicable, for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities (excluding the principal of, and interest and
premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any ABL Obligation or
Term Loan Obligation, as applicable, and contingent reimbursement obligations
in respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters of credit) in
respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral or written) and no
claim or demand for payment (whether oral or written) has been made (and, in
the case of ABL Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, for
indemnification, no notice for indemnification has been issued by the
indemnitee) at such time.

 

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“Uniform Commercial Code”
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the
applicable jurisdiction.

 

1.3                                 Rules of Construction.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including”
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, extended,
renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions
on such amendments, supplements, extensions, renewals, restatements,
replacements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein
to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s 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
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and
(e) 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.

 

SECTION 2.  Lien Priority.

 

2.1                                 Lien Subordination.  Notwithstanding the
date, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Junior Lien in
respect of any Collateral or of any Senior Lien in respect of any Collateral
and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any applicable law, any Security
Document, any alleged or actual defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing or
any other circumstance whatsoever, the Junior Representative, on behalf of each
Junior Secured Party, in respect of such Collateral hereby agrees that:

 

(a)                                  any Senior Lien in respect of such Collateral, regardless of
how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise, shall be and shall remain senior and prior to any Junior Lien in
respect of such Collateral (whether or not such Senior Lien is subordinated to
any Lien securing any other obligation); and

 

(b)                                 any Junior Lien in respect of such Collateral, regardless of
how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to any Senior Lien
in respect of such Collateral.

 

2.2                                 Prohibition on Contesting Liens.  In respect of any
Collateral, the Junior Representative, on behalf of each Junior Secured Party,
agrees that it shall not, and hereby waives any right to:

 

(a)                                  contest, or support any other Person in contesting, in any
proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding), the priority, validity or
enforceability of any Senior Lien on such Collateral; or

 

(b)                                 demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or claim the benefit
of any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or similar right which it may have in
respect of such Collateral or the Senior Liens on such Collateral, except to
the extent that such rights are expressly granted in this Agreement.

 

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2.3                                 Nature of Obligations.  The Term Loan Representative on behalf of
itself and the other Term Loan Secured Parties acknowledges that a portion of
the ABL Obligations represents debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount
thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be
increased, reduced or repaid and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of
the ABL Obligations and any ABL Agreement or any provision thereof may be
waived, modified, extended, amended, restated or supplemented in accordance
with the terms thereof from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the
ABL Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event,
without notice to or consent by the Term Loan Secured Parties and without
affecting the provisions hereof.  The ABL
Representative on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties
acknowledges that Term Loan Obligations may be replaced or refinanced and the
amount of any Term Loan Obligations may be increased, reduced, or repaid, and
any Term Loan Document or any provision thereof may be waived, modified,
extended, amended, restated or supplemented in accordance with the terms
thereof from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Obligations
may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or
consent by the ABL Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions
hereof.  The Lien Priorities provided in Section 2.1
shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification,
supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal,
restatement or refinancing of either the ABL Obligations or the Term Loan
Obligations, or any portion thereof.  The
provisions of this Section 2.3 are not intended to constitute a
waiver of any restrictions (i) contained in the ABL Agreement applicable
to the amount or terms of the Term Loan Obligations or (ii) contained in
the Term Loan Agreement applicable to the amount or terms of the ABL Obligations.

 

2.4                                 No New Liens.  (a)  Until the ABL Obligations Payment
Date, no Term Loan Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any assets
of any Loan Party securing any Term Loan Obligation which assets are not also
subject to the Lien of the ABL Representative under the ABL Documents, subject
to the Lien Priority set forth herein. 
If any Term Loan Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof)
acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Term Loan
Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the ABL
Representative under the ABL Documents, subject to the Lien Priority set forth
herein, then the Term Loan Representative (or the relevant Term Loan Secured
Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Term Loan
Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Term
Loan Document be deemed to also hold and have held such lien for the benefit of
the ABL Representative as security for the ABL Obligations (subject to the Lien
Priority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify the ABL
Representative in writing of the existence of such Lien.

 

(b)  Until the Term Loan
Obligations Payment Date, no ABL Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien
on any assets of any Loan Party securing any ABL Obligation which assets are
not also subject to a Lien under the Term Loan Documents, subject to the Lien
Priority set forth herein.  If any ABL
Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien
on any assets of any Loan Party securing any ABL Obligation which assets are
not also subject to a Lien under the Term Loan Documents, subject to the Lien
Priority set forth herein, then the ABL Representative (or the relevant ABL
Secured Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other ABL
Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other ABL
Document be deemed to also hold and have held such lien for the benefit of the
Term Loan Representative as security for the Term Loan Obligations (subject to
the Lien Priority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify the Term
Loan Representative in writing of the existence of such Lien.

 

2.5                                 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification.  Each Secured Party
acknowledges and agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL
Security Documents and the Term Loan Security Documents constitute two separate
and distinct grants of Liens and (ii) because of,

 

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among other things, their differing
rights in the Collateral, the Term Loan Obligations are fundamentally different
from the ABL Obligations and should be separately classified in any plan of
reorganization, plan of liquidation or similar plan proposed or adopted in an
Insolvency Proceeding.  To further
effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, if it is held that the ABL Obligations and the Term Loan Obligations
constitute claims in the same class (rather than separate classes of secured
claims), then the ABL Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties hereby
acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were
separate classes of ABL Obligations and Term Loan Obligations against the Loan
Parties (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of
the ABL Collateral or Term Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring
all claims held by the other Secured Parties), the ABL Secured Parties or the
Term Loan Secured Parties, respectively, shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition
interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of Post-Petition
Interest that are available from each pool of Priority Collateral for each of
the ABL Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties, respectively, before
any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the other Secured
Parties, with the other Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and agreeing to
turn over to the respective other Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or
receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this
sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate
recoveries.

 

2.6                                 Agreements Regarding Actions to Perfect Liens.  (a)  The ABL
Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties
that all mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds and similar instruments
(collectively, “mortgages”) now or hereafter filed against Real Property
in favor of or for the benefit of the ABL Representative shall contain the
following notation:  “The lien created by
this mortgage on the property described herein is junior and subordinate to the
lien on such property created by any mortgage, deed of trust or similar
instrument now or hereafter granted Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Term
Loan Representative, in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, as amended from time to time.”

 

(b)  Each of the ABL
Representative and the Term Loan Representative hereby acknowledges that, to
the extent that it holds, or a third party holds on its behalf, physical
possession of or “control” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) over Collateral
pursuant to the ABL Security Documents or the Term Loan Security Documents, as
applicable, such possession or control is also for the benefit of the Term Loan
Representative and the other Term Loan Secured Parties or the ABL
Representative and the other ABL Secured Parties, as applicable, solely to the
extent required to perfect their security interest (if any) in such Collateral;
provided that control by the Term Loan Representative of the Prepayment
Account shall not be for the benefit of the ABL Representative and the other
ABL Secured Parties.  Nothing in the
preceding sentence shall be construed to impose any duty on the ABL
Representative or the Term Loan Representative (or any third party acting on
either such Person’s behalf) with respect to such Collateral or provide the
Term Loan Representative, any other Term Loan Secured Party, the ABL
Representative or any other ABL Secured Party, as applicable, with any rights
with respect to such Collateral beyond those specified in this Agreement, the
ABL Security Documents and the Term Loan Security Documents, as applicable, provided
that subsequent to the occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date (so long
as the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date shall not have occurred), the ABL
Representative shall (i) deliver to the Term Loan Representative, at the
Loan Parties’ sole cost and expense, the Collateral in its possession or
control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the
Term Loan Documents or (ii) direct and deliver such Collateral as a court
of competent jurisdiction otherwise directs; provided, further,
that subsequent to the occurrence of the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date (so
long as the ABL Obligations Payment Date shall not have occurred), the Term
Loan Representative shall (i) deliver to the ABL Loan Representative, at
the Loan Parties’ sole cost and expense, the Collateral in its possession or
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extent required by the ABL Documents
or (ii) direct and deliver such Collateral as a court of competent
jurisdiction otherwise directs; provided, further, that
(i) prior to the occurrence of the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date,
upon the request of the Term Loan Representative or the Borrower, the ABL Loan
Representative shall turn over to the Term Loan Representative any Term
Collateral of which it has physical possession, and (ii) prior to the
occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date, upon the request of the ABL
Representative or the Borrower, the Term Loan Representative shall turn over to
the ABL Representative any ABL Collateral of which it has physical
possession.  The provisions of this
Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as
between the ABL Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties and shall not
impose on the ABL Secured Parties or the Term Loan Secured Parties any
obligations in respect of the disposition of any Collateral (or any proceeds
thereof) that would conflict with prior perfected Liens or any claims thereon
in favor of any other Person that is not a Secured Party.

 

SECTION 3.  Enforcement Rights.

 

3.1                                 Exclusive
Enforcement. Until the Senior Obligations
Payment Date has occurred, whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has been
commenced by or against any Loan Party, the Senior Secured Parties shall have
the exclusive right to take and continue any Enforcement Action (including the
right to credit bid their debt) with respect to the Senior Collateral, without
any consultation with or consent of any Junior Secured Party, but subject to
the provisos set forth in Section 3.2 and 5.1.  Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an event of default under the Senior Documents, the Senior
Representative and the other Senior Secured Parties may take and continue any
Enforcement Action with respect to the Senior Obligations and the Senior
Collateral in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole
discretion in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Senior Documents.

 

3.2                                 Standstill and Waivers.  Each Junior Representative, on behalf of
itself and the other Junior Secured Parties, agrees that, until the Senior
Obligations Payment Date has occurred, but subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5.1:

 

(i) 
they will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of
which is to make any Lien on any Senior Collateral that secures any Junior
Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Junior Secured Party
any preference or priority relative to, the Liens on the Senior Collateral
securing the Senior Obligations;

 

(ii) 
they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in
any manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including the filing of an
Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of the Senior Collateral by any Senior Secured
Party or any other Enforcement Action taken (or any forbearance from taking any
Enforcement Action) in respect of the Senior Collateral by or on behalf of any
Senior Secured Party;

 

(iii) 
they have no right to (x) direct either the Senior Representative or any
other Senior Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect
to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior Security Documents in
respect of the Senior Collateral or (y) consent or object to the exercise
by the Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party of any right,
remedy or power with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior
Security Documents with respect to the Senior Collateral or to the timing or
manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent
they may have any such right described in this clause (iii), whether as a
junior lien creditor in respect of the Senior Collateral or otherwise, they
hereby irrevocably waive such right);

 

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(iv) 
they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency
Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any Senior Secured Party
seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance,
instructions or otherwise, with respect to, and no Senior Secured Party shall
be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Senior Secured
Party with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior Documents
in respect of the Senior Collateral;

 

(v) 
they will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect
to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed
for or over, attempt any action to take possession of any Senior Collateral,
exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any
action to enforce their interest in or realize upon, the Senior Collateral; and

 

(vi) 
they will not seek, and hereby waive any right, to have the Senior Collateral
or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the
Senior Collateral;

 

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Junior Secured
Party may exercise its rights and remedies in respect of the Senior Collateral
under the Junior Documents or applicable law (and any recovery therefrom shall
be for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties) after the passage of a period
of 180 days (the “Standstill Period”) from the date of delivery of a notice in
writing to the Senior Representative of its intention to exercise such rights
and remedies, which notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of
and during the continuation of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in
the Junior Documents; provided,  further, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Junior Secured Party
exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if,
notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any Senior
Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of
any of its rights and remedies with respect to any of the Senior Collateral
(prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Junior Representative) or is
diligently attempting to vacate any stay or prohibition against such exercise
or (ii) an Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan Party shall have
been commenced; and provided, further, that in any Insolvency
Proceeding commenced by or against any Loan Party, the Junior Representative
and the Junior Secured Parties may not take any action except as expressly
permitted by Section 5.

 

3.3                                 Judgment Creditors.  In the event that any Term Loan Secured Party
becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its
enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment lien shall be
subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation
to the ABL Liens and the ABL Obligations) to the same extent as all other Liens
securing the Term Loan Obligations are subject to the terms of this
Agreement.  In the event that any ABL
Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a
result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment
lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes
(including in relation to the Term Loan Liens and the Term Loan Obligations) to
the same extent as all other Liens securing the ABL Obligations are subject to
the terms of this Agreement.

 

3.4                                 Cooperation; Sharing of Information and Access.  (a)  The Term
Loan Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Term Loan Secured
Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the ABL
Representative shall reasonably request in connection with the exercise by the
ABL Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein in respect of the ABL
Collateral (at the sole cost and expense of the ABL Representative (but with
the Loan Parties’ reimbursement and indemnity obligations with respect thereto
as provided in the ABL Documents, which shall not be limited hereby)).  The ABL Representative, on behalf of itself
and the other ABL Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such
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the Term Loan Secured Parties of
their rights set forth herein in respect of the Term Collateral (at the sole
cost and expense of the Term Loan Representative (but with the Loan Parties’
reimbursement and indemnity obligations with respect thereto as provided in the
Term Loan Documents, which shall not be limited hereby)).

 

(b)                                 In the event that the ABL Representative shall, in the
exercise of its rights under the ABL Security Documents or otherwise, receive
possession or control of any books and Records of any Loan Party which contain
information identifying or pertaining to the Term Collateral, the ABL
Representative shall promptly notify the Term Loan Representative of such fact
and, upon request from the Term Loan Representative and as promptly as
practicable thereafter, either make available to the Term Loan Representative
such books and Records for inspection and duplication or provide to the Term
Loan Representative copies thereof.  In
the event that a Term Loan Representative shall, in the exercise of its rights
under the Term Loan Security Documents or otherwise, receive possession or
control of any books and records of any Loan Party which contain information
identifying or pertaining to any of the ABL Collateral, the Term Loan
Representative shall promptly notify the ABL Representative of such fact and, upon
request from the ABL Representative and as promptly as practicable thereafter,
either make available to the ABL Representative such books and records for
inspection and duplication or provide the ABL Representative copies thereof.  The Term Loan Representative hereby
irrevocably grants the ABL Representative (or its designee) a non-exclusive
worldwide license or right to use, consistent with applicable law, to the
extent of the Term Loan Representative’s interest therein and reasonably
requested by the ABL Representative, exercisable without payment of royalty or
other compensation, to use any of the Intellectual Property now or hereafter
owned by, licensed to, or otherwise used by the Loan Parties in order for the
ABL Representative (or its designee) and ABL Secured Parties to purchase, use,
market, repossess, possess, store, assemble, manufacture, process, sell,
transfer, distribute or otherwise dispose of any asset included in the ABL
Collateral in connection with the liquidation, disposition or realization upon
the ABL Collateral in accordance with the terms and conditions of the ABL
Security Documents and the other ABL Documents. The Term Loan Representative
agrees that any sale, transfer or other disposition of any of the Loan Parties’
Intellectual Property (whether by foreclosure or otherwise) will be subject to
the ABL Representative’s rights as set forth in this Section 3.4.

 

(c)   If the Term Loan Representative, or any agent
or representative thereof, or any receiver, shall, after the commencement of
any Enforcement Action, obtain possession or physical control of any of the
Term Collateral, the Term Loan Representative shall promptly notify the ABL
Representative in writing of that fact, and the ABL Representative shall,
within ten Business Days thereafter, notify the Term Loan Representative in
writing as to whether the ABL Representative desires to exercise access rights
under this Agreement.  In addition, if
the ABL Representative, or any agent or representative of the ABL
Representative, or any receiver, shall obtain possession or physical control of
any of the Term Collateral in connection with an Enforcement Action, then the
ABL Representative shall promptly notify the Term Loan Representative that the
ABL Representative is exercising its access rights under this Agreement and its
rights under Section 3.4 under either circumstance.  Upon delivery of such notice by the ABL
Representative to the Term Loan Representative, the ABL Representative and Term
Loan Representative shall confer in good faith to coordinate with respect to
the ABL Representative’s exercise of such access rights, with such access
rights to apply to any parcel or item of Term Collateral access to which is
reasonably necessary to enable the ABL Representative during normal business
hours to convert ABL Collateral consisting of raw materials and work-in-process
into saleable finished goods and/or to transport such ABL Collateral to a point
where such conversion can occur, to otherwise prepare ABL Collateral for sale
and/or to arrange or effect the sale of ABL Collateral (including the
conducting of auctions), all in accordance with the manner in which such
matters are completed in the ordinary course of business.  Consistent with the definition of “Access
Period,” access rights will apply to differing parcels or items of Term
Collateral at differing times, in which case, a differing Access Period will
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to each such parcel or items.   During any pertinent Access Period,
(i) the ABL Representative and its agents, representatives and designees
shall have an irrevocable, non-exclusive right to have access to, and a
rent-free right to use, the relevant parcel or item the Term Collateral for the
purposes described above and (ii) the ABL Representative shall be
obligated hereunder to reimburse the Term Loan Representative for all operating
costs of such Term Collateral incurred after the commencement of the relevant
Access Period (it being understood that operating costs shall not include
insurance) to the extent (x) incurred as a result of the exercise by the
ABL Representative of its access rights and (y) actually paid by the Term
Loan Representative or the Term Loan Secured Parties.  The ABL Representative shall take proper and
reasonable care under the circumstances of any Term Collateral that is used by
the ABL Representative during the Access Period and repair and replace any
damage (ordinary wear-and-tear excepted) caused by the ABL Representative or
its agents, representatives or designees, and leave the Term Collateral in
substantially the same condition as it was at the commencement of the
occupancy, use or control by the ABL Representative or its agents,
representatives or designees (ordinary wear-and-tear excepted) and the ABL
Representative shall comply with all applicable laws in all material respects
in connection with its use or occupancy or possession of the ABL
Collateral.  The ABL Representative shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Term Loan Representative and the Term Loan
Creditors for any injury or damage to Persons or property (ordinary
wear-and-tear excepted) and for any losses, claims, liabilities or expenses
directly resulting from the occupancy, use or control by the ABL
Representatives or its agents, representatives or designees or by the acts or
omissions of Persons under its control; provided, however, that
the ABL Representative and the ABL Creditors will not be liable for any
diminution in the value of Term Collateral caused by the absence of the ABL
Collateral therefrom.  The ABL
Representative and the Term Loan 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 Term Loan Representative to show the
Term Collateral to prospective purchasers and to ready the Term Collateral for
sale.  Consistent with the definition of
the term “Access Period,” if any order or injunction is issued or stay
is granted or is otherwise effective by operation of law that prohibits the ABL
Representative from exercising any of its rights hereunder, then the Access
Period granted to the ABL Representative under this Section 3.4
shall be stayed during the period of such prohibition and shall continue
thereafter for the number of days remaining as required under this Section 3.4.  The Term Loan Representative shall not
foreclose or otherwise sell, remove or dispose of any of the Term Collateral
during the Access Period with respect to such Collateral if the ABL
Representative (acting in good faith) informs the Term Loan Representative in
writing that such Collateral is reasonably necessary to enable the ABL
Representative to convert, transport or arrange to sell the ABL Collateral as
described above; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement
shall restrict the Term Loan Representative from foreclosing or otherwise
selling, removing, transferring or disposing of any Term Collateral prior to the
expiration of the Access Period if the purchaser, assignee or transferee agrees
to be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.4(c) in writing (for
the benefit of the ABL Representative and the ABL Secured Parties).

 

3.5                                 No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder.  Except as provided
in Section 3.6 hereof, if any ABL Secured Party or Term Loan
Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies in violation of the terms of
this Agreement, no Loan Party shall be entitled to use such violation as a
defense to any action by any ABL Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, nor
to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment
against any ABL Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party.

 

3.6                                 Actions Upon Breach.  (a)  If any ABL Secured Party or Term
Loan Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in
any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or the Collateral, such Loan
Party, with the prior written consent of the ABL Representative or the Term Loan
Representative, as applicable, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the
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Agreement, and any ABL Secured Party
or Term Loan Secured Party, as applicable, may intervene and interpose such
defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of such Loan Party.

 

(b)  Should any ABL Secured
Party or Term Loan Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take,
attempt to or threaten to take any action with respect to the Collateral
(including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to
this Agreement), or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any ABL
Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party (in its own name or in the name of the
relevant Loan Party), as applicable, may obtain relief against such ABL Secured
Party or Term Loan Secured Party, as applicable, by injunction, specific
performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and
agreed by each of the ABL Representative on behalf of each ABL Secured Party
and the Term Loan Representative on behalf of each Term Loan Secured Party that
(i) the ABL Secured Parties’ or Term Loan Secured Parties’, as applicable,
damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be
irreparable, and (ii) each Term Loan Secured Party or ABL Secured Party,
as applicable, waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or the Term Loan
Secured Parties and/or ABL Secured Parties, as applicable, cannot demonstrate
damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.

 

SECTION 4. 
Application of Proceeds of Senior Collateral; Dispositions and Releases
of Lien; Notices and Insurance.

 

4.1                                 Application of Proceeds.

 

(a)  Application of
Proceeds of Senior Collateral.  The
Senior Representative and Junior Representative hereby agree that all Senior
Collateral, and all Proceeds thereof, received by either of them in connection
with the collection, sale or disposition of Senior Collateral pursuant to any
Enforcement Action or during any Insolvency Proceeding shall be applied,

 

first, to the payment of costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses and court costs) of the Senior Representative in
connection with such Enforcement Action or Insolvency Proceeding,

 

second, to the payment of the Senior Obligations in accordance
with the Senior Documents until the Senior Obligations Payment Date,

 

third, to the payment of the Junior Obligations, in accordance
with the Junior Documents, and

 

fourth, the balance, if any, to the Loan Parties or to whosoever
may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.

 

All Proceeds of any sale of a
Loan Party as a whole, or substantially all of the assets of any Loan Party
where the consideration received is not allocated by type of asset, in
connection with or resulting from any Enforcement Action, and whether or not
pursuant to an Insolvency Proceeding, shall be distributed as follows under
clause “second” above: first to the ABL Representative for application
to the ABL Obligations in accordance with the terms of the ABL Documents, up to
the amount of the book value of the ABL Collateral disposed of in such sale or
owned by such Loan Party (in the case of a sale of such Loan Party as a whole),  and second to the Term Loan
Representative for application to the Term Loan Obligations in accordance with
the terms of the Term Loan Documents to the extent such Proceeds exceed the
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(b)  Limited Obligation or
Liability.  In exercising remedies,
whether as a secured creditor or otherwise, the Senior Representative shall
have no obligation or liability to the Junior Representative or to any Junior
Secured Party, regarding the adequacy of any Proceeds or for any action or
omission, save and except solely for an action or omission that breaches the
express obligations undertaken by each party under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)  Segregation of
Collateral.  Until the occurrence of
the Senior Obligations Payment Date, any Senior Collateral that may be received
by any Junior Secured Party in violation of this Agreement shall, to the extent
practicable and in accordance with its normal practices, be segregated and held
in trust and promptly paid over to the Senior Representative, for the benefit
of the Senior Secured Parties, in the same form as received, with any necessary
endorsements, and each Junior Secured Party hereby authorizes the Senior
Representative to make any such endorsements as agent for the Junior
Representative (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable).

 

4.2                                 Releases of Liens.  (a) (i) Upon any release, sale or
disposition of ABL Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the ABL
Documents that results in the release of the ABL Lien (other than release of
the ABL Lien due to the occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date, and any
release of the ABL Lien after the occurrence and during the continuance of any
event of default under the Term Loan Agreement) on any ABL Collateral, the Term
Loan Lien on such ABL Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such
ABL Collateral remaining after the ABL Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall
be automatically and unconditionally released with no further consent or action
of any Person so long as such release, sale or disposition of ABL Collateral is
permitted pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Documents.

 

(ii)  Upon any release, sale or
disposition of ABL Collateral pursuant to any Enforcement Action that results
in the release of the ABL Lien (other than release of the ABL Lien due to the
occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date) on any ABL Collateral pursuant
to any Enforcement Action, the Term Loan Lien on such ABL Collateral (excluding
any portion of the proceeds of such ABL Collateral remaining after the ABL
Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally
released with no further consent or action of any Person so long as the proceeds
of such ABL Collateral are applied in accordance with Section 4.1(a) (with,
in the case of ABL Obligations consisting of debt of a revolving nature, a
corresponding permanent reduction in the commitments thereto).

 

(iii)  The Term Loan
Representative shall execute and deliver such release documents and instruments
and shall take such further actions as the ABL Representative or the Borrower
shall reasonably request in writing to evidence any release of the Term Loan
Lien described herein.  The Term Loan Representative
hereby appoints the ABL Representative and any officer or duly authorized
person of the ABL Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the
place and stead of the Term Loan Representative and in the name of the Term
Loan Representative or in the ABL Representative’s own name, from time to time,
in the ABL Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out
the terms of this Section 4.2, to take any and all appropriate
action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may
be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2,
including any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other
documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable).

 

(b)  (i) Upon any release,
sale or disposition of Term Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the
Term Loan Documents that results in the release of the Term Loan Lien (other
than release of the Term Loan Lien due to the occurrence of the Term Loan
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the Term Loan Lien after the
occurrence and during the continuance of any event of default under the ABL
Agreement) on any Term Collateral, the ABL Lien on such Term Collateral
(excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Term Collateral remaining after
the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and
unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any Person so
long as such release, sale or disposition of Term Collateral is permitted
pursuant to the terms of the ABL Documents.

 

(ii)  Upon any release, sale or
disposition of Term Collateral pursuant to any Enforcement Action that results
in the release of the Term Loan Lien (other than release of the Term Loan Lien
due to the occurrence of the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date) on any Term
Collateral pursuant to any Enforcement Action, the ABL Lien on such Term
Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Term Collateral
remaining after the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be
automatically and unconditionally released with no further consent or action of
any Person so long as the proceeds of such Term Collateral are applied in
accordance with Section 4.1(a) (with, in the case of Term Loan
Obligations consisting of debt of a revolving nature, a corresponding permanent
reduction in the commitments thereto).

 

(iii)  The ABL Representative
shall promptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and
shall take such further actions as the Term Loan Representative or the Borrower
shall request in writing to evidence any release of the ABL Lien described
herein.  The ABL Representative hereby
appoints the Term Loan Representative and any officer or duly authorized person
of the Term Loan Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the
place and stead of the ABL Representative and in the name of the ABL
Representative or in the Term Loan Representative’s own name, from time to
time, in the Term Loan Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of
carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2, to take any and all
appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and
instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this
Section 4.2, including any financing statements, endorsements,
assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which
appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).

 

4.3                                 Certain Real Property Notices; Insurance.  (a)  The Term
Loan Representative shall give the ABL Representative at least 30 days notice
prior to commencing any Enforcement Action against any Real Property
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, the commencement of any action against
title insurance policies) owned by any Loan Party at which ABL Collateral is
stored or otherwise located or to dispossess any Loan Party from such Real
Property.

 

(b)  Proceeds of Collateral
include insurance proceeds and therefore the Lien Priority shall govern the
ultimate disposition of casualty insurance proceeds.  The ABL Representative and Term Loan
Representative shall be named as additional insureds and loss payees with
respect to all insurance policies relating to Collateral.  The ABL Representative shall have the sole
and exclusive right, as against the Term Loan Representative, to adjust
settlement of insurance claims in the event of any covered loss, theft or
destruction of ABL Collateral.  The Term
Loan Representative shall have the sole and exclusive right, as against the ABL
Representative, to adjust settlement of insurance claims in the event of any
covered loss, theft or destruction of Term Collateral.  All proceeds of such insurance shall be
remitted to the Loan Parties, the ABL Representative or the Term Loan
Representative, as the case may be, and each of the Term Loan Representative
and ABL Representative shall cooperate (if necessary) in a reasonable manner in
effecting the payment of insurance proceeds in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

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SECTION 5.  Insolvency Proceedings.

 

5.1                                 Filing of Motions.  Until the Senior Obligations Payment Date has
occurred, the Junior Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other
Junior Secured Parties that no Junior Secured Party shall, in or in connection
with any Insolvency Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any
position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, or otherwise take any
action whatsoever, in each case in respect of any of the Senior Collateral,
including with respect to the determination of any Liens or claims held by the
Senior Representative (including the validity and enforceability thereof) or
any other Senior Secured Party in respect of any Senior Collateral or the value
of any claims of such parties under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code or otherwise; provided that the Junior Representative may
(i) file a proof of claim in an Insolvency Proceeding, and (ii) file
any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition of any motion or
other pleadings made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the
disallowance of the claims of the Junior Secured Parties on the Senior
Collateral, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and only if
consistent with the terms and the limitations on the Junior Representative
imposed hereby.

 

5.2                                 Financing Matters.  (a)  If any Loan Party becomes subject to any
Insolvency Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code at any time prior to the ABL
Obligations Payment Date, and if the ABL Representative or the other ABL
Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash collateral
under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Loan Party under the
Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such
financing to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “ABL DIP Financing”), then the Term
Loan Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Term Loan Secured
Parties, that each Term Loan Secured Party (i) (x) will be deemed to
have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person
objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such ABL DIP Financing on
any grounds, including failure to provide “adequate protection” of the Term
Loan Representative’s Lien on the Collateral to secure the Term Loan
Obligations and (y) will not request any adequate protection solely as a
result of such ABL DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 5.4
below and (ii) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have
subordinated) the Term Loan Liens on any ABL Collateral (A) to the Liens
securing such ABL DIP Financing on the same terms as the ABL Liens are
subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the
terms of this Agreement), (B) to any replacement liens provided as
adequate protection to the ABL Secured Parties as set forth in Section 5.4
below and (C) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the ABL Representative or
the other ABL Secured Parties, so long as (x) the Term Loan Representative
retains its Lien on the Collateral to secure the Term Loan Obligations (in each
case, including Proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case
under the Bankruptcy Code) and, as to the Term Collateral only, such Lien has
the same priority as existed prior to the commencement of the case under the
Bankruptcy Code and any Lien securing such ABL DIP Financing is junior and
subordinate to the Lien of the Term Loan Representative on the Term Collateral,
(y) all Liens on ABL Collateral securing any such ABL DIP Financing shall
be senior to or on a parity with the Liens of the ABL Representative and the
ABL Lenders securing the ABL Obligations on ABL Collateral and (z) the
aggregate principal amount of such ABL DIP Financing (including any undrawn
portion of the revolving commitments thereunder, and including the face amount
of any letters of credit issued and not reimbursed under such ABL DIP
Financing), together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
indebtedness and unfunded commitments under the ABL Agreement, does not exceed
$165,000,000.  In no event will any of
the ABL Secured Parties seek to obtain a priming Lien on any of the Term
Collateral and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a consent by Term
Loan Secured Parties to any adequate protection payments using Term Collateral.

 

(b) If any Loan Party becomes
subject to any Insolvency Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code at any time
prior to the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date, and if the Term Loan
Representative or the other Term Loan Secured Parties desire to consent (or not
object) to the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide
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not object) to the provision of such
financing to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “Term Loan DIP Financing”), then
the ABL Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured
Parties, that each ABL Secured Party (i) (x) will be deemed to have
consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person
objecting to the use of such cash collateral or to such Term Loan DIP Financing
on any grounds, including failure to provide “adequate protection” of the ABL
Representative’s Lien on the Collateral to secure the ABL Obligations and
(y) will not request any adequate protection solely as a result of such
Term Loan DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 5.4 below
and (ii) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated)
the ABL Liens on any Term Collateral (A) to the Liens securing such Term
Loan DIP Financing on the same terms as the Term Loan Liens are subordinated
thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this
Agreement), (B) to any replacement liens provided as adequate protection
to the Term Loan Secured Parties as set forth in Section 5.4 below and
(C) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the Term Loan Representative or the
other Term Loan Secured Parties, so long as (x) the ABL Representative
retains its Lien on the Collateral to secure the ABL Obligations (in each case,
including Proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the
Bankruptcy Code) and, as to the ABL Collateral only, such Lien has the same
priority as existed prior to the commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy
Code and any Lien securing such Term Loan DIP Financing is junior and
subordinate to the Lien of the ABL Representative on the ABL Collateral and
(y) all Liens on Term Collateral securing any such Term Loan DIP Financing
shall be senior to or on a parity with the Liens of the Term Loan
Representative and the Term Loan Secured Parties securing the Term Loan
Obligations on Term Collateral.  In no event
will any of the Term Loan Secured Parties seek to obtain a priming Lien on any
of the ABL Collateral, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a
consent by the ABL Secured Parties to any adequate protection payments using
ABL Collateral.

 

(c)  All Liens granted
to the Term Loan Representative or the ABL Representative in any Insolvency
Proceeding, whether as adequate protection or otherwise, are intended to be and
shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien Priority and the other terms and
conditions of this Agreement.

 

5.3                                 Relief From the Automatic Stay.  Until the ABL
Obligations Payment Date, the Term Loan Representative agrees, on behalf of
itself and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, that none of them will seek
relief from the automatic stay or from any other stay in any Insolvency
Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of
any ABL Collateral, without the prior written consent of the ABL
Representative.  Until the Term Loan
Obligations Payment Date, the ABL Representative agrees, on behalf of itself
and the other ABL Secured Parties, that none of them will seek relief from the
automatic stay or from any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any
action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Term Collateral,
without the prior written consent of the Term Loan Representative.  In addition, neither the Term Loan
Representative nor the ABL Representative shall seek any relief from the
automatic stay with respect to any Collateral without providing 5 days’ prior
written notice to the other, unless otherwise agreed by both the ABL
Representative and the Term Loan Representative.

 

5.4                                 Adequate Protection.  (a)  The Term Loan Representative, on
behalf of itself and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, agrees that, prior to
the ABL Obligations Payment Date, so long as the ABL Representative and the
other ABL Secured Parties comply with Section 5.4(b), none of them
shall object, contest, or support any other Person objecting to or contesting,
(i) any request by the ABL Representative or the other ABL Secured Parties
for adequate protection of its interest in the Collateral or any adequate
protection provided to the ABL Representative or the other ABL Secured Parties
or (ii) any objection by the ABL Representative or any other ABL Secured
Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack
of adequate protection in the Collateral or (iii) the periodic payment of
amounts equal to interest, fees, expenses or other amounts provided to the ABL
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other ABL Secured Party as adequate
protection of its interest in the Collateral; provided that any action
described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) does not violate Section 5.2.  The Term Loan Representative, on behalf of
itself and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to
the ABL Obligations Payment Date, none of them shall support any other Person
asserting or enforcing any claim under 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code that
is senior to or on a parity with the ABL Liens for costs or expenses of
preserving or disposing of any ABL Collateral. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section and
in Section 5.2(a)(i)(y), but subject to all other provisions of
this Agreement (including Section 5.2(a)(i)(x) and Section 5.3),
in any Insolvency Proceeding, if the ABL Secured Parties (or any subset
thereof) are granted adequate protection consisting of additional collateral
that constitutes ABL Collateral (with replacement liens on such additional
collateral) and superpriority claims in connection with any ABL DIP Financing
or use of cash collateral, and the ABL Secured Parties do not object to the
adequate protection being provided to them, then in connection with any such
ABL DIP Financing or use of cash collateral the Term Loan Representative, on
behalf of itself and any of the Term Loan Secured Parties, may, as adequate
protection of their interests in the ABL Collateral, seek or accept (and the
ABL Representative and the ABL Secured Parties shall not object to) adequate
protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien on the same
additional collateral, subordinated to the Liens securing the ABL Obligations
and such ABL DIP Financing on the same basis as the other Term Loan Liens on
the ABL Collateral are so subordinated to the ABL Obligations under this
Agreement and (y) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the
superpriority claims granted to the ABL Secured Parties, provided, however,
that the Term Loan Representative shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to
Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and
the Term Loan Secured Parties, in any stipulation and/or order granting such
adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid under
any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other
property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the allowed
amount of such claims.

 

(b)  The ABL Representative, on
behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, agrees that, prior to the
Term Loan Obligations Payment Date, so long as the Term Loan Representative and
the other Term Loan Secured Parties comply with Section 5.4(a),
none of them shall object, contest, or support any other Person objecting to or
contesting, (i) any request by the Term Loan Representative or the other
Term Loan Secured Parties for adequate protection of its interest in the
Collateral or any adequate protection provided to the Term Loan Representative
or the other Term Loan Secured Parties or (ii) any objection by the Term
Loan Representative or any other Term Loan Secured Parties to any motion,
relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate protection
in the Collateral or (iii) the periodic payment of amounts equal to
interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the Term Loan Representative or
any other Term Loan Secured Party as adequate protection of its interest in the
Collateral; provided that any action described in the foregoing clauses
(i) and (ii) does not violate Section 5.2.  The ABL Representative, on behalf of itself
and the other ABL Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to the Term Loan
Obligations Payment Date, none of them shall support any other Person asserting
or enforcing any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or
otherwise that is senior to or on a parity with the Term Loan Liens for costs
or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Term Collateral.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Section and in Section 5.2(b)(i)(y), but subject
to all other provisions of this Agreement (including Section 5.2(b)(i)(x) and
Section 5.3), in any Insolvency Proceeding, if the Term Loan
Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection
consisting of additional collateral that constitutes Term Collateral (with
replacement liens on such additional collateral) and superpriority claims in
connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, and the Term Loan Secured
Parties do not object to the adequate protection being provided to them, then
in connection with any such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral the ABL
Representative, on behalf of itself and any of the ABL Secured Parties, may, as
adequate protection of their interests in the Term Collateral, seek or accept
(and the Term Loan Representative and the Term Loan Secured Parties shall not
object to) adequate protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien
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additional collateral, subordinated
to the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations on the same basis as the other
ABL Liens on the Term Collateral are so subordinated to the Term Loan
Obligations under this Agreement and (y) superpriority claims junior in
all respects to the superpriority claims granted to the Term Loan Secured
Parties, provided, however, that the ABL Representative shall have irrevocably
agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf
of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, in any stipulation and/or order granting
such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid
under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or
other property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the
allowed amount of such claims.

 

5.5                                 Avoidance Issues.  If any Secured Party is required in any
Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to
the estate of any Loan Party, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be
paid or disgorged for any reason, including because it was found to be a
fraudulent or preferential transfer, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of
security, enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise, then the Secured
Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be
outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.  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.  The Secured Parties agree that none of them
shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise
relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this
Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed
that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall
instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the
priorities set forth in this Agreement.

 

5.6                                 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding.   Neither the Junior
Representative nor any other Junior Secured Party shall, in an Insolvency
Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any Senior
Collateral that is supported by the Senior Secured Parties, and the Junior
Representative and each other Junior Secured Party will be deemed to have
consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any
sale of any Senior Collateral supported by the Senior Secured Parties and to
have released the Junior Liens on such assets so long as the Lien of each
Secured Party attaches to the proceeds of any such sale with the same priority
as provided under this Agreement in respect of the Collateral.

 

5.7                                 Other Matters.   To the extent that the Senior Representative
or any Senior Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any of the Collateral
on which it has a Junior Lien, such Senior Representative agrees, on behalf of
itself and the other Senior Secured Parties, not to assert any of such rights
without the prior written consent of the Junior Representative; provided that if requested by the Junior Representative, such Senior
Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the
Junior Representative, including any rights to payments in respect of such
rights.

 

5.8                                 Post-Petition Interest.  None of the Junior Representative nor any
Junior Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Senior
Representative or any other Senior Secured Party for allowance in any
Insolvency Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of Post-Petition
Interest to the extent of the value of the Liens in favor of the Senior
Representative and the other Senior Secured Parties, without regard to the
existence of the Liens of the Junior Representative on behalf of the Junior
Secured Parties on the Collateral.

 

5.9                                 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings.  This Agreement,
which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement”
under section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be effective during an
Insolvency Proceeding.

 

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SECTION 6.  Term
Loan Documents and ABL Documents.

 

(a)  Each Loan Party and the
Term Loan Representative, on behalf of itself and the Term Loan Secured
Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment
or other modification to any of the Term Loan Documents in violation of this
Agreement.

 

(b)  Each Loan Party and the
ABL Representative, on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees
that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other
modification to any of the ABL Documents in violation of this Agreement.

 

(c)  In the event the Senior
Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any
of the Senior Security Documents which is not materially adverse to the Junior
Secured Parties for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or
consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Security
Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, in
each case solely with respect to any Senior Collateral, then such amendment,
waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the
Comparable Security Document without the consent of or action by any Junior Secured
Party (with all such amendments, waivers and modifications subject to the terms
hereof); provided that, (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent
shall have the effect of removing assets subject to the Lien of any Junior
Security Document, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is
permitted by Section 4.2, (ii) any such amendment, waiver or
consent that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Junior Secured
Parties and does not affect the Senior Secured Parties in a like or similar
manner shall not apply to the Junior Security Documents without the consent of
the Junior Representative, (iii) no such amendment, waiver or consent with
respect to any provision applicable to the Junior Representative under the
Junior Loan Documents shall be made without the prior written consent of the
Junior Representative, (iv) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent
shall be given to the Junior Representative reasonably in advance of its
effectiveness, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the effectiveness and validity thereof and (v) such amendment,
waiver or modification to the applicable Junior Security Documents shall be
approved by the Borrower in writing.

 

SECTION 7. 
Purchase Options.

 

7.1                                 Notice of Exercise.  (a)  If (i) an “Event of Default”
under the ABL Documents remains uncured or unwaived for at least forty-five
(45) consecutive days and the requisite ABL Lenders have not agreed to forbear
from the exercise of remedies (or, if earlier, within five (5) Business
Days after the ABL Representative notifies the Term Loan Representative that it
shall exercise remedies), (ii) any of the ABL Obligations have been
accelerated in accordance with the terms of the ABL Documents as a result of an
event of default thereunder or (iii) an Insolvency Proceeding has
commenced, all or a portion of the Term Loan Creditors, acting as a single
group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days’
prior written notice to the ABL Representative to purchase all of the ABL
Obligations (including unfunded commitments, if any, under the ABL Documents)
from the ABL Secured Parties.  Such
notice from such Term Loan Creditors to the ABL Representative shall be
irrevocable.

 

(b) 
If (i) an “Event of Default” under the Term Loan Documents remains uncured
or unwaived for at least forty-five (45) consecutive days and the Term Loan
Representative has not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies (or, if
earlier, within five (5) Business Days after the Term Loan Representative notifies
the ABL Representative that it shall exercise remedies), (ii) any of the
Term Loan Obligations have been accelerated in accordance with the terms of the
Term Loan Documents as a result of an event of default thereunder or
(iii) an Insolvency Proceeding has commenced, all or a portion of the ABL
Creditors, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon
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prior written notice to the Term
Loan Representative to purchase all of the Term Loan Obligations (including
unfunded commitments, if any, under the Term Loan Documents) from the Term Loan
Creditors.  Such notice from such ABL
Creditors to the Term Loan Representative shall be irrevocable.

 

7.2                                 Purchase and Sale.  (a)  On the date specified by the
relevant Term Loan Creditors in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(a) above
(which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty
(20) calendar days, after the receipt by the ABL Representative of the notice
of the relevant Term Loan Creditor’s election to exercise such option), the ABL
Lenders shall sell to the relevant
Term Loan Creditors, and the relevant Term Loan Creditors shall purchase from
the ABL Lenders, the ABL Obligations
(including unfunded commitments, if any, under the ABL Documents), provided
that, the ABL Representative and the ABL Secured Parties shall retain all
rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Loan Parties in accordance
with the terms of the ABL Documents but shall not retain any rights to the
security therefor.

 

(b) 
On the date specified by the relevant ABL Creditors in the notice contemplated
by Section 7.1(b) above (which shall not be less than five
(5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the
receipt by Term Loan Representative of the notice of the relevant ABL Creditor’s
election to exercise such option), the Term Loan Creditors  shall sell to the relevant ABL Creditors,
and the relevant ABL Creditors shall purchase from the Term Loan Creditors, the
Term Loan Obligations (including unfunded commitments, if any, under the Term
Loan Documents), provided that, the Term Loan Representative and the
Term Loan Secured Parties shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held
harmless by the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.

 

7.3                                 Payment of Purchase Price.  Upon the date of such purchase and sale, the
relevant Term Loan Creditors or
the relevant ABL Creditors, as applicable, shall (a) pay to the ABL
Representative for the benefit of the ABL
Creditors (with respect to a purchase of the ABL Obligations) or to the Term
Loan Representative for the benefit of the Term Loan Creditors (with respect to a purchase of the Term Loan
Obligations) as the purchase price therefor the full amount of all the
ABL Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, then outstanding and
unpaid (including principal, interest, fees and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses but specifically excluding any prepayment
premium, termination or similar fees), (b) furnish cash collateral to the
ABL Representative or the Term Loan Representative in a manner and in such
amounts as the ABL Representative or the Term Loan Representative, as
applicable, determines is reasonably necessary to secure the ABL Representative
and the ABL Secured Parties or the Term Loan Representative and the Term Loan
Secured Parties, along with the applicable 
letter of credit issuing banks and
applicable affiliates in connection with any issued and outstanding
letters of credit (not to exceed 103% of the aggregate undrawn face amount of
such Letters of Credit) and cash management obligations secured by the ABL
Documents or the Term Loan Documents, (c) with respect to hedging
obligations, furnish cash collateral to the ABL Representative or the Term Loan
Representative in the amount that would be payable by the relevant Obligor
thereunder if it were to terminate such hedging obligations on the date of such
purchase, or, if not terminated, an amount determined by the ABL Representative
or the Term Loan Representative, as applicable, to be reasonably necessary to
secure the ABL Representative and the ABL Secured Parties or the Term Loan
Representative and the Term Loan Secured Parties and the applicable affiliates
in connection with any hedging obligation secured by the ABL Documents or the
Term Loan Documents, (d) agree to reimburse the ABL Representative and the
ABL Secured Parties or the Term Loan Representative and the Term Loan Secured
Parties, along with any letter of credit issuing banks for any loss, cost,
damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) in
connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued
and outstanding letters of credit as described above and any checks or other
payments provisionally credited to the ABL Obligations or the Term Loan
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which the ABL Representative or the
Term Loan Representative, as applicable, has not yet received final payment,
(e) agree to reimburse the ABL Secured Parties or the Term Loan Secured
Parties, as applicable, and the applicable letter of credit issuing banks, in
respect of indemnification obligations of the Loan Parties under the ABL
Documents or the Term Loan Documents, as applicable, as to matters or
circumstances known to the ABL Representative or the Term Loan Representative,
as applicable, at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be
expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) to the ABL Secured Parties, the Term Loan
Secured Parties or letter of credit issuing
banks, as applicable, and (f) agree to indemnify and hold harmless
the ABL Secured Parties or the Term Loan Secured Parties, as applicable, and
the applicable letter of credit issuing banks, from and against any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of
legal counsel) arising out of any claim asserted by a third party in respect of
the ABL Obligations or the Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, as a direct
result of any acts by any Term Loan Secured Party or any ABL Secured Party, as
applicable, occurring after the date of such purchase.  Such purchase price and cash collateral shall
be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account in New York,
New York as the ABL Representative or the Term Loan Representative, as
applicable, may designate in writing for such purpose.

 

7.4                                 Limitation on Representations and Warranties.  Such purchase shall
be expressly made without representation or warranty of any kind by any selling
party (or the ABL Representative or the Term Loan Representative, as
applicable) and without recourse of any kind, except that the selling party
shall represent and warrant: 
(a) the amount of the ABL Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable,
being purchased from it, (b) that such ABL Secured Party or Term Loan
Secured Party, as applicable, or the Borrower owns the ABL Obligations or Term
Loan Obligations, as applicable, free and clear of any Liens or encumbrances
and (c) that such ABL Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, as
applicable, has the right to assign such ABL Obligations or Term Loan
Obligations, as applicable, and the assignment is duly authorized.

 

SECTION 8. 
Reliance; Waivers; etc.

 

8.1                                 Reliance.  The ABL Documents are deemed to have been
executed and delivered, and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to
have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement.  The Term Loan Representative, on behalf of it
itself and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, expressly waives all notice of
the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement by the ABL Representative and
the other ABL Secured Parties.  The Term
Loan Documents are deemed to have been executed and delivered and all
extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance
upon this Agreement.  The ABL
Representative, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties,
expressly waives all notices of the acceptance of and reliance on this
Agreement by the Term Loan Representative and the other Term Loan Secured Parties.

 

8.2                                 No Warranties or Liability.  The Term Loan Representative and the ABL
Representative acknowledge and agree that neither has made any representation
or warranty with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness,
collectability or enforceability of any other ABL Document or any Term Loan
Document.  Except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, the Term Loan Representative and the ABL Representative will
be entitled to manage and supervise the respective extensions of credit to any
Loan Party in accordance with law and their usual practices, modified from time
to time as they deem appropriate.

 

8.3                                 No Waivers.  No right or benefit of any party hereunder
shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of such party or any other party hereto or by any noncompliance
by any Loan Party with the terms and conditions of any of the ABL Documents or
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Term Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 9.  Obligations
Unconditional.  All rights, interests, agreements and
obligations hereunder of the Senior Representative and the Senior Secured
Parties in respect of any Collateral and the Junior Representative and the
Junior Secured Parties in respect of such Collateral shall remain in full force
and effect regardless of:

 

(a)                                  any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Document or any
Junior Document and regardless of whether the Liens of the Senior
Representative and Senior Secured Parties are not perfected or are voidable for
any reason;

 

(b)                                 any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other
terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations, or any
amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount
thereof or any refinancing, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the
terms of any Senior Document or any Junior Document;

 

(c)                                  any exchange, release or lack of perfection of any Lien on any
Collateral or any other asset, or any amendment, waiver or other modification,
whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the
Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

 

(d)                                 the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan
Party; or

 

(e)                                  any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of any Secured
Obligation or of any Junior Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 10.  Miscellaneous.

 

10.1                           Rights of Subrogation.  The Term Loan Representative, for and on
behalf of itself and the Term Loan Secured Parties, agrees that no payment to
the ABL Representative or any ABL Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement shall entitle the Term Loan Representative or any Term Loan
Secured Party to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until
the ABL Obligations Payment Date. 
Following the ABL Obligations Payment Date, the ABL Representative
agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as the Term Loan
Representative or any Term Loan Secured Party may reasonably request to
evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the
ABL Obligations resulting from payments to the ABL Representative by such
Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees
and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by the ABL Representative
are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof.  The ABL Representative, for and on behalf of
itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees that no payment to the Term Loan
Representative or any Term Loan Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement shall entitle the ABL Representative or any ABL Secured Party to
exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Term Loan
Obligations Payment Date.  Following the
Term Loan Obligations Payment Date, the Term Loan Representative agrees to
execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as the ABL Representative
or any ABL Secured Party may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by
subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the Term Loan Obligations
resulting from payments to the Term Loan Representative by such Person, so long
as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and
disbursements) incurred in connection therewith by the Term Loan Representative
are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof.

 

10.2                           Further Assurances.  Each of the Term Loan Representative and the
ABL Representative

 

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will, at any time and from time to
time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and
take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the other
party may reasonably request, in order to protect any right or interest granted
or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the ABL Representative or the
Term Loan Representative to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
hereunder; provided, however, that no party shall be required to
pay over any payment or distribution, execute any instruments or documents, or
take any other action referred to in this Section 10.2, to the
extent that such action would contravene any law, order or other legal
requirement or any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, and in the
event of a controversy or dispute, such party may interplead any payment or
distribution in any court of competent jurisdiction, without further
responsibility in respect of such payment or distribution under this Section 10.2.

 

10.3                           Conflicts.  In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any ABL Document or any Term
Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.

 

10.4                           Continuing Nature of Provisions.  Subject to Section 5.5,
this Agreement shall continue to be effective, and shall not be terminable by
any party hereto, until the earlier of (i) the ABL Obligations Payment
Date and (ii) the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date; provided that
if a Replacement ABL Agreement or Replacement Term Loan Agreement, as
applicable, is entered into following such termination, the relevant Secured
Parties agree to, upon the request of any Loan Party, restore this Agreement on
the terms and conditions set forth herein until the earlier to occur of the
next following ABL Obligations Payment Date or Term Loan Obligations Payment
Date.  This is a continuing agreement and
the ABL Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties may continue, at any
time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other
financial accommodations, lend monies and provide indebtedness to, or for the
benefit of, any Loan Party on the faith hereof. 
In furtherance of the foregoing:

 

(a)                                  Upon receipt of a notice from the Loan Parties stating that
the Loan Parties (or any of them) have entered into a Replacement ABL Agreement
(which notice shall include the identity of the new ABL Representative, if
applicable), the Term Loan Representative shall promptly (and in any event
within 10 days of the applicable request, unless otherwise agreed by the ABL
Representative or the new ABL Representative, as applicable) (i) enter
into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this
Agreement) as the Loan Parties or the new ABL Representative shall reasonably
request in order to provide to the new ABL Representative the rights
contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the
terms of this Agreement, (ii) deliver to the new ABL Representative any
ABL Collateral held by it, together with any necessary endorsements (or
otherwise allow the new ABL Representative to obtain control of such ABL
Collateral), and (iii) take such other actions as the Loan Parties or the
new ABL Representative may reasonably request to provide the new ABL
Representative or the applicable ABL Creditors the benefits of this
Agreement.  The new ABL Representative
shall agree in a writing addressed to the Term Loan Representative to be bound
by the terms of this Agreement, and

 

(b)                                 Upon receipt of a notice from the Loan Parties stating that
the Loan Parties (or any of them) have entered into entered into a Replacement
Term Loan Agreement (which notice shall include the identity of the new Term
Loan Representative, if applicable), the ABL Representative shall promptly (and
in any event within 10 days of the applicable request, unless otherwise agreed
by the Term Loan Representative or the new Term Loan Representative, as
applicable) (i) enter into such documents and agreements (including
amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Loan Parties or the new
Term Loan Representative shall reasonably request in order to provide to the
new Term Loan Representative or the applicable new Term Loan Secured Parties
the rights contemplated hereby, in each

 

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case consistent in all material
respects with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) deliver to the new Term
Loan Representative any Term Collateral held by it together with any necessary
endorsements (or otherwise allow the new Term Loan Representative to obtain
control of such Term Collateral), and (iii) take such other actions as the
Loan Parties or the new Term Loan Representative may reasonably request to
provide the new Term Loan Representative the benefits of this Agreement.  The new Term Loan Representative shall agree
in a writing addressed to the ABL Representative to be bound by the terms of
this Agreement.

 

10.5                           Amendments; Waivers.  (a)  No amendment or modification of or
supplement to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the ABL Representative and the Term
Loan Representative, and, in the cases of amendments or modifications of or
supplements to this Agreement that directly affect the rights or duties of any
Loan Party, including amendments or modifications of Sections  3.5,
3.6, 6, 10.4, 10.5, 10.7 or 10.8 that
indirectly or directly affect the rights or duties of any Loan Party, such Loan
Party.  The ABL Representative and the
Term Loan Representative shall notify the Borrower at the address specified in
the signature pages to this Agreement of any amendment or modification of
or supplement to any provisions of this Agreement which does not need to be
signed by a Loan Party and provide the Borrower with a copy of such amendment,
modification or supplement.

 

(b)  It is understood that the
ABL Representative and the Term Loan Representative, without the consent of any
other ABL Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, may in their discretion
determine that a supplemental agreement (which may take the form of an
amendment and restatement of this Agreement) is necessary or appropriate to
facilitate having additional indebtedness or other obligations (“Additional Debt”) of any of the
Loan Parties become ABL Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as the case may
be, under this Agreement, which supplemental agreement shall specify whether
such Additional Debt constitutes ABL Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, provided,
that such Additional Debt is permitted to be incurred by the ABL Agreement and
Term Loan Agreement then extant, and is permitted by such agreements to be
subject to the provisions of this Agreement as ABL Obligations or Term Loan
Obligations, as applicable.

 

10.6                           Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Loan
Parties.  Each of the Term Loan Representative and the
ABL Representative hereby assume responsibility for keeping itself informed of
the financial condition of the Loan Parties and all other circumstances bearing
upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Obligations or the Term Loan
Obligations.  The Term Loan
Representative and the ABL Representative hereby agree that no party shall have
any duty to advise any other party of information known to it regarding such
condition or any such circumstances (except as otherwise provided in the ABL
Documents and Term Loan Documents).  In
the event the Term Loan Representative or the ABL Representative, in its sole
discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any
information to any other party to this Agreement, it shall be under no
obligation (a) to provide any such information to such other party or any
other party on any subsequent occasion, (b) to undertake any investigation
not a part of its regular business routine, or (c) to disclose any other
information.

 

10.7                           Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

10.8                           Submission to Jurisdiction; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.  (a)  Each
ABL Secured Party, each Term Loan Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in
New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern
District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement,

 

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or for recognition or enforcement of
any judgment, and each such party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in
such Federal court.  Each such party
agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by law. 
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the any ABL
Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action
or proceeding against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any
jurisdiction.

 

(b)  Each ABL Secured Party,
each Term Loan Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so (i) any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue
of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding.

 

(c)  Each party to this
Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for
notices in Section 10.9. 
Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this
Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(d)   EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW
OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.  EACH PARTY HERETO
REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY
WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS
AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 

10.9                           Notices.  Unless otherwise specifically provided
herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be
given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, or sent by
overnight express courier service or United States mail and shall be deemed to
have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of
a telecopy or five days after deposit in the United States mail (certified,
with postage prepaid and properly addressed). 
For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until
notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section 10.9)
shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereof,
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.

 

10.10                     Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of the ABL Secured
Parties and Term Loan Secured Parties and their respective successors and
assigns, and nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to give, any
other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this
Agreement or any Collateral.

 

10.11                     Headings.  Section headings used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not
affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting,
this Agreement.

 

10.12                     Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such 

 

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invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision
in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

 

10.13                     Other Remedies.  For avoidance of doubt, it is understood that
nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any ABL Secured Party or any Term Loan
Secured Party from exercising any available remedy to accelerate the maturity
of any indebtedness or other obligations owing under the ABL Documents or the
Term Loan Documents, as applicable, or to demand payment under any guarantee in
respect thereof.

 

10.14                     Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may
be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts),
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken
together shall constitute a single contract. 
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when it
shall have been executed by each party hereto.

 

10.15                     Additional Loan Parties.  The Borrower shall cause each Person that
becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof to become a party to this Agreement
by execution and delivery by such Person of a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex
1 hereto.

 

[SIGNATURE
PAGES TO FOLLOW]

 

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

 

 

	
   

  	
  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as ABL
  Representative for and on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Alexis Maged

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name: Alexis Maged

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Authorized Signatory

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Address for Notices:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  270 Park Avenue, 44th Floor

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Mailcode: NY1-K855

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  New York, NY 10017

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention: Donna DiForio

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Fax: 646-534-2274

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  with a copy to:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Simpson Thacher &
  Bartlett LLP

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  425 Lexington Avenue

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  New York, NY 10017

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention: Patrick Ryan

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Facsimile No: (212) 455-2502

  	
   

  
				

 

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  GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS
  LLC, as Term Loan Representative for and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured
  Parties

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  Kathleen C. Maggi

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Kathleen C. Maggi

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Vice President

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Address for Notices:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  30 Hudson Street, 38th Floor

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Jersey City, NJ 07302

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention: Lauren Day

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Fax: 646-769-7700

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  with a copy to:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  LLP

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  825 8th Avenue, 31st Floor

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  New York, NY 10019

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Attention: Jamie Vardell

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Fax: 212-474-3700

  	
   

  
				

 

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  CLOPAY AMES TRUE TEMPER HOLDING
  CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY AMES TRUE TEMPER LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Seth L. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Seth K. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Vice President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS
  COMPANY, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY BUILDING PRODUCTS COMPANY,
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CLOPAY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Tom Gibbons

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Treasurer

  

 

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  CLOPAY ACQUISITION CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Seth L. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Seth K. Kaplan

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Senior Vice President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CHATT HOLDINGS INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Vice President of Finance
  and CFO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  ATT HOLDING CO.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Vice President of Finance
  and CFO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Vice President of Finance
  and CFO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  AMES U.S. HOLDING CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer
  and Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  AMES TRUE TEMPER
  PROPERTIES, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: David Nuti

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: CFO and Assistant Secretary

  

 

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