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Exhibit 10.6

EXECUTION VERSION

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED 
ESCROW AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ESCROW AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 14, 2021 among SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and a “Grantor”), EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY AND EACH OTHER PERSON WHO SHALL BECOME A PARTY HERETO BY EXECUTION OF A JOINDER AGREEMENT WHICH IDENTIFIES SUCH PERSON AS A “GRANTOR” UNDER THIS AGREEMENT (each a “Grantor”, and collectively with the Company, the “Grantors”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for each of the lenders (the “Lenders”) now or hereafter party to the Credit Agreement defined below (collectively with the Administrative Agent, and certain other Persons parties to Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements as more particularly described in Section 4.17 hereof, the “Secured Parties”).  All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. 
W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company, the lenders party thereto (the “Existing Revolving Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to (but excluding) the date hereof, the “Existing Revolving Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which certain of the Existing Revolving Lenders agreed to make a revolving credit facility available to the Company in accordance with the terms thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as New Vehicle Borrowers (the “Existing New Vehicle Borrowers”), the Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as Used Vehicle Borrowers (the “Existing Used Vehicle Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto (the “Existing Floorplan Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., as floorplan administrative agent entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Syndicated New and Used Vehicle Floorplan Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to (but excluding) the date hereof, the “Existing Floorplan Credit Agreement” and, together with the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreements”), pursuant to which the Existing Floorplan Lenders agreed to make a revolving new vehicle floorplan facility and a revolving used vehicle floorplan facility available to the Existing New Vehicle Borrowers and the Existing Used Vehicle Borrowers in accordance with the terms thereof; and

WHEREAS, the Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company (the “Existing Grantors”) entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Escrow and Security Agreement dated as of November 30, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to (but excluding) the date hereof, the “Existing Escrow and Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Existing Grantors have secured their obligations arising under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Lenders amend, restate and consolidate the Existing Credit Agreements in order to (i) continue to provide a revolving credit facility and floorplan credit facility, (ii) extend the maturity thereof and (iii) make certain other amendments to the Existing Credit Agreements on the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Fifth Amended, Restated and Consolidated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or 

otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to enter into the Credit Agreement, subject to, among other things, a condition that the parties amend and restate the Existing Escrow and Security Agreement as provided herein; and

WHEREAS, each Grantor will materially benefit from the Loans to be made, and the Letters of Credit to be issued, under the Credit Agreement, and (x) the Company is a party to the Company Guaranty pursuant to which the Company guarantees the Obligations of each other Borrower and (y) each Grantor (other than the Company) is a party (as signatory or by joinder) to the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to which such Grantor guarantees the Obligations of the Company and the other Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to enter into the Loan Documents and to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit, each Grantor has agreed to make all shares of capital stock or Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries described on Schedule I attached hereto and incorporated herein (as such schedule may be supplemented from time to time) (collectively, the “Escrow Subsidiaries”) of the respective Grantor subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Equity Interests in the Escrow Subsidiaries are not permitted to be pledged under the terms of the applicable Franchise Agreements, Framework Agreements, similar manufacturer agreements or indebtedness agreements of such Escrow Subsidiaries (the “Restricted Equity Interests”); and

WHEREAS, in lieu of a pledge by the Grantors to the Administrative Agent of the Restricted Equity Interests, the Grantors shall grant a security interest in certain Disposition Proceeds (as defined below) of such Restricted Equity Interests; and

WHEREAS, to further protect the Secured Parties, the Grantors will continue to deliver the Escrowed Shares (as defined below) into escrow to be held in accordance with this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, as collateral security for payment and performance of the Obligations and the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party now existing or hereafter arising under Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements, each Grantor is willing to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in certain of its personal property and assets pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; 

WHEREAS, the Secured Parties are unwilling to make available or maintain the credit facilities under the Credit Agreement unless the Company and each other Grantor enter into this Agreement; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce (i) the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Secured Parties to make the credit facilities provided for in the Credit Agreement available to the Borrowers, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Escrow and Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:  

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ARTICLE I
ESCROW
1.1     Escrow.  Upon the terms hereof, each Grantor hereby delivers to the Administrative Agent, in escrow (the “Escrow”) all of the issued and outstanding certificated shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by such Grantor described on Schedule I attached hereto and incorporated herein, as Schedule I may be amended or supplemented from time to time (collectively, the “Escrowed Shares”).  In addition, each Grantor hereby agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent, in escrow, any Restricted Disposition Proceeds (as defined below) as and when received by the Grantor in respect of such Escrowed Shares.
1.2     Terms of Escrow.  
(a)     The parties hereby appoint the Administrative Agent as escrow agent in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment as escrow agent.
(b)     The Administrative Agent shall disburse all or any part of the Escrowed Shares as follows: any time the Administrative Agent receives (i) a written notification executed by a Grantor (or such Grantor’s successor interest to the Escrowed Shares), advising the Administrative Agent of a proposed Disposition (as defined below) of Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Disposition Proceeds, (ii) (subject to Section 4.5(a)(iii)) all Disposition Proceeds (as herein defined) paid or payable to Grantors in respect of such Escrowed Shares and, (iii) if other than cash, duly executed instruments of assignment and delivery, the Administrative Agent shall immediately release such portion of the Escrowed Shares, subject as herein provided, as is specified in such written notice to the Persons specified in such written notice.
(c)     The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the sufficiency or accuracy of the form of, or the execution, validity, value or genuineness of, any document or property received, held or delivered by it hereunder, or of any signature or endorsement thereon, or for any lack of endorsement thereon, or for any description therein, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the other parties hereto or to anyone else in any respect on account of the identity, authority, or rights of the Persons executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver any document or property or this Agreement.
(d)     (i) In its capacity as escrow agent, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities other than those expressly set forth herein and except as expressly set forth herein, shall have no duty to enforce any obligation of any Person, to make any payment or delivery of Disposition Proceeds, or to direct or cause any payment or delivery thereof, or to direct or cause any payment or delivery thereof to be made, or to enforce any obligation of any Person to perform any other act.  The Administrative Agent shall be under no liability to any Person by reason of any failure on the part of any other Person to perform such Person’s obligations under any agreement involving or relating in any way to the Escrowed Shares or the disposition thereof by the Grantors.  Except as provided in Section 1.2(b), the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to recognize any agreement between any or all of the Grantors and any other Persons.
(ii)     The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Grantors or to any other Person for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment.  The Administrative Agent may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any 
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order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Administrative Agent), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but as to the acceptability and reliability of any information therein contained) which is believed by the Administrative Agent to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper Person or Persons.
(e)     The Grantors shall pay all income, withholding and any other taxes imposed on or measured by income which are attributable to income from the Escrowed Shares and the Disposition Proceeds for the time all or any part thereof are held in escrow hereunder, and shall file all tax and information returns applicable thereto.  To the extent that the Administrative Agent becomes liable for the payment of taxes, including withholding taxes, in respect of income derived from the Escrowed Shares and Disposition Proceeds, the Administrative Agent may but shall not be obligated to pay such taxes.  The Administrative Agent may withhold or offset from any amount payable by the Administrative Agent to the Grantors such amount as the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion to be sufficient to provide for the payment of such taxes; alternately any such amount paid by the Administrative Agent shall become a part of the Obligations.  In addition, the Administrative Agent shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Grantors from and against any liability for such taxes and for any penalties or interest in respect of taxes on such investment income or payments in the manner provided in subparagraph (k) below.
(f)     The Administrative Agent is acting as an escrow agent only with respect to the Escrowed Shares and related Restricted Disposition Proceeds (as defined below).  If any dispute arises as to whether the Administrative Agent is obligated to deliver the Escrowed Shares or as to whom the Escrowed Shares are to be delivered, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any delivery, but in such event the Administrative Agent may hold the Escrowed Shares until receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Disposition Proceeds and (i) instructions in writing, signed by all parties which have, or claim to have, an interest in the Escrowed Shares, directing the disposition of the Escrowed Shares, or (ii) in the absence of such writing, a final judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction or final binding arbitration award providing for the disposition of the Escrowed Shares.
(g)     The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Grantors for all expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent in the administration of its duties hereunder, including, but not limited to, all attorneys’ fees, advisors’ and consultants’ fees and disbursements and all taxes or other governmental charges.
(h)     The Administrative Agent may resign as escrow agent at any time and be discharged from its duties as escrow agent hereunder by giving the Grantors at least 30 days’ notice thereof.  As soon as practicable after its resignation, the Administrative Agent shall turn over to a successor escrow agent appointed by it and the Grantors all Escrowed Shares held hereunder upon presentation of a document appointing the new escrow agent and its acceptance thereof.  If no new escrow agent is so appointed within the 60-day period following such notice of resignation, the Administrative Agent may deposit the Escrowed Shares with any court it deems appropriate.
(i)     From time to time on and after the date hereof, including without limitation concurrently with the delivery of a written notice as provided in Section 1.02(b), the Grantors shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent such further documents and instruments and shall do and cause to be done such further acts as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement, to evidence compliance herewith or to assure itself that it is protected in acting hereunder.
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(j)    It is agreed that the Grantor shall retain all rights to dividends, all rights to vote and all other rights in respect of ownership of the Escrowed Shares, subject only to the Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral (each as defined below); provided, that any certificated Restricted Equity Interests received as a dividend or other distribution in respect of Escrowed Shares shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent in escrow to be held pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  
(k)    EACH GRANTOR SHALL AND DOES HEREBY JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY INDEMNIFY AND HOLD THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH OF THE LENDERS AND OTHER SECURED PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AFFILIATES (EACH AN “INDEMNITEE” AND COLLECTIVELY, THE “INDEMN1TEES”) HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, COSTS, DAMAGES, JUDGMENTS, ATTORNEYS FEES, EXPENSES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (“LIABILITIES”) WHICH ANY INDEMNITEE INCURS OR SUSTAINS, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREUNDER, THE ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY INDEMNITEE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE ESCROWED SHARES AND/OR THE DISPOSITION PROCEEDS HELD BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREUNDER OR ANY INCOME EARNED THEREFROM INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITIES WHICH ARISE IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER SOLE OR CONCURRENT ON THE PART OF ANY INDEMNITEE BUT EXPRESSLY EXCLUDING THEREFROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE.  THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL SURVIVE SATISFACTION OF THE OBLIGATIONS AND TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
2.1     Assignment and Grant of Security.  Each Grantor hereby grants as collateral security for the payment, performance and satisfaction of all of its Obligations and the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party now existing or hereafter arising under Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements other than Excluded Swap Obligations (such Obligations, obligations and liabilities referred to collectively as the “Secured Obligations”), to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing first priority security interest in and to, and collaterally assigns to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (collectively, the “Security Interest”) all rights, titles and interests which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire in the following (collectively, the “Disposition Proceeds”): (i) all purchase and sale agreements relating to any of the Restricted Equity Interests and all rights to secure payment thereunder; (ii) the net cash proceeds and all securities, general intangibles, contract rights, or any other proceeds whatsoever (other than shares of a Subsidiary which the Grantor is not obligated to pledge) which are received or from time to time receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of the transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance or other disposition of any kind (each, a “Disposition”) of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests and any other property substituted or exchanged therefor (other than Restricted Disposition Proceeds (as hereinafter defined) and other shares of a Subsidiary which the Grantor is not obligated to pledge) including without limitation proceeds from any foreclosure sale or any other forced sale or liquidation or any sale or disposition arising or occurring pursuant to a plan in bankruptcy; and (iii) any and all proceeds 
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or other sums payable and/or distributable with respect to, all or any of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests and the other interests described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof.  Disposition Proceeds which constitute Restricted Equity Interests shall be referred to herein as “Restricted Disposition Proceeds” and shall not be included within the property subject to the Security Interest.  The Disposition Proceeds subject to the Security Interest are referred to herein as the “Disposition Proceeds Collateral”.
2.2     Delivery of Disposition Proceeds.  Upon any Disposition of all or a part of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests (including without limitation any foreclosure sale, any other forced sale or any sale or disposition arising or occurring pursuant to a plan in bankruptcy), subject to Section 4.5(a)(iii), the Grantors shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the Disposition Proceeds, including (with respect to any certificated Disposition Proceeds) duly executed instruments of transfer, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  The term “certificated” when used with the term “Disposition Proceeds” shall mean any such Disposition Proceeds which are evidenced or represented by a note, certificate, instrument, chattel paper or other written evidence of ownership or entitlement.  All Restricted Disposition Proceeds shall be held by the Administrative Agent as part of the Escrow.  All Disposition Proceeds Collateral shall be held by the Administrative Agent in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have possession thereof for purposes of perfecting the Security Interest in any such property.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
3.1     Representations and Warranties.  Each Grantor represents and warrants as follows:
(a)     This Agreement and the grant of the Security Interest pursuant hereto creates a valid first priority security interest in the Disposition Proceeds securing the payment of the Obligations, and upon taking possession thereof, the filing of financing statements in accordance with the UCC, and/or any other necessary actions to perfect such security interest, such first priority security interest in such Disposition Proceeds will be duly perfected; and all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security interest and such priority have been duly taken (or will be taken).
(b)     No consent of any other Person and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required (i) for the grant by Grantors of the Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds or for the execution, delivery, performance or enforceability of this Agreement by the Grantors, (ii) for the perfection or maintenance of the Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds created hereby (including the first priority nature of such Security Interest) except for the taking of possession thereof, the UCC filings or any other action required by the UCC or other applicable perfection statutes, or (iii) for the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party of the rights provided for in this Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Disposition Proceeds pursuant to this Agreement.
(c)     The Grantors are, individually or collectively, as applicable, the legal and beneficial owners of the Escrowed Shares and other Restricted Equity Interests; all of the Escrowed Shares and other Restricted Equity Interests currently outstanding and described on Schedule I are duly authorized and issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and all documentary, stamp or other taxes or fees owing in connection with the issuance thereof have been paid; to the knowledge of the Grantors, no dispute, right of setoff, counterclaim or defense exists with respect to all or any part of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests; the Escrowed Shares and other Restricted Equity Interests are 
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free and clear of all Liens, mortgages, pledges, charges, security interests or other encumbrances, options, warrants, puts, calls and other rights of third persons, and restrictions, other than restrictions on transferability imposed by this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the applicable Franchise Agreement and applicable state and federal securities laws; neither this Agreement, the Credit Agreement nor any of the other Loan Documents creates or requires the creation or the granting by any Grantor of a Security Interest in the Escrowed Shares and other Restricted Equity Interests.
(d)     The original certificates representing all of the certificated Escrowed Shares and other certificated Restricted Equity Interests have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, in escrow; the Restricted Equity Interests described on Schedule I constitute (i) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of the Escrow Subsidiaries as of the date hereof and (ii) the indicated number of shares and/or ownership interest percentages of the entities as shown on Schedule I; none of the Escrow Subsidiaries have issued, nor are there outstanding, any options, warrants or other rights in favor of any Grantor or any other Person to acquire the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests or any capital stock of any of the Escrow Subsidiaries.
(e)     This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Grantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principals of equity; each Grantor has the corporate or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority and the legal right to execute and deliver, to perform its obligations under, and to (i) deliver the Escrowed Shares into the Escrow, and (ii) to grant the Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral pursuant to this Agreement; and each Grantor has taken all necessary, corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, action to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of, the delivery of the Escrowed Shares into the Escrow, and the grant of the security interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
(f)     The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any Contractual Obligation of any Grantor, including any agreement between a Grantor and any manufacturer or distributor, (ii) violate any Law, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the properties or revenues of any Grantor pursuant to any applicable Law or Contractual Obligation of any Grantor, except as contemplated hereby.
(g)     No action, suit or proceeding of or before any Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of Grantors, threatened by or against any Grantor or against any of its properties or revenues with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(h)     There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement that have not been satisfied or waived.

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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS 
Grantors covenant and agree as follows:
4.1     Further Assurances. 
(a)     Each Grantor agrees that, where any agreement existing as of the date hereof or hereafter to which such Grantor is a party contains any restriction prohibiting such Grantor from (i) transferring the Escrowed Shares into the Escrow, or (ii) granting the Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, such Grantor will obtain or use its best efforts to obtain the necessary consent to or waiver of such restriction from any Person so as to enable such Grantor to effectively transfer the Escrowed Shares into the Escrow and grant to Administrative Agent such Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral.
(b)     Each Grantor will from time to time at its expense promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or that Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect the Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or in any Joinder Agreement, in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, in the priority thereof, or to create or preserve the full benefits of this Agreement and the rights and powers of Administrative Agent herein or in any Joinder Agreement, or to enable Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder or thereunder with respect to any of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon written request by Administrative Agent, each Grantor will: (i) if the Disposition Proceeds Collateral are certificated, deliver to Administrative Agent such certificated Disposition Proceeds Collateral duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (ii) execute and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary, or as Administrative Agent may request, in order to perfect and preserve the Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby with respect to any and all such Disposition Proceeds Collateral.
(c)     Each Grantor hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to all or any part of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral without the signature of such Grantor where and to the extent permitted by applicable law.  A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Disposition Proceeds Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where and to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(d)     Each Grantor will furnish to Administrative Agent from time to time, upon the written request of Administrative Agent, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and such other reports in connection with the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(e)     In addition to such other information as shall be specifically provided for herein, Grantors shall furnish to Administrative Agent such other information with respect to the Disposition Proceeds Collateral as Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, or the protection, preservation, maintenance or enforcement of the Security Interest or the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, including, without limitation, all documents and 
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things in Grantors’ possession, or subject to its demand for possession, related to the Disposition Proceeds Collateral.
(f)     Subject to Section 4.5(a)(iii), each Grantor shall, if any of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral are received by such Grantor, (i) in the case of Disposition Proceeds Collateral, forthwith transfer and deliver to Administrative Agent all such Disposition Proceeds Collateral either in cash or if certificated, duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all of which thereafter shall be held by Administrative Agent as collateral security for payment and performance of the Obligations, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) in the case of Restricted Disposition Proceeds, forthwith deliver such Restricted Disposition Proceeds in escrow to the Administrative Agent to be held as Escrowed Shares.
(g)     Each Grantor agrees that if such Grantor shall at any time acquire any additional Restricted Equity Interests of any Escrow Subsidiary, such Grantor shall, as soon as practically possible, (and without the necessity for any request or demand by Administrative Agent) deliver the certificates representing such shares or interests to Administrative Agent, in escrow in the same manner and with the same effect as described in Article 1 hereof.  Upon delivery, such shares or evidences of ownership shall thereupon constitute Escrowed Shares for the purposes and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(h)     No Grantor will make any Disposition of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests (whether certificated or uncertificated) or any part thereof, or create directly or indirectly any security interest or otherwise encumber (other than any restriction imposed by any Franchise Agreement to which the Grantor is a party)  any of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests, or permit any of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests to ever be or become subject to any warrant, put, option or other rights of third Persons or any attachment, execution, sequestration or other legal or equitable process, or any security interest or encumbrance of any kind, in each case, unless and until any Disposition Proceeds Collateral are paid and/or delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Agreement, or are received and retained by the requisite Grantor in accordance with Section 4.5(a)(iii), and any Restricted Disposition Proceeds are delivered in escrow to the Administrative Agent to be held as Escrowed Shares.
(i)     The Grantors shall enforce or secure in the name of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the performance of each and every obligation, term, covenant, condition and agreement relating to any Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and the Grantors shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding arising under, occurring out of or in any manner connected therewith and upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Grantors will do so in the name of the Administrative Agent and on behalf of the Secured Parties, but at the expense of the Grantors, and the Grantors shall pay all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, in any action or proceeding in which the Secured Parties may appear.
(j)     Each Grantor shall allow the Administrative Agent to inspect all records of such Grantor relating to the Escrowed Shares and/or the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and to make and take away copies of such records.
(k)     Each Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any material change in any fact or circumstance warranted or represented by such Grantor in this Agreement or in any other writing furnished by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent in connection with the Escrowed Shares or this Agreement.
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(l)     Each Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any claim, action or proceeding affecting title to the Escrowed Shares, or any part thereof, the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, or the Security Interest, and at the request of the Administrative Agent, appear in and defend, at the Grantors’ expense, any such action or proceeding.
(m)     The Grantors (jointly and severally) shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and/or the Secured Parties, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement and the enforcement of the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties hereunder, in accordance with Section 10.05 of the Credit Agreement.
(n)    At no time shall any Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests (i) be held or maintained in the form of a security entitlement or credited to any securities account and (ii) which constitute a “security” (or as to which the related Escrow Subsidiary has elected to have treated as a “security”) under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of North Carolina or of any other jurisdiction whose laws may govern (the “UCC”) be maintained in the form of uncertificated securities.  
(o)    Each Grantor and each issuer of any Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests shall mark each register or other ownership or transfer record relating to any of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests with a notation indicating that (a) such securities, if Escrowed Shares, are subject to this Agreement and the Escrow hereunder, (b) any Disposition of any Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests is subject to this Agreement, and (c) any Disposition Proceeds Collateral are subject to the Security Interest and Escrow hereunder.
4.2     Conversions; etc.  Should the Escrowed Shares, or any part thereof, ever be in any manner converted by any of the Escrow Subsidiaries into another property of the same or another type or any money or other proceeds ever be paid or delivered to any Grantor as a result of such Grantor’s rights in the Escrowed Shares, then in any such event (except as otherwise provided herein), (i) (in the case of property other than Restricted Equity Interests) all such property, money and other proceeds shall be and/or become part of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and each Grantor covenants forthwith to pay or deliver to the Administrative Agent all of the same which is susceptible of delivery; and at the same time, if the Administrative Agent deems it necessary and so requests, such Grantors will properly endorse or assign the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (ii) (in the case of Restricted Equity Interests) such property shall be delivered in escrow to the Administrative Agent to be held as Escrowed Shares.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby agrees that the shares of capital stock of the surviving corporation in any merger or consolidation involving any of the Escrow Subsidiaries or any of the Escrowed Shares shall be deemed to constitute Disposition Proceeds Collateral (or, if applicable, Restricted Disposition Proceeds) if the surviving Escrow Subsidiary ceases to be either a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company.
4.3     Preservation of Escrowed Shares.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Secured Parties shall have any responsibility for or obligation or duty with respect to all or any part of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests or any Disposition Proceeds Collateral or any matter or proceeding arising out of or relating thereto, including, without limitation, beyond the use of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof while in its possession, any obligation or duty to collect any sums due in respect thereof or to protect or preserve any rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, it being understood and agreed that the Grantors shall be responsible 
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generally for the preservation of all rights in the Escrowed Shares, the other Restricted Equity Interests and the Disposition Proceeds Collateral.
4.4     Collection of the Loan.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party shall ever be liable for any failure to use due diligence in the collection of any and all amounts due and owing under the Notes, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, or any part thereof.
4.5      Rights of Parties Before the Occurrence of an Event of Default.
(a)     Exercising Rights and Receipt of Cash Proceeds Prior to an Event of Default.  Unless and until an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing:
(i)     With respect to all Disposition Proceeds Collateral, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Grantors shall be entitled to receive all cash dividends or interest paid in respect of or attributable to such Disposition Proceeds Collateral and any and all other Distributions.  As used herein “Distributions” shall mean the declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution on or with respect to such Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and any other payment made with respect to such Disposition Proceeds Collateral other than in respect of a Disposition thereof.  All such Distributions shall if received by any Person other than the Administrative Agent, be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be delivered to the Administrative Agent duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to be held subject to the Security Interest and the other provisions of this Agreement.
(ii)     With respect to all Disposition Proceeds Collateral, each Grantor shall have the right to vote and give consents with respect to all such Disposition Proceeds Collateral owned by it and to consent to, ratify, or waive notice of any and all meetings and take such other action as it deems appropriate to protect or further its interests in respect thereof; provided that such right shall in no case be exercised for any purpose contrary to, or in violation of, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, the Notes, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document.
(iii)     The requisite Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain the cash purchase price for any sale of Restricted Equity Interests that is a Permitted Disposition (the “Retained Cash”) and shall not be required to deliver the Retained Cash to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.1(f) or any other provision hereof.
(b)     Exercising Rights in Disposition Proceeds Collateral After the  Occurrence of an Event of Default.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, without the consent of any Grantor, may:
(i)     At any time vote or consent in respect of any Disposition Proceeds Collateral and authorize any such Disposition Proceeds Collateral to be voted and such consents to be given, ratify and waive notice of any and all meetings, and take such other action as shall seem desirable to the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, to protect or further the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of any such Disposition Proceeds Collateral as though it were the outright owner thereof, and, each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, its sole proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of 
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substitution to vote and act with respect to any and all such Disposition Proceeds Collateral standing in the name of such Grantor or with respect to which such Grantor is entitled to vote and act.  The proxy and power of attorney herein granted are coupled with interests, are irrevocable, and shall continue throughout the term of this Agreement;
(ii)     In respect of any Disposition Proceeds Collateral, join in and become a party to any plan of recapitalization, reorganization or readjustment (whether voluntary or involuntary) as shall seem desirable to the Administrative Agent in respect of any such Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and deposit any such Disposition Proceeds Collateral under any such plan; make any exchange, substitution, cancellation or surrender of such Disposition Proceeds Collateral required by any such plan and take such action with respect to any such Disposition Proceeds Collateral as may be required by any such plan or for the accomplishment thereof; and no such disposition, exchange, substitution, cancellation or surrender shall be deemed to constitute a release of such Disposition Proceeds Collateral from the Security Interest of this Agreement;
(iii)     Receive for application as provided in Section 8.09 of the Credit Agreement all payments of whatever kind made upon or with respect to any Disposition Proceeds Collateral; and
(iv)     Subject to the provisions of Section 4.5(c) hereof, transfer or endorse into its name, or into the name or names of its nominee or nominees, all or any of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral.
(c)     Right of Sale of Disposition Proceeds Collateral After the Occurrence of an Event of Default.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may sell, without recourse to judicial proceedings, by way of one or more contracts, with the right (except at private sale) to bid for and buy, free from any right of redemption, any Disposition Proceeds Collateral upon five (5) days’ notice (which notice is agreed to be reasonable notice for the purposes hereof) to the Grantors of the time and place of sale, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, at the Administrative Agent’s option and in the Administrative Agent’s complete discretion:
(i)     At public sale, including a sale at any broker’s board or exchange; or
(ii)     At private sale in any manner which will not require the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, or any part thereof, to be registered in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other law or regulation, at the best price reasonably obtainable by the Administrative Agent at any such private sale or other disposition in the manner mentioned above.
The Administrative Agent is also hereby authorized, but not obligated, to take such actions, give such notices, obtain such consents, and do such other things as the Administrative Agent may deem required or appropriate in the event of sale or disposition of such Disposition Proceeds Collateral.  Each Grantor understands that the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion approach a restricted number of potential purchasers and that a sale under such circumstances may yield a lower price for such Disposition Proceeds Collateral, or any portion thereof, than would otherwise be obtainable if the same were registered and sold in the open market.  Each Grantor agrees (A) that in the event the Administrative Agent shall so sell such Disposition Proceeds Collateral, or any portion thereof, at such private sale or sales, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any member firm of a national securities exchange as to the best price reasonably obtainable upon such a private sale 
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thereof (any expense borne by the Administrative Agent in obtaining such advice to be paid by the Grantors as an expense related to the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its rights hereunder), and (B) that such reliance shall be conclusive evidence that the Administrative Agent handled such matter in a commercially reasonable manner.  No Secured Party shall be under any obligation to take any steps to permit such Disposition Proceeds Collateral to be sold at a public sale or to delay a sale to permit the Escrow Subsidiaries to register such Disposition Proceeds Collateral for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933 or applicable state securities law.  In ease of any sale by the Administrative Agent of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the Disposition Proceeds Collateral sold may be retained by the Administrative Agent until the selling price is paid by the purchaser, but the Administrative Agent shall incur no liability in case of failure of the purchaser to take up and pay for the Disposition Proceeds Collateral so sold.  In case of any such failure, such Disposition Proceeds Collateral so sold may be again similarly sold.  In connection with the sale of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, the Administrative Agent is authorized, but not obligated, to limit prospective purchasers to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the Administrative Agent to render such sale exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws, and no sale so made in good faith by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to be “commercially reasonable” because so made.  In no event, however, shall the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party have any right to sell, foreclose upon, or compel the sale of, any Escrowed Shares.
(d)     Other Rights After an Event of Default.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at its election, may with respect to all Disposition Proceeds Collateral exercise any and all rights available to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of North Carolina or other applicable jurisdiction, as amended, in addition to any and all other rights afforded hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, the Notes, under the other Loan Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise.
(e)     Application of Proceeds.  Any and all Disposition Proceeds Collateral including cash proceeds and the proceeds from the disposition as hereinabove provided of Disposition Proceeds Collateral received by Lenders or any part thereof shall be applied as provided in Section 8.09 of the Credit Agreement.
4.6     Right to File as Financing Statement.  The Administrative Agent shall have the right at any time to execute and file this Agreement as a financing statement, but the failure of the Administrative Agent to do so shall not impair the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Security Interest.
4.7     Restricted Disposition Shares; No Control by Administrative Agent or Lenders.    
(a)    Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have, or be deemed to have, a security interest in any Restricted Disposition Proceeds or the Escrowed Shares, but the Administrative Agent shall have, and is hereby granted, a security interest in Disposition Proceeds Collateral (the “Subsequent Proceeds”) of Restricted Disposition Proceeds so long as such Subsequent Proceeds are not themselves Restricted Disposition Proceeds.  Any Restricted Disposition Proceeds delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held in escrow by the Administrative Agent and will be deemed to be Escrowed Shares for purposes of this Agreement.  
(b)    Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not, constitute, create or have the effect of constituting or creating, 
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directly or indirectly, the actual or practical ownership of any of the Escrow Subsidiaries by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party, or control, affirmative or negative, direct or indirect, by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party over the management or any other aspect of the day-to-day operation of the Escrow Subsidiaries, which ownership and control remains exclusively and at all times in each of the Escrow Subsidiaries.
4.8     Agreement to Supplement.  Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall be amended and supplemented from time to time to specifically include a description of all Escrowed Shares subject hereto subsequent to the date hereof, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to supplement Schedule I from time to time, without any action or joinder of the Grantors to reflect the addition of all such additional Escrowed Shares.  The Administrative Agent shall have a valid first priority security interest in all additional Disposition Proceeds which come into existence after the date hereof, whether or not reflected on a supplement to Schedule I.  The Grantor hereby agrees to execute, deliver and cause the filing of all stock powers, financing statements and other documents and to take such further action as deemed necessary in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion with respect to each such additional Escrowed Shares and Disposition Proceeds to ensure each Grantor’s compliance hereunder with respect thereto.
4.9     Reinstatement.  The granting of a security interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral and the other provisions hereof shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Secured Party or is repaid by any Secured Party in whole or in part in good faith settlement of a pending or threatened avoidance claim, whether upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Grantor or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment  had not been made.  The provisions of this Section 4.9 shall survive repayment of all of the Secured Obligations and the termination or expiration of this Agreement in any manner, including but not limited to termination upon occurrence of the Facility Termination Date.
4.10     Certain Waivers by the Grantors.  Each Grantor waives to the extent permitted by applicable law (a) any right to require any Secured Party or any other obligee of the Secured Obligations to (x) proceed against any Person or entity, including without limitation any Loan Party, (y) proceed against or exhaust the Disposition Proceeds Collateral or other collateral for the Secured Obligations, or (z) pursue any other remedy in its power; (b) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any other Person, or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any other Person or entity, (c) any right of subrogation, and (d) any right to enforce any remedy which any Secured Party or any other obligee of the Secured Obligations now has or may hereafter have against any other Person and any benefit of and any right to participate in any collateral or security whatsoever now or hereafter held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.  Each Grantor authorizes each Secured Party and each other obligee of the Secured Obligations without notice (except notice required by applicable law) or demand and without affecting its liability hereunder or under the Loan Documents from time to time to: (i) take and hold security, other than the Disposition Proceeds Collateral herein described, for the payment of such Secured Obligations or any part thereof, and exchange, enforce, waive and release the Disposition Proceeds Collateral herein described or any part thereof or any such other security; and (ii) apply such Disposition Proceeds Collateral or other security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as such Secured Party or obligee in its discretion may determine.
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Grantor shall be a complete and full acquittance for the Disposition Proceeds Collateral so delivered, and the Administrative Agent shall thereafter be discharged from any liability or responsibility therefor.
4.11     Continued Powers.  Until the Facility Termination Date shall have occurred, the power of sale and other rights, powers and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder shall continue to exist and may be exercised by the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time irrespective of the fact that any of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof may have become barred by any statute of limitations or that any part of the liability of any Grantor may have ceased.
4.12     Other Rights.  The rights, powers and remedies given to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by this Agreement shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given to the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party under any other Loan Document or by virtue of any statute or rule of law.  Any forbearance or failure or delay by the Administrative Agent in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right, power or remedy, and any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not preclude the further exercise thereof; and every right, power and remedy of the Secured Parties shall continue in full force and effect until such right, power or remedy is specifically waived in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
4.13     Anti-Marshaling Provisions.  The right is hereby given by each Grantor to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to make releases (whether in whole or in part) of all or any part of the Disposition Proceeds Collateral agreeable to the Administrative Agent without notice to, or the consent, approval or agreement of other parties and interests, including junior lienors, which releases shall not impair in any manner the validity of or priority of the Liens and security interests in the remaining Disposition Proceeds conferred hereunder, nor release any Grantor from personal liability for the Secured Obligations.  Notwithstanding the existence of any other security interest in the Disposition Proceeds held by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to determine the order in which any or all of the Disposition Proceeds shall be subjected to the remedies provided in this Agreement.  Each Grantor hereby waives any and all right to require the marshaling of assets in connection with the exercise of any of the remedies permitted by applicable law or provided herein or in any Loan Document.
4.14     Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and each Joinder Agreement, together with the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents, constitutes and expresses the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings, inducements, commitments or conditions, express or implied, oral or written, except as herein contained.  The express terms hereof and of the Joinder Agreements control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof and thereof.  Neither this Agreement nor any Joinder Agreement nor any portion or provision hereof or thereof may be changed, altered, modified, supplemented, discharged, canceled, terminated, or amended orally or in any manner other than as provided in the Credit Agreement.
4.15     Reliance.  Each Grantor hereby consents and agrees that all Persons shall be entitled to accept the provisions hereof and of the Joinder Agreements as conclusive evidence of the right of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to exercise its rights, privileges, and remedies hereunder and thereunder with respect to the Disposition Proceeds, notwithstanding any other notice or direction to the contrary heretofore or hereafter given by any Grantor or any other Person to any Persons.
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4.16     Binding Agreement; Assignment.  This Agreement and each Joinder Agreement, and the terms, covenants and conditions hereof and thereof, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and to their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall be permitted to assign this Agreement, any Joinder Agreement or any interest herein or therein or in the Disposition Proceeds, or any part thereof or interest therein, or otherwise pledge, encumber or grant any option with respect to the Disposition Proceeds, or any part thereof, or any cash or property held by the Administrative Agent as the Disposition Proceeds under this Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence of this Section 4.16, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons, or grant to one or more Persons participations in or to, all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement); and to the extent of any such assignment or participation such other Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Article IX thereof (concerning the Administrative Agent) and Section 10.06 thereof (concerning assignments and participations).  All references herein to the Administrative Agent and to the Secured Parties shall include any successor thereof or permitted assignee, and any other obligees from time to time of the Secured Obligations.
4.17     Related Swap Contracts.  All obligations of any Grantor under or in respect of Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements other than Excluded Swap Obligations shall be deemed to be Secured Obligations secured hereby, and each Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank party to any such Related Swap Contract or Secured Cash Management Arrangement shall be deemed to be a Secured Party hereunder with respect to such Secured Obligations; provided, however, that such obligations under or in respect of any Related Swap Contract shall cease to be Secured Obligations at such time, prior to the Facility Termination Date, as the applicable Hedge Bank (or Affiliate of such Person) shall cease to be a “Hedge Bank” under the Credit Agreement.
No Person who obtains the benefit of any Lien by virtue of the provisions of this Section shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Disposition Proceeds (including the release or impairment of any Disposition Proceeds) other than in its capacity as a Lender and only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall only be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, the Secured Obligations arising under Related Swap Contracts or Secured Cash Management Arrangements to the extent the Administrative Agent has received written notice of  such Obligations, together with such supportive documentation as it may request from the applicable Lender or Affiliate of a Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that any other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Related Swap Contracts in the case of a Facility Termination Date.  Each Secured Party not a party to the Credit Agreement who obtains the benefit of this Agreement by virtue of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, and that with respect to the actions and omissions of the Administrative Agent hereunder or otherwise relating hereto that do or may affect such Secured Party, the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Parties shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits and immunities conferred under Article IX of the Credit Agreement.
4.18     Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and separable from each other.  If any provision hereof shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, but this 
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Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
4.19     Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart executed by the Grantor against whom enforcement is sought.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.19, the provisions of Section 10.10 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Agreement.
4.20     Termination.  Subject to the provisions of Section 4.9, this Agreement and each Joinder Agreement, and all obligations of the Grantors hereunder (excluding those obligations and liabilities that expressly survive such termination) shall terminate without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party on the Facility Termination Date.  Upon such termination of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall, at the sole expense of the Grantors, promptly deliver to the Grantors the Escrowed Shares, all other certificated Restricted Equity Interests and the Disposition Proceeds Collateral and take such actions at the request of the Grantors as may be necessary to effect the same.
4.21     Notices.  Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given (a) with respect to any Grantor hereunder, at the address of the Company indicated in Schedule 10.02 of the Credit Agreement, (b) with respect to the Administrative Agent or a Secured Party, at the Administrative Agent’s address indicated in Schedule 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.  All such addresses may be modified, and all such notices shall be given and shall be effective, as provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement for the giving and effectiveness of notices and modifications of addresses thereunder.
4.22     Joinder.  Each Person who shall at any time execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement who is identified therein as a “Grantor” (as such term is defined in this Agreement) under this Agreement shall thereupon irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally become a party hereto and obligated hereunder to the extent required pursuant to such Joinder Agreement as a Grantor and shall have thereupon pursuant to Section 1 hereof granted a security interest in and collaterally assigned and pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties all Disposition Proceeds which it has at its applicable date of execution of its respective Joinder Agreement or thereafter acquires any interest or the power to transfer, and all references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the Grantors or to the parties to this Agreement shall be deemed to include such Person as a Grantor hereunder.  Each such Joinder Agreement shall be accompanied by the Supplemental Schedules referred to therein, appropriately completed with information relating to the Grantor executing such Joinder Agreement and its property. Each of the applicable Schedules attached hereto shall be deemed amended and supplemented without further action by such information reflected on the Supplemental Schedules to each such Joinder Agreement.
4.23     Rules of Interpretation.  The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.03 and 1.06 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Agreement and each Joinder Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference.  All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the delivery of documents and any Credit Extensions referred to herein or secured hereby.
4.24     Governing Law; Waivers.
(a)     THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE 
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OF NORTH CAROLINA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.
(b)     EACH GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY JOINDER AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND, BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR A JOINDER AGREEMENT, EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE NOW OR HEREAFTER TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OR TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
(c)     EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY PERSONAL SERVICE OF A COPY OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (POSTAGE PREPAID) TO THE ADDRESS OF SUCH GRANTOR PROVIDED IN SECTION 4.21 OR BY ANY OTHER METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAWS IN EFFECT IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
(d)     NOTHING CONTAINED IN SUBSECTIONS (b) OR (c) HEREOF SHALL PRECLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FROM BRINGING ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY JOINDER AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE COURTS OF ANY PLACE WHERE ANY GRANTOR OR ANY OF SUCH GRANTOR’S PROPERTY OR ASSETS MAY BE FOUND OR LOCATED.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION, EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES, IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, OBJECTION TO THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER IT AND ITS PROPERTY BY ANY SUCH OTHER COURT OR COURTS WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER, BY REASON OF ITS PRESENT OR FUTURE DOMICILE, OR OTHERWISE, MAY BE AVAILABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
(e)     IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY JOINDER AGREEMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY AND HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PERSON MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING.
(f)     EACH GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY HAVE THAT ANY COURT TO WHOSE JURISDICTION IT HAS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
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4.25    Amendment and Restatement.  The parties hereto agree that the Existing Escrow and Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated in this Escrow and Security Agreement, and this Escrow and Security Agreement shall constitute neither a release nor novation of any lien or security interest arising under the Existing Escrow and Security Agreement nor a refinancing of any indebtedness or obligations arising thereunder or under the Existing Credit Agreements or related documents, but rather the liens and security interests in effect under the Existing Escrow and Security Agreement shall continue in effect on the terms hereof.

 [Signature page follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement on the day and year first written above.
GRANTORS:
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
By:      /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Title:    Executive Vice President

FAA HOLDING LLC
FIRSTAMERICA AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
L DEALERSHIP GROUP, LLC
SAI AL HC1, INC.
SAI AL HC2, INC.
SAI FL HC2, INC.
SAI FL HC9    , INC.
SAI GA HC1, LLC
SAI HC VA1, INC.
SAI TN HC1, LLC
SAI TN HC3, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NEVADA, INC.
By:      /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ESCROW AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
 (Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:       /s/ Denise Jones        
Name:    Denise Jones
Title:    Vice President

    
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ESCROW AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
 (Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

SCHEDULE I

Escrowed Shares 
																		
	

No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	1.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	FAA Beverly Hills, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2069519
	Common Stock	10,000
	2

	2.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	FAA Concord H, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2004304
	Common Stock	10,000
	2

	3.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	FAA Concord T, Inc.
California
Corporation
C0613543
	Common Stock	1,000
	5

	4.	FAA Holding LLC	FAA Las Vegas H, Inc.
Nevada
Corporation
C13186-1999
	Common Stock	10,000
	2

	5.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	FAA Poway H, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2006230
	Common Stock	10,000
	2

	6.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	FAA Serramonte H, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2069465
	Common Stock	10,000
	2

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No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	7.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	FAA Serramonte L, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2004222
	Common Stock	10,000
	2

	8.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC
Delaware
Limited Liability Company
2761294
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	9.	L Dealership Group, LLC	Franciscan Motors, Inc.
California
Corporation
C1532758
	Common Stock	700,000	10

	10.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Marcus David Corporation
North Carolina
Corporation
0272880
	Common Stock	579,000
	8

	11.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Ontario L, LLC
California
Limited Liability Company
200330110050
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	12.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.	Philpott Motors, LLC
Texas
Limited Liability Company
0803707706
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	13.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI AL HC2, Inc.
Alabama
Corporation
D/C 199-217
	Common Stock	100
	1

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No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	14.	SAI GA HC1, LLC.	SAI Atlanta B, LLC
Georgia
Limited Liability Company
08083814
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	15.	SAI TN HC1, LLC	SAI Chattanooga N, LLC
Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
000767923
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	16.	SAI FL HC2, Inc.	SAI Clearwater T, LLC
Florida
Limited Liability Company
L08000116713
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	17.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI Denver B, Inc.
Colorado
Corporation
20131294528
	Common Stock	100
	1

	18.	SAI HC VA1, Inc.	SAI Fairfax B, LLC
Virginia
Limited Liability Company
S4346344
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	19.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI FL HC2, Inc.
Florida
Corporation
P98000016038
	Common Stock	100
	2

	20.	SAI FL HC2, Inc.	SAI Fort Myers B, LLC
Florida
Limited Liability Company
L08000116712
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

Schedule I – Page 3

																		
	

No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	21.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.	SAI GA HC1, LLC
Georgia
Limited Liability Company
4705444
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	22.	SAI AL HC2, Inc.	SAI Irondale Imports, LLC
Alabama
Limited Liability Company
428-744
	Common Stock	100.00%
	N/A

	23.	SAI AL HC2, Inc.	SAI Irondale L, LLC
Alabama
Limited Liability Company
662-073
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	24.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI Long Beach B, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2998588
	Common Stock	100
	1

	25.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI Monrovia B, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2979304
	Common Stock	100
	1

	26.	SAI AL HC1, Inc.	SAI Montgomery B, LLC
Alabama
Limited Liability Company
428-746
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	27.	SAI TN HC3, LLC	SAI Nashville H, LLC
Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
0336180
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

Schedule I – Page 4

																		
	

No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	28.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI Philpott T, LLC
Texas
Limited Liability Company
802278062
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	29.	SAI GA HC1,LLC	SAI Stone Mountain T, LLC
Georgia
Limited Liability Company
4746287
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	30.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	SAI VA HC1, Inc.
Virginia
Corporation
07019870
	Common Stock	100
	1

	31.	Sonic Momentum B, LLC	SAI West Houston B, LLC
Texas
Limited Liability Company
802152114
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	32.	L Dealership Group, LLC	Santa Clara Imported Cars, Inc.
California
Corporation
C0587296
	Common Stock	1,082
	10

	33.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.

Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.
	Sonic – 2185 Chapman Rd., Chattanooga, LLC
Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
0366281
	LLC Interest
(Class A Units)

LLC Interest
(Class B Units)
	1

99
	N/A

	34.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Sonic – Denver T, Inc.
Colorado
Corporation
20021350687
	Common Stock	100
	1

Schedule I – Page 5

																		
	

No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	35.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Sonic – Harbor City H, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2356454
	Common Stock	100
	1

	36.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.	Sonic - Lute Riley, LLC
Texas
Limited Liability Company
0803707761
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	37.	SAI FL HC9, Inc.	Sonic - Shottenkirk,LLC
Florida
Limited Liability Company
L21000105927
	LLC Interest	100.00$
	N/A

	38.	L Dealership Group, LLC	Sonic - Stevens Creek B, Inc.
California
Corporation
C0723787
	Common Stock	300,000
	10

	39.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Sonic Automotive - 9103 E. Independence, NC, LLC
North Carolina
Limited Liability Company
0470751
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	40.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Sonic Automotive 2752 Laurens Rd., Greenville, Inc.
South Carolina
Corporation
	Common Stock	100
	1

	41.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.

Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.
	Sonic Automotive of Chattanooga, LLC
Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
0336188
	LLC Interest
(Class A Units)

LLC Interest
(Class B Units)
	1

99
	N/A

Schedule I – Page 6

																		
	

No.
	Grantor	Escrow Subsidiaries	Type Of Shares	No. Of Shares	Cert. No.(S)

	42.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.	Sonic Automotive of Nashville, LLC
Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
0336186
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	43.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.
Nevada
Corporation
C18014-1997
	Common Stock	1,000
	1

	44.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.	Sonic Momentum B, LLC
Texas
Limited Liability Company
0803710696
	LLC Interest	100.00%
	N/A

	45.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Sonic–Buena Park H, Inc.
California
Corporation
C2356456
	Common Stock	100
	1

Schedule I – Page 7Document

Exhibit 10.7

EXECUTION VERSION

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED 
SECURITY AGREEMENT
    THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 14, 2021 by and among SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and a “Grantor”), EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AS A “SUBSIDIARY GRANTOR” AND EACH OTHER PERSON WHO SHALL BECOME A PARTY HERETO BY EXECUTION OF A JOINDER AGREEMENT WHICH IDENTIFIES SUCH PERSON AS A “SUBSIDIARY GRANTOR” (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and a “Subsidiary Grantor”, and collectively with the Company, the “Grantors” and each a “Grantor”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for each of the lenders (the “Lenders”) now or hereafter party to the Credit Agreement defined below (collectively with the Administrative Agent, and certain other Persons parties to Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements as more particularly described in Section 21 hereof, the “Secured Parties”).  All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein or pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. 

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company, the lenders party thereto (the “Existing Revolving Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to (but excluding) the date hereof, the “Existing Revolving Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which certain of the Existing Revolving Lenders agreed to make a revolving credit facility available to the Company in accordance with the terms thereof; 

WHEREAS, the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as New Vehicle Borrowers (the “Existing New Vehicle Borrowers”), the Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as Used Vehicle Borrowers party thereto (the “Existing Used Vehicle Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto (the “Existing Floorplan Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., as floorplan administrative agent entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Syndicated New and Used Vehicle Floorplan Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to (but excluding) the date hereof, the “Existing Floorplan Credit Agreement” and, together with the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreements”), pursuant to which the Existing Floorplan Lenders agreed to make a revolving new vehicle floorplan facility and a revolving used vehicle floorplan facility available to the Existing New Vehicle Borrowers and the Existing Used Vehicle Borrowers in accordance with the terms thereof;

WHEREAS, the Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company (the “Existing Grantors”) entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of November 30, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to (but excluding) the date hereof, the “Existing Security Agreement”), pursuant to which the Existing Grantors have secured their obligations arising under the Existing Credit Agreements; and 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Lenders amend, restate and consolidate the Existing Credit Agreements in order to (i) continue to provide a revolving credit facility and floorplan credit facility, (ii) extend the maturity thereof and (iii) make certain other amendments to the Existing Credit Agreements on the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Fifth Amended, Restated and Consolidated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or 

otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to enter into the Credit Agreement, subject to, among other things, a condition that the parties amend and restate the Existing Security Agreement as provided herein; and

WHEREAS, as collateral security for payment and performance of the Obligations, the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor is willing to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in certain of its personal property and assets pursuant to the terms of this Security Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Company and each Subsidiary Grantor will materially benefit from the Loans to be made, and the Letters of Credit to be issued, under the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, each Subsidiary Guarantor is a party (as signatory or by joinder) to the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to which such Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees the Obligations of the other Loan Parties; and 

WHEREAS, the Secured Parties are unwilling to enter into the Loan Documents unless the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors enter into this Security Agreement; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce (i) the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Secured Parties to make available to the Company or maintain the credit facilities provided for in the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated in this Security Agreement as follows:
1.    Certain Definitions.  Terms used in this Security Agreement, not otherwise expressly defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, and for which meanings are provided in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of North Carolina (the “UCC”), shall have such meanings.  In addition, for purposes of this Security Agreement, the following terms have the following definitions:  

“Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b).
 
“Lenders” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
 
“Qualifying Control Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.

“Secured Obligations” means:

(a)     as to the Company, (i) all of its Obligations arising under the Credit Agreement, (ii) its Guarantor’s Obligations (as defined in the Company Guaranty Agreement), and (iii) the payment and performance of its other obligations and liabilities (whether now existing or hereafter arising) under any of the other Loan Documents (including this Security Agreement) to which it is now or hereafter becomes a party and any Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements to which any Loan Party is now or hereafter becomes a party;
 
(b)     as to each Grantor (other than the Company), (i) all of its Obligations arising under the Credit Agreement, (ii) its Guarantor’s Obligations (as defined in the Subsidiary Guaranty), and (iii) the payment and performance of its other obligations and liabilities (whether now existing or hereafter 
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arising) under any of the other Loan Documents (including this Security Agreement) to which it is now or hereafter becomes a party and any Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements to which any Loan Party is now or hereafter becomes a party; and 

provided, that the Secured Obligations of a Grantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Grantor.
  
“Secured Parties” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.  

“Subsidiary Grantors” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.  

“Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto. 
 
“SRE” means any Subsidiary Grantor whose sole business activity is the ownership and leasing of real property and businesses substantially related or incidental thereto (each an “SRE”).

    2.    Grant of Security Interest.  

(a)     As collateral security for the payment, performance and satisfaction of such Grantor’s respective Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing first priority security interest in and to, and collaterally assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of the personal property and trade fixtures of such Grantor or in which such Grantor has or may have or acquire an interest or the power to transfer rights therein, whether now owned or existing or hereafter created, acquired or arising and wheresoever located, including the Collateral (as defined below)

(b)    All of the property and interests in property described in subsections (i) through (xv) below are herein referred to as the “Collateral”:  

(i)All accounts, and including accounts receivable, contracts, bills, acceptances, choses in action, and other forms of monetary obligations at any time owing to such Grantor arising out of property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or for services rendered or to be rendered by such Grantor, and all of such Grantor’s rights to payment of money from any Secured Party under any Swap Contract to the extent permitted under any such Swap Contract and all of such Grantor’s rights with respect to any property represented thereby, whether or not delivered, property returned by customers and all rights as an unpaid vendor or lienor, including rights of stoppage in transit and of recovering possession by proceedings including replevin and reclamation (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Accounts”);

(ii)All new and used vehicle inventory (including all inventory consisting of new or used automobiles or trucks with a gross vehicle weight of less than 16,000 pounds) in which such Grantor now or at any time hereafter may have an interest, whether or not the same is in transit or in the constructive, actual or exclusive occupancy or possession of such Grantor or is held by such Grantor or by others for such Grantor’s account (all of the foregoing, collectively referred to hereinafter as “Vehicle Inventory”);

(iii)All other inventory, including all goods manufactured or acquired for sale or lease, and any piece goods, raw materials, work in process and finished merchandise, component materials, and all supplies, goods, incidentals, office supplies, packaging materials and any and all items used or consumed in the operation of the business of such Grantor or which may contribute to the finished 
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product or to the sale, promotion and shipment thereof, in which such Grantor now or at any time hereafter may have an interest, whether or not the same is in transit or in the constructive, actual or exclusive occupancy or possession of such Grantor or is held by such Grantor or by others for such Grantor’s account, (together with the Vehicle Inventory, collectively referred to hereinafter as “Inventory”);

(iv)All goods, including all machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, parts, supplies, apparatus, appliances, tools, patterns, molds, dies, blueprints, fittings, furniture, furnishings, trade fixtures and articles of tangible personal property of every description, and all computer programs embedded in any of the foregoing and all supporting information relating to such computer programs (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Equipment”);

(v)Any right of such Grantor in (i) contracts in transit relating to any Vehicle Inventory (including any Vehicle Inventory that has been sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by such Grantor), (ii) any written or oral agreement of any finance company or other Person to provide financing for, or to pay all or any portion of the purchase price of any Vehicle Inventory (including any Vehicle Inventory that has been sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by such Grantor) or (iii) any amount to be received under such contracts or agreements (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Contracts In Transit”); 

(vi)All other general intangibles, including all rights now or hereafter accruing to such Grantor under contracts, leases, agreements or other instruments, including all contracts or contract rights to perform or receive services, to purchase or sell goods (including the Vehicle Inventory) or to hold or use land or facilities, and to enforce all rights thereunder, all causes of action, corporate or business records, inventions, patents and patent rights, rights in mask works, designs, trade names and trademarks and all goodwill associated therewith, trade secrets, trade processes, copyrights, licenses, permits, franchises, customer lists, computer programs and software, all internet domain names and registration rights thereto, all internet websites and the content thereof, all payment intangibles, all claims under guaranties, tax refund claims, all rights and claims against carriers and shippers, leases, all claims under insurance policies, all interests in general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and other Persons not constituting Investment Property (as defined below), all rights to indemnification and all other intangible personal property and intellectual property of every kind and nature, (together with the Contracts-In-Transit, collectively referred to hereinafter as “General Intangibles”);

(vii)All deposit accounts, including demand, time, savings, passbook, or other similar accounts maintained with any bank by or for the benefit of such Grantor (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Deposit Accounts”); 

(viii)All chattel paper, including tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, or any hybrid thereof (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Chattel Paper”); 

(ix)All investment property, including all securities, security entitlements, securities accounts, commodity contracts and commodity accounts of or maintained for the benefit of such Grantor, but excluding (A) Pledged Interests subject to any Pledge Agreement, and (B) the other property excluded by the last sentence of this Section 2 (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Investment Property”);

(x)All instruments, including all promissory notes (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Instruments”);
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(xi)All documents, including manufacturer statements of origin, certificates or origin, and certificates of title or ownership relating to any Vehicle Inventory, warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Documents”);

(xii)All rights to payment or performance under letters of credit including rights to proceeds of letters of credit (“Letter-of-Credit Rights”), and all guaranties, endorsements, Liens, other Guarantee obligations or supporting obligations of any Person securing or supporting the payment, performance, value or liquidation of any of the foregoing (collectively, with Letter-of-Credit Rights, referred to hereinafter as “Supporting Obligations”); 

(xiii)The commercial tort claims identified on Schedule 9(i) hereto, as such Schedule may be supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Commercial Tort Claims”);

(xiv)All books and records relating to any of the forgoing (including customer data, credit files, ledgers, computer programs, printouts, and other computer materials and records (and all media on which such data, files, programs, materials and records are or may be stored)); and

(xv)All proceeds, products and replacements of, accessions to, and substitutions for, any of the foregoing, including without limitation, proceeds of insurance policies insuring any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the grant of a security interest and collateral assignment under this Section 2 shall not extend to (A) any Franchise Agreement, Framework Agreement or similar manufacturer agreement to the extent that any such Franchise Agreement, Framework Agreement or similar manufacturer agreement is not assignable or capable of being encumbered as a matter of law or by the terms applicable thereto (unless any such restriction on assignment or encumbrance is ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law), without the consent of the applicable party thereto, (B) the “Restricted Equity Interests” as such term is defined in that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Escrow and Security Agreement dated as of even date among the Administrative Agent, the Company and the other Grantors from time to time party thereto to the extent that applicable law or terms of the applicable Franchise Agreement, Framework Agreement or similar manufacturer agreement would prohibit the pledge or encumbrance thereof (except, in the case of the Collateral, to the extent that any such restriction on assignment or encumbrance would be ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law), without the consent of the applicable party thereto, or (C) the interests of any SRE in any Permitted Real Estate Indebtedness Collateral.
 
    3.     Perfection.  As of the date of execution of this Security Agreement or a Joinder Agreement by each Grantor, as applicable (with respect to each Grantor, its “Applicable Date”), or prior thereto, such Grantor shall have:

    (a)    furnished the Administrative Agent with duly authorized financing statements in form, number and substance suitable for filing, sufficient under applicable law, and satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order that upon the filing of the same the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have a duly perfected security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by the filing of financing statements;

    (b)    to the extent the Administrative Agent may request, made commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Administrative Agent with properly executed Qualifying 
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Control Agreements, issuer acknowledgments of the Administrative Agent’s interest in Letter-of-Credit Rights, and, to the extent expressly required by the Credit Agreement, evidence of the placement of a restrictive legend on tangible chattel paper (and the tangible components of electronic Chattel Paper), and, to the extent expressly required by the Credit Agreement, taken appropriate action acceptable to the Administrative Agent sufficient to establish the Administrative Agent’s control of electronic Chattel Paper (and the electronic components of hybrid Chattel Paper), as appropriate, with respect to Collateral in which either (i) a security interest can be perfected only by control or such restrictive legending, or (ii) a security interest perfected by control or accompanied by such restrictive legending shall have priority as against a lien creditor, a purchaser of such Collateral from the applicable Grantor, or a security interest perfected by Persons not having control or not accompanied by such restrictive legending, in each case in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and sufficient under applicable law so that the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have a security interest in all such Collateral perfected by control; and

(c)    to the extent the Administrative Agent may request, made commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent or, if the Administrative Agent shall specifically consent in each instance, an agent or bailee of the Administrative Agent who has acknowledged such status in a properly executed Qualifying Control Agreement possession of all Collateral with respect to which either a security interest can be perfected only by possession or a security interest perfected by possession shall have priority as against Persons not having possession, and including in the case of Instruments, Documents, and Investment Property in the form of certificated securities, duly executed endorsements or stock powers in blank, as the case may be, affixed thereto in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and sufficient under applicable law so that the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have a security interest in all such Collateral perfected by possession; 

with the effect that the Liens conferred in favor of the Administrative Agent shall be and remain duly perfected and of first priority, subject only, to the extent applicable, to Liens allowed to exist under Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement (“Permitted Liens”) and allowed to have priority under Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement. All financing statements (including all amendments thereto and continuations thereof), control agreements, certificates, acknowledgments, stock powers and other documents, electronic identification, restrictive legends, and instruments furnished in connection with the creation, enforcement, protection, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in Collateral, including such items as are described above in this Section 3, are sometimes referred to herein as “Perfection Documents”.  The delivery of possession of items of or evidencing Collateral, causing other Persons to execute and deliver Perfection Documents as appropriate, the filing or recordation of Perfection Documents, the establishment of control over items of Collateral, and the taking of such other actions as may be necessary or advisable in the determination of the Administrative Agent to create, enforce, protect, perfect, or establish or maintain the priority of, the security interest of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral is sometimes referred to herein as “Perfection Action”.

    4.    Maintenance of Security Interest; Further Assurances. 

(a)    Each Grantor will from time to time at its own expense, deliver specific assignments of Collateral or such other Perfection Documents, and take such other or additional Perfection Action, as may be required by the terms of the Loan Documents or as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Security Agreement or related to the Collateral or any part thereof in order to carry out the terms of this Security Agreement, to perfect, protect, maintain the priority of or enforce the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens, or otherwise to better assure and confirm unto 
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the Administrative Agent its rights, powers and remedies for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to file (with, or to the extent permitted by applicable law, without the signature of the Grantor appearing thereon) financing statements (including amendments thereto and initial financing statements in lieu of continuation statements) or other Perfection Documents (including copies thereof) showing such Grantor as “debtor” at such time or times and in all filing offices as the Administrative Agent may from time to time determine to be necessary or advisable to perfect or protect the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder, or otherwise to give effect to the transactions herein contemplated, any of which Perfection Documents may describe the Collateral as or including all assets of the Grantor.  Each Grantor hereby irrevocably ratifies and acknowledges the Administrative Agent’s authority to have effected filings of Perfection Documents made by the Administrative Agent prior to its Applicable Date.

(b)    With respect to any and all Collateral, each Grantor agrees to do and cause to be done all things necessary to perfect, maintain the priority of and keep in full force the security interest granted in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, including, but not limited to, the prompt payment upon demand therefor by the Administrative Agent of all fees and expenses (including documentary stamp, excise or intangibles taxes) incurred in connection with the preparation, delivery, or filing of any Perfection Document or the taking of any Perfection Action to perfect, protect or enforce a security interest in Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject only to Permitted Liens.  All amounts not so paid when due shall constitute additional Secured Obligations and (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

(c)    Each Grantor agrees to maintain among its books and records appropriate notations or evidence of, and to make or cause to be made appropriate disclosure upon its financial statements of, the security interest granted hereunder to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 

(d)    Each Grantor agrees that, in the event any proceeds (other than goods) of Collateral shall be or become commingled with other property not constituting Collateral, then such proceeds may, to the extent permitted by law, be identified by application of the lowest intermediate balance rule to such commingled property.

    5.    Receipt of Payment.  In the event an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and a Grantor (or any of its Affiliates, subsidiaries, stockholders, directors, officers, employees or agents) shall receive any proceeds of Collateral, including without limitation monies, checks, notes, drafts or any other items of payment, each Grantor shall hold all such items of payment in trust for the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and as the property of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, separate from the funds and other property of such Grantor, and no later than the first Business Day following the receipt thereof, at the election of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall cause such Collateral to be forwarded to the Administrative Agent for its custody, possession and disposition on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents.

    6.    Preservation and Protection of Collateral.

(a)    The Administrative Agent shall be under no duty or liability with respect to the collection, protection or preservation of the Collateral, or otherwise.  Each Grantor shall be responsible for the safekeeping of its Collateral, and in no event shall the Administrative Agent have any responsibility for (i) any loss or damage thereto or destruction thereof occurring or arising in any manner 
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or fashion from any cause, (ii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iii) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee or forwarding agency thereof or other Person in any way dealing with or handling such Collateral. 

(b)    Each Grantor shall keep and maintain its tangible personal property Collateral in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted.  No Grantor shall permit any such items having an aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000 to become a fixture to real property (unless such Grantor has granted the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a Lien on such real property having a priority acceptable to the Administrative Agent or the Grantor has excluded such fixtures from the Revolving Borrowing Base) or accessions to other personal property.

(c)    Each Grantor agrees (i) to pay prior to delinquency all taxes, charges and assessments against the Collateral in which it has any interest, unless being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and against which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the application of GAAP in the Audited Financial Statements and evidenced to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and provided that all enforcement proceedings in the nature of levy or foreclosure are effectively stayed, and (ii) to cause to be terminated and released all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the Collateral.  Upon the failure of any Grantor to so pay or contest such taxes, charges, or assessments, or cause such Liens to be terminated, the Administrative Agent at its option may pay or contest any of them or amounts relating thereto (the Administrative Agent having the sole right to determine the legality or validity and the amount necessary to discharge such taxes, charges, Liens or assessments) but shall not have any obligation to make any such payment or contest.  All sums so disbursed by the Administrative Agent, including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel (“Attorney Costs”), court costs, expenses and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by the applicable Grantor to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and any amounts not so paid on demand (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

    7.    Status of Grantors and Collateral Generally.  Each Grantor represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, with respect to itself and the Collateral as to which it has or acquires any interest, that:

(a)    It is at its Applicable Date (or as to Collateral acquired after its Applicable Date will be upon the acquisition of the same) and, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement and subsection (b) of this Section 7, will continue to be, the owner of the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens, other than the security interest hereunder in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and Permitted Liens, and that it will at its own cost and expense defend such Collateral and any products and proceeds thereof against all claims and demands of all Persons (other than holders of Permitted Liens) to the extent of their claims permitted under the Credit Agreement at any time claiming the same or any interest therein adverse to the Secured Parties. Upon the failure of any Grantor to so defend, the Administrative Agent may do so at its option but shall not have any obligation to do so.  All sums so disbursed by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable Attorney Costs, court costs, expenses and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by the applicable Grantor to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and any amounts not so paid on demand (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate. 

(b)    It shall not (i) sell, assign, transfer, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of, or grant any option with respect to, the Collateral, except for Dispositions permitted under the Credit Agreement, (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral except for 
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the security interests created by this Security Agreement and Permitted Liens, or (iii) take any other action in connection with any of the Collateral that would materially impair the value of the interest or rights of such Grantor in the Collateral taken as a whole or that would materially impair the interest or rights of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

(c)    It has full power, legal right and lawful authority to enter into this Security Agreement (and any Joinder Agreement applicable to it) and to perform its terms, including the grant of the security interests in the Collateral herein provided for.

(d)    No authorization, consent, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person which has not been given or obtained, as the case may be, is required either (i) for the grant by such Grantor of the security interests granted hereby or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Security Agreement (or any Joinder Agreement) by such Grantor, or (ii) for the perfection of or the exercise by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, of its rights and remedies hereunder, except for action required by the Uniform Commercial Code to perfect and exercise remedies with respect to the security interest conferred hereunder.

(e)    No effective financing statement or other Perfection Document similar in effect, nor any other Perfection Action, covering all or any part of the Collateral purported to be granted or taken by or on behalf of such Grantor (or by or on behalf of any other Person and which remains effective as against all or any part of the Collateral) has been filed in any recording office, delivered to another Person for filing (whether upon the occurrence of a contingency or otherwise), or otherwise taken, as the case may be, except such as pertain to Permitted Liens and such as may have been filed for the benefit of, delivered to, or taken in favor of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in connection with the security interests conferred hereunder.

(f)    Schedule 7(f) attached hereto contains true and complete information as to each of the following: (i) the exact legal name of each Grantor as it appears in its Organization Documents as of its Applicable Date and at any time during the five (5) year period ending as of its Applicable Date (the “Covered Period”), (ii) the jurisdiction of formation and form of organization of each Grantor, and the identification number of such Grantor in its jurisdiction of formation (if any), (iii) each address of the chief executive office of each Grantor as of its Applicable Date and at any time during the Covered Period, (iv) all trade names or trade styles used by such Grantor as of its Applicable Date and at any time during the Covered Period, (v) the address of each location of such Grantor at which any tangible personal property Collateral (including Account Records and Account Documents) is located at its Applicable Date or has been located at any time during the Covered Period, (vi) with respect to each location described in clause (v) that is not owned beneficially and of record by such Grantor, the name and address of the owner thereof; and (vii) the name of each Person other than such Grantor and (upon request of the Administrative Agent) the address of such Person at which any tangible personal property Collateral of such Grantor is held under any warehouse, consignment, bailment or other arrangement as of its Applicable Date.  No Grantor shall change its name, change its jurisdiction of formation (whether by reincorporation, merger or otherwise), change the location of its chief executive office, or utilize any additional location where tangible personal property Collateral (including Account Records and Account Documents) may be located, except in each case upon giving not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and taking or causing to be taken at such Grantor’s expense all such Perfection Action, including the delivery of such Perfection Documents, as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to perfect or protect, or maintain the perfection and priority of, the Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in Collateral contemplated hereunder.

(g)    No Grantor shall engage in any consignment transaction in respect of any of the Collateral, whether as consignee or consignor.
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(h)    No Grantor shall cause, suffer or permit any of the tangible personal property Collateral (i) to be evidenced by any document of title (except for shipping documents as necessary or customary to effect the receipt of such Collateral or the delivery of such Collateral to such Grantor or to customers, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and motor vehicle certificates of title) or (ii) to be in the possession, custody or control of any warehouseman or other bailee (except pursuant to Section 6.13 of the Credit Agreement) unless (x) such location and Person are set forth on Schedule 7(f) or the Administrative Agent shall have received not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of each such transaction, (y) the Administrative Agent shall have received, upon its request, a duly executed Qualifying Control Agreement from such warehouseman or bailee, and (z) the Grantor shall have caused at its expense to be prepared and executed such additional Perfection Documents and to be taken such other Perfection Action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement.

(i)    No tangible personal property Collateral is or shall be located at any location that is leased by such Grantor from any other Person, unless (x) such location and lessor is set forth on Schedule 6.13 of the Credit Agreement (as such Schedule may be revised from time to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement), (y) at the request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor uses commercially reasonable efforts (and provides evidence of such efforts) to cause such lessor within 90 days of the Applicable Date to acknowledge the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties conferred hereunder and waives its statutory and consensual liens and rights with respect to such Collateral in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and delivered in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to any Collateral being located at any such location, and (z) the Grantor shall have caused at its expense to be prepared and executed such additional Perfection Documents and to be taken such other Perfection Action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement. 

    8.    Inspection.  The Administrative Agent (by any of its officers, employees and agents), on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right upon prior notice to an executive officer of any Grantor, and at any reasonable times during such Grantor’s usual business hours, to inspect the Collateral (including inspecting Vehicles and conducting random samples of the Net Book Value of the Used Vehicles), all records related thereto (and to make extracts or copies from such records), and the premises upon which any of the Collateral is located, to discuss such Grantor’s affairs and finances with any Person (other than Persons obligated on any Accounts (“Account Debtors”) except as expressly otherwise permitted in the Loan Documents) and to verify with any Person other than (except as expressly otherwise permitted in the Loan Documents) Account Debtors the amount, quality, quantity, value and condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral and, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to discuss such Grantor’s affairs and finances with such Grantor’s Account Debtors and to verify the amount, quality, value and condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral with such Account Debtors.  Upon or after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may at any time and from time to time employ and maintain on such Grantor’s premises a custodian selected by the Administrative Agent who shall have full authority to do all acts necessary to protect the Administrative Agent’s (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) interest.  All expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, by reason of the employment of such custodian shall be paid by such Grantor on demand from time to time and shall be added to the Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and any amounts not so paid on demand (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

    
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9.    Specific Collateral.

(a)    Accounts.  With respect to its Accounts whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

(i)    Such Grantor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts (“Account Records”) and from time to time, at the Administrative Agent’s request, the Company shall provide the Administrative Agent with a schedule of Accounts in excess of $1,000,000 in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent describing all Accounts created or acquired by all Grantors (“Schedule of Accounts”); provided, however, that the Company’s failure to execute and deliver any such Schedule of Accounts shall not affect or limit the Administrative Agent’s security interest or other rights in and to any Accounts for the benefit of the Secured Parties.  If requested by the Administrative Agent, each Grantor shall furnish the Administrative Agent with copies of proof of delivery and other documents relating to the Accounts so scheduled, including without limitation repayment histories and present status reports (collectively, “Account Documents”) and such other matter and information relating to the status of then existing Accounts as the Administrative Agent shall request.

(ii)     All Account Records and Account Documents are and shall at all times be located only at such Grantor’s current chief executive office as set forth on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto, such other locations as are specifically identified on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto as an “Account Documents location,” or as to which the Grantor has complied with Section 7(f) hereof.
    
(iii)    The Accounts are genuine, are in all respects what they purport to be, are not evidenced by an instrument or document or, if evidenced by an instrument or document, are only evidenced by one original instrument or document.

(iv)    The Accounts cover bona fide sales and deliveries of Inventory or sales, leases, licenses or other dispositions of property usually dealt in by such Grantor, or the rendition by such Grantor of services, to an Account Debtor in the ordinary course of business.

(v)    The amounts of the face value of any Account shown or reflected on any Schedule of Accounts, invoice statement, or certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent, are actually owing to the applicable Grantor and are not contingent for any reason; and there are no setoffs, discounts, allowances, claims, counterclaims or disputes of any kind or description in an amount greater than $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all the Grantors, or greater than $250,000 per Account, existing or asserted with respect thereto and such Grantor has not made any agreement with any Account Debtor thereunder for any deduction therefrom, except as may be stated in the Schedule of Accounts and reflected in the calculation of the face value of each respective invoice related thereto.

(vi)    Except for conditions generally applicable to such Grantor’s industry and markets, there are no facts, events, or occurrences known to such Grantor pertaining particularly to any Accounts which are reasonably expected to materially impair in any way the validity, collectibility or enforcement of Accounts that would reasonably be likely, in the aggregate, to be of material economic value, or in the aggregate materially reduce the amount payable thereunder from the amount of the invoice face value shown on any Schedule of Accounts, or on any certificate, contract, invoice or statement delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto.

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(vii)    The property or services giving rise thereto are not, and were not at the time of the sale or performance thereof, subject to any Lien, claim, encumbrance or security interest, except those of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties and Permitted Liens.

(viii)    In the event any amounts due and owing in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate, are in dispute between any Account Debtor and a Grantor (which shall include without limitation any dispute in which an offset claim or counterclaim may result), such Grantor shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice thereof as soon as practicable, explaining in detail the reason for the dispute, all claims related thereto and the amount in controversy.

    (b)    Inventory.  With respect to its Inventory whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that: 

    (i)    Such Grantor shall (A) keep accurate and complete records itemizing and describing (1) with respect to its Vehicle Inventory, each new and used vehicle, including the year, make, model, cost, price, location and Vehicle Identification Number, (2) with respect to all Inventory, the kind, type, location and quantity of such Inventory, its cost therefor and the selling price of Inventory held for sale, and the daily withdrawals therefrom and additions thereto, and (B) furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time, at the Administrative Agent’s request, a current schedule of Inventory (including Vehicle Inventory) based upon its most recent physical inventory and its daily inventory records.  Each Grantor shall conduct a physical inventory no less frequently than annually, and shall furnish to the Administrative Agent such other documents and reports thereof as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect to the Inventory. 

    (ii)     All Inventory (other than Vehicle Inventory) is and shall at all times be located only at such Grantor’s locations as set forth on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto, or at such other locations as to which such Grantor has complied with Section 7(f) hereof.  No Grantor shall, other than in the ordinary course of business in connection with its sale, lease, license or other permitted Disposition, remove any Inventory from such locations.

(iii)    All Vehicle Inventory is and shall (except as set forth in Section 6.13 of the Credit Agreement) at all times be located only at such Grantor’s locations as set forth on Schedule 6.13 of the Credit Agreement (as such Schedule may be revised from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement).  No Grantor shall, other than in the ordinary course of business in connection with its sale, lease, license or other permitted Disposition, or as set forth in Section 6.13 of the Credit Agreement, remove any Vehicle Inventory from such locations.

    (iv)    If any Account Debtor returns any Inventory to a Grantor after shipment thereof, and such return generates a credit in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate on any Accounts of such Account Debtor, such Grantor shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the same as soon as practicable.  

    (c)    Equipment.      With respect to its Equipment whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

    (i)    Such Grantor, as soon as practicable following a request therefor by the Administrative Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, shall deliver to the Administrative 
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Agent any and all evidence of ownership of any of the Equipment (including without limitation certificates of title and applications for title).

    (ii)    Such Grantor shall maintain accurate, itemized records describing the kind, type, quality, quantity and value of its Equipment and shall furnish the Administrative Agent upon request during the continuance of an Event of Default with a current schedule containing the foregoing information, but, other than during the continuance of an Event of Default, not more often than once per fiscal quarter. 

    (iii)    All Equipment is and shall at all times be located only at such Grantor’s locations as set forth on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto or at such other locations as to which such Grantor has complied with Section 7(f) hereof.  No Grantor shall, other than as expressly permitted under the Credit Agreement, sell, lease, transfer, dispose of or, other than for repairs in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business, remove any Equipment from such locations.

    (d)    Supporting Obligations.  With respect to its Supporting Obligations whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

    (i)    Such Grantor shall (i) furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time at the Administrative Agent’s request, a current list identifying in reasonable detail each Supporting Obligation relating to any Collateral from a single obligor in excess of $1,000,000, and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, deliver to the Administrative Agent the originals of all documents evidencing or constituting Supporting Obligations, together with such other documentation (executed as appropriate by the Grantor) and information as may be necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to realize upon the Supporting Obligations in accordance with their respective terms or transfer the Supporting Obligations as may be permitted under the Loan Documents or by applicable law.

    (ii)    With respect to each letter of credit giving rise to Letter-of-Credit Rights that has an aggregate stated amount available to be drawn in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent cause the issuer thereof to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Qualifying Control Agreement.
    
    (iii)    With respect to each transferable letter of credit giving rise to Letter-of-Credit Rights that has an aggregate stated amount available to be drawn in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall, at the Administrative Agent’s request upon and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed, undated transfer form in blank sufficient in form and substance under the terms of the related letter of credit to effect, upon completion and delivery to the letter of credit issuer together with any required fee, the transfer of such letter of credit to the transferee identified in such form.  Each Grantor hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default to complete and tender each such transfer form as transferor in its own name or in the name, place and stead of the Grantor in order to effect any such transfer, either to the Administrative Agent or to another transferee, as the case may be, in connection with any sale or other disposition of Collateral or for any other purpose permitted under the Loan Documents or by applicable law.

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    (e)    Investment Property.  With respect to its Investment Property whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

    (i)     Schedule 9(e) attached hereto contains a true and complete description of (x) the name and address of each securities intermediary with which such Grantor maintains a securities account in which Investment Property is or may at any time be credited or maintained, and (y) all other Investment Property of such Grantor other than interests in Subsidiaries in which such Grantor has granted a Lien to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge Agreement; provided that, the Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not required to be disclosed on Schedule 9(e).

    (ii)    Except with the express prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in each instance, all Investment Property other than interests in Subsidiaries in which such Grantor has granted a Lien to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge Agreement shall be maintained at all times in the form of (a) certificated securities, which certificates shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent together with duly executed undated stock powers endorsed in blank pertaining thereto (provided that, with respect to Unrestricted Subsidiaries, such certificates and stock powers shall not be required to be so delivered unless requested by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its sole discretion) or (b) security entitlements credited to one or more securities accounts as to each of which the Administrative Agent has received (1) copies of the account agreement between the applicable securities intermediary and the Grantor and the most recent statement of account pertaining to such securities account (each certified to be true and correct by an officer of the Grantor) and (2) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, a Qualifying Control Agreement from the applicable securities intermediary which remains in full force and effect and as to which the Administrative Agent has not received any notice of termination.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Grantor shall cause, suffer or permit any Investment Property to be credited to or maintained in any securities account not listed on Schedule 9(e) attached hereto except in each case upon giving not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and taking or causing to be taken at such Grantor’s expense all such Perfection Action, including the delivery of such Perfection Documents, as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to perfect or protect, or maintain the perfection and priority of, the Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in Collateral contemplated hereunder. 

    (iii)    All dividends and other distributions with respect to any of the Investment Property shall be subject to the security interest conferred hereunder, provided, however, that cash dividends paid to a Grantor as record owner of the Investment Property may be disbursed to and retained by such Grantor so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, free from any Lien hereunder.

    (iv)    So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the registration of Investment Property in the name of a Grantor as record and beneficial owner shall not be changed and such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise all voting and other rights and powers pertaining to Investment Property for all purposes not inconsistent with the terms hereof or of any Qualifying Control Agreement relating thereto. 

    (v)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, at the option of the Administrative Agent, all rights of the Grantors to exercise the voting or consensual rights and powers which it is authorized to exercise pursuant to clause (iv) immediately above shall cease and the Administrative Agent may thereupon (but shall not be obligated to), at its request, cause such Collateral to be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee or agent for 
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the benefit of the Secured Parties and/or exercise such voting or consensual rights and powers as appertain to ownership of such Collateral, and to that end each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its proxy, with full power of substitution, to vote and exercise all other rights as a shareholder with respect to such Investment Property upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, which proxy is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Facility Termination Date, and each Grantor hereby agrees to provide such further proxies as the Administrative Agent may request; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent in its discretion may from time to time refrain from exercising, and shall not be obligated to exercise, any such voting or consensual rights or such proxy.

    (vi)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, all rights of the Grantors to receive and retain cash dividends and other distributions upon or in respect to Investment Property pursuant to clause (iii) above shall cease and shall thereupon be vested in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and each Grantor shall, or shall cause, all such cash dividends and other distributions with respect to the Investment Property to be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent (together, if the Administrative Agent shall request, with any documents related thereto) to be held, released or disposed of by it hereunder or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, to be applied to the Secured Obligations.

    (f)    Deposit Accounts.  With respect to its Deposit Accounts whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that, in the discretion and upon the request of the Administrative Agent, all Deposit Accounts in which collected balances or deposits in excess of $500,000 are or are reasonably expected by the Company at any time to be credited or maintained shall be maintained at all times with depositary institutions as to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall have received a Qualifying Control Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Grantor shall cause, suffer or permit (x) any deposit in excess of $500,000 to be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, or (y) any Deposit Account opened after the Closing Date in which collected balances or deposits in excess of $500,000 are or are reasonably expected by the Company at any time to be credited or maintained to be opened or maintained, except in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y), (A) upon giving not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and (B) taking or causing to be taken at such Grantor’s expense all such Perfection Action, including the delivery of such Perfection Documents, as may be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion for the benefit of the Secured Parties to perfect or protect, or maintain the perfection and priority of, the Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in Collateral contemplated hereunder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of a certificate of deposit described in clause (x) above, such Perfection Action may (in the reasonable discretion of, and upon request by, the Administrative Agent) include a requirement that such certificate of deposit be issued as or converted to a negotiable instrument and that such certificate be delivered to the Administrative Agent together with a duly executed undated assignment in blank affixed thereto.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require the Administrative Agent to request any Perfection Action with respect to any Deposit Account or certificate of deposit.

    (g)    Chattel Paper.   With respect to its Chattel Paper whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that to the extent so expressly required by the Credit Agreement:

    (i)    Such Grantor shall at all times retain sole physical possession of the originals of all Chattel Paper (other than electronic Chattel Paper and the electronic components of hybrid Chattel Paper); provided, however, that (x) upon the request of the Administrative Agent upon the 
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occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, such Grantor shall immediately deliver physical possession of such Chattel Paper to the Administrative Agent or its designee, and (y) in the event that there shall be created more than one original counterpart of any physical document that alone or in conjunction with any other physical or electronic document constitutes Chattel Paper, then such counterparts shall be numbered consecutively starting with “1” and such Grantor shall retain the counterpart numbered “1”.

    (ii)    At the request of the Administrative Agent or upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall promptly and conspicuously legend all counterparts of all tangible Chattel Paper as follows: “A SECURITY INTEREST IN THIS CHATTEL PAPER HAS BEEN GRANTED TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., FOR ITSELF AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR CERTAIN SECURED PARTIES PURSUANT TO A FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT DATED AS OF APRIL 14, 2021, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.  NO SECURITY INTEREST OR OTHER INTEREST IN FAVOR OF ANY OTHER PERSON MAY BE CREATED BY THE TRANSFER OF PHYSICAL POSSESSION OF THIS CHATTEL PAPER OR OF ANY COUNTERPART HEREOF EXCEPT BY OR WITH THE CONSENT OF THE AFORESAID ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AS PROVIDED IN SUCH SECURITY AGREEMENT.”  Upon the occurrence or during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall not create or acquire any electronic Chattel Paper (including the electronic components of hybrid Chattel Paper), unless, prior to such acquisition or creation, it shall have taken such Perfection Action as the Administrative Agent may require to perfect by control the security interest of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in such Collateral.

    (iii)    Other than in the ordinary course of business and in keeping with reasonable and customary practice, no Grantor shall amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of, or fail to exercise promptly and diligently each material right or remedy conferred under or in connection with, any Chattel Paper, in any case in such a manner as could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value of affected Chattel Paper as collateral.

    (h)    Instruments.  With respect to its Instruments whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

    (i)    Such Grantor shall (A) maintain at all times, and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, furnish to the Administrative Agent a current list identifying in reasonable detail Instruments of which such Grantor is the payee or holder and having a face amount payable in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate from any single Person, and (B) upon the request of the Administrative Agent from time to time, deliver to the Administrative Agent the originals of all such Instruments, together with duly executed undated endorsements in blank affixed thereto and such other documentation and information as may be necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to realize upon the Instruments in accordance with their respective terms or transfer the Instruments as may be permitted under the Loan Documents or by applicable law.
    
    (ii)    Other than in the ordinary course of business and in keeping with reasonable and customary practice, no Grantor shall amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of, or fail to exercise promptly and diligently each material right or remedy conferred under or in connection with, any Instrument, in any case in such a manner as could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value of affected Instrument as collateral.

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    (i)    Commercial Tort Claims.  With respect to its Commercial Tort Claims whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

    (i)    Schedule 9(i) attached hereto contains a true and complete list of all Commercial Tort Claims in which any Grantor has an interest and which have been identified by a Grantor as of its Applicable Date, and as to which the Grantor believes in good faith there exists the possibility of recovery (including by way of settlement) of monetary relief in excess of $1,000,000 (“Grantor Claims”).  Each Grantor shall furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time upon its request a certificate of an officer of such Grantor referring to this Section 9(i) and (x) identifying all Grantor Claims that are not then described on Schedule 9(i) attached hereto and stating that each of such additional Grantor Claims shall be deemed added to such Schedule 9(i) and shall constitute a Commercial Tort Claim, a Grantor Claim, and additional Collateral hereunder, and (y) summarizing the status or disposition of any Grantor Claims that have been settled, or have been made the subject of any binding mediation, judicial or arbitral proceeding, or any judicial or arbitral order on the merits, or that have been abandoned.  With respect to each such additional Grantor Claim, such Grantor Claim shall be and become part of the Collateral hereunder from the date such claim is identified to the Administrative Agent as provided above without further action, and (ii) the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized at the expense of the applicable Grantor to execute and file such additional financing statements or amendments to previously filed financing statements, and take such other action as it may deem necessary or advisable, to perfect the Lien on such additional Grantor Claims conferred hereunder, and the Grantor shall, if required by applicable law or otherwise at the request of the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver such Perfection Documents and take such other Perfection Action as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary or advisable to perfect or protect the Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in such additional Grantor Claims conferred hereunder. 

    10.    Casualty and Liability Insurance Required. 

    (a)    Each Grantor will keep the Collateral continuously insured against such risks as are customarily insured against by businesses of like size and type engaged in the same or similar operations including:

(i)    property insurance on the Inventory and the Equipment in an amount not less than the full insurable value thereof, against loss or damage by theft, fire, lightning, hail, wind, flooding and other hazards ordinarily included under uniform broad form standard extended coverage policies, limited only as may be provided in the standard broad form of extended coverage endorsement at the time in use in the states in which the Collateral is located, in each case as are customarily maintained by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, owning similar properties in locations where such Grantor operates and otherwise similarly situated to such Grantor;

(ii)    false pretense insurance in amounts as are customary for Persons engaged in the same or similar business, owning similar properties in locations where such Grantor operates and otherwise similarly situated to such Grantor;

(iii)    garage liability and comprehensive general liability insurance against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage occurring with or about such Collateral (such coverage to include provisions waiving subrogation against the Secured Parties), with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as additional insureds thereunder, in amounts as are customary for Persons engaged in the same or similar business, owning similar properties in locations where such Grantor operates and otherwise similarly situated to such Grantor; 
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(iv)    liability insurance with respect to the operation of its facilities under the workers’ compensation laws of the states in which such Collateral is located as are customarily maintained by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, owning similar properties in locations where such Grantor operates and otherwise similarly situated to such Grantor, but in no event less than the amount required by the states where such Collateral is located; and

    (v)    business interruption insurance in amounts as are customarily maintained by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, owning similar properties in locations where such Grantor operates and otherwise similarly situated to such Grantor.

    (b)    Each insurance policy obtained in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 10(a):

(i)    may be provided by blanket policies now or hereafter maintained by each or any Grantor or by the Company;

(ii)    shall be issued by such insurer (or insurers) as shall be financially responsible, of recognized standing and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(iii)    shall be in such form and have such provisions (including without limitation the loss payable clause, the waiver of subrogation clause, the deductible amount, if any, and the standard mortgagee endorsement clause) as are generally considered standard provisions for the type of insurance involved and are reasonably acceptable in all respects to the Administrative Agent;

(iv)    shall prohibit cancellation or substantial modification, termination or lapse in coverage by the insurer without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, except for non-payment of premium, as to which such policies shall provide for at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent;

(v)    without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all insurance policies where applicable under Section 10(a)(i) carried on the Collateral shall name the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as loss payee and the Administrative Agent and Lenders as parties insured thereunder in respect of any claim for payment.

    (c)    Prior to expiration of any such policy, such Grantor shall furnish the Administrative Agent with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the policy or certificate has been renewed or replaced or is no longer required by this Security Agreement.

    (d)    Each Grantor hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as such Grantor’s true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact) for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims under such policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item or payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such policies of insurance, which appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable; provided, however, that the powers pursuant to such appointment shall be exercisable only upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default.

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    (e)    In the event such Grantor shall fail to maintain, or fail to cause to be maintained, the full insurance coverage required hereunder or shall fail to keep any of its Collateral in good repair and good operating condition, the Administrative Agent may (but shall be under no obligation to), without waiving or releasing any Secured Obligation or Default or Event of Default by such Grantor hereunder, contract for the required policies of insurance and pay the premiums on the same or make any required repairs, renewals and replacements; and all sums so disbursed by Administrative Agent, including reasonable Attorneys’ Costs, court costs, expenses and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, shall be additional Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

(f)    Each Grantor agrees that to the extent that it shall fail to maintain, or fail to cause to be maintained, the full insurance coverage required by Section 10(a), it shall in the event of any loss or casualty pay promptly to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be held in a separate account for application in accordance with the provisions of Sections 10(h), such amount as would have been received as Net Proceeds (as hereinafter defined) by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, under the provisions of Section 10(h) had such insurance been carried to the extent required.

(g)    The Net Proceeds of the insurance carried pursuant to the provisions of Sections 10(a)(ii) and 10(a)(iii) shall be applied by such Grantor toward satisfaction of the claim or liability with respect to which such insurance proceeds may be paid.

(h)    The Net Proceeds of the insurance carried with respect to the Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 10(a)(i) hereof shall be paid to such Grantor and held by such Grantor in a separate account and applied, as long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, as follows:  after any loss under any such insurance and payment of the proceeds of such insurance, each Grantor shall have a period of thirty (30) days after payment of the insurance proceeds with respect to such loss to elect to either (x) repair or replace, or such repair or replacement cannot reasonably be completed in such thirty (30) day period, commence the repair or replacement and diligently prosecute the same to completion, the Collateral so damaged, (y) deliver such Net Proceeds to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as additional Collateral or (z) apply such Net Proceeds to the acquisition of tangible assets constituting Collateral used or useful in the conduct of the business of such Grantor, subject to the provisions of this Security Agreement.  If such Grantor elects to repair or replace the Collateral so damaged, such Grantor agrees the Collateral shall be repaired to a condition substantially similar to or of better quality or higher value than its condition prior to damage or replaced with Collateral in a condition substantially similar to or of better quality or higher value than the condition of the Collateral so replaced prior to damage.  At all times during which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive direct and immediate payment of the proceeds of such insurance and such Grantor shall take all action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to accomplish such payment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event such Grantor shall receive any such proceeds, such Grantor shall immediately deliver such proceeds to such Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as additional Collateral, and pending such delivery shall hold such proceeds in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and keep the same segregated from its other funds.

(i)    “Net Proceeds” when used with respect to any insurance proceeds shall mean the gross proceeds from such proceeds, award or other amount, less all taxes, fees and expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred in the realization thereof.

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(j)    In case of any material damage to, destruction or loss of, or claim or proceeding against, all or any material part of the Collateral pledged hereunder by a Grantor, such Grantor shall give prompt notice thereof to the Administrative Agent.  Each such notice shall describe generally the nature and extent of such damage, destruction, loss, claim or proceeding.  Subject to Section 10(d), each Grantor is hereby authorized and empowered to adjust or compromise any loss under any such insurance other than losses relating to claims made directly against any Secured Party as to which the insurance described in Section 10(a)(ii) or (iii) is applicable.

(k)    The provisions contained in this Security Agreement pertaining to insurance shall be cumulative with any additional provisions imposing additional insurance requirements with respect to the Collateral or any other property on which a Lien is conferred under any Security Instrument.

11.    Rights and Remedies Upon Event of Default.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent shall have the following rights and remedies on behalf of the Secured Parties in addition to any rights and remedies set forth elsewhere in this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents, all of which may be exercised with or, if allowed by law, without notice to a Grantor:

(a)    All of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or under other applicable law, all of which rights and remedies shall be cumulative, and none of which shall be exclusive, to the extent permitted by law, in addition to any other rights and remedies contained in this Security Agreement or any other Loan Document;

(b)    The right to foreclose the Liens and security interests created under this Security Agreement by any available judicial procedure or without judicial process;

(c)    The right to (i) enter upon the premises of a Grantor through self-help and without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving such Grantor notice or opportunity for a hearing on the validity of the Administrative Agent’s claim and without any obligation to pay rent to such Grantor, or any other place or places where any Collateral is located and kept, and remove the Collateral therefrom to the premises of the Administrative Agent or any agent of the Administrative Agent, for such time as the Administrative Agent may desire, in order effectively to collect or liquidate the Collateral, (ii) require such Grantor or any bailee or other agent of such Grantor to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at a place to be designated by the Administrative Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and (iii) notify any or all Persons party to a Qualifying Control Agreement or who otherwise have possession of or control over any Collateral of the occurrence of an Event of Default and other appropriate circumstances, and exercise control over and take possession or custody of any or all Collateral in the possession, custody or control of such other Persons;

(d)    The right to (i) exercise all of a Grantor’s rights and remedies with respect to the collection of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Supporting Obligations and General Intangibles (collectively, “Payment Collateral”), including the right to demand payment thereof and enforce payment, by legal proceedings or otherwise; (ii) settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew all or any Payment Collateral or any legal proceedings pertaining thereto; (iii) discharge and release all or any Payment Collateral; (iv) take control, in any manner, of any item of payment or proceeds referred to in Section 5 above; (v) prepare, file and sign a Grantor’s name on any Proof of Claim in bankruptcy, notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in any action or proceeding adverse to any obligor under any Payment Collateral or otherwise in connection with any Payment Collateral; (vi) endorse the name of a Grantor upon any chattel paper, document, instrument, invoice, freight bill, bill of lading or 
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similar document or agreement relating to any Collateral; (vii) use the information recorded on or contained on a Grantor’s internet website or otherwise in any data processing equipment and computer hardware and software relating to any Collateral to which a Grantor has access; (viii) open such Grantor’s mail and collect any and all amounts due to such Grantor from any Account Debtors or other obligor in respect of Payment Collateral; (ix) take over such Grantor’s post office boxes or make other arrangements as the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the applicable Secured Parties, deems necessary to receive such Grantor’s mail, including notifying the post office authorities to change the address for delivery of such Grantor’s mail to such address as the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the applicable Secured Parties, may designate; (x) notify any or all Account Debtors or other obligor on any Payment Collateral that such Payment Collateral has been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that Administrative Agent has a security interest therein for the benefit of the Secured Parties (provided that the Administrative Agent may at any time give such notice to an Account Debtor that is a department, agency or authority of the United States government); each Grantor hereby agrees that any such notice, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, may (but need not) be sent on such Grantor’s stationery, in which event such Grantor shall co-sign such notice with the Administrative Agent if requested to do so by the Administrative Agent; and (xi) do all acts and things and execute all documents necessary, in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to collect the Payment Collateral; and

(e)    The right to sell all or any Collateral in its then existing condition, or after any further manufacturing or processing thereof, at such time or times, at public or private sale or sales, with such notice as may be required by law, in lots or in bulk, for cash or on credit, with or without representations and warranties, all as the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem advisable.  The Administrative Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on a Grantor’s premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use a Grantor’s premises without charge for such sales for such time or times as the Administrative Agent may see fit.  The Administrative Agent may, if it deems it reasonable, postpone or adjourn any sale of the Collateral from time to time by an announcement at the time and place of such postponed or adjourned sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  Each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent has no obligation to preserve rights to the Collateral against prior parties or to marshal any Collateral for the benefit of any Person.  The Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties is hereby granted an irrevocable fully paid license or other right (including each Grantor’s rights under any license or any franchise agreement), each of which shall remain in full force and effect until the Facility Termination Date, to use, without charge, each of the labels, patents, copyrights, names, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks and advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature owned or licensed by any Grantor, as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale and selling any Collateral.  If any of the Collateral shall require repairs, maintenance, preparation or the like, or is in process or other unfinished state, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to perform such repairs, maintenance, preparation, processing or completion of manufacturing for the purpose of putting the same in such saleable form as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, but the Administrative Agent shall have the right to sell or dispose of the Collateral without such processing and no Grantor shall have any claim against the Administrative Agent for the value that may have been added to such Collateral with such processing.  In addition, each Grantor agrees that in the event notice is necessary under applicable law, written notice mailed to such Grantor in the manner specified herein ten (10) days prior to the date of public sale of any of the Collateral or prior to the date after which any private sale or other disposition of the Collateral will be made shall constitute commercially reasonable notice to such Grantor.  All notice is hereby waived with respect to any of the Collateral which threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.  The Administrative Agent may purchase all or any part of the Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale, free from any right of redemption which is hereby expressly waived by such Grantor and, in lieu of actual payment of such purchase price, may set off the amount of such price against the Secured Obligations.  Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of certain of 
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the Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and applicable state law, and may be otherwise delayed or adversely affected in effecting any sale by reason of present or future restrictions thereon imposed by governmental authorities (“Affected Collateral”), and that as a consequence of such prohibitions and restrictions the Administrative Agent may be compelled (i) to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire Affected Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, or (ii) to seek regulatory approval of any proposed sale or sales, or (iii) to limit the amount of Affected Collateral sold to any Person or group. Each Grantor agrees and acknowledges that private sales so made may be at prices and upon terms less favorable to such Grantor than if such Affected Collateral was sold either at public sales or at private sales not subject to other regulatory restrictions, and that the Administrative Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Affected Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Grantor or any other Person to register or otherwise qualify them under or exempt them from any applicable restriction, even if such Grantor or other Person would agree to register or otherwise qualify or exempt such Affected Collateral so as to permit a public sale under the Securities Act or applicable state law.  Each Grantor further agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that the use of private sales made under the foregoing circumstances to dispose of Affected Collateral shall be deemed to be dispositions in a commercially reasonable manner.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that a ready market may not exist for Affected Collateral that is not traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system.

The net cash proceeds resulting from the collection, liquidation, sale, or other disposition of the Collateral shall be applied in accordance with the terms of Section 8.09 of the Credit Agreement.  Each Grantor shall be liable to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, on demand any deficiency which may remain after such sale, disposition, collection or liquidation of the Collateral. 

    12.    Attorney-in-Fact.  Each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as the Grantor’s attorney-in-fact for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Security Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise rights under this power of attorney only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right and power:

    (a)    to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;

    (b)    to receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in connection with clause (a) above;

    (c)    to endorse such Grantor’s name on any checks, notes, drafts or any other payment relating to or constituting proceeds of the Collateral which comes into the Administrative Agent’s possession or the Administrative Agent’s control, and deposit the same to the account of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, on account and for payment of the Secured Obligations.

    (d)    to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or 
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otherwise to enforce the rights of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, with respect to any of the Collateral; and

    (e)    to execute, in connection with any sale or other disposition of Collateral provided for herein, any endorsement, assignments, or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect thereto.

    13.    Reinstatement.  The granting of a security interest in the Collateral and the other provisions hereof shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Secured Party or is repaid by any Secured Party in whole or in part in good faith settlement of a pending or threatened avoidance claim, whether upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Grantor or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment  had not been made. The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive repayment of all of the Secured Obligations and the termination or expiration of this Security Agreement in any manner, including but not limited to termination upon occurrence of the Facility Termination Date.

    14.    Certain Waivers by the Grantors.  Each Grantor waives to the extent permitted by applicable law (a) any right to require any Secured Party or any other obligee of the Secured Obligations to (x) proceed against any Person or entity, including without limitation any Loan Party, (y) proceed against or exhaust any Collateral or other collateral for the Secured Obligations, or (z) pursue any other remedy in its power; (b) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any other Person, or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any other Person or entity, (c) any right of subrogation, and (d) any right to enforce any remedy which any Secured Party or any other obligee of the Secured Obligations now has or may hereafter have against any other Person and any benefit of and any right to participate in any collateral or security whatsoever now or hereafter held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.  Each Grantor authorizes each Secured Party and each other obligee of the Secured Obligations without notice (except notice required by applicable law) or demand and without affecting its liability hereunder or under the Loan Documents from time to time to: (i) take and hold security, other than the Collateral herein described, for the payment of such Secured Obligations or any part thereof, and exchange, enforce, waive and release the Collateral herein described or any part thereof or any such other security; and (ii) apply such Collateral or other security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as such Secured Party or obligee in its discretion may determine.

    The Administrative Agent may at any time deliver (without representation, recourse or warranty) the Collateral or any part thereof to a Grantor and the receipt thereof by such Grantor shall be a complete and full acquittance for the Collateral so delivered, and the Administrative Agent shall thereafter be discharged from any liability or responsibility therefor.

    15.    Continued Powers.  Until the Facility Termination Date shall have occurred, the power of sale and other rights, powers and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder shall continue to exist and may, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, be exercised by the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time irrespective of the fact that any of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof may have become barred by any statute of limitations or that any part of the liability of any Grantor may have ceased.

    16.    Other Rights.  The rights, powers and remedies given to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by this Security Agreement shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given to the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party under any other Loan Document or by 
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virtue of any statute or rule of law.  Any forbearance or failure or delay by the Administrative Agent in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right, power or remedy, and any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not preclude the further exercise thereof; and every right, power and remedy of the Secured Parties shall continue in full force and effect until such right, power or remedy is specifically waived in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

    17.    Anti-Marshaling Provisions.  The right is hereby given by each Grantor to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to make releases (whether in whole or in part) of all or any part of the Collateral agreeable to the Administrative Agent without notice to, or the consent, approval or agreement of other parties and interests, including junior lienors, which releases shall not impair in any manner the validity of or priority of the Liens and security interests in the remaining Collateral conferred hereunder, nor release any Grantor from personal liability for the Secured Obligations.  Notwithstanding the existence of any other security interest in the Collateral held by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to determine the order in which any or all of the Collateral shall be subjected to the remedies provided in this Security Agreement.  Each Grantor hereby waives any and all right to require the marshaling of assets in connection with the exercise of any of the remedies permitted by applicable law or provided herein or in any other Loan Document.

    18.    Entire Agreement.  This Security Agreement and each Joinder Agreement, together with the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents, constitutes and expresses the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings, inducements, commitments or conditions, express or implied, oral or written, except as contained in the Loan Documents.  The express terms hereof and of the Joinder Agreements control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof or thereof.  Neither this Security Agreement nor any Joinder Agreement nor any portion or provision hereof or thereof may be changed, altered, modified, supplemented, discharged, canceled, terminated, or amended orally or in any manner other than as provided in the Credit Agreement.

    19.    Third Party Reliance.  Each Grantor hereby consents and agrees that all issuers of or obligors in respect of any Collateral, and all securities intermediaries, warehousemen, bailees, public officials and other Persons having any interest in, possession of, control over or right, privilege, duty or discretion in respect of, any Collateral shall be entitled to accept the provisions hereof and of the Joinder Agreements as conclusive evidence of the right of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to exercise its rights hereunder or thereunder with respect to the Collateral, notwithstanding any other notice or direction to the contrary heretofore or hereafter given by any Grantor or any other Person to any of such Persons.

    20.    Binding Agreement; Assignment.  This Security Agreement and each Joinder Agreement, and the terms, covenants and conditions hereof and thereof, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and to their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall be permitted to assign this Security Agreement, any Joinder Agreement or any interest herein or therein or, except as expressly permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, in the Collateral or any part thereof or interest therein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence of this Section 20, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons, or grant to one or more Persons participations in or to, all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement); and to the extent of any such permitted assignment or participation such other Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Article IX thereof (concerning the Administrative Agent) and Section 10.06 thereof (concerning 
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assignments and participations).  All references herein to the Administrative Agent and to the Secured Parties shall include any successor thereof or permitted assignee, and any other obligees from time to time of the Secured Obligations.

    21.    Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements.  All obligations of each Grantor under or in respect of Related Swap Contracts and Secured Cash Management Arrangements other than Excluded Swap Obligations shall be deemed to be Secured Obligations secured hereby, and each Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank party to any such Related Swap Contract or Secured Cash Management Arrangements shall be deemed to be a Secured Party hereunder with respect to such Secured Obligations; provided, however, that such obligations under or in respect of any Related Swap Contract shall cease to be Secured Obligations at such time, prior to the Facility Termination Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), as the applicable Hedge Bank (or Affiliate of such Person) shall cease to be a “Hedge Bank” under the Credit Agreement. 

No Person who obtains the benefit of any Lien by virtue of the provisions of this Section shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Security Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall only be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been with respect to, the Secured Obligations arising under Related Swap Contracts or Secured Cash Management Arrangements to the extent the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Obligations together with such supportive documentation as it may request from the applicable Lender or Affiliate of a Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that any other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Related Swap Contracts in the case of a Facility Termination Date.  Each Secured Party not a party to the the Credit Agreement who obtains the benefit of this Security Agreement by virtue of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, and that with respect to the actions and omissions of the Administrative Agent hereunder or otherwise relating hereto that do or may affect such Secured Party, the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Parties shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits and immunities conferred under Article IX of the Credit Agreement.

    22.    Severability.  The provisions of this Security Agreement are independent of and separable from each other.  If any provision hereof shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, but this Security Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

    23.    Counterparts.  This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Security Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart executed by the Grantor against whom enforcement is sought.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 23, the provisions of Section 10.10 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Security Agreement.

    24.    Termination.  Subject to the provisions of Section 13, this Security Agreement and each Joinder Agreement, and all obligations of the Grantors hereunder (excluding those obligations and liabilities that expressly survive such termination) shall terminate without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party on the Facility Termination Date.  Upon such termination of this 
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Security Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request and sole expense of the Grantors, promptly deliver to the Grantors such termination statements and take such further actions as the Grantors may reasonably request to terminate of record, or otherwise to give appropriate notice of the termination of, any Lien conferred hereunder.

    25.    Notices.  Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given (a) with respect to any Grantor, at the address then in effect for the giving of notices to the Company under the Credit Agreement, and (c) with respect to the Administrative Agent or a Secured Party, at the Administrative Agent’s address indicated in Schedule 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.  All such addresses may be modified, and all such notices shall be given and shall be effective, as provided in Schedule 10.02 of the Credit Agreement for the giving and effectiveness of notices and modifications of addresses thereunder.

26.    Joinder.  Each Person who shall at any time execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement and who is identified therein as a “Subsidiary Grantor” shall thereupon irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally become a party hereto and obligated hereunder as a Grantor and shall have thereupon pursuant to Section 2 hereof granted a security interest in and collaterally assigned to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the respective Secured Parties all respective Collateral in which it has at its Applicable Date or thereafter acquires any interest or the power to transfer, and all references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the Grantors or to the parties to this Security Agreement shall be deemed to include such Person as a Grantor hereunder.  Each Joinder Agreement shall be accompanied by the Supplemental Schedules referred to therein, appropriately completed with information relating to the Grantor executing such Joinder Agreement and its property. Each of the applicable Schedules attached hereto shall be deemed amended and supplemented without further action by such information reflected on the Supplemental Schedules attached to each Joinder Agreement.

    27.    Rules of Interpretation.  The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.03 and 1.06 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Security Agreement and each Joinder Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference.  All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the delivery of documents and any Credit Extensions as referred to herein or secured hereby.

    28.    Governing Law; Waivers.

(a)    THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND EACH JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT (i) WITH RESPECT TO THOSE INSTANCES IN WHICH THE APPLICABLE CHOICE OF LAWS RULES OF SUCH STATE, INCLUDING SECTION 9-301 OF THE UCC, REQUIRE THAT THE MANNER OF CREATION OF A SECURITY INTEREST IN SPECIFIC COLLATERAL OR THE MANNER OR EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NONPERFECTION OR THE RULES GOVERNING PRIORITY OF SECURITY INTERESTS ARE TO BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION, THEN THE LAWS OF SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION SHALL GOVERN SUCH MATTERS, (ii) EACH CONTROL AGREEMENT (INCLUDING EACH QUALIFYING CONTROL AGREEMENT) APPLICABLE TO ANY SECURITIES ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT ACCOUNT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION SPECIFIED IN SUCH CONTROL AGREEMENT, OR OTHERWISE BY THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION THAT GOVERN THE SECURITIES ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT ACCOUNT TO WHICH SUCH CONTROL AGREEMENT RELATES, AND (iii) IN THOSE INSTANCES IN WHICH THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH COLLATERAL IS LOCATED GOVERN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE METHODS AND EFFECT OF REALIZING ON 
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COLLATERAL, SUCH LAWS SHALL BE GIVEN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH MATTERS.

(b)    EACH GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY JOINDER AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND, BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR A JOINDER AGREEMENT, EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE NOW OR HEREAFTER TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OR TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

(c)    EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY PERSONAL SERVICE OF A COPY OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (POSTAGE PREPAID) TO THE ADDRESS OF SUCH PARTY PROVIDED IN SECTION 25 OR BY ANY OTHER METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAWS IN EFFECT IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

(d)    NOTHING CONTAINED IN SUBSECTIONS (b) OR (c) HEREOF SHALL PRECLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FROM BRINGING ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY JOINDER AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE COURTS OF ANY PLACE WHERE ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY OF SUCH PARTY’S PROPERTY OR ASSETS MAY BE FOUND OR LOCATED.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION, EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES, IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, THE JURISDICTION OF ANY OTHER COURT OR COURTS WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER, BY REASON OF ITS PRESENT OR FUTURE DOMICILE, OR OTHERWISE, MAY BE AVAILABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

(e)    IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY JOINDER AGREEMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PERSON MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING.

(f)    EACH GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY HAVE THAT ANY COURT TO WHOSE JURISDICTION IT HAS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
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29.    Amendment and Restatement.  The parties hereto agree that the Existing Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated in this Security Agreement, and this Security Agreement shall constitute neither a release nor novation of any lien or security interest arising under the Existing Security Agreement nor a refinancing of any indebtedness or obligations arising thereunder or under either of the Existing Credit Agreements or related documents, but rather the liens and security interests in effect under the Existing Security Agreement shall continue in effect on the terms hereof.

[Signature pages follow.]
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Security Agreement on the day and year first written above.
GRANTORS:
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
By:                  /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Typed Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Typed Title:    Executive Vice President

AM REALTY GA, LLC
ANTREV, LLC
ARNGAR, INC. 
AUTOBAHN, INC. 
CAR CASH OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. 
ECHOPARK AL, LLC
ECHOPARK AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
ECHOPARK AZ, LLC
ECHOPARK CA, LLC
ECHOPARK DRIVER EDUCATION, LLC 
ECHOPARK FL, LLC
ECHOPARK GA, LLC
ECHOPARK KY, LLC
ECHOPARK MD, LLC
ECHOPARK NC, LLC
ECHOPARK NV, LLC
ECHOPARK NY, LLC
ECHOPARK REALTY CA, LLC
ECHOPARK REALTY TX, LLC
ECHOPARK SC, LLC
ECHOPARK TN, LLC
ECHOPARK TX, LLC
EP REALTY AZ, LLC 
EP REALTY MD, LLC 
EP REALTY NC, LLC
EP REALTY SC, LLC
FAA BEVERLY HILLS, INC.
FAA CONCORD H, INC.
FAA CONCORD T, INC. 
FAA HOLDING LLC
FAA LAS VEGAS H, INC.
FAA POWAY H, INC.
FAA SAN BRUNO, INC.
FAA SERRAMONTE H, INC.
FAA SERRAMONTE L, INC.
FIRSTAMERICA AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
By:                  /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Typed Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Typed Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

GRANTORS, continued:
FORT MILL FORD, INC.  
FRANCISCAN MOTORS, INC.
L DEALERSHIP GROUP, LLC
MARCUS DAVID CORPORATION
ONTARIO L, LLC
PHILPOTT MOTORS, LLC  
SAI AL HC1, INC. 
SAI AL HC2, INC.
SAI ATLANTA B, LLC
SAI CHAMBLEE V, LLC
SAI CHATTANOOGA N, LLC
SAI CLEARWATER T, LLC
SAI COLUMBUS T, LLC
SAI DENVER B, INC.
SAI DENVER M, INC.
SAI FAIRFAX B, LLC
SAI FL HC2, INC. 
SAI FL HC3, INC. 
SAI FL HC4, INC.  
SAI FL HC8, INC. 
SAI FL HC9, INC. 
SAI FORT MYERS B, LLC
SAI FORT MYERS M, LLC
SAI FORT MYERS VW, LLC
SAI GA HC1, LLC
SAI IRONDALE IMPORTS, LLC
SAI IRONDALE L, LLC
SAI LONG BEACH B, INC. 
SAI MCKINNEY M, LLC
SAI MD HC1, INC.
SAI MOMENTUM ARM, LLC 
SAI MONROVIA B, INC.
SAI MONTGOMERY B, LLC
SAI MONTGOMERY BCH, LLC
SAI MONTGOMERY CH, LLC
SAI NASHVILLE CSH, LLC
SAI NASHVILLE H, LLC
SAI NASHVILLE M, LLC
SAI NASHVILLE MOTORS, LLC
SAI ORLANDO CS, LLC
SAI PEACHTREE, LLC
SAI PENSACOLA A, LLC
SAI PHILPOTT T, LLC
SAI RIVER OAKS P, LLC
SAI ROARING FORK LR, INC.
By:                 /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Typed Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Typed Title:    Vice President and Treasurer
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

GRANTORS, continued:
SAI ROCKVILLE IMPORTS, LLC
SAI ROCKVILLE L, LLC
SAI S. ATLANTA JLR, LLC
SAI SIC, INC. 
SAI STONE MOUNTAIN T, LLC
SAI SYRACUSE C, INC.
SAI TN HC1, LLC 
SAI TN HC2, LLC 
SAI TN HC3, LLC 
SAI VA HC1, INC.
SAI VEHICLE SUBSCRIPTION, INC. 
SAI VS GA, LLC 
SAI VS TX, LLC 
SAI WEST HOUSTON B, LLC
SANTA CLARA IMPORTED CARS, INC.
SONIC - 2185 CHAPMAN RD., CHATTANOOGA, LLC
SONIC - CLEAR LAKE VOLKSWAGEN, LLC
SONIC - DENVER T, INC.
SONIC - FORT WORTH T, LLC
SONIC - HOUSTON V, LLC
SONIC - JERSEY VILLAGE VOLKSWAGEN, LLC
SONIC - LAS VEGAS C WEST, LLC
SONIC - LS CHEVROLET, LLC
SONIC – LS, LLC
SONIC - LUTE RILEY, LLC
SONIC - RICHARDSON F, LLC  
SONIC - SHOTTENKIRK, LLC
SONIC - STEVENS CREEK B, INC.
SONIC ADVANTAGE PA, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE - 3401 N. MAIN, TX, LLC 
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE - 4701 I-10 EAST, TX, LLC  
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE 2752 LAURENS RD., GREENVILLE, INC.
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE AVIATION, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE F&I, LLC 
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE OF CHATTANOOGA, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NASHVILLE, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NEVADA, INC.
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE OF TEXAS, LLC 
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE SUPPORT, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE WEST, LLC
SONIC AUTOMOTIVE - 9103 E. INDEPENDENCE, NC, LLC 
By:                 /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Typed Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Typed Title:    Vice President and Treasurer
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

GRANTORS, continued:

SONIC CALABASAS M, INC.
SONIC DEVELOPMENT, LLC
SONIC DIVISIONAL OPERATIONS, LLC
SONIC FFC 1, INC. 
SONIC FFC 2, INC. 
SONIC FFC 3, INC. 
SONIC HOUSTON JLR, LLC 
SONIC HOUSTON LR, LLC
SONIC MOMENTUM B, LLC
SONIC MOMENTUM JVP, LLC
SONIC MOMENTUM VWA, LLC 
SONIC OF TEXAS, INC.
SONIC RESOURCES, INC.
SONIC SANTA MONICA M, INC.
SONIC WALNUT CREEK M, INC.
SONIC – BUENA PARK H, INC.
SONIC – HARBOR CITY H, INC.
SONIC-INTEGRITY DODGE LV, LLC
SRE ALABAMA 6, LLC 
SRE ALABAMA-2, LLC
SRE ALABAMA-5, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 1, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 2, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 3, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 5, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 6, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 7 SCB, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 8 SCH, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA - 9 BHB, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA 10 LBB, LLC
SRE CALIFORNIA 11 PH, LLC 
SRE COLORADO - 1, LLC
SRE COLORADO - 2, LLC
SRE COLORADO - 3, LLC
SRE COLORADO - 4 RF, LLC
SRE COLORADO - 5 CC, LLC
SRE FLORIDA - 1, LLC
SRE GEORGIA 4, LLC
SRE GEORGIA 5, LLC 
SRE GEORGIA 6, LLC 
SRE HOLDING, LLC
SRE MARYLAND - 1, LLC
SRE NEVADA-2, LLC
By:                 /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Typed Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Typed Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

GRANTORS, continued:
SRE NORTH CAROLINA -3, LLC
SRE NORTH CAROLINA-2, LLC
SRE OHIO 1, LLC
SRE OHIO 2, LLC
SRE OKLAHOMA-2, LLC
SRE SOUTH CAROLINA - 2, LLC
SRE SOUTH CAROLINA - 3, LLC
SRE SOUTH CAROLINA - 4, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE - 1, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE - 2, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE - 3, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE 6, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE 7, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE 8, LLC 
SRE TENNESSEE-4, LLC
SRE TENNESSEE-5, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 1, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 2, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 3, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 4, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 5, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 6, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 7, LLC
SRE TEXAS - 8, LLC
SRE TEXAS 10, LLC
SRE TEXAS 11, LLC
SRE TEXAS 12, LLC
SRE TEXAS 13, LLC
SRE TEXAS 14, LLC
SRE TEXAS 15, LLC
SRE TEXAS 16, LLC 
SRE TEXAS 9, LLC
SRE TEXAS 17, LLC
SRE VIRGINIA - 1, LLC
SRE VIRGINIA - 2, LLC
TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD, INCORPORATED 
TT DENVER, LLC
TTRE CO 1, LLC
By:                  /s/ Heath R. Byrd        
Typed Name:    Heath R. Byrd
Typed Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:                 /s/ Denise Jones            
Typed Name:    Denise Jones
Typed Title:    Vice President

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Sonic Automotive, Inc.)

Schedule 1

For purposes of this Security Agreement, a “Qualifying Control Agreement” shall mean each of the following, as applicable to the respective items or types of property in which the Grantor now has or may hereafter acquire an interest:

(a)    With respect to Investment Property credited to any securities account, an agreement executed by the applicable securities intermediary substantially in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its discretion;

(b)    With respect to Deposit Accounts or tangible personal property Collateral in the possession, custody or control of any warehouseman or other bailee, an acknowledgment and agreement executed by the depositary institution or bailee (each, a “Custodian”), as the case may be, and (as to Deposit Accounts) the applicable Grantor, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such Custodian;

(c)    With respect to Letter-of-Credit Rights, an acknowledgment and agreement of the issuer or other applicable person nominated to accept drafts and or effect payment thereunder (the “Issuer”) of the related letter of credit in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and in which the Issuer (i) consents to and acknowledges the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent conferred hereunder in proceeds of drawings under the related letter of credit, (ii) agrees that it will not acknowledge any Lien in favor of any other Person on Letter-of-Credit Rights until it receives notice from the Administrative Agent that all Liens on such Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties have been released or terminated, and (iii) to the extent not inconsistent with the express terms of the related letter of credit, agrees that upon receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, it will make all payments of drawings honored by it under the related letter of credit to the Administrative Agent, notwithstanding any contrary instruction received from the Grantor; and 

(d)    With respect to any Investment Property in the form of uncertificated securities, an agreement of the issuer of such Investment Property in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such issuer sufficient to confer control (within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the UCC) over such property and containing such other terms and provisions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. 

Schedule I

Schedule 7(f)
GRANTOR INFORMATION
																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	1.	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Delaware
Corporation
2714319
	The chief executive office for all entities is 4401 Colwick Rd., Charlotte, NC		4401 Colwick Rd.
Charlotte, NC

In addition to the locations listed below, books and records for all entities are located at 4401 Colwick Rd., Charlotte, NC, and if blank, there are no additional collateral locations to report..
		All Owners of any Collateral Locations listed in V (if other than Grantor) are unrelated lessors, except where noted below.
	2.	AM Realty GA, LLC	Georgia 
Limited Liability Company
16063850
					
	3.	AnTrev, LLC	North Carolina 
Limited Liability 
Company
0659676
					
	4.	Arngar, Inc.	North Carolina
Corporation
0005612
		Cadillac of South Charlotte

	10725 Pineville Rd.
Pineville, NC
	CAR SON MAS, L.P.	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 1

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	5.	Autobahn, Inc.

	California
Corporation
C1548941
	

	Autobahn Motors 
Main Facility

Airspace Lease

Remnant Parcel

Autobahn Motors-Service / Storage

Autobahn Motors Vehicle Storage/Detailing

Autobahn Motors – Lot Parking
	700 Island Pkwy.
Belmont, CA

Beneath Island Pkwy. north of Ralston Ave.
Belmont, CA

East of Island Pkwy. and north of Ralston Ave.
Belmont, CA

500-510 Harbor Blvd.
Belmont, CA

1315 Elmer St.
Belmont, CA

Elmer Street Lot
Belmont, CA
	SRE California - 3, LLC

City of Belmont, CA

SRE California - 3, LLC

David S. Lake Trust

George W. Williams III, Co-Trustee, George W. Williams III G.S. Trust

George W. Williams III and Borel Bank, Co-Trustees, Hortense Williams Trust

Lois Hortense Rosebrook Trust

Katherine B. Woodlard, Robert P. Berryman and  Mark A. Berryman

G.W. Williams Co.
	SRE California - 3, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	6.	Car Cash of North Carolina,  Inc.	North Carolina Corporation
1581348
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 2

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	7.    	EchoPark AL, LLC	Alabama
Limited Liability Company
646-471
		EchoPark	2001 Tom Williams Way, Birmingham, AL 25210	SRE Alabama-2, LLC	SRE Alabama-2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

	8.	EchoPark Automotive, Inc.	Delaware Corporation
5387434
					
	9.	EchoPark AZ, LLC	Arizona
Limited Liability Company
23032012
		EchoPark	10555 West Papago Freeway, 
Avondale, AZ 85323
	EP Realty AZ, LLC	EP Realty AZ, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	10.	EchoPark CA, LLC	California
Limited Liability Company
201923110260
		EchoPark	2998 Cherry Avenue
Signal Hill, CA 90755
	EchoPark Realty CA, LLC	EchoPark Realty CA, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	11.	EchoPark Driver Education, LLC	Colorado
Limited Liability Company
20161857629
					
	12.	EchoPark FL, LLC	Florida
Limited Liability Company
L16000126299
	

	EchoPark	4636 N. Dale Mabry Hwy
Tampa, FL 33614
	JT Dale Mabry Holdings LLC	
	13.	EchoPark GA, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
16063806
		EchoPark	3296 Commerce Ave NW, Duluth, GA 30096	AM Realty GA, LLC	AM Realty GA, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	14.	EchoPark KY, LLC	Kentucky
Limited Liability Company
1127159
		EchoPark			

Schedule 7(f) - Page 3

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	15.	EchoPark MD, LLC	Maryland
Limited Liability Company
W20245957
		EchoPark 

	5901 - 5909 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD

6001 and 6007 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD

242 Square Feet SWS Oakleaf Avenue
Baltimore, MD

.033 acres SWS Oakleaf Avenue
Baltimore, MD

5900 and 5905 Oakleaf Avenue
Baltimore, MD

4213 Menlo Drive
Baltimore, MD
	Berney Motors, LLC, 

Berney Motors Prep, LLC, 

Carbiz South, LLC

JEJ Acquisition, LLC 
and 
4215 Menlo Drive, LLC, 
collectively

	
	16.	EchoPark NC, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
1436923
		EchoPark	13231 Statesville Road
Huntersville, NC  28078
	EP Realty NC, LLC	EP Realty NC, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc
	17.	EchoPark NV, LLC	Nevada
Limited Liability Company
E8590422020-9
		EchoPark	1100 West Warm Springs
Henderson, NV 89014
	AAG – Real Estate/Henderson, LLC	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 4

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	18.	EchoPark NY, LLC	New York
Limited Liability Company
85-3919750
		EchoPark 
Used Car King
Used Car King Cicero
Used Car King West
Used Car King Cortland
	8010 Brewerton Road, Cicero, NY 13039

3870 West Road, Cortland, NY 13045 

1465 Route 5
Elbridge, NY 13060
	UCK Two, LLC

Car King, LLC

DiMarco Holding Co., LLC
	
	19.	EchoPark Realty CA, LLC	California
Limited Liability Company
201923910263
					
	20.	EchoPark Realty TX, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802302813
					
	21.	EchoPark SC, LLC	South Carolina Limited Liability Company
N/A
		EchoPark	107 Duvall Drive
Greenville, SC  29067
	EP Realty SC, LLC	EP Realty SC, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	22.	EchoPark TN, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
802448793
		EchoPark	2121 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN
	CARS CNI-2 L.P.	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 5

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	23.	EchoPark TX, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802448793
		EchoPark
Tactical Fleet
	13915 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78729

8477 North Freeway, Houston TX 77037

3191 Interstate 35 N,
New Braunfels TX 78130

4400 West Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75093

5611 North 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249

2615 I-20 Frontage Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052

10050 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77074
	Deve Mar Partners, LLC

CARS-DB4, L.P.

EchoPark Realty TX, LLC

REM Asset Holdings, LLC

EchoPark Realty TX, LLC

EchoPark Realty TX, LLC

SRE Texas – 4, LLC
	

EchoPark Realty TX, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

SRE Texas – 4, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

	24.	EP Realty AZ, LLC	Arizona
Limited Liability Company
23032013
					
	25.	EP Realty MD, LLC	Maryland
Limited Liability Company
W20245940
					
	26.	EP Realty NC, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
1436919
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 6

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	27. 	EP Realty SC, LLC	South Carolina Limited Liability Company
N/A
					
	28.	FAA Beverly Hills, Inc.

	California
Corporation
C2069519
		Beverly Hills BMW 
Sales

Service

Service & CPO Facility

8850 Wilshire Blvd. (BMW Beverly Hills – Storage and Service Overflow 

8844 Wilshire Blvd. (BMW Beverly Hills Storage & Service Overflow)

Parking Lot
	5050 – 5070 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA

5151 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA

8833 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA

8850 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA

8844 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA

NE Corner Citrus Ave. & Carling Way
Beverly Hills, CA
	Ehlers Enterprises, Ltd.

Ehlers Investment Co.

Duesenberg Investment Company

8850 Wilshire Partners, LLC

Illoulian Properties

DSG Wilshire LLC and 
JW Wilshire LLC
	
	29.	FAA Concord H, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2004304
		Concord Honda

Main

Parking
	1300 Concord Ave.
Concord, CA

1461 Concord Ave.
Concord, CA

2655 Stanwell Drive
Concord, CA
	Rosewood Village Associates

SRE California - 6, LLC

SVC Properties, LLC
	SRE California - 6, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 7

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	30.	FAA Concord T, Inc.	California
Corporation
C0613543
		Concord Toyota

Parking
	1090 Concord Ave.
Concord, CA

Buchanan Field Airport, Area 7 West of Solano Way
	1090 Concord Associates, LLC

County of Contra Costa
	
	31.	FAA Holding LLC	California
Limited Liability Company
202022510001
					
	32.	FAA Las Vegas H, Inc.	Nevada
Corporation
C13186-1999
		Honda West	7615 W. Sahara Ave.
Las Vegas, NV
	CARS CNI-2 L.P.	
	33.	FAA Poway H, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2006230
		Poway Honda

Parking
	13747 Poway Rd.
Poway, CA

13875 Kirkham Way
Poway, CA
	Bay Automotive Properties, LLC

Poway Auto Dealers Association LLC
	
	34.	FAA San Bruno, Inc.

	California
Corporation
C2004303
					
	35.	FAA Serramonte H, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2069465
		Honda of Serramonte	485 Serramonte Blvd.
Colma, CA
	Price Trust	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 8

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	36.	FAA Serramonte L, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2004222
		Lexus of Serramonte
Lexus of Marin

Main

Used Car
	700 Serramonte Blvd.
Colma, CA

513 Francisco Blvd. E.
San Rafael, CA

535 Francisco Blvd. E. 
San Rafael, CA 
	Price Trust

CAR FAA II LLC 

Hendrickson Development, Inc.
	
	37.	FirstAmerica Automotive, LLC	Delaware
Limited Liability Company
2761294
					
	38.	Fort Mill Ford, Inc.	South Carolina
Corporation
N/A
		Fort Mill Ford	801 Gold Hill Rd.
Fort Mill, SC
	SRE South Carolina-4, LLC	SRE South Carolina-4, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	39.	Franciscan Motors, Inc.	California
Corporation
C1532758
		Acura of Serramonte	465/475 Serramonte Blvd.
Colma, CA
	Price Trust	
	40.	L Dealership Group, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803708626
					
	41.	Marcus David Corporation	North Carolina
Corporation
272880
		Town and Country Toyota Lot

CPO and Truck Sales

Town and Country Toyota
	9900 South Blvd.
Charlotte, NC  

1300 Cressida Dr.
Charlotte, NC

9101 South Blvd.
Charlotte, NC
	Jessco Ltd. 

National Retail Properties, LP

MMR Holdings, LLC
	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 9

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	42.	Ontario L, LLC	California
Limited Liability Company
200330110050
		Crown Lexus	1125 Kettering Dr.
Ontario, CA
	M.F. Salta Co., Inc.	
	43.	Philpott Motors, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707706
		Philpott Motors Hyundai

(Hangar Lease)

Philpott Ford

Philpott Ford (Fleet/Body Shop)
	1900 U.S. Hwy. 69
Nederland, TX

4605 Third St. Airport
Beaumont, TX

1400 U.S. Hwy. 69
Nederland, TX

2727 Nall St.
Port Neches, TX
	Rustin B. Penland

Jefferson County, Texas

Philpott Properties, Ltd.

Philpott Properties, Ltd.
	
	44.	SAI AL HC1, Inc.	Alabama
Corporation
D/C 206-272
					
	45.	SAI AL HC2, Inc.	Alabama
Corporation
D/C 199-217
					
	46.	SAI Atlanta B, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
8083814		Global Imports BMW
Global Imports MINI

Parking (BMW)

Collision Center (MINI)
	500 Interstate North Pkwy. SE
Atlanta, GA

2100-2120 Powers Ferry Rd
Atlanta, GA

5925 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Atlanta, GA
	MMR Holdings, LLC
c/o Capital Automotive REIT
McLean, VA 22102
Attn: Portfolio Manager

Shadowood Office Park, LLC

SRE Georgia 4, LLC
	

SRE Georgia 4, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 10

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	47.	SAI Chamblee V, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
K734665
		Dyer and Dyer Volvo
(Chamblee location)
	5260 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Chamblee, GA	D & R Investments
200 Branch Hill Lane
Columbia, SC 29223
	
	48.	SAI Chattanooga N, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
000767923
		Nissan of Chattanooga East	2121 Chapman Road
Chattanooga TN  37421
		
	49.	SAI Clearwater T, LLC	Florida
Limited Liability Company
L08000116713
		Clearwater Toyota	21799 U.S. Hwy. 19 N.
Clearwater, FL                       
		
	50.	SAI Columbus T, LLC	Ohio 
Limited Liability Company
CP13128
		Hatfield Automall	1500 Auto Mall Dr.
Columbus, OH
	SRE Ohio - 1, LLC	SRE Ohio - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	51.	SAI Denver B, Inc.	Colorado Corporation
20131294528
		BMW of Denver Downtown
Bodyworks
Murray Motorworks

Sales - Used

Parking
	900 S. Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO

2201 S. Wabash St.
Denver, CO

4300 E. Kentucky Ave.
Denver, CO

7750 E. Cherry Creek South Dr. Denver, CO

4677 S. Broadway
Denver, CO

4651 S. Broadway
Denver, CO
	SRE Colorado - 2, LLC

SRE Colorado - 2, LLC

SRE Colorado - 2, LLC

SRE Colorado - 2, LLC

Moreland Properties, LLC

William J. Markel
	SRE Colorado - 2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 11

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	52.	SAI Denver M, Inc.	Colorado Corporation
20131291339
		Mercedes-Benz of Denver

CPO & Service

Sales
	4300 E. Kentucky Ave.
4677 S. Broadway

940 S. Colorado Blvd.
4677 S. Broadway
	SRE Colorado - 2, LLC

SRE Colorado - 2, LLC
	SRE Colorado - 2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	53.	SAI Fairfax B, LLC	Virginia
Limited Liability Company
S4346344
		BMW of Fairfax

Main

Body Shop

Service

Parking

Parking

Body Shop
	

8427 Lee Hwy.
Fairfax, VA

2730 Dorr Avenue
Fairfax, VA

2805 Old Lee Hwy.
Fairfax, VA

8431 Lee Hwy.
Fairfax, VA

8111 Gatehouse Rd.
Falls Church, VA

8504 Lee Hwy.
Fairfax, VA
	

MMR Holdings, LLC

Craven, LLC

Holman @ Merrifield, LLC

8431 Lee Highway, LLC

8111 Gatehouse Road Investors, LLC

Euridiki and Nicholas Myseros
	
	54.	SAI FL HC2, Inc.	Florida
Corporation
P98000016038					
	55.	SAI FL HC3, Inc.	Florida
Corporation
P98000064012					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 12

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	56.	SAI FL HC4, Inc.	Florida
Corporation
P98000064009					
	57.	SAI FL HC8, Inc.	Florida
Corporation
P99000014911
					
	58.	SAI FL HC9, Inc.	Florida
Corporation
P0200010148
					
	59.	SAI Fort Myers B, LLC	Florida 
Limited Liability Company
L08000116712
		BMW of Fort Myers

MINI of Fort Myers
	15421 S. Tamiami Tr.
Fort Myers, FL

13880 S. Tamiami Tr.
Fort Myers, FL
	SRE Florida - 1, LLC

CARS (SON-064)
	SRE Florida - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc..
	60.	SAI Fort Myers M, LLC	Florida
Limited Liability Company
L98000002089
		Mercedes-Benz of Fort Myers

	15461 S. Tamiami Tr.
Fort Myers, FL

	SRE Florida - 1, LLC

	SRE Florida - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	61.	SAI Fort Myers VW, LLC	Florida 
Limited Liability Company
L08000116709
		Volkswagen of Fort Myers	14060 S. Tamiami Tr.
Fort Myers, FL
	CAR SONFREE, LLC	
	62.	SAI GA HC1, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
224680
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 13

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	63.	SAI Irondale Imports, LLC	Alabama 
Limited Liability Company
428-744
		BMW of Birmingham

Audi Birmingham
Porsche Birmingham

Land Rover Birmingham

MINI of Birmingham

Jaguar Birmingham

MINI of Birmingham Authorized Service
	1000 Tom Williams Way
Irondale, AL

3001 Tom Williams Way
Irondale, AL

3000 Tom Williams Way
Irondale, AL

2001 Tom Williams Way
Irondale, AL

1001 Tom Williams Way
Irondale, AL

1314 Grants Mill Way
Irondale, AL
	SRE Alabama-2, LLC

SRE Alabama-2, LLC

SRE Alabama-2, LLC

SRE Alabama-2, LLC
	SRE Alabama-2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

	64.	SAI Irondale L, LLC	Alabama
Corporation
DLL 662-073
		Lexus of Birmingham
Tom Williams Collision Center
	1001 Tom Williams Way
Irondale, AL
	SRE Alabama-2, LLC	SRE Alabama-2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

	65.	SAI Long Beach B, Inc.	California Corporation C2998588		Long Beach BMW
Long Beach MINI

	2998 Cherry Ave.
Signal Hill, CA 90755

1660 E. Spring Street
Signal Hill, CA  90756

	Velma M. Robinett, Trustee of the Alda C. Jones Trust
c/o Signal Hill Redevelopment Agency
2175 Cherry Ave.
Signal Hill, CA 90806
	
	66.	SAI McKinney M, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802180025
		Mercedes-Benz of McKinney	2080 North Central Expressway
McKinney, TX 75069
		

Schedule 7(f) - Page 14

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	67.	SAI MD HC1, Inc.	Maryland
Corporation
D05310776					
	68.	SAI Momentum ARM, LLC	Texas Limited Liability Company
803976497
					
	69.	SAI Monrovia B, Inc.	California Corporation C2979304		BMW of Monrovia
MINI of Monrovia

Parking
	1425-1451 South Mountain Ave.
Monrovia, CA 

550 E. Huntington Drive
Monrovia, CA
	DMSA, LLC
c/o Dennis D. and Charyl A. Assael, Trustees
222 Heliotrope Ave.
Corona del Mar, CA 92625

Foothill Technology Center, LLC
	

	70.	SAI Montgomery B, LLC	Alabama 
Limited Liability Company
428-746
		BMW of Montgomery	731 Eastern Blvd.
Montgomery, AL
	CARS – DB5, LP	
	71.	SAI Montgomery BCH, LLC	Alabama 
Limited Liability Company
428-745
		Classic Buick GMC Classic Cadillac 

	833 Eastern Blvd.
Montgomery, AL

	Rouse Bricken, LLC

	
	72.	SAI Montgomery CH, LLC	Alabama 
Limited Liability Company
428-747
		Capitol Chevrolet

Capitol Hyundai
	711 Eastern Blvd.
Montgomery, AL

2820 Eastern Blvd.
Montgomery, AL
	CARS-DB5, LP

CAR BSC L.L.C.
	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 15

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	73.	SAI Nashville CSH, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336183
					
	74.	SAI Nashville H, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336180
		Crest Honda	2215 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN
	CAR SON MAS TN L.L.C.	
	75.	SAI Nashville M, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336182
		Mercedes-Benz of Nashville	630 Bakers Bridge Ave.
Franklin, TN
	BKB Properties LLC	
	76.	SAI Nashville Motors, LLC	Tennessee 
Limited Liability Company
566970
		Audi Nashville
Audi Downtown Nashville

Porsche of Nashville
	1576 Mallory Lane
Brentwood, TN

1580 Mallory Lane
Brentwood, TN
	SRE Tennessee - 1, LLC 

SRE Tennessee - 2, LLC
	SRE Tennessee - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

SRE Tennessee - 2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

	77.	SAI Orlando CS, LLC	Florida 
Limited Liability Company
L08000116711
		Massey Cadillac North

Massey Cadillac South

(Vehicle storage)
	4241 N. John Young Pkwy.
Orlando, FL

8819 S. Orange Blossom Tr.
Orlando, FL

1851 Landstreet Rd.
Orlando, FL
	CAR SON MAS, L.P.

CAR SON MAS, L.P.

Sonic Development, LLC
	

Sonic Development, LLC is a direct subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 16

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	78.	SAI Peachtree, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
12101436
					
	79.	SAI Pensacola A, LLC	Florida 
Limited Liability Company
L15000038068
		Audi Pensacola	6303 Pensacola Blvd.
Penscaola FL
		
	80.	SAI Philpott T, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802278062
		Philpott Toyota	2229 Highway 69
Nederland TX  77627
		
	81.	SAI River Oaks P, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
803751036
		Momentum Porsche; Porsche River Oaks	10155 Southwest Fwy. Houston, TX	SRE Texas - 3, LLC	SRE Texas - 3, LLC is also an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	82.	SAI Roaring Fork LR, Inc.	Colorado Corporation
2014156978
		Land Rover Roaring Fork	52876 Two Rivers Plaza Road
Glenwood Springs CO
		
	83.	SAI Rockville Imports, LLC	Maryland
Limited Liability
Company
W12791083		Audi Rockville
Porsche Bethesda

(Parking Lot)

Vehicle Storage
	1125 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 

1542 & 1550 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 

1190 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 
	SRE-Virginia - 1, LLC

1500 Rockville Pike, LLC

Everett A. Hellmuth, III 
	SRE Virginia - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 17

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	84.	SAI Rockville L, LLC	Maryland
Limited Liability Company
W12796074		

			
	85.	SAI S. Atlanta JLR, LLC	Georgia Limited Liability Company
16070312
		Jaguar South Atlanta
Land Rover South Atlanta
Jaguar Land Rover South Atlanta
	3900 Jonesboro Rd.
Union City GA  30291
	SRE Georgia 5, LLC	SRE Georgia 5, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	86.	SAI SIC, Inc.	Georgia Corporation
18011005
					
	87.	SAI Stone Mountain T, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
342795
					
	88.	SAI Syracuse C, Inc.	New York
Corporation
201127000189
					
	89.	SAI TN HC1, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336184					
	90.	SAI TN HC2, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company 336185					
	91.	SAI TN HC3, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336181					
	92.	SAI VA HC1, Inc.	Virginia Corporation
7019870
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 18

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	93.	SAI Vehicle Subscription, Inc.	Delaware Corporation
6715974
					
	94.	SAI VS GA, LLC	Georgia
Limited Liability Company
18005598
					
	95.	SAI VS TX, LLC	Texas Limited Liability Company
803015343
					
	96.	SAI West Houston B, LLC	Texas Limited Liability Company
802152114
		BMW of West Houston	20822 Katy Freeway
Katy TX
		
	97.	Santa Clara Imported Cars, Inc.	California
Corporation
C0587296
		Honda of Stevens Creek

Stevens Creek Honda – Offsite Vehicle Storage
	4590 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA

1507 South 10th St.
San Jose, CA
	SRE California - 8 SCH, LLC

10th Street Land Management
	SRE California - 8 SCH, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	98.	Sonic - 2185 Chapman Rd., Chattanooga, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
366281
		Economy Honda Superstore	2135 Chapman Rd.
Chattanooga, TN
	Standefer Investment Company	
	99.	Sonic - Clear Lake Volkswagen, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712287
					
	100.	Sonic - Denver T, Inc.	Colorado
Corporation
20021350687
		Mountain States Toyota	201 W. 70th Ave.
Denver, CO
	SRE Colorado - 1, LLC	SRE Colorado - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 19

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	101.	Sonic - Fort Worth T, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803726979 
					
	102.	Sonic - Houston V, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712226
					
	103.	Sonic - Jersey Village Volkswagen, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712317
					
	104.	Sonic - Las Vegas C West, LLC	Nevada
Limited Liability Company
LLC7434-2000
		Cadillac of Las Vegas	5185 W. Sahara Ave.
Las Vegas, NV
	SRE Nevada-2, LLC	SRE Nevada-2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	105.	Sonic - LS Chevrolet, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707733
		Lone Star Chevrolet

Lone Star Chevrolet Parking Lot
	18800 & 18900 North Fwy. and 9110 N. Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX

18990 Northwest Fwy.
Houston, TX
	CARS-DB4, L.P.

CAR SON STAR, L.P.
	
	106.	Sonic – LS, LLC	Delaware
Limited Liability Company
3440418
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 20

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	107.	Sonic - Lute Riley, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707761
		Lute Riley Honda

(Body Shop)

Storage

Storage

Service/Car Wash
	1331 N. Central Expy.
Richardson, TX

13561 Goldmark Dr.
Richardson, TX

331 Melrose Drive
Richardson, TX

816 S. Sherman Street 
Richardson, TX

820 S. Sherman Street
Richardson, TX
	MMR Viking Investment Associates, LP

CARS (SON-105)

CCI-Melrose 1, L.P.

HLN Enterprises, Inc.

A. Kenneth Moore
	
	108.	Sonic - Richardson F, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712249
		North Central Ford	1819 N. Central Expy.
Richardson, TX
	SRE Texas 10, LLC	SRE Texas 10, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	109.	Sonic - Shottenkirk, LLC	Florida
Limited Liability Company 
L21000105927
		Pensacola Honda	5600 Pensacola Blvd.
Pensacola, FL
	MMR Holdings, LLC	
	110.	Sonic - Stevens Creek B, Inc.	California
Corporation
C0723787
		Stevens Creek BMW
Stevens Creek Pre-Owned
Stevens Creek BMW Pre-Owned
	4343 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA

4333 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA
	SRE California - 7 SCB, LLC 

SRE California - 7 SCB, LLC
	SRE California - 7 SCB, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 21

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	111.	Sonic Advantage PA, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707771 
		Porsche of West Houston

Audi West Houston

Momentum Luxury Cars
	11890 Katy Fwy.
Houston, TX

11850 Katy Fwy., Houston, TX

15865 Katy Fwy.
Houston, TX
	SRE Texas - 2, LLC

SRE Texas - 2, LLC

	SRE Texas - 2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	112.	Sonic Automotive - 3401 N. Main, TX, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707776
		Ron Craft Chevrolet
Ron Craft Cadillac 
Baytown Auto Collision Center
	4114 Hwy. 10 E.
Baytown, TX
	CAR SON BAY, L.P.	
	113.	Sonic Automotive - 4701 I-10 East, TX, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712341
		Baytown Ford	4110 Hwy. 10 E.
Baytown, TX
	CAR SON BAY, L.P.	
	114.	Sonic Automotive 2752 Laurens Rd., Greenville, Inc.	South Carolina
Corporation
N/A
		Century BMW
Century MINI

(Parking Lot)

Century BMW Mini
	2750 Laurens Rd.
Greenville, SC

17 Duvall and 2758 Laurens Rd.
Greenville, SC

2930-2934 Laurens Rd. 
Greenville, SC
	MMR Holdings, LLC

Brockman Real Estate, LLC

SRE South Carolina - 2, LLC
	

SRE South Carolina - 2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

	115.	Sonic Automotive Aviation, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
1320781
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 22

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	116.	Sonic Automotive F&I, LLC	Nevada
Limited Liability Company
LLC8620-1999
			7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV
	Nevada Speedway, LLC	
	117.	Sonic Automotive of Chattanooga, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336188
		BMW of Chattanooga	6806 E. Brainerd Rd.
Chattanooga, TN
	75 Pointe Centre Partners, LLC	
	118.	Sonic Automotive of Nashville, LLC	Tennessee
Limited Liability Company
336186
		BMW of Nashville
MINI of Nashville
BMW Certified Pre-Owned Nashville

Parking
	4040 Armory Oaks Dr.
Nashville, TN

4010 Armory Oaks Dr.
Nashville, TN

1572 Mallory Lane
Brentwood, TN  37027
	H.G. Hill Realty Company, LLC

H.G. Hill Realty Company, LLC
	
	119.	Sonic Automotive of Nevada, Inc.	Nevada
Corporation
C18014-1997
					
	120.	Sonic Automotive of Texas, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712331
					
	121.	Sonic Automotive Support, LLC	Nevada
Limited Liability Company
LLC19412-2003
			7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV
	Nevada Speedway, LLC	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 23

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	122.	Sonic Automotive West, LLC	Nevada
Limited Liability Company
LLC9139-1999
			7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV
	Nevada Speedway, LLC	
	123.	Sonic Automotive-9103 E. Independence, NC, LLC	North Carolina
Limited Liability Company
0470751
		Infiniti of Charlotte

Infiniti of Charlotte Parking Lot
	9103 E. Independence Blvd.
Matthews, NC

9009 E. Independence Blvd.
Matthews, NC
	MMR Holdings, LLC

CAR SON CHAR L.L.C.
	
	124.	Sonic Calabasas M, Inc.	California Corporation C2975101		Mercedes-Benz of Calabasas

Parking
	24181 Calabasas Rd.
Calabasas, CA 91302

Parking lot north of and abutting above address containing 20,036 square feet, more or less

21800 Oxnard Street
Woodland Hills, CA
	Arthur D’Egidio and Assunta D’Egidio, as Trustees of the D’Egidio Trust dated May 13, 1985 and Maria A. D’Egidio, as Trustee of the D’Egidio Trust dated April 29, 1985
17401 Gresham St.
Northridge, CA 91325

City of Calabasas, California
26135 Mureau Rd.
Calabasas, CA 91302
Attn: City Manager

Ampco System Parking
	
	125.	Sonic Development, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
483658
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 24

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	126.	Sonic Divisional Operations, LLC	Nevada
Limited Liability Company
LLC26157-2004
			7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N. Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV
	Nevada Speedway, LLC	
	127.	Sonic FFC 1, Inc.	Delaware Corporation
800516461
					
	128.	Sonic FFC 2, Inc.	Delaware Corporation
800516469
					
	129.	Sonic FFC 3, Inc.	Delaware Corporation
800516475
					
	130.	Sonic Houston JLR, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803707781
		Jaguar Houston North
Land Rover Houston North
	18205 Interstate 45 N
Houston, TX  
	SRE Texas - 1, LLC	SRE Texas - 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	131.	Sonic Houston LR, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707788
		Land Rover Houston Central

Jaguar Houston Central
	7019 Old Katy Rd.
Houston, TX

7025 Old Katy Rd.
Houston, TX
	Capital Automotive, LP

SRE Texas - 7, LLC
	SRE Texas - 7, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 25

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	132.	Sonic Momentum B, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
803710696
		Momentum BMW
Momentum MINI

(Momentum BMW/MINI  Body Shop)

Momentum BMW (West)

Momentum BMW West - Parking

Momentum Collision Center 
	10000 Southwest Fwy.
Houston, TX

10002 Southwest Fwy.
Houston, TX

9911 Centre Pkwy. 
Houston, TX 

15865 Katy Fwy.
Houston, TX

11777 Katy Fwy.
Houston, TX
	CARS CNI-2, LP

CARS CNI-2, L.P.

RMC AutoSonic BMWN, L.P.

Kirkwood Partners, LP
	
	133.	Sonic Momentum JVP, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707794
		Jaguar Southwest Houston
Land Rover Southwest Houston
Momentum Volvo

Momentum Porsche
	10150 Southwest Fwy.
Houston, TX

10155 Southwest Fwy.
Houston, TX
	CARS CNI-2, LP

SRE Texas - 3, LLC
	

SRE Texas - 3, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Schedule 7(f) - Page 26

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	134.	Sonic Momentum VWA, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803707807
		Momentum Volkswagen

Audi Central Houston  Certified Pre-Owned Sales

Momentum Audi Back Lot (Storage)

Momentum Audi – Parking

Momentum Audi – Parking

Momentum Audi – Service Center

Momentum Audi – Parking Garage

Momentum Audi – Parking

Momentum Audi – Parking Garage
	2405 Richmond Ave.
Houston, TX

2309 Richmond Ave.
Houston, TX

3717-3725 Revere St.
Houston, TX

2401 Portsmouth
Houston, TX

2211 Norfolk Street
Houston, TX

2120 Southwest Fwy.
Houston, TX

3131 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX

3120 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 

3847 Farnham St, Houston, TX

2211 Norfolk St, Houston, TX
	RMC Auto Sonic VWA, LP

RMC Auto Sonic VWA, LP

La Mesa Properties Limited

La Mesa Properties Limited

The Realty Associates Fund IX, LP

3131 Richmond, LLC and 3 Lot Pieces, LLC

Plaza at Audley, LLC

Eastern Diversified, LP

Norfolk Tower, LLC
	
	135.	Sonic of Texas, Inc.	Texas
Corporation
150782300
					
	136.	Sonic Resources, Inc.	Nevada
Corporation
C24652-2001
			7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV
	Nevada Speedway, LLC	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 27

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	137.	Sonic Santa Monica M, Inc.

	California
Corporation
C2727452
		W.I. Simonson

(Service)

(Parking)

Parking

Office

Parts/Service
	1626 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA

1330 Colorado Ave.
Santa Monica, CA

1215 – 17th St.
Santa Monica, CA

1415 Euclid & 1308 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA

11766 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA

1301 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA

1337 Euclid Street
Santa Monica, CA
	17th & Wilshire Partnership

Investment Co. of Santa Monica

7R Apartments

Frances M. Rehwald, Trustee, Frances M. Rehwald Family Trust

Judith A. Richards, Trustee, Judity a. Richards Separate Property Trust

William J.S. Rehwald, Trustee, William J.S. Rehwald Separate Property Trust

Frances M. Rehwald, Judith a. Richards, William J.S. Rehwald, Trustees, Mary F. Rehwald Separate Property Trust

Ampco System Parking

Sully Three SM, LLC

Sully Three SM, LLC
	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 28

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	138.	Sonic Walnut Creek M, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2508517
		Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek

(Jensen Lease - Service)

(Parking Lot)

Parking

Parking
	1301 Parkside Dr.
Walnut Creek, CA

1360 Pine St.
Walnut Creek, CA

1300 Pine St. 
Walnut Creek, CA

2650 Cloverdale Avenue
Concord, CA

2198 N. Main Street
Walnut Creek, CA
	Stead Leasing, Inc.

Peter C. Jensen, Trustee of the Peter Cole Jensen and Sharon A. Jensen Living Trust dated December 23, 1986

Testamentary Trust of Paul W. Muller

Robert M. Sherman

2002 Frederick D. Wertheim Revocable Trust
	
	139.	Sonic – Buena Park H, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2356456
		Buena Park Honda
- Employee Parking

Buena Park Honda – Main

Parking

Vehicle Storage
	7697 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park, CA

6411 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park, CA

6841 Western Avenue
Buena Park, CA

6291 Auto Center Drive
Buena Park, CA
	Abbott Investments

Saltalamacchia Land Company

Buena Park Masonic Temple Board

Orange County Transportation Authority
	
	140.	Sonic – Harbor City H, Inc.	California
Corporation
C2356454
		Carson Honda	1435 E. 223rd St.
Carson, CA
	ENRI 2, LLC

	

Schedule 7(f) - Page 29

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	141.	Sonic-Integrity Dodge LV, LLC	Nevada 
Limited Liability Company
LLC4879-1999
					
	142.	SRE Alabama-2, LLC	Alabama Limited Liability Company
670-275
					
	143.	SRE Alabama-5, LLC	Alabama  Limited Liability Company
DLL 691-622  
					
	144.	SRE Alabama 6, LLC	Alabama  Limited Liability Company
373-154
					
	145.	SRE California - 1, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
200202910110
					
	146.	SRE California - 2, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
200202910111
					
	147.	SRE California - 3, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
200202810141
					
	148.	SRE California - 5, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
200203110006
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 30

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	149.	SRE California - 6, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
200203110007
					
	150.	SRE California - 7 SCB, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
201033410181
					
	151.	SRE California - 8 SCH, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
201033510021
					
	152.	SRE California - 9 BHB, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
201126410082
					
	153.	SRE California 10 LBB, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
201413910313
					
	154.	SRE California 11 PH, LLC	California Limited Liability Company
201715310091
					
	155.	SRE Colorado - 1, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
20021330518
					
	156.	SRE Colorado - 2, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
20021330523
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 31

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	157.	SRE Colorado - 3, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
20021330530
					
	158.	SRE Colorado - 4 RF, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
20141516951
					
	159.	SRE Colorado - 5 CC, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
201415486855 
	2876 Two Rivers Plaza Road
Glenwood Springs CO
				
	160.	SRE Florida - 1, LLC	Florida 
Limited Liability Company
L00000006050
					
	161.	SRE Georgia 4, LLC	Georgia 
Limited Liability Company
11091238 
					
	162.	SRE Georgia 5, LLC	Georgia 
Limited Liability Company
17028810 
					
	163.	SRE Georgia 6, LLC	Georgia 
Limited Liability Company
17078607 
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 32

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	164.	SRE Holding, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
0551475
					
	165.	SRE Maryland - 1, LLC	Maryland Limited Liability Company
200162227
					
	166.	SRE Nevada-2, LLC	Nevada 
Limited Liability Company
LLC5021-2000
					
	167.	SRE North Carolina -3, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
682833
					
	168.	SRE North Carolina-2, LLC	North Carolina Limited Liability Company
682830
					
	169.	SRE Ohio 1, LLC	Ohio 
Limited Liability Company
2146293
					
	170.	SRE Ohio 2, LLC	Ohio 
Limited Liability Company
2146292
					
	171.	SRE Oklahoma-2, LLC	Oklahoma Limited Liability Company 3500697105					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 33

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	172.	SRE South Carolina - 2, LLC	South Carolina Limited Liability Company
N/A
					
	173.	SRE South Carolina - 3, LLC	South Carolina Limited Liability Company
N/A
					
	174.	SRE South Carolina - 4, LLC	South Carolina Limited Liability Company
N/A
					
	175.	SRE Tennessee - 1, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
390360
					
	176.	SRE Tennessee - 2, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
390358
					
	177.	SRE Tennessee - 3, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
390359
					
	178.	SRE Tennessee 6, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
797947
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 34

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	179.	SRE Tennessee 7, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
959852
					
	180.	SRE Tennessee 8, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
1082886
					
	181.	SRE Tennessee-4, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company 450279					
	182.	SRE Tennessee-5, LLC	Tennessee Limited Liability Company
450278
					
	183.	SRE Texas - 1, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803712346
					
	184.	SRE Texas - 2, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712368
					
	185.	SRE Texas - 3, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712408
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 35

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	186.	SRE Texas - 4, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712412
					
	187.	SRE Texas - 5, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712417
					
	188.	SRE Texas - 6, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712425
					
	189.	SRE Texas - 7, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712430
					
	190.	SRE Texas - 8, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company 803712434
					
	191.	SRE Texas 10, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
801675082
					
	192.	SRE Texas 11, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
801723757
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 36

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	193.	SRE Texas 12, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
801807250
					
	194.	SRE Texas 13, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
802180003
					
	195.	SRE Texas 14, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802402987
					
	196.	SRE Texas 15, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802570108
					
	197.	SRE Texas 16, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
802852214
					
	198.	SRE Texas 17, LLC	Texas
Limited Liability Company
803572496
					
	199.	SRE Texas 9, LLC	Texas 
Limited Liability Company
801419276
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 37

																								
	

No.
	I.

Name	II.

Jurisdiction of Formation/ Form of Equity/I.D. Number	III.

Address of Chief Executive Office	IV.

Trade Names, Trade Styles, Fictitious Names and “d/b/a” Names
(if blank, none}
	V.

Collateral Locations (if blank, none)	VI.

Name of Owner of Collateral Location
(if blank, Grantor is owner of Collateral Location listed in V, if any)
	VII.

Relationship of Persons listed in VI to Grantor (e.g., lessor, warehousemen)

	200.	SRE Virginia - 1, LLC	Virginia 
Limited Liability Company 
5050246-0
					
	201.	SRE Virginia - 2, LLC	Virginia 
Limited Liability Company
S1012154
					
	202.	Town and Country Ford, Incorporated	North Carolina
Corporation
148959
		Town and County Ford	5401 E. Independence Blvd.
Charlotte, NC
	SRE North Carolina-2, LLC	SRE North Carolina-2, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	203.	TT Denver, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
20131462193
			500 E. 104th Ave 
Thornton, CO

10330 Grant Ave 
Thornton, CO  80229

10401 E. Arapahoe Rd Centennial, CO

9575 E. 40th Ave.
Denver, CO  80230
	TTRE CO 1, LLC

TTRE CO 1, LLC

TTRE CO 1, LLC

	TTRE CO 1, LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
	204.	TTRE CO 1, LLC	Colorado 
Limited Liability Company
20131504490
					

Schedule 7(f) - Page 38

Schedule 9(e)
INVESTMENT PROPERTY
1.North Point Imports, L.L.C. (50% noncontrolling joint venture interest with unrelated party)
2.Restricted Equity Interests (as defined in the Escrow and Security Agreement)
Schedule 9(e) 

Schedule 9(i)
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
TEXAS

Sonic Automotive, Inc., et al. v. Goree Architects, Inc., et al.

Lawsuit filed in the District Court of Harris County, Texas (Cause No. 2017-18953) by Plaintiffs Sonic Automotive, Inc., Sonic Development, LLC, SRE Texas 9, LLC and Sonic Momentum VWA, LLC against Defendants Goree Architects, Inc., Steve Wier, Inc., Structural Consultants Associates, Inc. dba SCA Consulting Engineers, QC Laboratories, Inc. and MTEC Companies, Inc., alleging breach of contract and negligence against the Defendants in connection with various aspects of the planning, designing and construction of the Audi Central dealership building that has caused Plaintiffs to suffer damages to which Plaintiff now seeks monetary relief in excess of $1,000,000.00.
Schedule 9(i)

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