SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of July 13, 2017 among THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, and as Collateral Agent

Exhibit 4.5

13.00% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2021

SECURITY AGREEMENT

dated as of July 13, 2017

among

J. CREW BRAND, LLC,
as LLC Issuer

J. CREW BRAND CORP.,
as Corporate Issuer,

J. CREW BRAND INTERMEDIATE, LLC,
as Holdings,

THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Collateral Agent

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 13, 2017 (this “Agreement”), among J. Crew Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “LLC Issuer”), J. CREW BRAND CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporate Issuer” and, together with the LLC Issuer, the “Issuers”), J. CREW BRAND INTERMEDIATE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), the Subsidiaries of Holdings set forth on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Issuers have issued 13.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”).

Reference is made to the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), between U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent for the holders of the 13.00% Senior Secured New Money Notes due 2021 (the “New Private Placement Notes Secured Parties”), and the Collateral Agent, as New Notes Collateral Agent, which Intercreditor Agreement governs the relative rights and priorities of the Secured Parties and the New Private Placement Notes Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral.  The Notes are the “New Notes” referred to in the Intercreditor Agreement.

This Agreement is integral to the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, and the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto is a condition precedent to the issuance of the Notes under the Indenture.  The Grantors (as defined below) are affiliates of one another, and will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the Notes.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

Section 1.01.Indenture.  

(a)Capitalized terms used in this Agreement, including the preamble and introductory paragraphs hereto, and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

(b)Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Indenture, terms defined in Article 8 or 9 of the UCC (as defined below) are used in this Agreement as such terms are defined in such Article 8 or 9.

(c)The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.

Section 1.02.Other Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

“Accommodation Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VI.

“Account(s)” means “accounts” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC, and also means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to

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be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered, or (c) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

“After-Acquired Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02(f).

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Allocable Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VI.

“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

“Bankruptcy Event of Default” means any Event of Default under Section 6.01(6) or Section 6.01(7) of the Indenture.

“Blue Sky Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.

“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.

“Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, which provides for the Collateral Agent to have “control” (as defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC or Section 8-106 of the UCC, as applicable) of a Deposit Account or Securities Account, as applicable.

“Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.

“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by or assigned to any Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed on Schedule 7(c) to the Perfection Certificate and all: (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Grantor’s use of such copyrights, (ii) reissues, renewals, and extensions thereof and amendments thereto, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to ▇▇▇ for past, present or future infringements thereof.

“Corporate Issuer” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

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

“Domain Names” means all Internet domain names and associated URL addresses in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest.

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“Equipment” shall mean (x) any “equipment” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC and in any event, shall include, but shall not be limited to, all machinery, equipment, furnishings, appliances, furniture, fixtures, tools, and vehicles now or hereafter owned by any Grantor in each case, regardless of whether characterized as equipment under the UCC and (y) and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing and all accessions thereto, wherever located, whether or not at any time of determination incorporated or installed therein or attached thereto, and all replacements therefore, together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.

“Excluded Accounts” means (a) any account used exclusively for withholding tax, trust, escrow, payroll and other fiduciary purposes and (b) accounts with amounts not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts described in this clause (b).

“General Intangibles” has the meaning provided in Article 9 of the UCC and shall in any event include all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, as the case may be, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under the IP License Agreements, leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Contracts and other agreements), goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor.

“Grant of Security Interest” means a Grant of Security Interest in certain IP Collateral in the form of Exhibit II, III or IV attached hereto.

“Grantor” means the Issuers, Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Issuers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Indenture” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

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

“Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

“IP Collateral” means the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property.

“Issuers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense agreement granting rights under Intellectual Property to which any Grantor is a licensee.

“LLC Issuer” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

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“Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to develop, commercialize, import, make, have made, offer for sale, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any such right with respect to any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

“Patents” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other country, including those listed on Schedule 7(a) to the Perfection Certificate, and (b) all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Grantor’s use of any patents, (ii) inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect to any of the foregoing including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to ▇▇▇ for past, present or future infringements thereof.

“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments thereto, and duly executed by a Responsible Officer of each of the Grantors.

“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

“Pledged Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

“Pledged Securities” means any Promissory Notes, stock certificates, unit certificates, limited or unlimited liability membership certificates or other Securities or Instruments now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all Pledged Equity, Pledged Debt and all other certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

“Secured Obligations” means the “Notes Obligations” as defined in the Indenture; it being acknowledged and agreed that the term “Secured Obligations” as used herein shall include all obligations of the Grantors which arise under the Indenture, the Notes and the other Notes Documents (including the Guarantee) whether outstanding on the date of this Agreement or extended or arising from time to time after the date of this Agreement.

“Secured Parties” means the Holders, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any other holders of any Secured Obligations.

“Securities Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.

“Security” means a “security” as such term is defined in Article 8 of the UCC and, in any event, shall include any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

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“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

“Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement (not including vendor or distribution agreements that allow incidental use of intellectual property rights in connection with the sale or distribution of such products or services).

“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, the goodwill of the business symbolized thereby or associated therewith, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule 7(b) to the Perfection Certificate, (b) all rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Grantor’s use of any trademarks, (c) all extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto, (d) all income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages, claims and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (e) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (f) all rights to ▇▇▇ for past, present and future infringements or dilutions thereof or other injuries thereto.

“Trustee” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, perfection, or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of a security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.

“UFCA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VI.

“UFTA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VI.

ARTICLE II

Pledge of Securities

Section 2.01.Pledge.  As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) (i) all Equity Interests held by it (including those Equity Interests listed on Schedule II) and (ii) any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and the certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Pledged Equity”), in each case including all dividends, distributions, return of capital, cash, instruments and other property from

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time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Equity and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto; (b)(i) the Promissory Notes and any Instruments evidencing indebtedness owned by it (including those listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II) and (ii) any Promissory Notes and Instruments evidencing indebtedness obtained in the future by such Grantor (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Pledged Debt”), in each case including all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all Pledged Debt; (c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.01; (d) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; (e) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and (f) all Proceeds of, and Security Entitlements in respect of, any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

Section ▇.▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of the Pledged Collateral.  

(a)On the Issue Date, each Grantor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated Pledged Securities, but only for so long as such Pledged Securities remain uncertificated); provided that Promissory Notes and Instruments evidencing Indebtedness shall only be so required to be delivered to the extent required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.  Thereafter, whenever such Grantor acquires any other Pledged Security (other than any uncertificated Pledged Securities, but only for so long as such Pledged Securities remain uncertificated), such Grantor shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent such Pledged Security as Collateral; provided that Promissory Notes and Instruments evidencing Indebtedness shall only be so required to be delivered to the extent required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.

(b)As promptly as practicable (and in any event within thirty (30) days after receipt by Grantor (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)), each Grantor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money having an aggregate principal amount equal to or in excess of $250,000 owed to such Grantor by any Person (other than a Grantor) to be evidenced by a duly executed Promissory Note that is pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.

(c)Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any certificate or promissory note representing Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by undated stock or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other undated instruments of transfer duly-executed in blank reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by such instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.  Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing such Pledged Securities, which schedule shall be deemed to supplement Schedule II and be made a part hereof; provided that failure to provide any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities.  Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

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(d)The assignment, pledge and security interest granted in Section 2.01 are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Pledged Collateral.

Section 2.03.Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  Each Grantor, jointly and severally, represents, warrants and covenants, as to itself and the other Grantors, to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a)Schedule II sets forth, as of the Issue Date and as of each date on which a supplement to Schedule II is delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(c), a true and correct list of (i) all the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity directly owned beneficially, or of record, by such Grantor specifying the issuer and certificate number (if any) of, and the number and percentage of ownership represented by, such Pledged Equity and (ii) all the Pledged Debt owned by such Grantor (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), including all Promissory Notes and Instruments required to be pledged hereunder;

(b)the Pledged Equity issued by each Issuer, each other Grantor or their respective Subsidiaries and the Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than any Grantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, to the best of each Grantor’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity (other than Pledged Equity consisting of limited liability company interests or partnership interests which, pursuant to the relevant organizational or formation documents, cannot be fully paid and non-assessable), are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than any Grantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to the best of each Grantor’s knowledge), are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to applicable Debtor Relief Laws and general principles of equity;

(c)Each of the Grantors (i) holds the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II as owned by such Grantor free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Permitted Liens, (ii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Permitted Liens, and (iii) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;

(d)except for (i) restrictions and limitations imposed by the Notes Documents or securities laws generally or by Permitted Liens and (ii) in the case of Pledged Equity of Persons that are not Subsidiaries, transfer restrictions that exist at the time of acquisition of Equity Interests in such Persons, the Pledged Equity is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Equity is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law or other organizational document provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Equity hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(e)each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;

(f)no consent or approval of any governmental authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity and perfection of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);

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(g)by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will (i) obtain a legal, valid and first-priority (subject to non-consensual Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreement) perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) have Control of such Pledged Securities and (iii) assuming that neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties have “notice of an adverse claim” (as defined in Section 8-105 of the UCC) with respect to such Pledged Securities at the time such Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent, be a protected purchaser (within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC) thereof;

(h)the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein; and

(i)subject to the terms of this Agreement and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Grantor hereby agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, it will comply with instructions of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Equity Interests in such Grantor that constitute Pledged Equity hereunder that are not certificated without further consent by the applicable owner or holder of such Pledged Equity.

Section 2.04.Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.  Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent any interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged under Section 2.01 is a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC and is governed by Article 8 of the UCC, such interest shall be represented by a certificate.  Each Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that with respect to any interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled on or after the date hereof by such Grantor and pledged hereunder that is not a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC, such Grantor shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC, nor shall such interest be represented by a certificate, unless such election and such interest is thereafter represented by a certificate that is promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 2.05.Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given the Issuers notice of its intent to exercise such rights, (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to cause each of the Pledged Securities to be transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent and (b) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Bankruptcy Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to give the notice referred to above in order to exercise the rights described above.  Each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any material notices received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor.  Each Grantor will take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to facilitate compliance with this Section 2.05.

Section ▇.▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇ Rights; Dividends and Interest.  (a)  Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Issuers that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:

(i)Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Notes Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under

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this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Notes Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.

(ii)The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request in writing for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above, in each case as shall be specified in such request and be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(iii)Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities, to the extent (and only to the extent) that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the other Notes Documents and applicable Laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall promptly deliver to each Grantor (at the expense of such Grantor) any Pledged Securities in its possession if requested to be delivered to the issuer thereof in connection with any exchange or redemption of such Pledged Securities.

(b)Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Issuers of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to Section 2.06(a)(iii) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions.  All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary stock or note powers and other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).  Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Issuers have delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to such effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06(a)(iii) in the absence of any such Event of Default and that remain in such account, and such Grantor’s right to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities shall be automatically reinstated.

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(c)Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Issuers of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.06(a)(i), and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 2.06(a)(ii), shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Issuers have delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to such effect, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06(a)(i), and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 2.06(a)(ii) shall be reinstated.

(d)Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Issuers suspending the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06, (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under Sections 2.06(a)(i) or (iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.06(a), (b) or (c), if a Bankruptcy Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to give any notice referred to in said Sections in order to exercise any of its rights described in such Sections, and the suspension of the rights of each of the Grantors under each such Section shall be automatic upon the occurrence of such Bankruptcy Event of Default

Section 2.07.Collateral Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to make the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party liable as a member of any limited liability company or as a partner of any partnership and neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company or as a partner in any partnership.  The parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the Collateral Agent shall become the absolute owner of Pledged Equity consisting of a limited liability company interest or a partnership interest pursuant hereto, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party, any Grantor and/or any other Person.

ARTICLE III

Security Interests in Personal Property

Section ▇.▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Interest.  

(a)As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to or under any and all of the following assets and properties, whether now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):

(i)all Accounts;

(ii)all Chattel Paper;

(iii)all Documents;

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(iv)all Equipment;

(v)all General Intangibles;

(vi)all Instruments;

(vii)all Inventory;

(viii)all Investment Property:

(ix)all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral;

(x)all Goods and Fixtures;

(xi)all Money, cash, cash equivalents and Deposit Accounts;

(xii)all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

(xiii)all Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule III from time to time;

(xiv)all Deposit Accounts, and all cash, Money, Securities and other investments deposited therein;

(xv)all Supporting Obligations;

(xvi)all Security Entitlements in any or all of the foregoing;

(xvii)all Intellectual Property; and

(xviii)to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

provided that “Collateral” shall not include any “intent to use” trademark application, solely during the period in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable federal law, after which period such application shall be automatically subject to the security interest granted herein and deemed to be included in the Collateral.

(b)Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements or continuation statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) describe the collateral covered thereby in any manner necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Article 9 Collateral granted under this Agreement including indicating the Collateral as all assets or all personal property of such Grantor or words of similar effect and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates.  Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request.

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(c)The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

(d)Each Grantor hereby further authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a Grant of Security Interest substantially in the form of Exhibit II, III or IV, as applicable, covering relevant IP Collateral consisting of Patents (and Patents for which applications are pending), registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which registration applications are pending) and registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which registration applications are pending) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office), as applicable, and such other documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by such Grantor hereunder, without the signature of such Grantor, and naming such Grantor, as debtor, and the Collateral Agent, as secured party.

Section 3.02.Representations and Warranties.  Each Grantor represents and warrants, as to itself and the other Grantors, to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that:

(a)Each Grantor has good and valid rights (not subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens) and/or good or marketable title in the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder (which rights and/or title, are in any event, sufficient under Section 9-203 of the UCC), and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.

(b)The Perfection Certificate has been duly executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Grantor and its jurisdiction of organization, taken as a whole, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Issue Date.  The UCC financing statements (including fixture filings as applicable) prepared by the Collateral Agent based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule IV of this Agreement (or specified by notice from the applicable Grantor to the Collateral Agent after the Issue Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 5.03 of the Indenture), are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than any filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property) necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration with respect to such Article 9 Collateral is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements.  Each Grantor represents and warrants that, as of the Issue Date, fully executed Grants of Security Interest in the form attached as Exhibit II, III or IV, as applicable, containing a description of all IP Collateral consisting of Patents (and Patents for which applications are pending), registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which registration applications are pending) or registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which registration applications are pending), as applicable, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder.

(c)The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement in the United States (or any political

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subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the UCC and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral (other than with respect to any Copyright that is not material to the business of the Grantors, taken as a whole) in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of the relevant Grants of Security Interest with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, within the three month period (commencing as of the date hereof) pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261 or 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or the one month period (commencing as of the date hereof) pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 205.  The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than Permitted Liens.

(d)The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Permitted Liens.  None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the UCC or any other applicable Laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.

(e)All Commercial Tort Claims of each Grantor where the amount of the damages claimed by such Grantor is in excess of $250,000 in existence on the date of this Agreement (or on the date upon which such Grantor becomes a party to this Agreement) are described on Schedule III hereto.

(f)With respect to the IP Collateral:

(i)such Grantor is the exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to the IP Collateral or has the right or license to use the IP Collateral subject only to the terms of the Licenses;

(ii)the operation of such Grantor’s business as currently conducted and the use of the IP Collateral in connection therewith do not conflict with, infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third party;

(iii)the IP Collateral set forth on the Perfection Certificate includes all of the patents, patent applications, domain names, trademark registrations and applications, copyright registrations and applications owned by such Grantor as of the date hereof;

(iv)the IP Collateral is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, and to such Grantor’s knowledge, is valid and enforceable.  Such Grantor is not aware of any uses of any material item of IP Collateral that could be expected to lead to such item becoming invalid or unenforceable;

(v)such Grantor has made or performed all filings, recordings and other acts and has paid all required fees and taxes to maintain and protect its interest in each and every item of IP Collateral in full force and effect, and to protect and maintain its interest therein, except where the failure to do so would be permitted under Section 4.02(h);

(vi)no claim, action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding has been asserted or is pending or, to such Grantor’s knowledge, threatened against such Grantor (A) except as set forth in Schedule V hereto, based upon or challenging or seeking to deny or restrict the Grantor’s rights in or use of any of the IP Collateral, (B) alleging that the Grantor’s rights in or use of the IP Collateral or that any services provided by, processes used by, or products manufactured or sold by, such Grantor infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse

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or otherwise violate any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or any other Intellectual Property right of any third party, or (C) alleging that the IP Collateral is being licensed or sublicensed in violation or contravention of the terms of any license or other agreement.  To such Grantor’s knowledge, no Person is engaging in any activity that infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, misuses or otherwise violates the material IP Collateral or the Grantor’s rights in or use thereof.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Notes Documents will not result in the termination or impairment of any of the IP Collateral;

(vii)with respect to each License: (A) such License is valid and binding and in full force and effect; (B) such Grantor has not received any notice of termination or cancellation under such License; (C) such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such License; and (D) neither such Grantor nor, to such Grantor’s knowledge, any other party to such License is in breach or default thereof in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under such License; and

(viii)to such Grantor’s knowledge, (A) none of the material trade secrets of such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of such Grantor for the benefit of any other Person other than such Grantor; (B) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor has misappropriated any material trade secrets of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor; and (C) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor is in default or breach of any material term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of inventions agreement or similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer of such Grantor’s material IP Collateral.

Section 3.03.Covenants.  

(a)The Grantors agree to promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days of such event, or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) notify the Collateral Agent of any change (i) in the legal name of any Grantor, (ii) in the identity or type of organization or corporate structure of any Grantor, (iii) in the jurisdiction of organization of any Grantor, (iv) in the location of any Grantor under the UCC or (v) in the organizational identification number of any Grantor. In addition, if any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number on the Issue Date (or the date such Grantor becomes a party to this Agreement) and later obtains one, the Issuers shall promptly thereafter notify the Collateral Agent of such organizational identification number and shall take all actions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to the extent necessary to maintain the security interests (and the priority thereof) of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be granted hereby fully perfected and in full force and effect.  The Grantors agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings, publications and registrations, have been made (or will be made in a timely fashion) under the UCC or other applicable law that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest to the extent required under the Notes Documents (subject only to Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreement).

(b)Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all Persons, except with respect to Article 9 Collateral that such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment is no longer necessary or beneficial to the conduct of the business, and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture.

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year pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(iv) of the Indenture, the Issuers shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuers setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate (other than Section 1(b) or Section 1(c)(ii) of the Perfection Certificate) or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c).

(d)Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and Taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.  If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral (other than by a Grantor) that equals or exceeds $250,000 shall be or become evidenced by any Promissory Note or Instrument, such Promissory Note or Instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(e)At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Indenture, this Agreement or any other Notes Document and within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent within ten (10) days after demand for any payment made or any reasonable out-of-pocket expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Notes Documents.

(f)If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person the value of which equals or exceeds $250,000 to secure payment and performance of an Account or related contracts, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties.  Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.

(g)Each Grantor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

(h)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary other than the filing of a UCC financing statement, (i) no actions shall be required to perfect the security interest granted hereunder in Letter-of-Credit Rights, (ii) no actions shall be required to perfect the security interest granted hereunder in motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and (iii) no Grantor shall be required to complete any filings or other action with respect to the perfection of the security interests created hereby in any jurisdiction outside of the United States or any State thereof.

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Section 3.04.Other Actions.  In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

(a)Instruments.  If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Collateral and evidencing an amount equal to or in excess of $250,000 such Grantor shall promptly endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

(b)Investment Property.  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Certificated Securities, such Grantor shall promptly endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.  If any Securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, upon the Collateral Agent’s request and following the occurrence of an Event of Default such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (but only to the extent such Securities and other Investment Property constitute Collateral) (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent as to such Securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the registered owner of the Securities.  If any Securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other Investment Property are held by any Grantor or its nominee through a Securities Intermediary, upon the Collateral Agent’s request and following the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Collateral Agent thereof and at the Collateral Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent shall either (i) cause such Securities Intermediary to agree to comply with Entitlement Orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such Securities Intermediary as to such Security Entitlements without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of Financial Assets or other Investment Property held through a Securities Intermediary, arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the Entitlement Holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Collateral Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such Entitlement Orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, or Securities Intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor.

(c)Commercial Tort Claims.  If any Grantor shall at any time after the date of this Agreement acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount (taking the greater of the aggregate claimed damages thereunder or the reasonably estimated value thereof) of $250,000 or more, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Grantor and provide supplements to Schedule III describing the details thereof and shall grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement.

(d)Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts.  Each Grantor shall (i) cause all Deposit Accounts and Security Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) existing on the Issue Date to be subject to a Control Agreement for such Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts as promptly as practicable, and in any event within 60 days (or such longer period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) after the Issue Date and (ii) cause any Deposit Account or Security Account (other than Excluded Accounts) opened or otherwise acquired after the Issue Date by any Grantor, to be subject to a Control Agreement for such Deposit Account or Securities Account at all times.

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ARTICLE IV

Special Provisions Concerning IP Collateral

Section 4.01.Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property.  

Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof or any other rights of the Collateral Agent as the holder of a Security Interest in any IP Collateral, for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense any of the IP Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located (whether or not any license agreement by and between any Grantor and any other Person relating to the use of such IP Collateral may be terminated hereafter), and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, provided, however, that any such license granted by the Collateral Agent to a third party shall include reasonable and customary terms necessary to preserve the existence, validity and value of the affected IP Collateral, including without limitation, provisions requiring the continuing confidential handling of trade secrets, requiring the use of appropriate notices and prohibiting the use of false notices, protecting and maintaining the quality standards of the Trademarks in the manner set forth below (it being understood and agreed that, without limiting any other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, any other Notes Document or applicable Law, nothing in the foregoing license grant shall be construed as granting the Collateral Agent rights in and to such IP Collateral above and beyond (x) the rights to such IP Collateral that each Grantor has reserved for itself and (y) in the case of IP Collateral that is licensed to any such Grantor by a third party, the extent to which such Grantor has the right to grant a sublicense to such IP Collateral hereunder).

The use of such license by the Collateral Agent may only be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith shall immediately terminate at such time as the Collateral Agent is no longer lawfully entitled to exercise its rights and remedies under this Agreement.  Nothing in this Section 4.01 shall require a Grantor to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing, giving rise to or theretofore granted, with respect to such property or otherwise unreasonably prejudices the value thereof to the relevant Grantor.  In the event the license set forth in this Section 4.01 is exercised with regard to any Trademarks, then the following shall apply: (i) all goodwill arising from any licensed or sublicensed use of any Trademark shall inure to the benefit of the Grantor; (ii) the licensed or sublicensed Trademarks shall only be used in association with goods or services of a quality and nature consistent with the quality and reputation with which such Trademarks were associated when used by Grantor prior to the exercise of the license rights set forth herein; and (iii) at the Grantor’s request and expense, licensees and sublicensees shall provide reasonable cooperation in any effort by the Grantor to maintain the registration or otherwise secure the ongoing validity and effectiveness of such licensed Trademarks, including, without limitation the actions and conduct described in Section 4.02 below.

Section ▇.▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of Collateral Agent’s Security.  

(a)With respect to registration or pending application of each item of its IP Collateral for which such Grantor has standing to do so, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authority located in the United States to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of any registered IP Collateral and maintain such IP Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration

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and maintenance of each Patent, Trademark, or Copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such IP Collateral of such Grantor, including, without limitation, the payment of required fees and taxes, the filing of responses to office actions issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or other governmental authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and misappropriation proceedings.

(b)No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its IP Collateral may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain (or in case of a trade secret, lose its competitive value).

(c)In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any material item of the IP Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take such actions (except to the extent the failure to take such actions is permitted by subsection 4.02(h)), at its expense, as such Grantor reasonably deems appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such IP Collateral, including, without limitation, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation.

(d)Each Grantor shall use proper statutory notice as commercially practical in connection with its use of each item of its IP Collateral.  No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its IP Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain.

(e)Each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to preserve and protect each item of its IP Collateral, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks abide by the applicable license’s terms with respect to the standards of quality.

(f)Each Grantor agrees that, should it obtain an ownership or other interest in any IP Collateral after the Issue Date (the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”) (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto, and (ii) any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property and, in the case of Trademarks, the goodwill symbolized thereby, shall automatically become part of the IP Collateral subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto.

(g)At the time of delivery of quarterly financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03 (a)(v) of the Indenture with respect to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant IP Collateral was acquired, each Grantor shall sign and deliver to the Collateral Agent an appropriate Grant of Security Interest with respect to applications for registration or registrations of IP Collateral owned or exclusively licensed by it as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, to the extent that such IP Collateral is not covered by any previous Grant of Security Interest so signed and delivered by it.  In each case, it will promptly cooperate as reasonably necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to make any necessary or reasonably desirable recordations with the U.S. Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as appropriate.

(h)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.02 or elsewhere in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Grantor from abandoning or discontinuing the use or maintenance of any or its IP Collateral, or from failing to take action to enforce license agreements or pursue actions against infringers, if (i) such IP Collateral is of de minimis value and (ii) is no longer used in, or useful to, the business of such Grantor or its Affiliates and such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that such abandonment, discontinuance, or failure to take action is desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of its Affiliates.

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ARTICLE V

Remedies

Section 5.01.Remedies Upon Default.

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under this Agreement, the UCC or other applicable Law, and, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, also may (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) occupy any premises owned or, to the extent lawful and permitted, leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with thereof prior to or promptly after such occupancy (iii) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such exercise; (iv) withdraw any and all cash or other Collateral from any Deposit Account or Securities Account (other than an Excluded Account) and apply such cash and other Collateral to the payment of any and all Secured Obligations in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of this Agreement; (v) subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate and (vi) with respect to any IP Collateral, on demand, cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such IP Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Collateral Agent, or license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such IP Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine, provided, however, that such terms shall include all terms and restrictions that customarily required to ensure the continuing validity and effectiveness of the IP Collateral at issue, such as, without limitation, notice, quality control and inurement provisions with regard to Trademarks, patent designation provisions with regard to Patents, and copyright notices and restrictions or decompilation and reverse engineering of copyrighted software, and confidentiality protections for trade secrets.  Each Grantor acknowledges and recognizes that (a) the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of all or a part of the Collateral consisting of securities by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §77, (as amended and in effect, the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws of various states (the “Blue Sky Laws”), but may be compelled 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 such securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, (b) private sales so made may be at prices and upon other terms less favorable to the seller than if such securities were sold at public sales, (c) neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any obligation to delay sale of any of the Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit such securities to be registered for public sale under the Securities Act or the Blue Sky Laws, and (d) private sales made under the foregoing circumstances shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner.  To the maximum extent permitted by Law, each Grantor hereby waives any claim against any Secured Party arising because the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree.  Upon consummation of any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold.  Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) all rights of redemption,

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stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

The Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Grantors ten (10) days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral.  Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange.  Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale.  The Collateral Agent may conduct one or more going out of business sales, in the Collateral Agent’s own right or by one or more agents and contractors.  Such sale(s) may be conducted upon any premises owned, leased, or occupied by any Grantor.  The Collateral Agent and any such agent or contractor, in conjunction with any such sale, may augment the Inventory with other goods (all of which other goods shall remain the sole property of the Collateral Agent or such agent or contractor).  Any amounts realized from the sale of such goods which constitute augmentations to the Inventory (net of an allocable share of the costs and expenses incurred in their disposition) shall be the sole property of the Collateral Agent or such agent or contractor and neither any Grantor nor any Person claiming under or in right of any Grantor shall have any interest therein.  At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given.  The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned.  In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice.  At any public (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by applicable Law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor.  For purposes of determining the Grantors’ rights in the Collateral, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full, provided, however, that such agreements shall include all terms and restrictions that are customarily required to ensure the continuing validity and effectiveness of the IP Collateral at issue, such as, without limitation, quality control and inurement provisions with regard to Trademarks, patent designation provisions with regard to patents, and copyright notices and restrictions or decompilation and reverse engineering of copyrighted software, and protecting the confidentiality of trade secrets.  As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court appointed receiver.  Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

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Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice to the Issuers of its intent to exercise such rights (except in the case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default, in which case no such notice shall be required), for the purpose of (i) making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and (ii) making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto.  All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, within ten (10) days of demand, by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.

By accepting the benefits of this Agreement and each other Security Document, the Secured Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that this Agreement and each other Security Document may be enforced only by the action of the Collateral Agent and that no other Secured Party shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Agreement or to realize upon the security to be granted hereby, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Security Documents.

Section 5.02.Application of Proceeds.  

The Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13 of the Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.  The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.  Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.  It is understood and agreed that the Grantors shall remain jointly and severally liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations.

ARTICLE VI

Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination

Upon payment by any Grantor of any Secured Obligations, all rights of such Grantor against any Issuer or any other Grantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations for then unasserted claims) and the termination of all Commitments to any Grantor under any Notes Document.  If any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Issuer or any other Grantor on account of (i) such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right or (ii) any such indebtedness of any Issuer or any other Grantor, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited against the payment of the Secured Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the other Notes Documents.  Subject to the foregoing, to the extent that any Grantor (other than the Issuers) shall, under this Agreement or the Indenture as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Secured Obligations (an “Accommodation Payment”), then the Grantor making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the other Grantors in an amount equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such other Grantor’s Allocable Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Grantors.  As of any date of determination, the

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“Allocable Amount” of each Grantor shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such Grantor hereunder and under the Indenture without (a) rendering such Grantor “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101 (31) of U.S. Bankruptcy Law, Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (“UFTA”) or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (“UFCA”), (b) leaving such Grantor with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (c) leaving such Grantor unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

Section 7.01.Notices.  

All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 12.02 of the Indenture.  

Section 7.02.Waivers; Amendment.  

(a)No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Notes Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Notes Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  

(b)Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture.

Section 7.03.Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.  

(a)The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 7.07 of the Indenture.

(b)Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Notes Documents, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and its officers, directors, employees and agents (each an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, all actual reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one counsel to the Collateral Agent, one counsel to the Secured Parties, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction material to the interests of all Indemnitees taken as a whole), imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of this Agreement or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) the ownership, delivery, lease, possession, use, operation, condition, sale, return or other disposition of any Collateral or (c) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any

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other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Grantor, its directors, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and, in each case, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (i) resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any Affiliate or Related Indemnified Person of such Indemnitee, as determined by the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) are relating to disputes amongst Indemnitees other than (1) any claim against an Indemnitee or its Related Parties in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as Collateral Agent and (2) any claim arising out of any act or omission of any Issuer or any of its Affiliates or (iii) related to Taxes (other than Taxes relating to liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements indemnified under this Section 7.03(b)).  No Indemnitee nor any Grantor shall have any liability and each party hereby waives, any claim against any other party to this Agreement or any Indemnitee, for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Issue Date) (other than, in the case of any Grantor, in respect of any such damages incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party).

(c)Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents.  The provisions of this Section 7.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Notes Document, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Notes Document, any resignation of the Trustee, Collateral Agent, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.  All amounts due under this Section 7.03 shall be payable within twenty (20) Business Days after written demand therefor.

Section 7.04.Successors and Assigns.  

Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.  No Grantor may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Collateral Agent.

Section 7.05.Survival of Agreement.  

Without limitation of any provision of the Indenture or Section 7.03 hereof, all covenants, agreements, indemnities, representations and warranties made by the Grantors in the Notes Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Notes Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Parties and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Notes Documents and the issuance of the Notes, regardless of any investigation made by any such Secured Party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time of the issuance of the Notes, and shall continue in full force and effect until this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 7.12 hereof, or with respect to any individual Grantor until such Grantor is otherwise released from its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

Section 7.06.Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement.  

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery by telecopier or by electronic .pdf copy of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be

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effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each Grantor and the Collateral Agent and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Grantor and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, subject to Section 7.04 hereof.  This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.

Section 7.07.Severability.  

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 7.08.GOVERNING LAW, ETC.  

(a)THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b)THE GRANTORS AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT EACH IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT RETAINS THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY GRANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT.

(c)THE GRANTORS AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT EACH IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

Section 7.09.WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS

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AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 7.10.Headings.  

Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

Section ▇.▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Interest Absolute.  

All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, any other Notes Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Indenture, the Notes, any other Notes Document, or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) subject only to termination of a Grantor’s obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of Section 7.12, but without prejudice to reinstatement rights related to the Guarantee under Section 10.01 of the Indenture, any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement.

Section 7.12.Termination or Release.  

(a)This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all Secured Obligations when all the outstanding Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations with respect to then unasserted claims) shall have been paid in full in cash, provided that in connection with the termination of this Agreement, the Trustee or Collateral Agent may require such indemnities as it shall reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to protect the Secured Parties against loss on account of credits previously applied to the Secured Obligations that may subsequently be reversed or revoked.

(b)The Security Interest in any Collateral shall be automatically released in accordance with Section 5.04 of the Indenture.

(c)In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above, the Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.12 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

(d)At any time that the respective Grantor desires that the Collateral Agent take any of the actions described in immediately preceding clause (c), it shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent an officer’s certificate certifying that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b).  The Collateral Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to any

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Secured Party as the result of any release of Collateral by it as permitted (or which the Collateral Agent in good faith believes to be permitted) by this Section 7.12.

Section 7.13.[Reserved].  

Section 7.14.Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.  

(a)Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and (unless a Bankruptcy Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case no such notice shall be required) upon and after delivery of notice by the Collateral Agent to the Issuers of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (i) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (ii) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (iii) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or ▇▇▇▇ of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (iv) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (v) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (vi) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (vii) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent and adjust, settle or compromise the amount of payment of any Account or related contracts; (viii) to make, settle and adjust claims in respect of Collateral under policies of insurance and to endorse the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or any other item of payment with respect to the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto; and (ix) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby.  The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of any of their Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents or attorneys-in-fact.

(b)All acts in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.14 of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved by the Grantors.  The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, under this Section 7.14 are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers.

Section 7.15.General Authority of the Collateral Agent.  

By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the

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enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Grantor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Grantor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against any Grantor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Security Documents.

Section 7.16.Collateral Agent’s Duties.  

Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not any Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.  The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property.

Section 7.17.Recourse.  

This Agreement is made with full recourse to each Grantor and pursuant to and upon all the warranties, representations, covenants and agreements on the part of such Grantor contained herein, in the Indenture, the Notes and the other Notes Documents and otherwise in writing in connection herewith or therewith, with respect to the Secured Obligations of each applicable Secured Party.  It is the desire and intent of each Grantor and each applicable Secured Party that this Agreement shall be enforced against each Grantor to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.

Section 7.18.Discretionary Actions.

Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, whenever reference is made in this Agreement to any discretionary action by, consent, designation, specification, requirement or approval of, notice, request or other communication from, or other direction given or action to be undertaken or to be (or not to be) suffered or omitted by the Collateral Agent or to any election, decision, opinion, acceptance, use of judgment, expression of satisfaction or other exercise of discretion, rights or remedies to be made (or not to be made) by the Collateral Agent, it is understood that the Collateral Agent shall be acting at the direction of the Holders and shall be fully protected in acting pursuant to such directions.  In all cases the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any such action under this Agreement if they shall not have received written instruction, advice or concurrence from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes.  For purposes of clarity, phrases such as “satisfactory to the Collateral Agent”, “approved”, “approved by the Collateral Agent”, “acceptable to the Collateral Agent”, “as determined by the Collateral Agent”, “in the Collateral Agent’s discretion”, “selected by the Collateral Agent”, and phrases of similar import, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, authorize and permit the Collateral Agent to approve, disapprove, determine, act or decline to act only at the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes.

Section 7.19.Intercredior Agreement.

(a)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the relative rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder shall be subject to and governed by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the terms of the

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Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control at any time the Intercreditor Agreement is in effect.

(b)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the requirements of this Agreement to deliver pledged collateral and any certificate, instrument and/or document in relation thereto to the collateral agent or any obligation with respect to the delivery, transfer, control, notation or provision of voting rights with respect to any collateral shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery, transfer, control, notation or provision thereof in favor of the person entitled thereto under the Intercreditor Agreement as gratuitous bailee and non-fiduciary agent for the collateral agent for so long as the Intercreditor Agreement requires delivery to such person.

 

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

J. CREW BRAND, LLC, as LLC Issuer

By:  /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Name:▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Title: SVP, Finance and Treasurer

J. CREW BRAND CORP., as Corporate Issuer

By:  /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Name:▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Title: SVP, Finance and Treasurer

J. CREW BRAND INTERMEDIATE, LLC, as Holdings

By:  /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Name:▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Title: SVP, Finance and Treasurer

 

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR:

J. Crew Domestic Brand, LLC
J. Crew International Brand, LLC

Each of the above as a Subsidiary Guarantor

By:  /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Name:▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Title: SVP, Finance and Treasurer

 

 

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COLLATERAL AGENT:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

By:  /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇

Name:▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇

Title: Vice President

 

 

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SCHEDULE I TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

J. Crew Domestic Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

J. Crew International Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

 

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SCHEDULE II TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

EQUITY INTERESTS

PLEDGED DEBT

1.IPCO Intercompany Note, dated as of July 13, 2017, among, J. Crew Group, Inc., as borrower, and J. Crew Brand Intermediate, LLC, J. Crew Brand, LLC, J. Crew Brand Corp., J. Crew Domestic Brand, LLC and J. Crew International Brand, LLC as lenders.

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE III TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

None.

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE IV TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

UCC FILINGS

 

 

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SCHEDULE V TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

LITIGATION

▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Management, et al vs. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, et al, Index No. 654397/2017 pending in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, including any appeal relating thereto.

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EXHIBIT I TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among J. Crew Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, J. Crew Brand Corp., a Delaware corporation, J. Crew Brand Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Issuers have issued 13.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2021.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Indenture or the Security Agreement referred to therein, as applicable.

The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of each of the Grantors, hereby certifies to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party on behalf of the Grantors as follows:

SECTION 1.Names.  (a) Set forth on Schedule 1(a) is (i) the exact legal name of each Grantor, as such name appears in its certificate of organization or like document and (ii) each other legal name such Grantor has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant name change and each other name used by each Grantor on any filings with the Internal Revenue Service at any time in the past five years.

(b)Except as set forth on Schedule 1(b), no Grantor has changed its identity or corporate structure or entered into a similar reorganization in any way within the past five years.  Changes in identity or corporate structure would include mergers, consolidations and acquisitions of all or substantially all of the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) a Person or other acquisitions of material assets outside the ordinary course of business, as well as any change in the form, nature or jurisdiction of organization.  With respect to any such change that has occurred within the past five years, Schedules 1(a), 1(b) and 2(a) set forth the information required by Sections 1(a) and 2(a) of this Perfection Certificate as to each acquiree or constituent party to such merger, consolidation or acquisition.

(c)Set forth on Schedule 1(c) is (i) the exact legal name of each direct and indirect Subsidiary of Holdings, as such name appears in its certificate of organization or like document and (ii) each contractual agreement existing on the date hereof that would restrict a Guarantee of the Obligations by any such Subsidiary that would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture.

SECTION 2.Jurisdictions and Locations.

(a)Set forth on Schedule 2(a) is (i) the jurisdiction of organization and the form of organization of each Grantor, (ii) the organizational identification number, if any, assigned by such jurisdiction and (iii) the address (including the county) of the chief executive office of such Grantor.

(b)Set forth on Schedule 2(b) are all locations where each Grantor maintains any books or records relating to any Collateral.

(c)Set forth on Schedule 2(c) hereto are all other locations where each Grantor maintains any of the Collateral consisting of Inventory or equipment, not identified above.

(d)Set forth on Schedule 2(d) hereto are the names, addresses and title in regards to the Collateral of all persons or entities other than each Grantor, such as lessees, consignees, warehousemen or purchasers of chattel paper, which have possession or are intended to have possession of any of the Collateral consisting of instruments, chattel paper, Inventory or equipment.

 

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SECTION 3.Unusual Transactions.  Except for Inventory or Accounts acquired pursuant to any merger, consolidation or acquisition which is listed on Schedule 1(b) hereof, all Accounts have been originated by the Grantors and all Inventory has been acquired by the Grantors in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 4.Stock Ownership and other Equity Interests.  Set forth on Schedule 4 is a true and correct list, for each Grantor, of all the issued and outstanding Pledged Equity owned, beneficially or of record, by such Grantor, specifying the issuer and certificate number (if any) of, and the number and percentage of ownership represented by, such Pledged Equity and setting forth the percentage of such Pledged Equity pledged under the Security Agreements.

SECTION 5.Debt Instruments.  Set forth on Schedule 5 is a true and correct list, for each Grantor, of all promissory notes and other evidence of indebtedness (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business) owned by such Grantor, and to the extent applicable, specifying the creditor and debtor thereunder and the outstanding principal amount thereof.

SECTION 6.Real Property.  Set forth on Schedule 6 is a true and correct list, for each Grantor, of all real property with a fair market value in excess of $250,000 owned by such Grantor.

SECTION 7.Intellectual Property.  (a) Set forth on Schedule 7(a) is a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all United States patents and patent applications owned by such Grantor (except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise indicated on Schedule 7(a)), including the name of the owner, title, registration or application number of any registrations or applications.

(b)Set forth on Schedule 7(b) is a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all United States trademark registrations and applications owned by such Grantor (except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise indicated on Schedule 7(b)), including the name of the registered owner and the registration or application number of any registrations and applications.

(c)Set forth on Schedule 7(c) is a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all United States copyright registrations and applications owned by such Grantor (except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise indicated on Schedule 7(c)), including the name of the registered owner, title and the registration or serial number of any copyright registrations.

(d)Set forth on Schedule 7(d) is a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all exclusive Copyright Licenses under which such Grantor is a licensee, including the name and address of the licensor under such exclusive Copyright License and the name of the registered owner, title and the registration or serial number of any copyright registration to which such exclusive Copyright License relates.

SECTION 8.Commercial Tort Claims.  Set forth on Schedule 8 is a true and correct list of commercial tort claims in excess of $250,000 held by any Grantor, including a brief description thereof.

SECTION 9.Deposit Accounts.  Set forth on Schedule 9 is a true and correct list of deposit accounts, brokerage accounts, commodity accounts or securities investment accounts maintained by any Grantor, including the name and address of the applicable depositary or other institution, the name and type of account, the name of the Grantor that maintains each account and the account number.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate on the date above first written.

J. CREW BRAND, LLC

J. CREW BRAND CORP.

J. CREW BRAND INTERMEDIATE, LLC

J. CREW DOMESTIC BRAND, LLC

J. CREW BRAND INTERNATIONAL BRAND, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1(a)

Names

 

 

 

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Schedule 1(b)

Unusual Transactions

 

 

 

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Schedule 1(c)

 

 

 

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Schedule 2(a)

Jurisdictions and Locations

 

 

 

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Schedule 2(b)

Material Books and Records

 

 

 

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Schedule 2(c)

Location of Collateral

 

 

 

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Schedule 2(d)

Holders of Collateral

 

 

 

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Schedule 4

Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests

 

 

 

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Schedule 5

Debt Instruments

 

 

 

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Schedule 6

Real Property

 

 

 

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Schedule 7(a)

Intellectual Property

U.S. Patent Registrations and Patent Applications

 

 

 

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Schedule 7(b)

Intellectual Property

U.S. Trademark Registrations

U.S. Trademark Applications

 

 

 

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Schedule 7(c)

Intellectual Property

U.S. Copyright Registrations and Copyright Applications

 

 

 

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Schedule 7(d)

Intellectual Property

Exclusive Copyright Licenses under which a Grantor is a Licensee

 

 

 

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Schedule 8

Commercial Tort Claims

 

 

 

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Schedule 9

Deposit Accounts

 

 

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EXHIBIT II TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

[FORM OF] TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Trademark Security Agreement”) dated ______________, 20 ___, is made by the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Indenture referred to below).

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among J. Crew Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, J. Crew Brand Corp., a Delaware corporation, J. Crew Brand Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Issuers have issued 13.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”).

Whereas, as a condition precedent to the issuance of the Notes, each Grantor has executed and delivered that certain Security Agreement dated July 13, 2017, made by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).

Whereas, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual property of the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this Trademark Security Agreement for recording with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other governmental authorities.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees as follows:

SECTION 1.Terms.  Terms defined in the Indenture and Security Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Indenture and Security Agreement.

SECTION 2.Grant of Security.  Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Trademarks, including the Trademarks set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.

SECTION 3.Security for Obligations.  The grant of a security interest in the Trademarks by each Grantor under this Trademark Security Agreement is made to secure the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations.

SECTION 4.Recordation.  Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Commissioner for Trademarks and any other applicable government officer record this Trademark Security Agreement.

SECTION 5.Execution in Counterparts.  This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 6.Security Agreement.  This Trademark Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement.  Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Collateral Agent

 

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with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 7.Governing Law.  This Trademark Security Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Trademark Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

[NAME OF GRANTOR], Grantor

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent and Grantee

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT III TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

[FORM OF] PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Patent Security Agreement”) dated __________, 20   , is made by the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Indenture referred to below).

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among J. Crew Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, J. Crew Brand Corp., a Delaware corporation, J. Crew Brand Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Issuers have issued 13.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”).

Whereas, as a condition precedent to the issuance of the Notes, each Grantor has executed and delivered that certain Security Agreement dated July 13, 2017, made by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).

Whereas, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual property of the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this Patent Security Agreement for recording with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other governmental authorities.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees as follows:

SECTION 1.Terms.  Terms defined in the Indenture and Security Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Indenture and Security Agreement.

SECTION 2.Grant of Security.  Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Patents, including the Patents set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.

SECTION 3.Security for Obligations.  The grant of a security interest in the Patent by each Grantor under this Patent Security Agreement is made to secure the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations.

SECTION 4.Recordation.  Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Commissioner for Patents and any other applicable government officer record this Patent Security Agreement.

SECTION 5.Execution in Counterparts.  This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 6.Security Agreement.  This Patent Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement.  Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

 

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SECTION 7.Governing Law.  This Patent Security Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Patent Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

[NAME OF GRANTOR], Grantor

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent and Grantee

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT IV TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

[FORM OF] COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Copyright Security Agreement”) dated __________, 20   , is made by the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Indenture referred to below).

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among J. Crew Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, J. Crew Brand Corp., a Delaware corporation, J. Crew Brand Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Issuers have issued 13.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”).

Whereas, as a condition precedent to the issuance of the Notes, each Grantor has executed and delivered that certain Security Agreement dated July 13, 2017, made by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).

Whereas, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual property of the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this Copyright Security Agreement for recording with the U.S. Copyright Office and other governmental authorities.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees as follows:

SECTION 1.Terms.  Terms defined in the Indenture and Security Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Indenture and Security Agreement.

SECTION 2.Grant of Security.  Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses, including the Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.

SECTION 3.Security for Obligations.  The grant of a security interest in the Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses by each Grantor under this Copyright Security Agreement is made to secure the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations.

SECTION 4.Recordation.  Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Commissioner for Copyrights and any other applicable government officer record this Copyright Security Agreement.

SECTION 5.Execution in Counterparts.  This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 6.Security Agreement.  This Copyright Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement.  Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Collateral Agent

 

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with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 7.Governing Law.  This Copyright Security Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Copyright Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

[NAME OF GRANTOR], Grantor

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent and Grantee

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

COPYRIGHTS

 

 

COPYRIGHT LICENSES